dixie chicks

the bonnaroo lineup is being announced and i'm iffy on going again.  kings of leon = my can't miss act if i go.  jay-z is kinda like seeing a lakers regular season game, not really into it but at least you'd see the one and only king kinda thing not like last year's more 'fan favorites'  beastie boys, snoop, public enemy etc.  dave mathews= maybe but still rather see the dead as a jam band headliner than dave or phish from last year. of course it's kinda outside the bonnaroo tent to have lady gaga headline which is actually the one stadium act that i would think about spending the big money on and an act like kesha also falls outside of the typical bonnaroo act. no doubt they'll have some bands like passion pit or russians circles like they did last year but so far it doesn't have the number of mid level bands that i really like or really wanted to see live as they did last year with jenny lewis, neko case, yeah yeah yeahs, animal collective, mgmt, wilco, tv on the radio, and i already saw phoneix last year so yeah. on the plus side, i actually think weezer will be way more fun than springsteen last year and the flaming lips are a better vibe than nine inch nails.  i was kinda on over kill with the boss last year cause i enjoyed his superbowl halftime and obama inaguration performances so by the time i see his 3rd 'big' performance of the year it was a little much for me to get pumped about.   which leads to the dixie chicks who should really be at this point like the biggest band in the usa but we all know what happened.  they would be a perfect fit for the superbowl hafltime and headlining bonnaroo but last i read they are exploring side projects.  maybe the kings of leon will have another big album or two and they can be the halftime entertainment soon.  i'd say elton john would be a likely canidate for next year with beyonce next though it's worth noting that of the 103 million people who watched 100 million of them would probably not like to hear a song called bootylicious and to her credit she's not into that either anymore but it does limit then the number of songs of hers that are familiar to a mass audience.  it's not being old and not just not being a rapper that they seem to be looking for but rather having 20 or so minutes of music that most everybody has heard at one point or another.  yeah crazy in love counts as one and i guess that put a ring on it song also counts but like the boss that guy has had enough massive hit singles to do an hour set, same with prince and u2 all the other recent ones.  for beyonce and like taylor swift you'd better to have a handoff kinda thing and let like three acts do the halftime show like they use but it's kinda cool to have something like a mini concert at halftime rather than just like an ipod on shuffle for 20 minutes.