Twittering Fucking Awesome Fest – August 14-16

7:47:08 PM: Live Tweeting Fucking Awesome Fest tonight. Let’s see how well this works. Check the blog or follow me @czechit

7:47:25 PM: The blog being http://www.post-rockist.com

7:49:03 PM: “twittering Fucking Awesome Fest” sounds rather dirty, doesn’t it?

7:53:53 PM: Tonight must see: Juiceboxxx

7:54:41 PM: Also, Croff Family Band is fantastic. Haven’t seen them in awhile. Lounge pop goodness.

9:36:58 PM: Pre FAF meal with @MoBz4eva and @mattefinished

10:13:30 PM: Finally on the way and looking forward to Office

10:26:21 PM: Office brought not one but two female drummers.

10:27:42 PM: Double drummer attack sound amazing in Cafe.

10:31:58 PM: If other bands tonight are as good as Office, this is going to be a helluva great night.

10:35:08 PM: R.Kelly: deserving of a ball busting

10:37:26 PM: Nice harms j.freer with Office’s ridculous plans.

10:48:30 PM: Javs: solid. Lanes sound good. It all sounds good. Quite a change for the majestic plex

10:51:28 PM: First time seeing esquire. Keys, moxie, Marcie volen dancing: solid gold!

10:54:24 PM: 60s throwback rap? Yes. It exists and it is Esquire

10:59:08 PM: Esquire got his brandy, got pajamas(?) got brandy, got pajamas(?). I hope it’s pajamas.

11:13:39 PM: Displays have gotten super tight in the last year.

11:14:20 PM: No one has even heard of The Replicas. Let’s see, shall we.

11:18:42 PM: Replica opens with instrumental, a la j headband, kinda

11:19:40 PM: Replica very smiley, still no singy

11:19:40 PM: Replica very smiley, still no singy

11:43:11 PM: Croff family band just started. A little more rock than usual.

11:51:01 PM: Nearly sprang my ankle on gutter at garden bowl. Gonna get sprung till the break of dawn!

11:52:03 PM: Croff band kick drum: “cock strong”

11:53:41 PM: For the mammeries: cock, cock, cock, cock, Xanadu, Xanadu.

11:56:18 PM: Garden bowl sound can’t handle 6 piece band. Mix is poor. This band should sound 19 x better.

11:58:38 PM: Croff: even though the mix isn’t great, the songs are so good that they shine thru the cloudiness of the speakers.

12:04:54 AM: Some lightning love, then juiceboxxx

12:06:53 AM: Boys are always wrong. Alas.

12:07:37 AM: Lots of dancing at LL!

12:08:42 AM: And fist pumping? What is up with this Detroit crowd tonight? Everyone is having a good time. Strange and unusual.

12:13:37 AM: The cafe the best venue the complex tonight. Feels like being in the pike room, except here you can still see the band from the back.

12:16:25 AM: This te loudest and most high energy show of lightning love I’ve seen. They’re killing it!

12:21:13 AM: Pop project in garden bar, not lanes. Blew me away the second I walked thru the door. This night is so great!

12:22:24 AM: PP playing new Zach Curd song–so Stevie Wonder. so fucking good. Everyones new fave dance song.

12:24:18 AM: FU NYC: Detroit is Americas music scene

12:28:27 AM: Juiceboxxx just said this Is his last show ever– doubt it, but he’s performing like it is.

12:32:35 AM: Jboxxxxx don’t want to go into the darkness.

12:39:52 AM: Surprise of the night: every band is running early

12:54:00 AM: TAN coming on stage to “the final countdown”

12:57:50 AM: High fucking energy at Faf for TAN!

12:58:36 AM: Also Update: @jacksonjonathan is laaaaame. (via @beejit)

12:59:55 AM: Scott Allen just played a spray can into the mic

1:00:20 AM: And now he’s handing out goodies to the crowd

1:03:50 AM: TAN loud as hell and crowd is loving it