Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.

I'll preface this post by acknowledging that I was the one that had orginally tried to gather interest about Coachella only to renege at the last minute. This time I'm serious, really. Street Scene is a two-day music festival to be held on Friday August 4th and Saturday August 5th in San Diego. Apparently, this thing has been going on since 1984, but it seems as though it hasn't been as big of a deal as it is this year. There are more than a few bands on the lineup that I know the BanditCorp Executives would be interested in, most notably, Tool.

I have already spoken briefly to a few of you about this, but I figured that I would put all the pertinent info here.

First, tickets are $115 for both days. The Street Scene website mentions that prices may go up closer to the show dates. Also, if anyone's a high-roller, there are a limited number of "VIP Ultra Lounge" passes good for 2 people, both nights for $700. If you can afford this, I would invite you to skip those tickets and just buy all of us some regular tickets instead. Airfare and accomodations would be nice too. Speaking of which...

I've gone to some of the usual airline ticket broker websites (Orbitz, Cheap Tickets, Priceline) and found that most people would pay in the neighborhood of $300-$350 to get there. That being said, it looks like in all cases that it is cheaper to fly into one of the Los Angeles airports rather than going straight to San Diego. In Brett's case, it's a savings of about $270. For Clint, he'll get into San Diego for under $300 and to Los Angeles for under $200 flying out of SLC. Los Angeles is about a 2 hour drive from San Diego, and I would be willing to drive anyone who can drag there ass out here. All of the scenerios are for flights leaving Thursday Aug 3 and returning Sunday Aug 6. Remember, this is a Friday-Saturday event. We would probably go straight to the event on Friday and get a hotel for Friday and Saturday night. Speaking of that...

The event's website has a compilation of local hotels on one page with rates and contact info. They are priced from $99 to $229 a night, but the Best Western Seven Seas gets the coveted Jack Fullen Seal of Approval. Non- Marikes should know that this is the place at which we would stay on the infamous San Diego Trips of yore. It goes for $149 a night and guarantees that you'll meet some rim-job in the hot tub while trying to get a water bong that you bought in Tijuana to work, only to find out that it's made from paper mache and an old baby food jar. Fuck.

Discuss this among yourselves and we'll see what we can come up with. I have a few people on my end that are interested, as well, and I'm very confident that it will be a great time.

-Go Fuck Yourself, San Diego