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Murder City Devils, Lifetime, Youth Brigade, Ted Leo, Against Me! at Austin's Fun Fun Fun Fest

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by adam on Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 1:15 PM (EDT)

Fun Fun Fun Fest span two days in Austin Texas, bringing 75 bands to four stages on November 3rd and 4th at Austin, TX's Waterloo Park. While the event's official website has yet to announce a full lineup, local concert listing the Austin Show List has posted a pretty impressive line up. Take this with the usual grain of salt until you get an official announcement, but currently the show will feature another Murder City Devils reunion show, Lifetime, Against Me!, Youth Brigade, the Saints, the New Pornographers, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Neurosis, Sick of it All, The Sword, Explosions in the Sky, Of Montreal, Girl Talk, Angry Samoans, Fucking Champs, Madball, Channel 3, Riverboat Gamblers, Horrorpops, Complete Control, Emma Pollock, Final Fantasy, White Denim, MGMT, Zykos, Mates of State, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness and Headlights.

Again, you may want to wait for a full list from the fest itself before booking those plane tickets, but their MySpace page indeed confirms the Murder City Devils. The Devils split in 2001, playing a reunion show last year for the Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle, WA.

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Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

Sure, sure. Lots of bands, and even the reunion of the Murder City Devils, but does it really justify the two extra "fun"s? Did the organizers never get past the first grade, where they teach that the reuse of an adjective isn't proper grammar?
Did they look into "Extremely Fun Fest" or even "Really Fun Fest", or are they charged by the number of unique characters in the title?
This is a shocking testament to Austin's public education system.
-Dante

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

Dante, I normally love your posts, but this just seems like you're trying too hard.

skankin_in_the_pit (August 4, 2007)

Naming it after the best song from the best Austin band ever makes a lot of since.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

songs on the Fat Elvis that are better than Fun Fun Fun:

Nervous
We Got Soul
Hollywood Swingin'
Apolitical
We Got Your Money
and my personal favorite:

Prison

"Have to have a category so you will understand (it's your problem)"

Someone (August 4, 2007)

named after the Big Boys song Fun Fun Fun dude.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

come on dante...big boys - dummy

Someone (August 4, 2007)

this shows you how dumb he really is.....what a prick....

Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

Yes...It shows how dumb I am.
-Dante

Someone (August 4, 2007)

dante-

next time, think about what your going to say before you make a complete jackass of yourself. I am completly blown away by the level of your stupidity....i hope that you would at least understand "FUN, FUN, FUN" if you are constantly posting remarks on "PUNK"news. How fucking embarassing for you....

Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

I understand fun. Hell I'm more fun than a barrel of monkeys. What I don't understand how pointing out poor grammar embarrasses me. What, am I some sort of nerd because I care about proper usage of the English language?
-Dante

Someone (August 4, 2007)

no - the fact that you don't know what the fuck your talking about is embarrassing....wow your stupid......sad sad sad

Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

Uhmm...My stupid? Is there one that I own in particular? I don't understand.
-Dante

Someone (August 4, 2007)

i'm sure you understand....smart ass

Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

Well you apparently think I'm quite stupid, so can you be sure I understand? Can you use small words and a pie chart to explain it?
-Dante
P.S. Maybe a bar graph.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

ha. going off on a tangent, aren't you? you cant defend your stupid comment above so you result to pointing out peoples grammar and spelling errors.
oh im sorry, i forgot to use about three apostrophes. if thats how you spell it.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

who's got time for education with FFFF, ACL, SXSW, and the Red River district?

facetofacereunion08 (August 4, 2007)

Give the guy a break. He didn't know about the big boys, whatever. So let him know why its called the fest. you dont have to call him stupid.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

the thing is. had someone else made this mistake, dante would be one of the ones leading the flaming. lolll

Dante3000 (rich) (August 5, 2007)

As this joke has lived long enough:
The thing is, anyone with any reasonable reading comprehension can make out the exaggeration of my original comment, it doesn't take much to see how overdone it is, but somehow you pillars of scholarly activity missed it.

Second, check the record, I don't try to flame people when I correct them. I intentionally try only to respond to comments left under my comments. I rarely (if ever anymore) seek out someone's comment in order to "flame" them. I don't have that much time in life.
So it seems your hate is mostly irrational and odd.
-Dante

AndyPonch (August 4, 2007)

Isn't the title a tip of the hat to the Big Boys? This sounds fucking killer, there are so many great bands on this I wish I could go goddamnit!!!

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Someone (August 5, 2007)

grow a pair and go then, you pussy.

telegraphrocks (August 4, 2007)

I'm going.

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

i think i am too!

Someone (August 4, 2007)

I might. Saints, MCD, Angry Samoans, Fucking Champs, Riverboat, White Denim.... I'd def. go if it was free

Someone (August 4, 2007)

blah blah blah, tragedy and killing occurs but you all just go on living without fear and making jokes

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

Amazing line up.... Girl Talk and Madball! I couldn't ask for anything more.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

only smart people listen to madball!

Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

Is this a specific instance or do you just mean the world sucks in general? If it's the latter of the two are we supposed to just be bummed all the time? That'd be way hard.
-Dante

AaronDanger (August 4, 2007)

BEYOND STOKED!!!!!!1

Someone (August 4, 2007)

lifetime stinks.

old guys go home.

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Someone (August 5, 2007)

i am home

Someone (August 5, 2007)

If old guys weren't still playing there'd be no good bands.

ericheartsu (August 4, 2007)

shit is gonna rage.
sponsorships.org

PatThetic (August 4, 2007)

its time for the devils to get back together full time

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

it must be done

Someone (August 5, 2007)

All of their side bands are no more so why not.

Dante3000 (rich) (August 4, 2007)

Waoh..."Ready for a Fall" by Rise Against just opened Best Week Ever...Is that when you've really made it?
-Dante

Someone (August 4, 2007)

Such a pity this is the week after fest or i would be there with fuckin bells on.

skankin_in_the_pit (August 4, 2007)

If I lived anywhere near Texas I would've definitely shat myself when I saw this lineup. The Sword, Youth Brigade, the Saints, Neurosis, Sick of it All, the Murder City Devils, Angry Samoans, Riverboat Gamblers, and Channel 3? That's an awesome and diverse lineup already.

Fun Fun Fun is one of my 3 favorite songs of all time.

ffwoodycock (August 4, 2007)

that's an awesome lineup, it's good to see Youth Brigade is doing something.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

I just chekced the Best New Music feature and Against Me!'s "New Wave" was not listed.

wtf?

Skitzo (August 4, 2007)

what is waterloo park like? is it a huge impersonal setup or are there usually small stages?

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

its not impersonal at all. pretty small place. last year's fun fun fun was great.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

best lineup of the year. even better than the fest. devils reunion, against me,leo, explosions, the sword, the gamblers, neurosis, and lifetime?!?!? sucks i live in illinois. too angry to use complete sentences.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

It's hard to take the jaded, Org-Core members that are still upset over Against Me! not releasing the same record over and over seriously when they still listen to NOFX.

P.S. Thrash Unreal is still the jam

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

I watch that reality show, too.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

Anyone with decent taste never liked against me!. Don't be bitter though, it could be worse....you could have aids AND horrible taste.

colin (August 4, 2007)

will be there.

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VitusTinnitus (August 4, 2007)

we can bike there in 5 minutes.

colin (August 4, 2007)

oh sweet

we need to bring sings that say "ba ba ba ba ba badadada"

Someone (August 4, 2007)

Big Boys...such a great band.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

brought to you by MTV, Hot Topic, and the 20 people who like "new wave"

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

Wrong.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

count me as one, poser.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

Did you just call someone a poser? I could see why you'd like that horrible against me album...you're clearly 15.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

you're probably a poser too.

Someone (August 6, 2007)

Dumb.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

spin magazine says against me has the "best record of the year"

that ALONE makes me not listen to them.

when mainstreamers start hearing about bands, thats where the fun ends in my book.

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Someone (August 5, 2007)

cuz you're a douchebag?

Someone (August 5, 2007)

you could not possibly suck less

Someone (August 5, 2007)

suck more dumbshit, if i could not possilby suck less i wouldn't suck at all. dumb argument but i win.

joetheinvincible (August 6, 2007)

It really doesn't matter considering that that is the single most fuckwitted statement I've ever read.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

If this turns you off to a band then I'm guessing you'll never listen to one of the greatest albums of all-time. London Calling

TraumaSponge (August 4, 2007)

The fuckin SWOOOOOOORD

Someone (August 4, 2007)

Complete Control is playing?! I'm there!

Someone (August 4, 2007)

Why the fuck does Austin, TX get all the great festivals each year??! What's so special there?

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Someone (August 4, 2007)

its not special, don't believe the hype. please don't come here.........we don't need anyone else moving here.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

I'm moving there along with 20 of my friends.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

me too....no really, i just graduated and i may move there.

Someone (August 4, 2007)

You don't understand a word we say
You don't listen to us anyway
All of this it's just for fun
We're not out to hurt no one

FUN FUN FUN- That's what we play
FUN FUN FUN- That's what we say
FUN FUN FUN- No matter what they say
FUN FUN FUN- We'll have some anyway

I'm a punk and I like Sham
Cockney Rejects are the world's greatest band
But I like Joy Division and Public Image too
Even though that's not what I'm supposed to do....

Say home Dante.

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Someone (August 5, 2007)

fun fun fun fun, til the daddy takes the tbird away

Someone (August 5, 2007)

nobody ever dreams that their daughter's gonna grow up to be a junkie.

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Someone (August 5, 2007)

nobody ever dreams that their daughters gonna grow up to sleep alone

Someone (August 5, 2007)

you're all dumb.

marcusd (August 5, 2007)

girl talk really is the shit.

Someone (August 5, 2007)

hell yeah, Samoans first time playin in Texas....who'd miss this?
(no smartass answers required)

OnTheAttack (August 7, 2007)

dear MCD, please play within 6 hours of NY, thanks.

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