Seattlest: Are We That Good, or Are They Just Biased?

Kim Ruehl

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:44:29 -0800

wait a minute, we're not?

TroyJMorris

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:35:21 -0800

There is an implied ranking, at least a push within the consciousness. This is evidenced in the message boards (which they try so 'hard' to get you to use): Holy Crap! Am I the only Texan who bout had a heart attack when you didn't see Austin until the end of the list? You have never lived in Central Texas and never been to South By Southwest. One of the best! Milwaukee should/could easily be number one...cmon A little dissapointed that ya'll had Miami ahead of New Orleans, but I suppose you didn't think about it much. Need I go on? People here are so quick to judge. Just take a chill pill, you'd think Seattlest is the end all be all for journalism and information.

Kim Ruehl

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:14:05 -0800

bigyaz - even if it is a random list, how does seattle come to mind ahead of NOLA and austin and vienna? i guess that's pretty subjective, but still. we're talking best in the world, here. as much as i love and am committed to our local music scene, i just don't think it would be the second city in the world to come to mind in this context. they're not alphabetical, they're not in order by number of musical events...it just doesn't seem to make sense. to me. but that's just me.

bigyaz

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:27:01 -0800

Where does it say they are ranked from 1 to 15? It says, quite simply, "Here are some of the world's top cities and festivals for music lovers — by no means exclusive!" The slide show doesn't say anything about rankings, and doesn't put numbers next to the cities. I think you're off base here.

Kim Ruehl

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:58:14 -0800

i have to admit i'm looking forward to bumbershoot for the first time ever this year, but only because it's so full of folk and country singers. STP as a headliner is silly.

sciencevsromance

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:58:45 -0800

nothing about that slideshow suggests that it's a ranked list.

jwhieger

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:55:29 -0800

Stone Temple Pilots are horrendous live and they haven't had a good album in at least 12 years. STP headlining Bumpershoot is a travesty.

partyfernandez

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:43:59 -0800

"I took a look at this year's Bumbershoot and they finally have a decent lineup. Beck, STP, and Offspring are all in the works." i'll agree that this is a fantastic lineup as long as you're able to convince me that it's 1996...

Chris V

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:37:40 -0800

I took a look at this year's Bumbershoot and they finally have a decent lineup. Beck, STP, and Offspring are all in the works. But, that still doesn't change the fact that it's the first decent lineup for Bumbershoot in about a decade. Sasquatch has been around since 2002, far shorter than Bumbershoot's time since 1971. Yet, Sasquatch has had a better lineup than Bumbershoot each year. As for whether which city has a better this or that, it all kind of reminds me of bragging about penis size. Everybody thinks their music festivals are bigger, wider, and better than everybody else's. And unless you've personally seen and experienced all of the music festivals out there, you really can't say which is best.

Donte

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:17:19 -0800

Austin at dead last? This list is crap. SXSW is orders of magnitude better than Bumbershoot, with a much bigger payoff to chaos ratio. Seattle's got a great scene but we aren't second best in the country by any means.

jdavin

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:26:38 -0800

To counter two of the above commenters, I love Bumbershoot. It's a pure steal for the price ($25/day if you buy in presale) and number of bands you get to see. Many new bands that I've discovered I found at Bumbershoot and now still listen to years later. And, they do have good headliners. STP this year. Maybe that's not your personal taste, but they're just as good as many of the Sasquatch headliners. And Sasquatch is like $55/day.

Brad

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:21:01 -0800

MSN? They are still around?

Abbey

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:02:20 -0800

Austin in last place? Seattle ahead of New Orleans?!? Did Greg Nickels and his council on music pay off MSN? Bumbershoot is a clusterfuck and it has been for at least the last decade. Other local music festivals like Sasquatch, Folklife, and even Georgetown Music Festival help make Seattle a great town for festivals. But not a city that comes even close to that last place city...or to Memphis or New Orleans. I call bullshit.

Chris V

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:29:23 -0800

Bumbershoot blows. They haven't had any decent headliners in years. Contrast that to Sasquatch, which just had REM, The Cure, Modest Mouse, Deathcab for Cutie, The Presidents of the USA, and more.