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A Food Court Open For Grazing
There’s only so much epic music a man or woman can handle in a single night, and after Them Crooked Vultures* and Broken Social Scene I was epic’d'out, so Muse was out of the question. Instead, I had dinner. With everyone at the festival at either Muse or !!! (or further afield), the food court was empty, and I had the rare treat of selecting the perfect meal from multiple vendors. This will heretofore be a thing which I do at Fuji Rock, take advantage of the empty food stalls while the main attractions are drawing the attention of the rabble.
Then I sat down and took in a bit of Yuzoband at the Shokudo stage.
Toyoda Yuzo has been performing since the 60’s. He takes advantage of the intonation of his Kansai (Kyoto region) dialect in his folk, blues, and reggae. They have a consummate bar/jam band sound, and nearly 1/1000 the following of Muse at Fuji Rock this year.
I got to talk with Kylie from New Zealand (she did not give me permission to call her Kiwi Kylie, so I am resisting that temptation), who was enjoying a cup of wine from the nearby wine bar, alone whilst her friends were lost in the crowd at Muse. Kylie’s report on the food situation at Fuji Rock: impressed. She said she had never seen such variety on offer at a festival. Though she had to admit this was her first festival outside of New Zealand.
Good food, good tunes, good company. Muse has only ever given me one of those three things. Sorry guys, but you gotta admit that was a pretty good chicken taco.
-Kern
*Who kicked all sorts of ass, by the way. Fat ass, skinny ass, misshapen ass, perfect ass, dog ass, tiger ass, ass ass. All of it.
