Entering the venue, I was pleased that I arrived in time to catch most of Dynamite Walls set.
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The band was able to get me an artist guest pass for the day, so after their set, we went backstage to the artist area where I explored the areas. There were movie trailer lined up so that every artist had a private lounge, but they're relatively small so we went to the artist tent. We thought it was funny how Street Scene spelled the band's name.
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After some time in the artist lounge, I wandered off on my own and watched Dirty Sweet for a while.
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It was funny to see that people were lining up for the Pacific Stage which was the actual amphitheatre stage. Lining up was really unnecessary because there were very few times that the staff stopped allowing the flow of traffic into the pit, but the diehards wanted to guarantee their spots.
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I caught a bit of Schwayze's set too.
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But the appeal of Street Scene for me ended up mostly being the artist lounge.
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Dynamite Walls
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Fair to Midland
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Punk Rock Kid
Then we hung out with Augustana for a bit.
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I caught Jaguares for a minute, too.
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Then backstage again where I ran into Notorious R.U.G. and Kid Lightning
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And everyone in the backstage seemed to like it that MIMS was hanging out.
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Here's the Setlist for Jaguares that was being unloaded backstage.
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Then I snapped some pics of Dirty Sweet.
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Then I just kinda went crazy snapping pics-
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I was having such a good time (maybe too much) that I didn't even really explore the other stages at the festival, with the exception of some of Ozomatli.
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After wandering, we were hanging backstage and saw this, but it turns out it was not a real injury but was "staged" for one of the bands. I'm not even sure which.
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My friend and I ended up on a stage platform during Jack's Mannequin, which is where I recorded that sketchy video that I posted earlier.
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That is pretty much the end of my photos from Saturday. It was a great night, though I'm sad to say I didn't last for Muse. I was pooped and knew Sunday was gonna be a big day. I have to say that I was pleased overall with Street Scene. I will say that the guest pass made it amazing, but I thought the food vendor prices were reasonable to the general public and it was nice to use Coors Amphitheatres plentiful and spacious bathrooms instead of port a potties like the old days. I guess if I hadn't had a pass, I would've enjoyed the event a bit less because I would've grumbled over the $10 price of beer, but really if that is the only complaint, I'd have to say it was a success.
What I've been told is that this was Street Scene's final year. The reason LiveNation stepped in was so they could buy the Street Scene name, then bury the name, and replace it with a large festival of some sort next year and similar in scope. Maybe so, or maybe the word will spread that the people there had a great time and they'lll keep Street Scene in this format in the future.
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