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May 23, 2008, 07:04AM

No Weekend Plans?

Then catch one of those last-minute deals on a cheapo airline for the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Yakima, Washington. The carbon-neutral two-day show includes MIA, The New Pornographers, Fleet Foxes, and Beirut among a heavy-hitting line-up.

"Tegan and Sara discovered that The Cure for those warm weather Hives that The New Pornographers had was M.I.A. Anyone who enjoys music half as much as me will know the meaning of that little riddle.

Memorial Day weekend is called the "unofficial start of summer" but in other circles it signals the biggest indie rock concert of the year.

Sasquatch! Music Festival has been enticing the most influential acts in rock music to visit the Gorge at George for the past seven years and each year, a bigger name headlines the show. This year is no different, with The Cure, R.E.M. and Death Cab for Cutie sitting atop the bill.

With three stages, concert goers will have a plethora of musical acts from which to choose. If by chance you're not a connoisseur of music, you have a station wagon-load of comedians to keep you entertained, but it's highly unlikely that someone who isn't into R.E.M. would go just to see a few "Saturday Night Live" comedians. On the other hand, it is a nice side dish to accompany the five course meal that is Sasquatch!

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  • "Carbon neutral" is a complete joke when you locate a huge festival in the middle of a desert, hundreds of miles from a major city. I'm wondering how much damage high gas prices will do to these enormous summer festivals. It's pretty much guaranteed that impoverished indie rock kids are going to be doing a lot less traveling.

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