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Post by freesandwich on Jun 18, 2008 3:00:38 GMT -5
So this year was my first bonnaroo and for months i have been lurking here to try to get a feel for what i should bring, logistics of the festival, etc.
So anyways I read the thread about how everybody meets in the walmart parking lot wednesday before the show and how its a great time right?
Well, when i arrived there it wasnt that bad. However around an hour after I arrived there were lots of fights breaking out between drunk people and i heard that before i got there someone even brought a gun. I was pretty much freaking out at that point.
To calm me down i started to talk to this cool guy that i just met. we were talking for about thirty minutes when these five drunk guys surrounded us and were like "dude why were you looking at my girlfriend". that cool guy i was with was like "i have no idea what you are talking about man"
Then the drunk guys punched that guy i was talking to right in the face. then they all surrounded him and started to kick him and basicly beat the shit out of him for NO reason at all. at that moment i was frozen in fear because i was trying to avoid this sort of situation.
so two of the guys came up to me and were like "hey dude do you know this guy?" i was like "umm no i just met him" then they just punched me right in the face breaking my glasses (luckily i was able to fix them..) and knocking out my lip ring (i found it eventually with some help from friendly people) right after that the jackasses ran off.
It kinda sucked having to be at bonnaroo for my first time with a huge swollen lip and a cut where my lip ring came out.
But hey it was all good in the end because i had the most amazing time of my life at bonnaroo with the most amazing neighbors ever. What i am saying is that if you go to the walmart for pre-roo WATCH OUT! there are locals there who do not care about peace and love.
Post by tentseasurfer on Jun 18, 2008 8:17:20 GMT -5
damn, that sucks.....if it makes you feel any better, my friend and his wife got all 300 shirts they were going to sell confiscated by police at the Wal Mart parking lot....so you weren't the only one who had a crappy time chillin at Wally World
That's ridiculous, man....hearing stuff like that bums me out, because nobody should have that kind of experience in relation to Bonnaroo. It's great that you still had a good time, but you shouldn't have had to deal with that. Terrible.
Post by strumntheguitar on Jun 18, 2008 9:51:15 GMT -5
^^heh, maybe I should just say "wow" in regards to Roo 08. I'll be attending every festival in the country. Especially if I include the "wow"s that Jim James & co. must've caused...
This was my second Roo and first time going to Walmart and I definitely felt a drunk frat party vibe from Walmart. It didn't disturb my time as I had a wonderful weekend, but it did prevent me from walking around and making new friends. I was hoping to maybe meet some Inforoo people, but really just felt more comfortable staying with the folks we came with. Hopefully next year!
Post by strumntheguitar on Jun 18, 2008 10:18:17 GMT -5
So I guess all the rumors about super heavy police presence and kicking everybody out of walmart were yet again false?? I don't see this stuff happening so much if there were cops everywhere...
Post by titanfan4199 on Jun 18, 2008 11:05:48 GMT -5
JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY YOU THINK THEY WERE LOCALS, 90 PERCENT OF THE LOCALS THINK BONNAROO IS A WONDERFUL THING,I SURE HOPE THAT WASNT THE CASE. HOPE IT DOES NOT KEEP YOU FROM HERE NEXT YEAR, IVE BEEN EVERY YEAR,CANT WAIT TILL NEXT
^^just curious as to why your caps lock is broke. 99 percent of all keyboards don't have that problem
I actually laughed out loud at this. Karma.
As for locals loving 'roo. We went a different way and stopped at a Subway about 30 min outside Manchester. The ladies in line just kept trashing 'roo after they asked if we were going. I think it's because they didn't live in coffee county so they don't see the money
We stopped off at some random exit on West I-40 on the way home and there was a huge fireworks store. They gave everyone with a Bonnaroo armband a big $10.00-firework thingy. They were so nice and happy to see us. My brother and I spent about $30 in there for two huge bags of bottlerockets, etc. for our dad for Father's Day - the two $10 free things were a nice bonus.
Post by titanfan4199 on Jun 18, 2008 12:25:53 GMT -5
NEVER REALLY QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHY IT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL IF ALL MY LETTERS ARE CAPITOL OR NOT DOES IT MAKE IT HARDER TO READ OR WHAT? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IVE HEARD SOME REMARK ABOUT CAP LOCK JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT MATTERS. ANYWAY CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU THINK , MOST MANCHESTER PEOPLE DO LIKE THE BONNAROO CROWD,NOT JUST THE MONEY, THEY ARE USUALLY THE NICEST PEOPLE YOU COULD EVER MEET
NEVER REALLY QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHY IT IS SUCH A BIG DEAL IF ALL MY LETTERS ARE CAPITOL OR NOT DOES IT MAKE IT HARDER TO READ OR WHAT? THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IVE HEARD SOME REMARK ABOUT CAP LOCK JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT MATTERS. ANYWAY CONTRARY TO WHAT YOU THINK , MOST MANCHESTER PEOPLE DO LIKE THE BONNAROO CROWD,NOT JUST THE MONEY, THEY ARE USUALLY THE NICEST PEOPLE YOU COULD EVER MEET
yes it does make it harder to read when you are YELLING THE ENTIRE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Typing in all caps, in internet etiquitte means you are screaming. Do you scream everything you say in real life? It isnt that hard to push the caps lock button, you have 8 available fingers and two thumbs you could use on it....
I keep hearing so many negative stories about Roo this year. It used to be a place to get away from all the negativety and testosterone contests of the real world. I'm having a hard time imagining any of these things happening at Roo. I'm actually kind of glad now that I couldn't go.
I keep hearing so many negative stories about Roo this year. It used to be a place to get away from all the negativety and testosterone contests of the real world. I'm having a hard time imagining any of these things happening at Roo. I'm actually kind of glad now that I couldn't go.
I really didn't have any issues at all. Although, there's always going to be some sort of crime rate/incidents since it's a microcosm of society for 5 days.
Post by freesandwich on Jun 18, 2008 13:25:23 GMT -5
I just wanted to let everyone know i had a GREAT time at roo except for this one incident. after it happened some ppl came up to me saying that roo is not really like this and just wait till you get inside the gate.
i mean i even lost my celphone during willies set and the people who found it were nice enough to call my brother (who was at the fest) to tell him that they found it.
Post by mulcherry0420 on Jun 18, 2008 13:34:16 GMT -5
sorry to hear about your experience man. The locals i had met were nice, but they were pitching on selling us some fake passes or something?? I wasnt trying to get down on those, i get too paranoid walking in legit as it is. heh. :-p
