Van allen Belt- pretty cool.. kinda noisy.. only heard em from the outside Ron Sexsmith - pretty nifty (my lack of comments is due to my lack of interest.. sorry :)
Wilco- very cool
Mutton Birds - definitely gonna pick up one of their discs.. just happy pop sorta stuff
Los Lobos - definitely a "must pay attention to". They rocked good, and the crowd was havin a shagadelic time
Ashley - first song rocked.. crowd was lovin it.. but then I must say that he sorta lacked after that. It was still cool, but I expected more
Change of Heart - completely missed them, sorry
Sheryl Crow - she was kickin good.. sounded great etc... only complaint was that she wasn't on for long enough

Ok, Now to The Hip- Without a doubt the finest form ive ever seen em in. The band were incredibly tight.. and Mr.Downie was in fine rambling form... tons of typical antics etc... something about a lake rimmed with salt, and filled with tequila... sang some of summerside of life (from ara95) during ABAC. They opened with a new song (manhunt?).. played a few other new tunes. Bobcaygeon was just plain incredible... totally blew my mind. They played some of the oldies.. blow at high dough, 3 pistols, and Little Bones. Interestingly enough, NOIS and 100th were not on the setlist. Although it seemed appropriate not to play NOIS.. it
just seemed like they've reached this new level of maturity, and between the solid setlist, the energy, and tightness of the music.. I honestly thought it was a wise choice to leave it out. Only complaint really was that the show seemed way too short (only 1 encore: little bones).

I was at first disappointed with the lack of Beer Gardens, but after actually enjoying the show from up close without getting kicked in the face, I was Ok with it. The crowd was good and mellow.. although I didn't think enough ppl were "shakin their booty".

All in all, it was an incredible day of sun and sounds.. id pay 40 bucks all over again, and again, and again :)

PS: no im not a writer, hence how crummy this review is.

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~Jeremy