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Shakedown can be used to refer to being harassed by cops, but most commenly it means "Shakedown Street", the main commercial avenue in Bonnaroo Tent City.
oh yeah, and before everybody jumps on your back, look around for similar posts and use the search button. Some people get mad at newbies like you and myself when we just post randomly without doing so
Shakedown can be used to refer to being harassed by cops, but most commenly it means "Shakedown Street", the main commercial avenue in Bonnaroo Tent City.
Post by stallion pt. 2 on May 29, 2007 17:35:18 GMT -5
Lol. In 2002 I had no idea what shakedown was either. I saw signs outside of roo saying "shakedown ahead" and the like and was freaking out thinking everyone got seached by the cops. was told by some nice hippys inside that it refers to a Grateful Dead song. Has something to do with the vendors shaking patrons down for money in exchange for their wares. Imagine a Moroccan market run by and for festival goers. It's a beautiful thing.
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 magnoliabread on May 29, 2007 17:35:56 GMT -5
^On that note, of doing searches on the boards.....I usually symapathize with the posters because it took me a few searches before I realized you have to alter your search criteria or else you only get results from the last seven days. Now, I just always put 700. Anyhoo...Hooray for Shakedown!
Post by masshysteria on May 29, 2007 18:53:04 GMT -5
Yeah there were some awesome stories on that thread, I wished they would of just locked it and still let people read it. Administrators let us have that thread back so people can read the stories at least. Those few threads had me more excited about roo than almost any other thread on here.
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Shakedown can be used to refer to being harassed by cops, but most commenly it means "Shakedown Street", the main commercial avenue in Bonnaroo Tent City.
"Walk tall, kick ass, learn to speak Arabic, love music and never forget you come from a long line of truth seekers, lovers and warriors" - Hunter S. Thompson
oh yeah, and before everybody jumps on your back, look around for similar posts and use the search button. Some people get mad at newbies like you and myself when we just post randomly without doing so
hey now - I am not sure that we jump - we just gently knudge in the right direction - we were all new at some point also
Post by wickywicky on May 30, 2007 15:05:49 GMT -5
oatmealschnappz said:
Shakedown is great but, Shakedown at 4-6 a.m. is AMAZING!
Are the vendors open then, or is it just an atmosphere thing? I was at Shakedown late one night last year and it seemed like most everyone was closing down for the night.
Love me some Shakedown, can't miss any of the fun!
Post by oatmealschnappz on May 30, 2007 15:17:54 GMT -5
wickywicky said:
oatmealschnappz said:
Shakedown is great but, Shakedown at 4-6 a.m. is AMAZING!
Are the vendors open then, or is it just an atmosphere thing? I was at Shakedown late one night last year and it seemed like most everyone was closing down for the night.
Love me some Shakedown, can't miss any of the fun!
Some of the official vendors are open. MANY of the "unofficial" vendors are open! As long as there are people around, someone will be selling something.
Post by bellesunflwr on May 30, 2007 16:17:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, guys. . . and I'll be more careful in my searches before posting from now on.
I just found myself lost in a thread about arrival times, though, and it took me 15 minutes of reading before I realized the posts were from LAST year!! I'm going to assume most of the info still holds true. .
Anyway, really looking forward to it . . .14 days to go!!
Post by wickywicky on May 30, 2007 16:43:00 GMT -5
oatmealschnappz said:
wickywicky said:
Are the vendors open then, or is it just an atmosphere thing? I was at Shakedown late one night last year and it seemed like most everyone was closing down for the night.
Love me some Shakedown, can't miss any of the fun!
Some of the official vendors are open. MANY of the "unofficial" vendors are open! As long as there are people around, someone will be selling something.
Sweet, that's exactly what I wanted to hear! We didn't experience the wonder of the all-nighter until Saturday last year, so I can't wait to take advantage of all 4 nights this time around!
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We didn't experience the wonder of the all-nighter until Saturday last year, so I can't wait to take advantage of all 4 nights this time around!
