Monday, February 22, 2010
Cream Calendar / Creamtastic Road to Bonnaroo 2010: Round One Tonight
Posted by Steve Haruch on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Round one of the Road to Bonnaroo series is upon us, and tonight the first of four bands will punch their ticket to Manchester, so to speak. Consider the hammer thrown down! Gauntlets, too, probably! As they tell us on the Mercy Lounge website: "To select each evening's top contender, an industry panel comprising local music journalists, bloggers, and 8 off 8th hosts will contribute one half of the verdict, while fan-voting through onsite ballots will determine the other half." (There's also other info on the ballots and such, so U.N. election monitors, please familiarize yourself.) Tonight's competitors:
Kyle Andrews
Born Empty
Mona
Moon Taxi
The Non-Commissioned Officers
Parachute Musical
Ponderosa
The Privates
The Cream will be there judging on the following criteria, as per the contest rules: "song quality, instrumentation, stage energy, and crowd response, as well as any additional production from the artists, such as costuming, additional visual production, marching bands, Mega Man masks, etc." Good luck, bands!
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Don't forget handies! A good handie goes a long way towards getting the Cream vote!
Or at least my vote.
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The quicker I am, the more bands have the chance to convince me of their worth, amiright? I just want to give everybody the opportunity to "impress" me.
Hmmm, the drummer of the winning band works for the Scene... hmmm
There was only one band that the entire crowd chanted for... but they did not win :( Shame.
There was only one band that used additional production and creative costumes... but they did not win :(
There was only one band to who actually composes their songs further than verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus... but they did not win :(
Sad world we live in.
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