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Post by sparklybecca on May 4, 2008 13:41:16 GMT -5
well i mean even if the security was tighter this year (which im sure it will be the same as it was last year) it would have nothing to do with MTV being there or not bein there. all sorts of press is at roo. i took a plane down last year with many different magazine and tv staff on board with me.
Post by itrainmonkeys on May 4, 2008 17:28:03 GMT -5
I hear it every year and every year I get there and the security is pretty much the same. They kinda cracked down on activities in the movie tent. It mighta just been the one guy who let all the power go to his head but I remember the movie tent being more laid back in previous years.
IMO security was much tighter last year than any other year, that being said tho I still did anything I wanted to at any given time and everything was fine. I almost got all my shit taken tho because the guy at the gate decided he was gonna thoroughly check my bag but he couldnt get his hand to the bottom of my camelbak so everything was fine. first time they ever actually stuck their hand in my bag tho.
the first year i was there they head security guy announced that they were looking for glass and weapons only. security people would comment about my pipe or my bag... "nice shit, have a good time". then in 05 some yuppie custie dude took my shit on the way into centeroo. then i started hiding shit. but they go through my bag nearly everytime. and they pat me down too. its so retarded. i try to pick a girl with dreads. its always a no search. but thats hard to do now days at roo. i think security is ran by beta theta fi or whatever the hell that stuff is. and dont get me started on the horse people. they are just elevated police now days. and the shady security people out in the campgrounds that im completely convinced were working with the nitrous mafia to sell balloons and shakedown innocent campers. roo has gone from the coolest security to the worst group of people ive met. but the frat boys oarent much worse then the ghetto nazis at langerado. that was the weirdest security ive ever seen at a fest. especially the one super nasty raging bitch. and the police in the sniper tower was no good too. next year i will be taking the taxi into langerados concert area.
i remember at all good a new shift came on right as keller was starting. they were searching everything. the line was backed up the hill. everyone started chanting "WHAT THE FUCK!!!!" and bitching about missing keller. they finally gave in and let everyone run in without any checks at all. after that they were more reasonable. we just need to show these douches we payed money to see music not to be harrassed. they will give in if a keller related riot is about to break out.
btw i think alot of the secuirty people do not enjoy doing what they are instructed to do. ive had many apologize to me. they just wanna get paid. but some of them are thiefs and just enjoy it. but again it comes down to taking money to do something your against at a magical place like festie land. anyone who chooses to do it for a free ticket or a couple hundered bucks sucks in my book!
Post by Britney's_Fears on May 5, 2008 7:39:02 GMT -5
MTV is probably very gunshy about festies after Woodstock 99. The worst thing that could happen to a Bonnaroo or any festie for that matter is a riot. A riot is a coffin nail in your festival. Bad press, lawsuits, etc. Riot=the end of Bonnaroo
That's why security let everyone go to Keller after they started chanting.
If a crowd can collectively appear to be in the first phases of a riot. That crowd can get away with ANYTHING.
Well, MTV2 does still play music*...even though nobody seems to have it.
But I don't think MTV's there for the music. I think they're there because Bonnaroo has become a cultural event. Everyone knows about it now, so it's big news. They do news.
I have mtv2, and they dont really play music anymore either. subterranean is a pretty good show on sundays at 1am but thats about it and even that show blows half the time.
i think they are there for tool, petty, matisyahu, kanye, metallica, PJ, etc... i havent seen much about wsp and oysterhead in their coverage. not to mention the comedy acts have, IMO, drifted away from the funny and towards the mainstream comedy acts. not to mention all the corporate sponsors and over priced tickets. im surprised mtv hasnt built an outpost on the farm.
^ I'm not sure how mainstream comedy has anything to do with funny comedy...if it were music I'd know where you were coming from, but not comics. Maybe by "funny" you meant "lesser-known."
^ I'm not sure how mainstream comedy has anything to do with funny comedy...if it were music I'd know where you were coming from, but not comics. Maybe by "funny" you meant "lesser-known."
Too bad Mitch couldn't make it...
If I could have any comic living or dead it would be Bill Hicks.
