I have to echo Alex in that if you weren’t so adamant about Galactic we probably would have seen Patrice Pike. I’m sure she would have done a great show, but I wouldn’t have gone to that Etree link to get a bunch of her bootlegs.

Also, before the Galactic gig we were talking about the influence that Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’ has had on hip hop and I remembered that record started a negative trend too.

The Skit.

I’ll hold $20 Sack Pyramid up to your average SNL sketch any day of the week but too many hip hop records after Death Row Records’ cash cow had skits included that clearly demonstrated which rappers dropped class every day and which ones didn’t know how to shut their pie holes about how great they are, where they’re from, and how many women have been duped by their wiley charms and knife scars.

Dre himself probably couldn’t write one as funny anymore.

http://bt.etree.org/index.php

Great write-up Nick. I’m not sure what is more impressive – the amount and variety of music you witnessed or that your remembered most of it. I do recall you pulled out a little notepad from time-to-time. Clever.

I completely agree that Galactic and Kid Beyond were highlights. Glad we caught them. Personally I’m a Galactic minus House fan. But, I like that Galactic is experimenting with other genres.

Let’s do it again next year!

After reading about some of the bands you’ve performed with I did a search at Archive.org, which is a wonderful repository for taper-friendly live music and other media.

This link is the search for all the stuff there.

Jake, I noticed from the link you sent to my e-mail that not only is Tub Ring playing but they’re doing an all ages show at 5:30.  Do we think Porter is a metal fan yet?