Treasure Island Festival - San Fran Sept 20

Throwing caution to the wind, I used a few free Southwest Airlines credits and hopped on a plane to the Bay area. Visited friends in Palo Alto, before taking the cal-train into the city. Treasure Island festival is a two day festival on an island in the bay called, you guessed it, Treasure Island. It used to be a naval base but now it is the center for environmental projects. There was a solar and wind turbine stage that did go out a few times (specifically during the FOALS set). I could only go to the Saturday show due to scheduling conflicts, but it was a great time. FOALs, Hot Chip, CSS, TV on the Radio, goldfrapp, and Jusice. Cali is a great place. My friends and I got in a habit of calling everyone a hippie that weekend; cab drivers, waiters, hotel bellmen, "businessmen" , and of course, each other. We went to "hippie" ground zero (Haight and Ashbury) and caught a lady by the name of mary Jane on tape. It is NSFW. But to give you a hint, she was wasted, 55+, and basically thought it was marti gras. Ewwwwwww

http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/home.php

PRESETS/CUT COPY Sept 17th

YOU have to check out these two bands. I was extremely lucky to catch Cutters at SXSW during the TX/NYC Jelly garage party this year. Then again in Chicago at Abbey Pub. The presets show in late May was on a Friday. Needless to say, that was was outrageous. It was interesting to see how the crowd reacted to Presets. Lots of standing around, which was the direct opposite of the Presets show at Abbey. Regardless, Presets and Cutters at $20 is a steal in my book. The show was amazing and I almost got kicked out for multiple reasons. I blame jameson, et al.