Yes, we bombarded you with Outside Lands photography not too long ago. But professional photographer Tim Wagner has graciously allowed ASD to share select pieces from his festival reel, so here's more of the colorful people in attendance. --Janine Kahn
Summertime music festivals used to be a safe time to wear ridiculous clothing, but not anymore. Back in the day, you didn't have to worry about seeing someone from Coachella or Bumbershoot ever again, and your embarrassing visage lasted only through the weekend. Now with the advent of live blogging, we have the technology to capture your goofy style and blast it throughout the information superhighway in a timely manner. Check out our slideshow where we've brought back the most outside fashions from Outside Lands, and prepare to cringe repeatedly. --Oscar Pascual
Unless you were totally emotionally gripped by each performing act at Outside Lands, you may have noticed all the cool art hanging by each stage. You can thank OL's stage artwork curator Rich Jacobs, as well as artists Barry McGee, Thomas Campbell, Jeff Canham, Matt Leines (shown above), and Monica Canilao. Check out Sketchypad's interview with Jacobs, alongside more pictures of art from the event. --Oscar Pascual
Three days of Oustide Lands was downright exhausting. So I bring to you a weekend wrap-up in bullet points, because I just can't come up with cohesive paragraphs at the moment.
OK, so the Friday and Sat lineup easily packed the park better than Sunday's crew could. It still looked like a good time, and everyone had a little more breathing room. Click the image below for Christopher Victorio's Day 3 photo set. --Janine Kahn
Words and photos by Tyler Callister
You ever wonder what goes on in Golden Gate Park at night?
I like to imagine that somewhere deep within the darkness of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco hobos have little Outside Lands Festivals of their own. I imagine they light up campfires and have all-night hoedowns under the trees. I imagine they bang on banjos and old trash cans, and the roar of yodels and yips and laughs shoot up into the air like gun shots. They wear puffy down jackets and thick, dirty slacks. They clap their hands and kick up the dust of San Francisco ghosts, and the whole thing smells of smoke and fire and whiskey.
Whatever it is, something magical happens in that park at night, and this past weekend, for the first time in recent history, the outside world got to be a part of it.
The Outside Lands Festival marks the first time a large concert has been held in Golden Gate Park after sundown. Some 60,000+ fans showed up each night this past weekend and indulged in music, booze and magic.
Maybe it was no hobo hoedown, but I think it had the same spirit. Anyway, here's the final chapter of Outside Lands Fest 2008:
We're in the final few hours of the first ever Outside Lands Music and Art Festival in Golden Gate Park. Here's the report from the ground:
Notes and photos by Tyler Callister
- Ok, so Andrew Bird just tore it up on the Twin Peaks stage with looping violins and spinning phonograph speakers.
- The sun is kind of shining through but it's still pretty hazy, and actually a bit humid and gross.
- I'm sitting in a tent and there are people in here playing Guitar Hero.
- One of the main attractions here is the Crowd Fire tent where people can upload pictures into this big swirling collection of pictures that are displayed on huge projectors.
Anyway, Outside Lands is happening and here's what it looks like:
Words and photos by Tyler Callister
Floating somewhere amidst all the Golden Gate Park fog is the sun and a few patches of blue sky as music lovers trickle in for the third day of Outside Lands Festival in Golden Gate Park. As many of you know, the "Sunset District" really has nothing to do with the sun, so I must say, this is a rare occurrence. If you're planning to go, head on down now before you miss it.
Will the sun stay or will it lurk in the shadows like an elusive temptress torturing us with sexy glances and brief glimpses of its supple nakedness? Stay tuned to SFWeekly.com to find out.
If you're going to the fest, here's what you've got to look forward to:
Some folks have commented on seeing themselves in our Friday Outside Lands photos. It's a small town - maybe you'll be in the next slideshow. Click the image below for the full Saturday set. More where that came from tomorrow. Shots by Christopher Victorio. --Janine Kahn
Spiritual Healing, Petty & Winwood, and Free Mushrooms
By Jennifer Maerz
I doubt that Lupe Fiasco has a strong contingent of spiritual counselors at his shows. But when the Chicago rapper finally took the stage late on Saturday afternoon, the standout member of the crowd jam packed around his stage was a severely sunburned dude with a giant "Intuitive Healer & Spiritual Counselor" sign, looking for patients. People were too focused on Lupe's "Kick, Push" to get their spirits in line, though, and besides, they were busy following the rapper's suggestion for salvation, singing along loudly to "Hip-Hop Saved My Life."
Welcome to day two of Outside Lands, which was a little bit hippie, a little bit hip-hop, and a lot of classic rock 'n' roll.
Technical issues aside, Radiohead threw down a momentous set on day one of Outside Lands. The blokes delivered a 22-track powerhouse spanning the majority of their career, including the entire In Rainbows album sans only two tracks. Being the intrepid reporters we are (as well as Radiohead enthusiasts), we've compiled the entire set list through memory. Here it goes:
1. 15 Step
2. Reckoner
3. Airbag (sound cut out briefly)
4. There There
5. All I Need (sound cut out)
6. Nude
7. Talk Show Host
8. National Anthem
9. The Gloaming
10. Videotape
11. Weird Fishes
12. Idioteque
13. Karma Police
14. Jigsaw Falling Into Place
15. Just
16. Exit Music for a Film
17. Bodysnatchers
18. Pyramid Song
19. You and Whose Army? (Genuine moment: Thom Yorke messes up by laughing at his eyeball close-up on the video screen.)
20. Paranoid Android
21. Fake Plastic Trees
22. Everything in its Right Place
It's really challenging to keep a list when what appear to be gigantic lightsabers shine gloriously while Radiohead is just being flat-out awesome. So if our memory doesn't serve your memory quite right, please comment, because I could swear I heard "Sail to the Moon," but my friend disagrees. And if you click on the linky-looking titles, you may or may not see a video clip. Hurray Radiohead! --Oscar Pascual
Review By Jennifer Maerz
Tyler Callister hit a number of the important points in his wrap up of last night's Outside Lands kickoff. Indeed, it was pretty crowded on the event grounds. But thankfully the clusterfuck feeling came and went in waves, and at numerous points in the evening you actually had space to move your body sideways.
Beck was the one show, however, where personal space was at a premium. The stage he played on, Sutro, is at the bottom of a meadow that slopes downwards. It's an awkward spot because it means that most of the crowd, which stands at the top of the hill, can only see the top of stage -- hence the gigantic squish as the grass tilted down. Luckily, one constant I witnessed from the Outside Lands crowd was friendliness. Yes, we were squished in there, but we were all in this together, and eventually a bit of room would open up. One suggestion for next time, though, is to create walkways so that there aren't so many people streaming in and out of kamikazi exits.(Actually two suggestions: The split-screen videos lining Radiohead's stage offered crystal-clear views of the band from bar back. It would've been nice to have the same sorta thing when Beck was on stage).
Missed out last night? Well here's what it looked like! Click the photo for a full Day 1 slideshow by Christopher Victorio.
60,000 fans. 65 bands. 6 stages. 600 porta potties. One seriously crowded park.
By Tyler Callister
The sound of Radiohead's "Everything In Its Right Place" rumbled across the Sunset District last night as the first day of the inaugural Outside Lands Festival came to a close. Throngs of people had sardined into Golden Gate Park for headliners Radiohead and Beck, along with notable acts like Lyrics Born, The Black Keys, and Manu Chao. Despite the sometimes overwhelming amount of people and some complaints that it could have been better organized, the event was marked by great performances and positive vibes.
The Outside Lands Festival, conceived by Greg Perloff and Another Planet Entertainment, is projected to raise over $500,000 for the local park service.
As with all inaugural events, Outside Lands will teach us lessons to take into next year's event. Here's what we learned on Day 1:
