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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.
The miracles of Thorazine.
I was about to say that...nothing like a strong anti-psychotic to bring you out of a bad trip! haha...
Worst thing I saw was a rather enhanced girl at the Tom Petty show...she kept trying to dance and just kept falling over. She eventually just passed out, but not before getting covered in mud and sweat. It was sort of sad. I also had some friends black out/throw up after a bad trip, but it wasn't a huge deal.
Not at Bonnaroo, but I think one of the worst things I've seen at a show (besides the naked guy at Tool) was at the Crawfish Boil we have down here. They had been encouraging the crowd not to throw things all day, but they were getting rowdy. I was sitting up on a fence that was surrounding one of the cables, and I saw this big guy carrying this girl out. She apparently had been hit in the head with a glass tequila bottle...it had knocked her out, made a huge gash in her forehead (enough to need stitches) and her face was covered in blood. It was pretty awful.
Thankfully though, I've never seen anything too bad at 'Roo!
biscuits last year, some kid was running through the crowd on the left side swinging his arms around hitting people and trying to start a fight, i dont know what he was thinking or what he was on, but he was an a$$hole. i think some people dragged him out of there though, but he really killed the vibe for a minute
Post by oatmealschnappz on May 2, 2007 1:50:58 GMT -5
^ Yeah, I don't get it! I've had some "rough times" before but, I've NEVER thought of starting sh!t with total strangers (or anyone, for that matter)! If anything is capable of making you hit people or scream at people or steal their frisbees, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT DOING ANYTHING! That's the kinda thing that's "in" you. You should know better! There's no excuse for that kind of behavior! If you can't handle the worst-end of what a druqk can hand you, DON'T TAKE IT! Not only are you ruining your day/night, you are f*cking up everyone else's! Know your druqk, know your limits and know that you occupy "our" world...and we don't deserve to have to deal with your stupid, f*cked-up ass! It' spretty simple!
Post by Bob Noxious on May 2, 2007 12:35:39 GMT -5
Last year i saw some dude kick a horse, one of the mounties' horses. It was during PL&F near one of the gates. The horse reared up in the air and threw off the policewoman, then like five cops beat the guy and another five went after the horse.
People that hurt animals need to be beat....even by cops.
Post by paranoidbot on May 2, 2007 13:59:09 GMT -5
lakai2788 said:
biscuits last year, some kid was running through the crowd on the left side swinging his arms around hitting people and trying to start a fight, i dont know what he was thinking or what he was on, but he was an a$$hole. i think some people dragged him out of there though, but he really killed the vibe for a minute
This may be the guy that was on a stretcher with security and medical all around him . It was quite the scene and it was right at the back of the Other Tent and right at the second centeroo entrance so hundreds of people were checking it out. People were saying he was carried there and restrained.
Post by masshysteria on May 2, 2007 14:12:07 GMT -5
paranoidbot said:
lakai2788 said:
biscuits last year, some kid was running through the crowd on the left side swinging his arms around hitting people and trying to start a fight, i dont know what he was thinking or what he was on, but he was an a$$hole. i think some people dragged him out of there though, but he really killed the vibe for a minute
Okay if I see an a$$hole do this around me and there were no one around to do anything to this guy, would it be okay if one of us was to tackle this guy to set his mind straight. Would we get in trouble for that if a mountie understood what was going on and why I tackled the guy? That would just piss me off especially if he was hitting girls along the way. I wont do anything if I know I will get in trouble but you know what I am saying.
"That's the big thing about education. People can be book smart, but not really intelligent about anything else. A lot of times they just taking in all this information and regurgitate it. It's much more important to process it and personalize it. To apply it to your world, to your life. You have to walk the walk, or you can't really report about it honestly."
Thanks, masshysteria, for lookin' out for the ladies around you, valiant muskateer. I'm glad to see chivalry is not dead in TN. I'll know who I can feel safe around -- yes?
So we moved to the left side of the stage and ended up meeting Jermemy the sax player from Acoustic Syndicate and partied with him through the show. What a way to end Roo!
Post by stallion pt. 2 on May 2, 2007 15:33:24 GMT -5
I don’t know if anyone has mentioned it yet, but did anyone else see the crazy naked guy at the beginning of Radiohead last year. He was naked and grunting like an animal, running around hitting people with a shirt or a towel or something. He was obviously out of his gourd, and had a good-sized circle of space around him as people tried to avoid him and watch the show. Finally a large guy walked up to him, grabbed the back of his head and FORCED him face first into the turf, to the cheers of those who saw it. Before he could get up he was grabbed by security and hauled off, to further cheering. The funny thing was this guy actually stole the show from Radiohead (at least to those in the area) for about 15 min. Too bad he probably didn’t remember it.
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
Post by jambandfan83 on May 2, 2007 15:34:21 GMT -5
worst thing i've seen at roo... probably the port-o-johns just before being cleaned. there's nothing like going in for a piss and seeing sh!t, toilet paper, and puke all the way up to the toilet seat. i'm grossed out just thinking about it, seriously, cold chills and everything - it's nasty.
worst thing i've seen at roo... probably the port-o-johns just before being cleaned. there's nothing like going in for a piss and seeing sh!t, toilet paper, and puke all the way up to the toilet seat. i'm grossed out just thinking about it, seriously, cold chills and everything - it's nasty.
Last year - I never saw a nasty port-o-john - granted - they are not the most pleasant smelling things (in the TN heat) but everyone I went into was clean and had tolit paper
Post by jambandfan83 on May 2, 2007 15:39:30 GMT -5
bos1969 said:
jambandfan83 said:
worst thing i've seen at roo... probably the port-o-johns just before being cleaned. there's nothing like going in for a piss and seeing sh!t, toilet paper, and puke all the way up to the toilet seat. i'm grossed out just thinking about it, seriously, cold chills and everything - it's nasty.
Last year - I never saw a nasty port-o-john - granted - they are not the most pleasant smelling things (in the TN heat) but everyone I went into was clean and had tolit paper
after 5 years of being grossed out, i finally invested in a camping toilet this year. you are right though, last year was easily the most sanitary those things had been, but still bad enough to drive me to get my own port-o-let.
Last year - I never saw a nasty port-o-john - granted - they are not the most pleasant smelling things (in the TN heat) but everyone I went into was clean and had tolit paper
after 5 years of being grossed out, i finally invested in a camping toilet this year. you are right though, last year was easily the most sanitary those things had been, but still bad enough to drive me to get my own port-o-let.
So you are saying they did it just for me last year?????? ;D ;D
If you see the truck that cleans those things, stop and go into the last one he cleaned, whether you need to or not. They're sparkly fresh and fully stocked!
Post by fordgoose15 on May 2, 2007 15:55:35 GMT -5
after 5 years of being grossed out, i finally invested in a camping toilet this year. you are right though, last year was easily the most sanitary those things had been, but still bad enough to drive me to get my own port-o-let.
Be sure your bags are sturdy; we've had a couple of breakages due to thin bags......and being drunk.
The naked guy that stallion was talking about actually grabbed me as a security guard was carrying him out and he wouldn't let go. It was pretty creepy. he had blood all over his face and his pupils were solid black. it freaked me out...especially at the time.
Post by oatmealschnappz on May 2, 2007 16:30:58 GMT -5
alyroo said:
If you see the truck that cleans those things, stop and go into the last one he cleaned, whether you need to or not. They're sparkly fresh and fully stocked!
Well I live in Houston. So unless I see weapons or riots nothing really gets to me. I do remember one thing though.
During radiohead there was a golf cart that just sort of shoved the whole left crowd out of the way. Like one big moving mass. My friend had his bag on the ground and once the crowd moved we lost it until after the show. It was weird. But whatever they were going to was obviously important having to sqeeze a golf cart through a crowd that is already at standing room only. Anyone know what that was about?
Post by roolacksreality on May 2, 2007 16:47:14 GMT -5
melikecheese said:
some loser looking frat boy suckin down a balloon and jsut yelling mean things to anyone in site. Felt like I was back on a college campus.
Coming back from Radiohead I saw this, too. A few of the Ohio fraternity pricks approached me when I was walking back to my tent after Radiohead.He asked me if I wanted to buy any xanax or coke. I gave one of them (Who looked completely burned-out)a dirty look (Already knowing the real reason he was there) and asked politely, "What bands did you come here to see? Have you been here before? Confused he stared blankly and replied, "Ummm, you know. Like uh, Beck and uh Death Cab. Other stuff, too. This is my first year, but um my buddy went last year." Continuing to build up to an insult I carried on with the "20 Questions" game. "Cool man, very interesting. What did your brother tell you?" "My brother? I said my friend." "I assume you are in a fraternity, right? So that would most likely made your friend a brother, correct." "Oh, right. Yeah, I suppose so." "OK then, back to what I was getting at. How many bands have you seen since you've been here?" "A few. I'm still trying to make money back from my ticket." Becoming more of an asshole I accosted him. "So you don't really want to see bands or meet people, you just want to push stuff you shouldn't be pushing." "Whoa, man I never said that......" "Look, why don't you get out of here. 99% of the people here are among the coolest I've ever met. But the other 1% are dirt bags like your selves. I'm not singling you out because your a college kid or a frat brother. I'm doing this because it's people like you that kill the positive vibes here." *By then I noticed a bunch of their neighbors were behind me, listening carefully. "No we're not. That's complete bull. Look little man, you wanna throw...." Starting to laugh I said, "Thank's for proving a point", and continued to back to my camp. The whole thing lasted but a minute or two. After I continued walking I talked to one of their neighbors who said they'd been airheads all weekend. Getting messed up, not leaving the site, and overall, just causing trouble.
Post by bojangles22 on May 2, 2007 16:54:12 GMT -5
Well I live in Houston. So unless I see weapons or riots nothing really gets to me. I do remember one thing though.
During radiohead there was a golf cart that just sort of shoved the whole left crowd out of the way. Like one big moving mass. My friend had his bag on the ground and once the crowd moved we lost it until after the show. It was weird. But whatever they were going to was obviously important having to sqeeze a golf cart through a crowd that is already at standing room only. Anyone know what that was about?
^^^^ Yea I remember that! The cart drove just behind me. I remember there was a cluster of folks with baloons sitting on the ground during the show, (I kept watching one dude pass out every time he hit the baloon and then let it fly out of his hands) the cart almost drove over them. It took them Forever to get out of the way,,, it was like watching a bunch of dumb retarded deer in headlights trying to roll out of the way. I don't know what or who the medical cart was headed for however.
After I continued walking I talked to one of their neighbors who said they'd been airheads all weekend. Getting messed up, not leaving the site, and overall, just causing trouble.
We had these cats from Baltimore camping caddy-corner to us that were basically sitting around snorting white stuff the whole time. The only band I heard them talking about was the Disco Biscuits, and I think Umphrey's, and all you really heard from their tent/canopy area was just "SNIIIFFFFF" the whole time. We're pretty sure they ripped off this guy selling them some headies by taking back their money when he turned around, and me and my friend both felt like they were scheming on our beer.
They weren't selling, though. Which made them even more useless.
Post by sparklybecca on May 2, 2007 17:11:53 GMT -5
oopsikillednana said:
roolacksreality said:
After I continued walking I talked to one of their neighbors who said they'd been airheads all weekend. Getting messed up, not leaving the site, and overall, just causing trouble.
They weren't selling, though. Which made them even more useless.
There were tons of shady people last year, especially where we camped. My friend had a prescription to Valium that he was taking, and these guys next to us came up and said "Hey can you give us some, we've all got headaches?" WTF? Then a few days later, they busted into my friend's tent, stole his lucy, green, salvia, and nitrous. They were some haggard ass folk too, so confrontation was simply not worth the potential late night stabbing. But we did get their cannopy from them....
some loser looking frat boy suckin down a balloon and jsut yelling mean things to anyone in site. Felt like I was back on a college campus.
Coming back from Radiohead I saw this, too. A few of the Ohio fraternity pricks approached me when I was walking back to my tent after Radiohead.He asked me if I wanted to buy any xanax or coke. I gave one of them (Who looked completely burned-out)a dirty look (Already knowing the real reason he was there) and asked politely, "What bands did you come here to see? Have you been here before? Confused he stared blankly and replied, "Ummm, you know. Like uh, Beck and uh Death Cab. Other stuff, too. This is my first year, but um my buddy went last year." Continuing to build up to an insult I carried on with the "20 Questions" game. "Cool man, very interesting. What did your brother tell you?" "My brother? I said my friend." "I assume you are in a fraternity, right? So that would most likely made your friend a brother, correct." "Oh, right. Yeah, I suppose so." "OK then, back to what I was getting at. How many bands have you seen since you've been here?" "A few. I'm still trying to make money back from my ticket." Becoming more of an not a very nice person I accosted him. "So you don't really want to see bands or meet people, you just want to push stuff you shouldn't be pushing." "Whoa, man I never said that......" "Look, why don't you get out of here. 99% of the people here are among the coolest I've ever met. But the other 1% are dirt bags like your selves. I'm not singling you out because your a college kid or a frat brother. I'm doing this because it's people like you that kill the positive vibes here." *By then I noticed a bunch of their neighbors were behind me, listening carefully. "No we're not. That's complete bull. Look little man, you wanna throw...." Starting to laugh I said, "Thank's for proving a point", and continued to back to my camp. The whole thing lasted but a minute or two. After I continued walking I talked to one of their neighbors who said they'd been airheads all weekend. Getting messed up, not leaving the site, and overall, just causing trouble.
well not to start anything but the dude just offered to provide you with some party favors at a party. it seems like the vibe got all out of wack when you accosted him as some sort of elitist asshole or something. how does that kid seeing shows or not seeing shows effect the vibe? other then by providing party favors that can enhance the vibe (although the 2 he was selling are no good in my book. but to each their own) it dosent effect it nearly as much as someone going off on him. just my thoughts. seems like alot of people like to hate on the people that take huge risks to supply us with the party favors we want. i appreciate them doing what they do so i dont have to risk driving with anything. i feel better about giving my money to them then i do superfly. and sure there are bad seeds that should be avoided. but someone creating a scene and instigating arguments that could quickly evolve into fights when someone offers to sell them something seems to be an equally bad seed. just say no thanx and go enjoy yourself. just my 2 cents.