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Sampling Sasquatch: The Kooks

BuzzSugar — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:32:24 PDT

As I continue to prep for my journey northward to the 2008 Sasquatch Music Festival, I'm sharing music from some of the bands I'm looking forward to checking out live.

I've already written about the soft, intimate vocals of Joshua Morrison and today I'm spotlighting a band that is already a bit hit in the UK: The Kooks. I like to balance out both my iPod as well as my festival-going experience with equal parts pretty song writing and bouncy, upbeat rock. The Kooks provide the latter and sound a little like The Strokes, or a softer version of Arctic Monkeys.

I think their debut album is a lot of fun and happens to have my favorite song on it, "Naive." To check them out for yourself and let me know what you think,

Naive - The Kooks

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Sasquatch: Mythic Creature With Great Taste in Music

BuzzSugar — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:30:00 PST

The Sasquatch Music Festival, held annually at a gorgeous outdoor amphitheater in George, Washington, has just released this year's lineup, and at first glance I'm liking what I see. R.E.M. and The Cure are the big headliners, which, like Coachella where they're spotlighting Roger Waters of Pink Floyd, is in keeping with this year's trend of bringing back older bands. At least with Sasquatch I don't have to go as far back as bell bottoms; I just have to dig out my Doc Martens (or find new versions of my old Docs!).

Billboard reports that The Flaming Lips will premiere their anticipated film Christmas on Mars at Sasquatch. They'll also perform their U.F.O. Show in which the band emerges from a giant U.F.O. and then one of them finds himself in a hamster ball of some sort. I've seen these guys live, and it's super fun.

For more bands in the lineup and ticket information,

The festival is held on Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26 and tickets go on sale March 8th for $56.50 per day. The price increases two days later. Also, this is a camping event so you have to plan for that as well. More info is available here.

A good chunk of the lineup is what I would describe as "Northwesty" as many of them hail from that part of the map, including Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie, Built to Spill, The New Pornographers, and Kinski. In addition to those bands M.I.A., the Hives, Tegan & Sara, Rodrigo y Gabriela, and the Breeders will be there, along with Flight of the Conchords! I'd also love to check out power-bop band The Cops that I've heard a lot of good things about.

A little something for everybody, no? What do you guys think of this lineup?

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Word of the Day: "Blobsquatch"

GiggleSugar — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 10:45:00 PST

Can you see the Sasquatch (aka Yeti or Bigfoot) in this photo? Neither can I, but if you look really closely, you'll be able to see a "blob" that many folks would like to think is the Sasquatch hiding.

Hence our word of the day. "Blobsquatch," coined by these guys, refers to any unidentified figure in a picture that may or may not be the Sasquatch. They urge you not to jump to any conclusions. Great. Now I'm going to see Blobsquatches everywhere.

Meet Spring's Stylish New Way to Stash: The Girly, Lightweight Knapsack

Brittney Stephens — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:30:33 PDT

You may have thought that knapsacks went out in the way of third-grade science class and Punky Brewster lunchboxes (those were the days), but you'll be happy to know that they are back with a vengeance for Spring 2012. We saw the look on the runways at Alexander Wang, Carven, Tory Burch, Rag & Bone, and more - proving that this season's crop of chic, stylish knapsacks are perfect for pairing with jeans and dresses alike, and are ideal for weekend trips, daytime activities, and warm-weather music festivals like Coachella, Sasquatch, and Bonnaroo. If you're ready to go hands-free for Spring, just click through to see and shop 10 of our favorite knapsacks now.

Check Out the Top Contenders For Best Cookbook of the Year

Susannah Chen — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:30:54 PST

Thousands of cookbooks were published in the last year, but which ones are really worth buying? The International Association of Culinary Professionals, or IACP, tackled the question as it announced its cookbook award finalists for 2012 today.

Among them: plenty of cookbooks from top restaurant chefs, like Jean-Georges Vongerichten, John Besh, and Andrew Carmellini, as well as new books from reputed publications such as Fine Cooking and Cook's Illustrated.

Cookbook winners will be announced on April 2 in an award ceremony hosted by Mo Rocca, where the honor of best cookbook of 2012 will also be announced. To see the entire list of award winners, keep reading.

Daily Tech: Not Everyone's Mad at George Lucas

Kelly Schwarze — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:16:58 PDT

Star Wars fangirl raps her loyalty to George Lucas - Dvice
Actually, why are we obsessed with the apocalypse? - Cracked
Canada's new coins are not only awesome, but also feature Sasquatch - Geekosystem
Gandalf meets the Fresh Prince - GeekTyrant
A Catwoman animated short will debut at New York's Comic-Con next month - MTVGeek
Free digital edition of the Star Wars Insider magazine - Star Wars Blog