Friday: Citizen Cope, Gogol Bordello, Black Crowes
Saturday: Rooney, Cool Kids, Blue October, Gringo Starr, and Cake
Gogol Bordello was everything they were supposed to be. Great energy. Very fun time. The Crowes were good, too.
Rooney is worth skipping. The Cool Kids seemed to have people going, but I wasn't impressed. Blue October made me want to cut myself. Grino Starr is actually pretty good. Cake was a terrible, terrible choice for Saturday night's finale.
We left Cake early. I like their music and respect them; I think they are 10 years past their prime. They aren't the sort of band that makes people want to boogey. People were leaving three songs in. We stayed about seven songs, after the singer made some weird rant about people singing along.
Lines were bad this year. They could have re-named it "Line-fest." Perhaps in the future they could wand people further away and not make you go through security every single time you walk back to a stage.
I like this event. It's good for Tulsa. I'm not sure it was better this year.
I totally agree with your sentiments. I love Dfest too, but the past two years were a lot more enjoyable for me than this year's festivities. The lines were bad and the humidity was awful (not that they can control that, of course)...That being said, I am glad that so many people came out to support it once again. I was surprised how many people showed up for Gogol Bordello...it was a great show. I left early on Saturday so I didn't catch Cake. I did catch a couple of shows from bands I hadn't heard before and loved (Gentleman Auction House, Ozomatli) and I immediately went home and got their albums on iTunes, so that was worth the experience for me.