Seven hours with with the King of Lo-Fi. What to do? Start with soundcheck, detour to a homemade dinner and the kindness of strangers, end up backstage with a scaredy cat poster, drink beer, rock out, then laugh a lot. Here’s a photo gallery of the first day of summer, BackstageRider-style. There’s even rockhands.
‘Tis the season to get cranky. When is it okay to talk really loudly and piss off all the people around you AND the band at a gig? Try never. Here’s a selection of some of my favourite Shut the Fuck Up videos from Mike Doughty, Roger Waters, Lou Barlow, Tegan & Sara, Regina Spektor and Zach Galifinakis.