What FYF meant to me.

On September 5th, I went to the Fuck Yeah Fest down in LA. It was held at the Los Angeles state historic park. All of the bands i had pretty much not heard of except for The Black Lips, Lightening Bolt & the comedians Tim & Eric. I wasn't supposed to go but after a long debate i ended buying my ticket the morning of it, & drove with my friends Sara & Steve to the festival. I didn't really know what to expect of it, since i had never really been to musical festival before that, besides EDC, but that's totally different from what FYF ended up being. It was a long miserable three hour wait to get in due to some unorganized mess up that happened with the promoters. that kind of got me in a bad mood & i was kind of bitchy for the first half of the day, and i just couldn't wait until it was time to go home. During my funk Sara & i walked around on our own and stopped at different stages to give each band there a listen. I actually ended up enjoying my time and heard a lot of great bands play live. Mika Miko, Japanther, Crystal Antlers, Telepathe, No Age were the bands i really liked listening to. I got to see The Black Lips play live, and see Tim & Eric play there spoof songs from their t.v. show like petite feet. Those two headliners had some part in helping me make my final decision to go. I'm really glad i did go. I think FYF was one of the funnest events i have been to so far. Music festivals are different from raves. Similar but different. I think i enjoy my time better at a music fest cause even though there is a lot going on just like there is at raves, i feel more at home. I realized too that there is so much good music out there, but its hard to come across it cause mainstream music is dominated by rap, pop & what others call rock. these bands don't get the exposure they deserve to, but at the same time i don't think these bands would want to go to mainstream music and publicity because they probably wouldn't be happy. they would have to change their style of their own music and be manipulated by the heads of major record companies. there music wouldn't be what it is and known for to their fan base and the hard effort they put towards it would be gone. I'm glad to be living in the time i do now, cause even though in the sixties the pioneers that ended up being mainstream music of that era were real musicians, who played songs from the soul, there is still a great number of bands that carry on the art & realness of music. Even though they are not well known or played on some popular radio station they're out there. You just have to keep your ear out for them. Music is the greatest gift. Without it, i don't know how people would survive the daily stress of the world.