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If that is what you experienced at Bonnaroo...then you really missed out. It could have been an experience of your life if you had opened yourself to be swept away.
Well, I obviously struck a nerve. I think you guys are defensive for a reason. I actually very much love Bonnaroo. It was my fifth time going, but no one really wants to read the same old article about which bands played and what songs they played and how the crowd went wild when they did. They want to read the stories of the people that are there. Even if you didn't like it, thanks for reading.
In reality all you did was sell out to the people that don’t go to Bonnaroo. The people that don’t go just want to hear about the drugs and nothing else because they are looking for something to hate. You had the chance to write a real human interest piece but you just rehashed an article that has frankly been done before.
I would much rather hear about the generosity of strangers, the crazy people that you see there, or other experiences that make Bonnaroo what it is. If I want to hear about crack I can just go to Cincinnati.
I'm a girl not a dude and I didn't make up one word of the article. And yeah, of course I posted it here because I wanted you guys to read it. Not trying to be pessimistic, just trying to communicate the excess of Bonnaroo. Everything is too much--the people, the food, the druqz, the music. It can be overwhelming.
I would much rather hear about the generosity of strangers, the crazy people that you see there, or other experiences that make Bonnaroo what it is. If I want to hear about crack I can just go to Cincinnati.[/quote]
I'm a girl not a dude and I didn't make up one word of the article. And yeah, of course I posted it here because I wanted you guys to read it. Not trying to be pessimistic, just trying to communicate the excess of Bonnaroo. Everything is too much--the people, the food, the druqz, the music. It can be overwhelming.
THATS OK, we still love you, cause thats what we do at Bonnaroo try to love on another.
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
whenever I think back on bonnaroo, couples sitting around smoking crack is definately the first thing that comes to mind!! Are you serious?? this is bonnaroo?? I'd say the guy trading his chai tea for some food and being very appreciative about it would be a much more fitting way to end this article, because that is what bonnaroo really is, if you're not going to write about the music.
well i wrote the article and it's a true article. it's about everything but the music for point. bonnaroo is about so much more than the music.
well... since you are openly admitting that you wrote it, I won't have a problem admitting that it's probably the worst article I've ever read about Bonnaroo. I agree the Bonnaroo is about more than the music, but it is not about crack-laced cigarettes, I'll tell you that much right now.
I should also add that by ending your article with "This is Bonnaroo" you in fact prove to anyone that's been there that you really have no idea what you're talking about. Maybe this is a true story, but it is not a Bonnaroo story. Search these boards for some real bonnaroo stories. Like the one where complete strangers picked up a car full of bonna-virgins and let them camp with them for the weekend and showed em the ropes. That, my friend, is Bonnaroo.
This is what you should have written about....
Your article disgusted me...there's a lot more to Bonnaroo than the crap you wrote about....thanks for making my town (yes, i live in Manchester) look like we cater to nothing but no-no word-heads!
And by the way...we have a Starbuck's because we're right off the interstate...not cuz of Bonnaroo...you are one of the morons that have no business coming to "my Bonnaroo"...And the "Mounted" security people are just that...people, NOT police...You really didn't check your sources before you printed that did you?
I would much rather hear about the generosity of strangers, the crazy people that you see there, or other experiences that make Bonnaroo what it is. If I want to hear about crack I can just go to Cincinnati.
That's exactly what I wrote about!! [/quote]
If you went to Bonnaroo 5 times and didn't get anything more out of it then Drugs then I feel really sorry for you. Bonnaroo is a wealth of human interest stories. What about people helping each other setup their stuff? What about the dancing pumpkin head or the guy dress up like a moth? Even people tring to help out dudes that are super tripping is better than any story you told. The only really good story you told was about the old hippy guy.
Oh well... I've only been to 2 Bonnaroos and my experience has never been anywhere near yours.
I've been to 3 Bonnaroos now and I can attest that unless you are actively searching to purchase a "mind-altering" experience, you only very rarely get a brief/casual solicitation to buy one. It sounds like the author of this article hit the gates wide open looking for this stuff while paying 0 attention to the music and the uncommonly pleasant communal experience.
Post by thequietman1007 on Jun 20, 2008 10:57:13 GMT -5
Good god people just mellow out. You guys sound like your whole world is ruined. I know the truth, you know the truth and thats all that matters. P.S. Hey becca I saw your boyfriend at Bonaroo he looked awsome
I think the writing is well-done, but articles like that cause me to get piss-tested often at work because of its overemphasis on the druqs. Seriously, not every person on that farm is high or tripping.
I'm a girl not a dude and I didn't make up one word of the article. And yeah, of course I posted it here because I wanted you guys to read it. Not trying to be pessimistic, just trying to communicate the excess of Bonnaroo. Everything is too much--the people, the food, the druqz, the music. It can be overwhelming.
Lesson Learned: Don't tout your negative article about Bonnaroo in a place that is full of people who love Bonnaroo.
What did you expect? That we would love it?
Since you are looking for feedback I will give you some constructive criticism in that I thought your writing was fine. (even if I do not like your point of view) However, the end of the article is just kinda hanging out there. I kept looking for page two and thought this can't be the end and discovered that it was indeed the end. It seemed odd. It doesn't seem to conclude very well. Maybe that is something that can do better in your next article.
i didnt mind the artice, but yeah - a but heavy on the drukqs...
and ive never seen crack at roo. i mean - wow.
bonnaroo is whatever you make it. you. no one else. that's something that needs to be echoed home more. and i wish roo put more of an emphasis on people participating in the madness. too many spectators...
when i was out and about in my glowing hula skirt, i got a lot of compliments.
but i also had a lot of people who wanted to buy one, some people who stole glowsticks off of me, and one dude who asked who i was representing / what booth i was with. uh, none of the above thanks. im just a guy in a glowing skirt... whats so wierd about that? i wish they brought back the masquerade ball.
Well, I obviously struck a nerve. I think you guys are defensive for a reason. I actually very much love Bonnaroo. It was my fifth time going, but no one really wants to read the same old article about which bands played and what songs they played and how the crowd went wild when they did. They want to read the stories of the people that are there. Even if you didn't like it, thanks for reading.
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This entire board is about people that were really there. Not one person that identifies with using crack.
About you writing that no one wants to hear the same old story...blah..blah...That sounds like some Gibson commercial editor BS line you got fed. Obviously you wrote the article for the 'shock value'. If you had been on this board you would KNOW that wouldnt fly here. Talk to Kanye-perhaps hed give you an interview, lamo.
Well, I obviously struck a nerve. I think you guys are defensive for a reason. I actually very much love Bonnaroo. It was my fifth time going, but no one really wants to read the same old article about which bands played and what songs they played and how the crowd went wild when they did. They want to read the stories of the people that are there. Even if you didn't like it, thanks for reading.
CRACK?????????
I call shenanigans on you and your story I don't think you went.
Perhaps you should stick with stories about Robot Guitars
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Post by anicwilliams1580 on Jun 20, 2008 13:37:24 GMT -5
I had an awesome time at Bonnaroo! No tripping, or crack smoking for me! Lots of new friends, good music, and beer pong! Maybe she got too messed up and went to the wrong festival.......maybe she'll get lost next year too. Sorry that was bad of me! I didn't mean it like that!
If she was looking to write about the Roo experience, she obviously new about Inforoo and did not bother to avail herself of these resources either prior to, durring or after the festival. What's the word for a reporter who doesn't try and get all of the facts and writes with an agenda? Hack?
we can all be pretty darn harsh when we want to cant we
uh, yeah. you guys have taken some major pot shots. it's a narrative story and it's by no means a definitive piece. it's just a few snapshots. Oh well, I'm not going to defend the story anymore.