It sounded so promising. Radiohead. Beck. Jack Johnson. Primus. Wilco. Cake. Rock and roll meets eco-festival in Golden Gate Park. Sam and I looked forward to this for months.
It was a bust.
Outside Lands, SF's first crack at a music festival in Golden Gate Park failed on so many levels. Sam and I went tonight and got there early to size up the grounds and make our way to one of the stages to see Beck. What happened was that Beck's stage was on a downhill slope so nobody could see him perform. The masses started to moan and as we made our way toward the main polo field, the crowd of thousands who were trying to move from the Beck stage through a narrow path started to push down fences and scattered to get away. It was a bitchfest and clusterfuck.
Things looked up when we positioned ourselves for Radiohead on the main stage. They started promptly on-time but periodically the sound would simply go out. After this happened a few times, we decided to call it a night. We weren't the only ones - there was a steady stream of disgruntled fans all agreeing with us that the festival wasn't really planned out all that well.
It's too bad too. I scored on parking - two blocks from the park. We won't be returning for the rest of the weekend.
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