The sun shone bright Saturday at this year's Virgin FreeFest at Merriweather Post Pavilion, and while the grounds were a bit muddier than last year, at least the Dance Forest wasn't as dusty. It was the first nice afternoon in weeks—as well as the day before the 10th anniversary of 9/11, and the start of [...]
Finally! The second half of our belated FreeFest photo roundup. Check out the first installment here.
The evening portion of this year's Virgin FreeFest was bookended by two equally cool events. It started with randomly meeting Mark Ibold, bass player of Pavement, and ended with making out with M.I.A. (really!sorta!) But more on that shortly...
Being an original drama in one act. SETTING: The press tent of a large outdoor pop music festival in the suburbs. Not far from here. Not long from now.
The 2010 Virgin Mobile FreeFest took place at Merriweather Post Pavilion on Saturday, and while it didn't have quite the heavy-hitting lineup of last year's, it still had a nice cross-section of music and non-music events. The D.C. area is a smidge less humid in September than in August, and the day's weather was lovely. [...]
The festival layout made it convenient when traveling from one stage to another to take a sojourn at the 'Dance Tent'. The above set from London based Erol Alkan was so jaw-dropping head-nodding fantastic I nearly missed Gogol Bordello's start.
The 9:30 Club deployed its elite force of security personnel en mass at the Virgin [...]
