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Post by roolacksreality on Feb 5, 2007 17:48:54 GMT -5
Bonnaroo is amazing and all, but there is always someone from the "I'm here to get very messed up" minority that makes me think I've just seen the Holocaust or something.
Last year there were some REALLY sketchy airheads and one of the took something that made him pass out sunday morning, and he never woke up. He had ingested a substance that luckily only made him look like he was dead, cuz luckily he woke up about 10 hours later
we saw a girl that started out having fun and quickly progressed towards crazy. she started running around yelling. then she made this michael jordan jump to steal a frisbee in mid flight. it truly was a magical athletic accomplshment. she coulda made sports center. anyways her friends finally caught her and gave the frisbee back. then some dude. boyfriend i think, tried to settle her down. but she started pushing him in the face. and then punching him. she got away and grabbed some dudes hat and started running around with it yelling. her friends got her again and gave the hat back. then she started doing flips and somersaults. but in a dangerous way. her boyfriend held her down again. and frineds went for help. she got away, fell down and started rubbing her face into the ground in a violent way. like ripping up grass with her face. finally the medical team showed up and strapped her down on a stretcher. shot her up with something that knoced her out and hauled her away on a golf cart. kinda put a damper on the vibe for a few minutes. but was soon forgotten as the show got underway.
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Feb 5, 2007 19:05:44 GMT -5
Friday night 2004: after the Dave & Friends set my wife and I were making our way across the main stage area to get to Praxis. we were a bit altered, and we decided to sit and rest at a mist tent near the main stage and sit for a bit. I sat down, looked over and realized a girl was seizuring. The next thing I hear is radios squaking things like "we need to get her to a hospital" and "She's not breathing." We soon realized this was not the place to be in our state and went back to the tent to integrate the whole experience. Later we heard sirens. My wife is convinced this was the girl that died in 04, but I never checked to see if that was the night she died. Anyway, definatly the WORST roo experience in 5 years, but strangely it didn't bother us too bad. There was certinly nothing we could have done, and she was already getting all the help she could, so it just seemed like one of those f-ed up things that will happen when you get 90,000 people together.
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
it does make you feel bad. but they do it to themselves. i guess its possible they got something they werent bargaining for. but its their choice to put soemthing they bought from someone they dont know into their body. and usually i think its because they choose to take way too much. dont get me wrong. i do anything i can to help. whether its a serious medical condition or just someone freeking out a bit i do anything i can to help them out. but you cant let it ruin your time.
Like I said in a previous thread, the most messed up thing I saw wad that guy who was acting like a monkey. He was all over the place, walking on his hands and feet. I tried to approach him to see f he was okay, and he screamed and ran off.
I also saw a dude passed out on a bench, and I was with the parade, late Saturday night, running around a waving glow sticks at people, hanging out with the parade guys. Anywho, they all get right up in this passed out guys face, blaring horns and kazoos and talking into megaphones... and the guy didnt budge. It was really creepy, they all moved in and out toward him, it was like a pulsing, all of them around this guy lyng on the bench on his back at 2am. Finally most of them left and a few stayed to see if he was okay, myself included. He was breathing and whatnot, but still, they called the medics, I do believe. Creepy sh it.
Post by roolacksreality on Feb 5, 2007 20:14:40 GMT -5
dudewhersmyinforoo said:
it does make you feel bad. but they do it to themselves. i guess its possible they got something they werent bargaining for. but its their choice to put soemthing they bought from someone they dont know into their body. and usually i think its because they choose to take way too much. dont get me wrong. i do anything i can to help. whether its a serious medical condition or just someone freeking out a bit i do anything i can to help them out. but you cant let it ruin your time.
well i agree about the dogs. but whats wrong with kids???? when we go to fests with kids we keep them up as late as possible so that they will sleep later. and all the fun goes down at night. if the kids cant dress up in glowsticks and dance around then why bring them?? although we only had a 5, 8, and 10 year old. but im down with kids of any age having a great time. my son and friends kids had a great time with the 3 year olds that were set up next to us by the stage for the latnight drum circle and fire people at gratefulfest. so im not sure why you dont like super groovy parents and their super groovy kids. if your against it then dont bring kids. but dont give crap to people that do. fests are a big place. if you dont like kids you can move to a spot without kids.
Last Edit: Feb 5, 2007 20:35:59 GMT -5 by Dude - Back to Top
Post by BrokenLight on Feb 5, 2007 20:33:22 GMT -5
i think everyone knows about the people in the tree during jack johnson in 2005, i was at least a football field away from it, but i remember seeing at least one person fall, it didn't kill them, but it was scary
the great thing about being a kid is you can pretty much sleep anywhere. so if the kid is tired, he can lay down on a soft blanket and nap. they are even portable! you can carry it back to the tent!
the worst thing i've seen.... i don't even know actually...
nothing i've seen has ever been negative (or i just blocked it out)
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
These are the reasons I stick with beer and cloves during Roo. I'm usually buzzing from the music and the tunes I really don't need anything else.
I've been lucky I've not seen that bad of stuff. The most I saw was a few years ago before the Jem show. Some dude freaked out and was taken away by the medics. He was awake just kinda freaking out it seemed. Other than that, usual people dancing around naked, the glazed, and the naked guy on a stump.
yep..... the real young ones sleep in a stroller. and the older ones pass out on a blanket. we always outline/cover them in glow sticks so they dont get stepped on by anyone passing through. some people just think kids shouldnt be up late because its not normal in society. and of course if you go against what the majority of society is doing your a bad parent. but screw it... the last thing i want my son to be is bound by the "rules of society".
Last Edit: Feb 5, 2007 20:40:27 GMT -5 by Dude - Back to Top
lol..... the naked stump guy had some horrible sunburn. thats up there for the worst thing i saw.
on the subject of dogs i also saw a dog get clipped by a van. it was on shakedown. the dude was talking to friends and his dog was sleeping behnd him... the van pinched its ass. it didnt seem seriously injured. the dude flipped out yelling at the van about hitting his dog. we just told him that thats why they dont want dogs at roo and walked away. not sure if it escalated from there.
i also heard a story about someone getting ran over by one of the water trucks. they said they yelled and the truck stopped. but it stopped right on the guys head. they said he was alive but they took him to the hospital with serious injuries. not sure if its true. but the people at all good said they witnessed it with their own eyes and they seemd like they were being truthful.
the last thing i want my son to be is bound by the "rules of society".
I'm not worried about the rules of society I'm worried about the babies being sunburned. I'm worried about the toddlers not drinking enough water. Roo on the children front has always been strange. I've seen little kids being well taken care of. Parents covering their littles ones in sunscreen and making them drink water when the kid doesn't want to. Then I've seen the little ones passed out, bright red, and the parents just sitting there.
I like kids I think there fun. Roo is an older kids playground.
Post by ziggyandthemonkeys on Feb 5, 2007 20:53:03 GMT -5
I think its cool when kids are there, if their parents take care of them, which they usually do. I dont like to see very little kids baking in a stroller while their parents are off dancing, but you rarely see that. The worse thing i've seen is the guy who freeked out before the mars volta show and had to be carried out, he was about 5 feet from me. It didnt really bother me, but my friend didnt appreciate it all that much.
worst thing, prbably that w00k who stole my shit, even though i didnt see him do it, but i think i know who it was, there was this sketchy dude standing around that looked like he was scoping out campsites/ waiting for peeps to leave.
roolacksreality said:
Last year there were some REALLY sketchy airheads and one of the took something that made him pass out sunday morning, and he never woke up. He had ingested a substance that luckily only made him look like he was dead, cuz luckily he woke up about 10 hours later
hmmm, may have been me. no more whisky before noon!
well i agree about sunburn and whatnot. but they arent going to get sunburned staying up late. which is wwhat i was talking about. and kids get sunburned all the time because of poor parenting. should kids not go to the beach? or the playground? i whole heartedly disagree with you. and while i dont bring my son to roo its becasue i wanna party. not because roo isnt for kids. how is it any more for you or me then it is for them. if parents are good parents i think its a perfect place to bring kids. id say its safer then church or school and better then sitting in front of the tv or the video games. but i guess its just a mater of opinion. if you dont wanna bring kids then dont. but i dont see why anyone would have a problem with those that do. other then its outside of societal norms. or if they are horrible parents, which would be everywhere they go not just roo.
Last Edit: Feb 5, 2007 21:17:13 GMT -5 by Dude - Back to Top
Last year I didn't see anything that was really sketchy. This was pretty late at night, and there was one guy who was sitting, Indian-style, in the middle of Bushy Branch Rd. with his eyes rolled back in his head, rocking back and forth. I told him as I passed him, "Dude, you better get out of the road." Then I walked a little ways past him and the cops rolled up on their little carts and hauled him away.
I've never seen anything terribly messed up. I was really drunk durring the Jem set in 04 and spent the entire set hitting on a lesbian but I guess that's probably her worst memory! ;D
Post by crazykittensmile on Feb 5, 2007 21:30:45 GMT -5
cdevaney said:
I've never seen anything terribly messed up. I was really drunk durring the Jem set in 04 and spent the entire set hitting on a lesbian but I guess that's probably her worst memory! ;D
LOL!
and yeah i haven't really seen anything too bad there either
I saw lots of people throwing up last year during the hot, daytime hours. Although it's not "the WORST thing" I've ever seen at Roo, this was the first topic where I've really thought about it enough to write about it.
The first person I saw throw up was right before Ben Folds while World Party was playing. Three guys were standing in the sun eating pizza. I could tell they were all very hungover. One of them came over to a tree near us, threw up, and walked back to his friends. There were probably 30 people sitting around within a few feet of his "pile" and no one moved or cared. A few minutes later, a couple came over to the tree, sat in the pile, and ate pizza. Again, no one cared. Only at Roo!
Post by chicagorooer on Feb 5, 2007 22:59:42 GMT -5
Bringing your kids to 'roo or any fest is a personal choice. The kids can have a fun time however I just wouldn't want to expose my kids to all the partying going on. I also wouldn't want my kid to see me in that shape! I don't want to influence my kid in that way. I will educate him and let him make his own decisions on partying. Young kids should be kept away from drugs. If your kids talk as much as mine they will be telling everybody about what went on. it would be tough to explain to the principal on how your kid saw u rolling one up at the 'roo....IMO save the glowsticks for 4th of July and have some fun with the kids then.
I mentioned it in another thread, but I saw a nude, younger couple shooting each other up with something on the edge of a wooded area. The kicker was the oral sex acts being performed while sticking each other. It's a blurry memory, but I certainly wasn't the only person who saw it. Much of the crowd walking near me were all commenting and watching the scene.
This was on my first walk out towards Centeroo in 2004 -- quite a way to kick things off.
i think kids should be educated that drugs arent the evil that they are portrayed as. the evil is busting people for having a good time. now im not saying you should trip balls around your kids. but my son knows that smoking a j isnt evil. and he knows that he cant be running his mouth about it because the true evils out there will take people away and lock them up for that. i think its important for them to see peaceful people. thousands of them. with no police or rules, enjoying life, drugs, alcohol, etc... and nothing bad happens. but if he goes to the philladelphia eagles game he will see atleast 6 fights and a whole lot of negativity. its about the type of person you are not the substances you enjoy. and i think thats important for kids to learn at an early age as opposed to being thrown out inot the real world to just figure things out. i know when i smoked weed for the first time and didnt beat up my mom and my sister like the kid in the dare video i felt lied to... and thought well maybe coke and heroine are good too. but fortunatly i was exposed/properly educated about those things as a kid and knew better. and was exposed to alcoholics that taught me you can do too much of anything. legal or not. even eating, as half of my family are horrendous overeaters. id rather have my kid see me smoke a j then see me falling down drunk at the family 4th of july party. or dieing of lung cancer from smoking cigs. or unable to walk and dieing young because of mcdonalds and fried foods. if your not exposing and educating your children then your letting thier peers and the government do it. and thats the 2 worst sources of info i can think of.
and we spend our 4th of july at gratefulfest. so he will definitely be glow sticking it up.
Last Edit: Feb 5, 2007 23:55:20 GMT -5 by Dude - Back to Top
I saw lots of people throwing up last year during the hot, daytime hours.
in 2005, before modest mouse started, my friend got puked on. right on his back. that was pretty funny though. we were in the middle of a crowd and this drunk chick was just like "Blueegeghhh" and then she walked off in shame, i guess.
he was pissed, but moreso pissed at us for laughing at him. he still talks about that and gets a little irritated, its like, come on man, it was 2 years ago, and you were at BONNAROO!!!!
*i like coconuts, you can break them open they smell like ladies lyin in the sun** *Hell I don't even know where I am** *for now I must sit here and ponder the yonder: The herbivores did well cause their food didn't never run** *We listen, if it feels good We shake** *You made a big impression for a girl of your size, Now I can't get by without you and your big brown eyes.**
Post by oatmealschnappz on Feb 6, 2007 0:13:41 GMT -5
I've got two stories, both disturbing but different....
1.) In '04, during the first few songs of Beth Orton's set... this guy who was smoking, setting cross-legged in the middle of the crowd just rolled-his eyes back in his head and fell over. His girlfriend (?) was screaming and shaking him and pouring water on him, but he just laid there motionless with his eyes half-open. Medics came and dragged him away, slapping him (to bring him around) and looking really worried. When I lost sight of him, he was still totally limp and apparently unresponsive. Whatever it was that caused his "fit", it was probably made worse by the unbelievably oppressive heat. Not only do people need to learn general moderation, some desperately need to understand the substantial effect that the temperature can have on them...and what they ingest.
2.) (Like i've previously posted) This guy that was camped near us last year spent most of saturday morning/afternoon PRETENDING to have a bad trip. He paced back and forth, looking pointedly around for his audience, yelling about how "It wasnt his fault". He was throwing clothes, shoes and even his wallet at the surrounding people, tents and cars. Not only did he repeatedly "fall" into his own tent, but he kept threatening to get in his car and "drive through all these m*therf*cking tents"! I've been around several (if not many) people "having a rough time" (been there myself, in fact), but this guy was clearly acting. He was obviously just some clueless kid who thought that this kind of sh*t was how Bonnaroo worked. I'd rather spend every waking moment around some poor guy/girl who was genuinely "freaking", than some wanna-be trust-funder trying to "fit in" in the saddest, most oblivious way imaginable! If anyone would've bought into his pathetic juvenile bulsh*t even for a minute, it very possibly could've taken much needed time and attention away from someone that actually needed it. It made me sick! The next day, after everyone made it clear how they felt about his make-shift tantrum, he seemed so very embarassed that he wouldn't speak to or even look anyone in the eye. Hopefully his shame will keep him away from Manchester this year!
Last Edit: Feb 6, 2007 0:16:45 GMT -5 by oatmealschnappz - Back to Top
thats my biggest fear. that some meth head is gonna freak out and drive his car over my tent. ive heard stories of it happening at roo. fortunatly no injuries. i have now bought a van and sleep in it. makes me feel safe. plus the backseat folds into a bed that is much more comfortable then the ground.
There was a guy wearing nothing but a tshirt at a show in 04 (sketchy on which show or day, I know it was raining but when wasn't it in 04). He got into an argument with a couple security guys at This Tent and walked out on his own. He then collapsed. They came over to him and he didn't respond. They then called the medics on their walkie talkies and proceeded to cover him from head to toe in trash bags. Not sure if the man was breathing or not when we walked away, but they looked pretty damn worried. It was scary either way.
i think kids should be educated that drugs arent the evil that they are portrayed as. the evil is busting people for having a good time. now im not saying you should trip balls around your kids. but my son knows that smoking a j isnt evil. and he knows that he cant be running his mouth about it because the true evils out there will take people away and lock them up for that. i think its important for them to see peaceful people. thousands of them. with no police or rules, enjoying life, drugs, alcohol, etc... and nothing bad happens. but if he goes to the philladelphia eagles game he will see atleast 6 fights and a whole lot of negativity. its about the type of person you are not the substances you enjoy. and i think thats important for kids to learn at an early age as opposed to being thrown out inot the real world to just figure things out. i know when i smoked weed for the first time and didnt beat up my mom and my sister like the kid in the dare video i felt lied to... and thought well maybe coke and heroine are good too. but fortunatly i was exposed/properly educated about those things as a kid and knew better. and was exposed to alcoholics that taught me you can do too much of anything. legal or not. even eating, as half of my family are horrendous overeaters. id rather have my kid see me smoke a j then see me falling down drunk at the family 4th of july party. or dieing of lung cancer from smoking cigs. or unable to walk and dieing young because of mcdonalds and fried foods. if your not exposing and educating your children then your letting thier peers and the government do it. and thats the 2 worst sources of info i can think of.
and we spend our 4th of july at gratefulfest. so he will definitely be glow sticking it up.
Your talking about rationalizing adult things with a 5 year old? Are you serious? I am not saying hide the truth from your kids. I am saying there is a time to learn about things and a time to be a child and not have to worry about those things.
Are you suppossed to explain sex and condoms to a child as well? Or can it wait until the proper time like when they could actually be sexually active? My parents were some of the most honest straight foward parents I have ever met but they were also responsible enough to cuff the joint when I walked into their bedroom.