Estoy Pacheco's Virtual Bonnaroo Concert

So you're bummed out that you didn't make it to this year's Bonnaroo and missed out on some peanut butter cups. Sit back, blaze one up and enjoy the virtual concert form the comfort of your own home with these live performance clips from some of the artists and bands playing on the final Sunday of Bonnaroo 2009.

Don't forget to save a little for when Phish hits the stage to close out the show.

Time for a little wake and bake with A.A. Bondy who kicks things off at noon from the Other Tent.



Ted Leo and the Pharmacists follow Bondy on the Other Stage at 1:30.



If Ted Leo is a little too much, too soon, dial it down a notch and head over to the Sonic Stage and catch Elvis Perkins in Dearland for a quick half-hour set.



Make it over to the Which Stage and you will probably get there in time to hear this tune by Citizen Cope.



Depending on your mindspace at this time you are grooving with Robert Earl Keen at This Tent...



...or you are in the mood for a little Erikah Badu. She's so sweet to me, but if Erykah ain't where you're at (and she's at the What Stage), youse got lots a choices to mosey on elsehwere, but why would you?



When Erikah is done wowing the crowd Merle Haggard begins his 5:00 p.m. set at This Tent. If Merle's not yer cup of moonshine, A.A Bondy has a second set over at the Sonic Stage - in case you were still asnooze at noon.



Maybe now you are ready for the mosh pit that will surely be happenning at That Tent when Shadows Fall takes the stage....



... If Shadows Fall is fallin' on deaf ears then the Other Tent has Okkervil River. These guys are the last act to perform at the Other Tent, so you may want to lay back, regroup, or recharge because now you have some major decisions to make.



...Unless of course you knew that you needed that one hour downtime between when Erikah finished her set at the What Stage and the Dee Oh Double Gee kicks off his set. You know that there is gonna be a fine aroma in the air during Snoop's set.



Elsewhere, Band of Horses is at Which...



...Neko Case is at This and...



Coheed and Cambria is at That.



All fine options (they're all on my iPod) but I haven't left the main stage since Erikah lit up my life. I'm gonna hang with my Dogg. It's taken me this long to get this close to the stage and I'm not leaving now.



Like I said, there were decisions to make but now there are none. You don't have to think anymore - whether you can at this stage or not is subject to interpretation - but Bonnaroo 2009 closes with a four hour plus set by...









Goodnight everybody. Phish has left the building!

If you really want a virtual concert experience Phishheads have been finding novel ways to stream concerts on this tour.






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Wake and Bake: The Best Modern Surf Music

A while back Estoy Pacheco brought you the best old-school surf tunes. Now we send you out to the rollers with our wake and bake modern surf tunes. Why wake and bake? Half of these tunes will leave you amped and ready to tame the mighty monsters. The other half are for those moments when you are, well...baked. We'll leave it to you to decide which is which. But one thing is sure - these modern surf trax are all killer, no filler!

Xavier Rudd - Mother
I've had the pleasure of catching this Surfin' Cat who originally hails from Australia at a number of festivals over the last few years. Catch him on tour this summer if you can, especially if you have never heard a didgeridoo. They know their waves in the land of Oz.


Donavon Frankenreiter - Free
Produced by fellow surfer and bud Jack Johnson, this tune from Donavon's eponymous (I love that word) debut disc gets you into a good place. Unfortunately his record lable won't let you view the vid here and you have to leave this site and check it out on YouTube but we can show you this teaser from the 2008 Billabong Pro.


Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
The Seattle-based band on the SubPop label were the guys who got me thinking about these lists in the first place. You knew that they were gonna show up on one of them.


Blue Hawaiians - A Cheat
Fan faves from Flint, Michigan Greg, Jory and the boys are still going strong after 20 years.


Jack Johnson - Surf Song
Is there anybody out there not doing a take on this tune from this native of Hawaii? Great tune with Philadelphia's favorite surfer, G. Love lending a hand. This fan-made vid has some awesome surf footage.


Mermen - Neptune's Revenge
The Pink Floyd of modern surf music reformed in 2006. The Mermen are gigging at selected dates this summer in the San Fran area. Patience is a virtue, at least until the 2:32 mark of this Bay show.


Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
We're throwing in a curveball here with this three piece outfit from Chicago. This will get your adrenaline pumping!


Los Straitjackets - Tempest
The wrestling masks can't hide the talent of this Nashville combo that formed in 1988 and then didn't play again as a unit for another six years. They haven't been heard from since 2005. I guess we have another two year wait ahead of us. The vid comes from "Psycho Beach Party." You know that you want to see it now.


Reverend Horton Heat - Psychobilly Freakout
Adrenaline overdrive! This is the one that everyone tried to master on Guitar Hero II. When you think about it, isn't psychobilly just a much cooler term than surf music for the same f'n thing?


Meteors - Go Buddy Go
While we are on the subject of psychobilly, we'd be remiss if we didn't include the UK group that are considered the Kings of Psychobilly and by extension the torchbearers of surf rock through the 80s and 90s.


Surf Coasters - Refraction
Japan's answer to the Ventures and all those surf bands from the 60s. The Surf Coasters have been tearing up the Asian charts since 1994 bringing a punk edge to the surf music genre.


Surfites - Surfville
Let's close this chapter with the band that best encapsulates the days of the wooden board in the 21st century. And The Smurfites come from Sweden of all places! These "landlocked gremmies" have been playing instrumental surf since 2004.


That's all she wrote, dude! It was alot harder to come up with this list than it was the old-school list. Surfing music was so defined in the 60s. Today the music has grown and influences can be heard in lots of different genres and bands, and as we have shown with these trax influenced musicians from four continents. While this list is by no means definitive, it is meant to be representative. Drop us a line if there is a glaring omission.

A number of bands that could have made this list on any other day and are just bubbling below the surface on this day are The Brains, Daredevil Jane, Weezer, and Southern Culture on the Skids.

Peace out!