I've written a mini-review (with pictures!) of the 2004 Siren Festival, but so has Miss Trixie, and hers is much more amusing. go read it.
in light of these reviews and our shared love of the Thermals, you might also enjoy the following email exchange:
Miss Trix: i want hutch harris to marry me. but i think he thinks i'm a bitch.
Me: actually i think he'd be kind of a jerky boyfriend. you'd be all like, "hey honey, let's go out to dinner" and he'd be all, "i have to stay in this dark studio and write more songs about jagged hearts and the passion we'll never share because my soul is closed off to the likes of mere mortals like you." then he'd call up kathy and they'd giggle over the phone together and you'd feel totally left out.