For me it's really come down to age. I'm getting to be an old timer and while I liked festivals when I was younger I pretty much only see club shows now. The smaller the venue the better. The whole process is just so much easier.

Now you kids get off my lawn:laughing:

and there's been a lot of talk about the Flaming Lips in this thread. To show my age even further the drummer for Flaming Lips was in one of my favorite local college bands in the the late 80's at the University of Kansas.