Phil and TFB in Portland, OR 8/1, 8/2

Too rich for my wallet. To see Phil on Th. you have to buy a full weekend ticket plus parking plus a Th. ticket.. Camping already sold out. Just to see Phil on Fri, night (late) is 130 per person plus 35 to park. Plus gas, plus lodging.

For the TFB.

No thanks.

But good looking out, Judit. Maybe someone can afford it.

Never been to Pickathon but I hear its a very well run festival situated on a farm just south of town.  The music lineup is about eclectic as they come, featuring lots of up and coming indie, Americana, and world music acts.  But, yeah, its not cheap.  I will be in Florida this weekend, so no Pickathon for me this year.

If anyone goes do not miss Jupiter & Okwess.  They blew the roof off the Quad Stage at Newport this past weekend.  Probably the most fun band of the fest.

Pickathon is a fun small festival. The high price tag brings a lot of great music and they limit ticket sales to a few thousand so it’s pretty manageable. However, I am opting for Toots on Friday instead. 

So . . . low Wook Quotient?

Show from 8/1

Help>Slip>Franklin's

1/2 Step

Mr Charlie

Alligator

Stella

Sugar Mag

Scarlet

Cumberland 

Music

E: Ripple

Never been either.  Low Wook quotient, High Poser Hipster Quotient

Agree, will not spend that much for TFB. 

An audio engineer buddy is working at the fest and sent me this pic from yesterday, LOL. 

Two Pickathon workers were killed today dismantling one of the stages.  RIP.

Damn, that sucks.

Two People Killed This Afternoon While Taking Down the Pickathon Stage

The workers were in a boom lift, removing ropes fastened in the trees. 

By Aaron Mesh |

Published August 8 at 8:04 PM 

Two workers tearing down the Pickathon stage this afternoon at Pendarvis Farm were killed when a boom lift tipped over.

Pickathon, the Portland area's most revered music festival, was held last weekend at the woodland property in Happy Valley. Clackamas Fire District 1 responded to a call from Pendarvis Farm this afternoon around 4:37 pm.

Capt. Brandon Paxton of Clackamas Fire tells WW that workers were using the boom lift—a piece of equipment that is similar to a cherry picker and extends to about 40 feet tall—to remove the tents that cover the main stage. (It's also called the Mt. Hood Stage.) Those tents are secured by ropes fastened to trees, which the workers were removing.

"There were two people in the basket at the time the cherry picker tipped over," Paxton says. "Tragically, both people were killed."

KGW first reported on the accident this evening.

UPDATE, 9:21 pm: The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says the two people killed were arborists, who were attached to the boom lift while removing ropes from trees.

"The arborists had been ascending in a boom lift before climbing further up trees to get to ropes holding up the complex shade installation," the Sheriff's Office said in a statement. "They were wearing safety equipment and were roped to the boom lift, which was reportedly positioned on an incline."

Pickathon organizers could not immediately be reached for comment. The festival released a statement saying the workers were part of a crew with GuildWorks, the Portland-based designer of the fabric tents that shade the festival stages.

"We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of two members of the GuildWorks crew during breakdown of this year's festival," the Pickathon Twitter account said. "Please join us in offering up prayers and support to their families and friends during this difficult time. All involved in Pickathon are like members of a family to us. We will wrap our collective arms around all affected and share in the grieving process."