# Shaky Knees, anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382 "2015-05-06T13:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/1 "2015-05-06T13:36:48Z")
My gf is flying to Atlanta tomorrow morning to meet up with a friend from Vegas and another friend from NYC. They are getting together to attend the music festival. Anyone been there? What is it comparable to? ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2015, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/2 "2015-05-06T20:28:05Z")
I can’t name one song from the artists. Can you? > **[Music Festivals 2023 | USA, Europe, Canada, UK | Music Festival Wizard](https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com)** > > From the USA to Europe to beyond, find your perfect music fest this summer with the MFW festival database covering every genre, every style, and every size. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/3 "2015-05-07T02:13:38Z")
> [@Gothic](#): > > I can’t name one song from the artists. Can you? > > [http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/festivals/shaky-knees-2015/](http://www.musicfestivaljunkies.com/festivals/shaky-knees-2015/) Nope. Heard positive things about two of the bands. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/4 "2015-05-07T02:37:43Z")
> [@Gothic](#): > > I can’t name one song from the artists. Can you? It’s kind of an all-star line up of indie music. So I’m guessing you don’t listen to indie music. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/5 "2015-05-07T03:14:13Z")
Heh, she listens to way more public radio and recognizes 3/4 of the bands. Isn’t “indie” and “all-star” . . . contradictory? Oh well, gotta go to sleep. She needs to awaken at 4 am to make her flight, which means I need to wake up to drag her ass out of bed. Then again, I’ve never dusted. ---
**Author:** ![Gothic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gothic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gothic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/6 "2015-05-07T11:42:00Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > It’s kind of an all-star line up of indie music. So I’m guessing you don’t listen to indie music. 🙂 My limited exposure consisted of whatever band played on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/7 "2015-05-07T11:43:30Z")
Well, she’s off. I’ll be getting a ball cap outa the deal. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shaky-knees-anyone/719382/8 "2015-05-12T17:02:37Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Well, she’s off. I’ll be getting a ball cap outa the deal. [My prediction came true!!](http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/vv174/kayaker01/shakyknees_zps5hczsq7o.jpg) So, Aimee Mann and Social Distortion were great, and she had a very nice time.