Sasquatch Lineup 2009

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SASQUATCH! MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009 LINE UP & ON SALE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT

Memorial Day Weekend | May 23, 24, 25, 2009
The Gorge | Quincy, WA

On sale Saturday February 28 at 10AM

Music line-up includes Jane's Addiction (feat. all four original members), Kings of Leon, Nine Inch Nails, Ben Harper & Relentless7, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erykah Badu, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, TV On The Radio, Animal Collective, Silversun Pickups, Bon Iver, Santigold, Of Montreal, Explosions In The Sky, Devotchka, Peter Bjorn & John, Gogol Bordello, M. Ward, The Avett Brothers, Doves, Calexico, Grizzly Bear, M83, Girl Talk, The Gaslight Anthem, The Walkmen, Chromeo (dj set), Deadmau5, Mugison, Sun Kil Moon, Airborne Toxic Event, Blitzen Trapper, Shearwater, BLK JKS, The Wrens, Tobacco, Monotonix, King Khan & The Shrines, St. Vincent, Passion Pit, John Vanderslice, Bishop Allen, Blind Pilot, AA Bondy, Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Knux, Ra Ra Riot, The Dodos, Beach House, Arthur & Yu, The Submarines, Owl City, Viva Voce, James Pants, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, The Builders & The Butchers, The Dutchess & The Duke, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele, Fences, School of Seven Bells, Death Vessel, Horse Feathers, Hockey, Point Juncture, WA, The Pica Beats, Loch Lomond, Vince Mira & more to come.

Comedy line up includes Zach Galifiankas, Demetri Martin, Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job, Todd Barry, Jon Benjamin, God's Pottery, People's Republic of Komedy & more.

These guys won't be at the show unfortunately, but check out the retro-fresh new video from The Saturday Knights. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street?

The price of blindness

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If you've spent $100 on a pair of jeans or shoes, put your hand up.

If you've spent $150, keep it up.

If you've spent $200, WTF?

Would you spend that much on glasses? Not sunglasses, just plain glasses.

My vision insurance allows me to buy new frames every two years. It's been at least that long since I bought my brown Oakley frames, and I splurged on some black Dolce&Gabbana frames on Wednesday. The total cost with lenses, anti-glare coating, non-scratch material, etc., was a about $250. I spent the same amount on my Oakley glasses last time.

I made dinner that night for Amanda and Moos and excitedly told them about my purchase. Amanda replied, "What!? I bought all of my glasses at Wal-Mart for like $10."

The PR person that I am, I tried spinning the numbers. "Well, I only have two pairs of glasses now and you have at least double that!" The counter-argument didn't hold.

The question: Are glasses an accessory or necessity?

Amanda rotates through her glasses based upon what she's wearing, treating glasses as an accessory. In contrast, I wear the same pair every day and basically elevate my glasses to being a part of my face.

She's not the type of person to buy uber expensive jeans or shoes, and neither am I, but she'll spend more on jeans or shoes than glasses, and that's where we differ. (While denim is the culture uniform, when did it become so normalized to spend a car payment on it?)

Glasses are corrective, like hearing aids. They just so happen to be more stylish. Necessity first, accessory second, right? Where does your price threshold stop for buying glasses, and how does that compare to the less necessary attire (jeans, shoes, etc.)?