Penn State Movin On 2010 [Archive]

UnderMyDreams

03/20/10, 11:45 AM

Penn State's annual music "festival" is April 17th this year... And as usual, they haven't announced most of the bands playing yet. Anyways, thought I would set up a thread for the show. Anyone know of any rumors and such? The Dangerous Summer is the only band that has been announced.

Confirmed acts:
Less Than Jake(Headliner)
Mayday Parade(Direct support)
The Dangerous Summer
The Click Clack Boom (http://www.myspace.com/clickclackboomband)
James Kinney

UnderMyDreams

03/22/10, 11:01 PM

Random speculation here, but if I'm right I'll be basically the first to post it so gotta give it a shot:

This is one of the bands that may open Movin On, and this was posted a few days after they made it into the battle. I know that the committee booking Movin On loves Brand New, so it would make sense...
http://twitter.com/solongplutoband/status/9732848421

shortymyer

03/23/10, 06:11 PM

The tour dates kinda make sense too they're all in PA at the end of April. That would probably be my dream band here at Penn State. I wonder how bad the bitching about them would be though haha.

COTA

03/23/10, 06:23 PM

Brand New coming here would be pretty sick.

destinysprophet

03/24/10, 09:02 AM

Brand New will not be playing at Movin' On this year. The committee did make contact with the band, but the band refused to reach an agreement due to pricing. Unfortunately Brand New wouldn't take any less money than their original asking price, which was more than Movn' On's entire band budget.

COTA

03/24/10, 03:15 PM

UnderMyDreams

03/26/10, 12:02 AM

The tour dates kinda make sense too they're all in PA at the end of April. That would probably be my dream band here at Penn State. I wonder how bad the bitching about them would be though haha.

Whether it's Brand New or not, I hope it's some band that everyone can bitch about and we all like. I'm so fucking tired of all of the kids and their poor music choices here!

shortymyer

03/26/10, 02:24 PM

I agree if I like them I'm not worried about what everyone else thinks. Why the hell can't we afford anyone like Brand New when they're playing 2 other colleges the same weekends as our festivals?

UnderMyDreams

03/26/10, 02:58 PM

I agree if I like them I'm not worried about what everyone else thinks. Why the hell can't we afford anyone like Brand New when they're playing 2 other colleges the same weekends as our festivals?

I know last year they looked at them and it was like $30k. Probably the other schools have a larger budget. We could afford it too if we didn't waste our money on a second "festival" that will most likely bring in another shitty artist in the vane of Asher Roth as it did last year.

UPUA has NO idea how to fund/book/anything about concerts.

destinysprophet

03/26/10, 05:41 PM

This year's total band budget for Movin' On is just over 30k, Brand New's current asking price is around 40k. Due to university regulations, the most Movin' On could have placed into a headliner this year would have been around 20k.

thechrisformat

03/26/10, 06:36 PM

Once the full lineup is announced will determine if I make the trip back up there.

Takuto

03/26/10, 09:18 PM

Does anyone know the address to this event?
It doesn't say on their website.

larokr

03/26/10, 09:50 PM

Does anyone know the address to this event?
It doesn't say on their website.

It's on the lawn outside the HUB building at the University Park campus of Penn State. It's on Pollock Road, if that helps.

http://www.campusmaps.psu.edu/print/pdf/extended_color.jpg

UnderMyDreams

03/28/10, 01:20 PM

Direct support is going to be Mayday Parade, but this has not been announced yet... James Kinney is also playing.

UnderMyDreams

03/28/10, 01:48 PM

finickin

03/30/10, 08:07 AM

UnderMyDreams

03/30/10, 09:53 AM

20k for a headliner... im little worried about who they'll get for that price. Does anyone else know some other bands playing?

There is a band living in NYC called The Click Clack Boom that posted on their website that they are playing at 3:30.... I saw them this year at SXSW, and i think they are actually from PA. Either way they were sick i saw them with We are Scientists. So far this is the only band that i've heard of thats playing i'm actually excited to check out.

Who else who else???

Never heard of them, and real lame they got some noname band there. Anyways, they announced The Dangerous Summer(So stoked for them) and James Kinny(he opened for John Legend and is terrible).

I know 100% that Mayday Parade is direct support, however they are not announcing it... I had to figure it out myself.

MellyV

03/30/10, 10:05 AM

Last year they only paid the headliner 15k because of budget issues.

UnderMyDreams

03/30/10, 11:37 AM

"I can exclusively reveal..."

that Less Than Jake will headline.

jdr277

03/30/10, 01:11 PM

UnderMyDreams

03/30/10, 01:15 PM

Then is a terrible headliner... The only headliner for Movin on I was excited to see was Say Anything and they got rained out. Damn you UPUA I'd MUCH rather see RX bandits or Goldfinger over less than jake if your gonna bring a dead genre to host the event.

I don't listen to LTJ that much, but they put on an awesome show... They brought in RX Bandits not too long ago to Movin On, they're not going to bring the same band again... Goldfinger couldn't headline.

However, I'm not sure if it was the best idea to bring a ska band out to headline.

jdr277

03/30/10, 01:21 PM

thechrisformat

03/30/10, 04:19 PM

Decent acts, but looks like I can afford to miss this.

COTA

03/30/10, 05:00 PM

Then is a terrible headliner... The only headliner for Movin on I was excited to see was Say Anything and they got rained out. Damn you UPUA I'd MUCH rather see RX bandits or Goldfinger over less than jake if your gonna bring a dead genre to host the event.

Seeing Max play a few acoustic songs back behind the stage was pretty cool though.

UnderMyDreams

03/30/10, 05:22 PM

Yea I was just pulling out other ska bands I like to compare I don't feel any should headline. Brand New would have been the best news ever but its not gonna happen. Hopefully they will bring in some openers I am familiar of if Less Than Jake headlines. Where did you find out about LTJ cause I've been searching and asking people all over campus and all i could find was the dangerous summer?

1. Brand New would be amazing, however, they are 45k... Movin On can only spend 20k on a headliner... And they don't even have 45k to spend on all the bands to begin with...
2. LTJ will be cool, and yeah they are headlining.
3. Movin On actually announced it on their Facebook today after I found out that LTJ was headlining, I found out about Mayday a few days ago, but they finally gave in considering I leaked it.
4. So to answer your last question,
Less Than Jake(headline)
Mayday Parade(Direct Support)
Don't know the second opener
James Kinney(he opened for John Legend? Third opener)
Unknown fourth still
The Dangerous Summer(Fifth opener)
The Click Click Boom (Assume they're the sixth opener)

So basically, we still don't know the third opener or fourth opener, assuming that what I posted about the list is correct.

ACA

03/30/10, 06:43 PM

UnderMyDreams

03/30/10, 09:40 PM

It'd be considerate if you didn't "leak" this info.

A lot of work/effort goes into planning an event like this.. you can actually screw things up by "leaking" a lineup -- for a ton of reasons -- especially for college shows where these aren't professionals.

Like what?

And the dates are on the bands websites, I'm not "leaking" it, I'm just taking info already provided by the bands.

RockTheWalls

03/31/10, 06:28 AM

UnderMyDreams

03/31/10, 09:39 AM

Less Than Jake from a entertainment standpoint for the average college kid who isn't really into music would be more fun than Brand New. I love Brand New, but Less Than Jake brings a whole different kind of energy that would be awesome for a college show.

They bring a lot of energy, but you have clearly never been to Penn State. It doesn't matter how free the show is, if they don't know the band they're going to go to their friend's apartment or frat and get wasted instead... Concerts of bands they don't know are very low on the list of things to do here. Brand New would attract a bigger crowd.

RockTheWalls

03/31/10, 09:45 AM

They bring a lot of energy, but you have clearly never been to Penn State. It doesn't matter how free the show is, if they don't know the band they're going to go to their friend's apartment or frat and get wasted instead... Concerts of bands they don't know are very low on the list of things to do here. Brand New would attract a bigger crowd.

That's a damn shame man. I thought Less Than Jake was still a pretty well-known band....

UnderMyDreams

03/31/10, 09:46 AM

That's a damn shame man. I thought Less Than Jake was still a pretty well-known band....

They aren't Lil' Wayne or Asher Roth....

ACA

03/31/10, 11:16 AM

Less Than Jake from a entertainment standpoint for the average college kid who isn't really into music would be more fun than Brand New. I love Brand New, but Less Than Jake brings a whole different kind of energy that would be awesome for a college show.

Brand New is a bigger draw than Less Than Jake in almost any US location.

This is why Brand New costs more money.

Star Slight

03/31/10, 07:00 PM

Hopefully Last Call...or whatever its gonna be called now, will have a better lineup

UnderMyDreams

03/31/10, 07:27 PM

Hopefully Last Call...or whatever its gonna be called now, will have a better lineup

I think they've decided on Last Stop... But this is a pretty decent lineup. And remember, last year this "last call/last stop/wallypolloza/who even cares?" brought in Asher Roth for 10k, and he played less than 45 minutes. Plus, considering all the drama surrounding it this year, I really highly doubt they'll bring in someone good... Especially considering the fact that they're doing it extremely last minute, but we'll see.

shortymyer

04/01/10, 02:37 PM

It'd be considerate if you didn't "leak" this info.

A lot of work/effort goes into planning an event like this.. you can actually screw things up by "leaking" a lineup -- for a ton of reasons -- especially for college shows where these aren't professionals.

I kinda appreciated it. Almost two weeks to go and we had no clue what was going on. How do they expect a good turnout? They're just really unorganized.

Star Slight

04/01/10, 03:01 PM

It'd be considerate if you didn't "leak" this info.

A lot of work/effort goes into planning an event like this.. you can actually screw things up by "leaking" a lineup -- for a ton of reasons -- especially for college shows where these aren't professionals.

...they posted it in the Daily Collegian the same day

UnderMyDreams

04/04/10, 08:41 AM

I kinda appreciated it. Almost two weeks to go and we had no clue what was going on. How do they expect a good turnout? They're just really unorganized.
They're extremely unorganized.

...they posted it in the Daily Collegian the same day
The reason they posted it in the Collegian that day is because after I leaked it the Movin On chair flipped out and announced it officially because he wanted to be able to do it before the newspapers did. haha. The only reason it was announced last week was because I found out and told. They weren't going to announce it until the middle of this week(10 days before the show, basically).

And you were asking about Last Call too, I've heard from good sources that they're most likely going to book Fobolous to headline(I've never even heard of him). So no, they will not have a good line up.

Star Slight

04/04/10, 10:26 AM

They're extremely unorganized.

The reason they posted it in the Collegian that day is because after I leaked it the Movin On chair flipped out and announced it officially because he wanted to be able to do it before the newspapers did. haha. The only reason it was announced last week was because I found out and told. They weren't going to announce it until the middle of this week(10 days before the show, basically).

And you were asking about Last Call too, I've heard from good sources that they're most likely going to book Fobolous to headline(I've never even heard of him). So no, they will not have a good line up.
Fabulous. And maybe Chiddy Bang, which would be incredible

UnderMyDreams

04/04/10, 06:04 PM

Fabulous. And maybe Chiddy Bang, which would be incredible

What the hell day are they having it on?

And I really don't think that show's going to go over well at all. UPUA is terrible at this, along with everyone involved in that process. It's a complete mess, disaster, and huge waste of money. They need to do it right or just quit.

billymonk

04/12/10, 02:05 PM

What the hell day are they having it on?

And I really don't think that show's going to go over well at all. UPUA is terrible at this, along with everyone involved in that process. It's a complete mess, disaster, and huge waste of money. They need to do it right or just quit.

fabolous is a pretty big hip-hop artist and considering there haven't really been any free, relevant hip-hop concerts it would probably go over very well

UnderMyDreams

04/13/10, 12:30 PM

fabolous is a pretty big hip-hop artist and considering there haven't really been any free, relevant hip-hop concerts it would probably go over very well

That wouldn't stop it from being a disaster...

RockTheWalls

04/13/10, 01:18 PM

Brand New is a bigger draw than Less Than Jake in almost any US location.

This is why Brand New costs more money.

Yeah, figured Less Than Jake is a better beer drinking band haha.

billymonk

04/14/10, 09:02 AM

That wouldn't stop it from being a disaster...

in what regard? the whole frat scene and whatnot would love it

UnderMyDreams

04/14/10, 09:13 AM

in what regard? the whole frat scene and whatnot would love it

They would be able to get a headliner, but they would still be without an organizational structure and would still be wasting a ton of money on it just as they did last year. If you go to Penn State you would read in The Daily Collegian almost daily about how horribly this show is being put together in every single regard. They basically stole money from the school in order to try to set it up because the school did not want to give them a ton of money.

billymonk

04/14/10, 12:44 PM

They would be able to get a headliner, but they would still be without an organizational structure and would still be wasting a ton of money on it just as they did last year. If you go to Penn State you would read in The Daily Collegian almost daily about how horribly this show is being put together in every single regard. They basically stole money from the school in order to try to set it up because the school did not want to give them a ton of money.

what about getting a headlining act that would bring in a lot of people is a waste of money? and i do read the collegian daily and ive only seen one or two stories in the past month or so, which were mostly about the show's name, not the actual planning of it.

UnderMyDreams

04/14/10, 01:01 PM

what about getting a headlining act that would bring in a lot of people is a waste of money? and i do read the collegian daily and ive only seen one or two stories in the past month or so, which were mostly about the show's name, not the actual planning of it.

Then you must have missed those articles... And it's not only about getting an act that will bring in people, it's also about them spending too much money on said acts. Last year they got Asher Roth for $10,000. He played for less than 45 minutes. They spent way too much on a guy who did hardly anything, it was a waste.

billymonk

04/14/10, 01:27 PM

Then you must have missed those articles... And it's not only about getting an act that will bring in people, it's also about them spending too much money on said acts. Last year they got Asher Roth for $10,000. He played for less than 45 minutes. They spent way too much on a guy who did hardly anything, it was a waste.

you're right i was probably reading the other collegian. and that was last year. maybe they learned from their mistakes and are looking at people other than one-hit wonders so they have more than 45 mins worth of material.

UnderMyDreams

04/14/10, 01:31 PM

you're right i was probably reading the other collegian. and that was last year. maybe they learned from their mistakes and are looking at people other than one-hit wonders so they have more than 45 mins worth of material.

Here's just one article:
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/03/05/group_reacts_to_cost.aspx?fbc_chann el=1#%7B%22id%22%3A0%2C%22sc%22%3A% 22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fx d_receiver_v0.4.php%22%2C%22sf%22%3 A%22loginStatus%22%2C%22sr%22%3A2%2 C%22h%22%3A%22loginServer%22%2C%22s id%22%3A%220.773%22%2C%22t%22%3A0%7 D%5B0%2C%22loginStatus%22%2C%22Init Login%22%2C%7B%22baseDomain%22%3A%2 2www.collegian.psu.edu%22%2C%22conn ectState%22%3A3%2C%22perms%22%3Anul l%2C%22publicSessionData%22%3Anull% 2C%22session%22%3Anull%2C%22setting s%22%3A%7B%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse% 2C%22locale%22%3A%22en_US%22%7D%7D% 2Cfalse%5D

billymonk

04/14/10, 01:35 PM

Here's just one article:
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/03/05/group_reacts_to_cost.aspx?fbc_chann el=1#%7B%22id%22%3A0%2C%22sc%22%3A% 22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fx d_receiver_v0.4.php%22%2C%22sf%22%3 A%22loginStatus%22%2C%22sr%22%3A2%2 C%22h%22%3A%22loginServer%22%2C%22s id%22%3A%220.773%22%2C%22t%22%3A0%7 D%5B0%2C%22loginStatus%22%2C%22Init Login%22%2C%7B%22baseDomain%22%3A%2 2www.collegian.psu.edu%22%2C%22conn ectState%22%3A3%2C%22perms%22%3Anul l%2C%22publicSessionData%22%3Anull% 2C%22session%22%3Anull%2C%22setting s%22%3A%7B%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse% 2C%22locale%22%3A%22en_US%22%7D%7D% 2Cfalse%5D

i didn't say there weren't any. i was saying that its an overstatement to say its a daily occurrence as if the student body is up in arms about it.

Star Slight

04/19/10, 02:41 PM

Titus Andronicus, Matt and Kim, State Radio and Fabolous headlining Last Stop

HOLY FUCK YES

grlzdontpoop

05/03/10, 08:41 AM

Here's just one article:
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/03/05/group_reacts_to_cost.aspx?fbc_chann el=1#%7B%22id%22%3A0%2C%22sc%22%3A% 22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fx d_receiver_v0.4.php%22%2C%22sf%22%3 A%22loginStatus%22%2C%22sr%22%3A2%2 C%22h%22%3A%22loginServer%22%2C%22s id%22%3A%220.773%22%2C%22t%22%3A0%7 D%5B0%2C%22loginStatus%22%2C%22Init Login%22%2C%7B%22baseDomain%22%3A%2 2www.collegian.psu.edu%22%2C%22conn ectState%22%3A3%2C%22perms%22%3Anul l%2C%22publicSessionData%22%3Anull% 2C%22session%22%3Anull%2C%22setting s%22%3A%7B%22inFacebook%22%3Afalse% 2C%22locale%22%3A%22en_US%22%7D%7D% 2Cfalse%5D

you're right i was probably reading the other collegian. and that was last year. maybe they learned from their mistakes and are looking at people other than one-hit wonders so they have more than 45 mins worth of material.

whoa dude clam down

lol

UnderMyDreams

05/03/10, 11:41 AM

you're right i was probably reading the other collegian. and that was last year. maybe they learned from their mistakes and are looking at people other than one-hit wonders so they have more than 45 mins worth of material.

Don't wanna rub anything in, but figured I'd just point out (because someone else quoted us) that Last Stop was an absolute disaster in every possible way.

billymonk

05/03/10, 04:00 PM

Don't wanna rub anything in, but figured I'd just point out (because someone else quoted us) that Last Stop was an absolute disaster in every possible way.

i was there and didn't think so at all? the only glitch was the order of the bands but it ended up being what it should have been in the first place

UnderMyDreams

05/03/10, 04:05 PM

i was there and didn't think so at all? the only glitch was the order of the bands but it ended up being what it should have been in the first place

Then you didn't realize everything that went on behind the scenes:

1. Friday morning they had zero volunteers for the show. They had to go to SOMA and other places that day and beg for volunteers because, well, they had none.
2. The wiring on the stage was done completely wrong in the beginning, they had to fix it.
3. Fabulous got mad because it was taking too long to do everything and stuff was getting pushed back, and he left. He just left the venue, and they had to go find him. That ended up screwing up his set and the other sets as well.
4. They went too late, well past the curfew and the police tried to shut it down. UPUA had to call the Mayor of state college and have the mayor call it into the police to say that it was allowed to be continued.

billymonk

05/03/10, 04:15 PM

Then you didn't realize everything that went on behind the scenes:

1. Friday morning they had zero volunteers for the show. They had to go to SOMA and other places that day and beg for volunteers because, well, they had none.
2. The wiring on the stage was done completely wrong in the beginning, they had to fix it.
3. Fabulous got mad because it was taking too long to do everything and stuff was getting pushed back, and he left. He just left the venue, and they had to go find him. That ended up screwing up his set and the other sets as well.
4. They went too late, well past the curfew and the police tried to shut it down. UPUA had to call the Mayor of state college and have the mayor call it into the police to say that it was allowed to be continued.

why does that matter if the actual show aspect of it went on fine? and about point 3, how is Fabolous being a diva anyone's fault?

UnderMyDreams

05/03/10, 04:29 PM

why does that matter if the actual show aspect of it went on fine? and about point 3, how is Fabolous being a diva anyone's fault?

It all matters because the show aspect DIDN'T go on fine... There were stage problems, artist problems, and then violation problems, and it all ended much later than it was supposed to.

Yes all of the bands ended up playing in the end, but it didn't go smoothly at all and was run extremely poorly.

Star Slight

05/03/10, 04:33 PM

:shrug:
I still thought it was a much better concert than Movin On, as did just about everyone who I talked to.

billymonk

05/03/10, 04:36 PM

It all matters because the show aspect DIDN'T go on fine... There were stage problems, artist problems, and then violation problems, and it all ended much later than it was supposed to.

Yes all of the bands ended up playing in the end, but it didn't go smoothly at all and was run extremely poorly.

the bands sounded fine from where i was and it was successful from the point of view of a normal concertgoer

UnderMyDreams

05/03/10, 04:41 PM

the bands sounded fine from where i was and it was successful from the point of view of a normal concertgoer

Just because it was successful from the point of view of a normal concert goer(who didn't know the list/set times of the bands that were supposed to play) doesn't make it at all successful. It was a complete disaster, just as I had predicted before. I mean, look at the Girl Talk show last year(if you are aware of that one). It may have seemed successful to a concert goer, but it was a complete and utter disaster in every way.

billymonk

05/03/10, 08:10 PM

Just because it was successful from the point of view of a normal concert goer(who didn't know the list/set times of the bands that were supposed to play) doesn't make it at all successful. It was a complete disaster, just as I had predicted before. I mean, look at the Girl Talk show last year(if you are aware of that one). It may have seemed successful to a concert goer, but it was a complete and utter disaster in every way.

if the goal of the concert is to give a good time for students and it does that, how is that a failure?