I am not missing ATCQ. They’ve spent the better part of the last decade broken up, so I wouldn’t miss that. As for Kanye and Blondie, I’m a little more iffy, however, I learned with the Pixies that you don’t really have to show up early to get the wristband. You can get one from someone leaving. I ended up with two wristbands and I didn’t even show up to B’shoot that year until around 6pm. So you can make it manageable. Other than that, I’m taking a bag with some aspirin, earplugs, bottled water, and fruit, and just rocking out all weekend.

The Metblogs survival guide is good too – http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2006/08/recycled_bumber.phtml