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Post by indigrainbow on Jul 23, 2010 19:09:18 GMT -5
guys, seriously. you need to cut janma2 some slack. i just got some firsthand accounting of what she's talking about. i went over to a messageboard for fans of oranges and posted a long rant about how everyone should sign a petition that turns oranges purple from now on (i even spouted some fallacies about how anyone disagreeing with me is also against freedom of speech) and lo and behold, they totally wiped their orange messageboard floor with my face.
its wrong! wrong i tell you!
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Nine or so years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, started the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. This momentous esprit came as a great beacon light of hope to thousands of wooks and otherwise who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their needing something else to do.
But seven or eight hundred thousand posts later, the Roo still is not free. Seven or eight hundred thousand posts later, the life of the festival goer is still sadly crippled by the manacles of the sun being too hot and the chains of staff medics not being able to travel light speed upon whim. Seven or eight hundred thousand posts later, the Inforooster lives on a lonely island of dollar grilled cheese sandwiches in the midst of a vast ocean of evil promoters that lurk behind every corner with nefarious plots to rid ye of your pocket change. Seven or eight hundred thousand posts later, the festival is still languished in the corners of American society and finds itself an inconveniently-timed exile in its own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
(many words later)
Free at last! Free at last!
Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!
inspired by the great words of janma2, in her 2010 speech
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Post by indigrainbow on Jul 23, 2010 19:25:21 GMT -5
i'm all about positive change, but you gotta realize, lady.. "positive" may mean one thing for you but something totally different for someone else!
can't you find something that better benefits humanity to put your effort into other than trying to change the time of a damned festival?
it didn't even occur to you that maybe most people like Bonnaroo just fine where it's at, which is why you caught the heat you did. MAYBE if you had started off with something like "what would be the ideal time of year for you for bonnaroo?" or some kind of poll, it might have gone smoother, but no, you just outright assumed that your Ego's preference of time of year was what everyone else wanted.. so.. quit standing there looking stupid about it like you don't know what happened. damn.
i mean seriously, if you intend on waltzing in and turning a fan community against the brand they are loyal to, you really need to brush up more on persuasive writing.
you are probably the type of nut that walks into a serious poker game and demands a vote by hands of who wants to change the game to go fish.
but don't give up! maybe if you argue more about how your point of view is correct and noble and all others are trite then it'll change my mind
Post by indigrainbow on Jul 23, 2010 23:35:01 GMT -5
to the tune of "In the Summertime"
Not the summer time, when the weather is high, But in the spring or fall or maybe red velvet cake pie When the weather's nice You can come in, you can come in to Roo if you like No more stink, let's high five Come out for free because Roo is mine
If you sweat and itch, fill out this petition deal If it's too hot to endure, then sign this Leno for real Sing this song to complain If you burn and then you yearn for cooler times When the sun goes down You can make it, make it good and really fine
Tired of this heat, as by now you can see We'll sign everybody up so we can do as we please When the weather's fine We go to Roo'in in the autumn or the spring We're always happy Long's they're givin' in to our most modest pleas
Sing along with us, dee dee dee dee dee Da da da da da, yeah we're hap-pap-py Da da da dee da doo dee da dee da dee da da, yeah Da da da da da, dee da da dee da da Alright
When the wind is chill, yeah that'd be just fine Bring your dirty hatin' back to see we changed Roo's time And if you don't like that Well, we'll be driving down to Roo without our frowns It's no glitch that we'll be cool as ice Try to defend but we all just changed Roo's time around
Sing along with us, dee dee dee dee dee Da da da da da, yeah we're hap-pap-py Da da da dee da doo dee da dee da dee da da
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Post by Warwick2Bonnaroo on Jul 25, 2010 20:23:53 GMT -5
Man, and the only complaint I had was that they should start putting the Bigger Late Night acts on the What Stage. Other than that this festival kicks ass, 4 years ago I stumbled upon Bonnaroo and now I am sucked in for life, my wife and I agreed we really don't even care about how good or how bad the line up is,we will always go for the yearly experience and break from our stressful jobs. I mean, if it's too hot go to an air conditioned tent, the video game tent,the disco tent, or go turn the ac on in your car and hang out. I have lost all urges to drink alcohol during the day @ Bonnaroo for it ruins my night , stick to water and Gatorade til the sun goes down. You don't need to go see every band in the 105 heat. If you hate the arrangements, start saving your $ and go VIP,plenty of AC and clean portos and showers, start saving now, sell shit on ebay, do whatever, but don't bail on this festival because its too hot....and could you imagine all of the stubbed toes on a concrete walkway @ 3am
So noble of you to align yourself with the great MLK, who fought for equality, justice, and cool festivals with no police force.
Can't wait till someone brings a weapon into roo and someone gets injured and you come on to this board complaining about how its wrong for them to not have a quicker police response to a psycho on the campgrounds with a weapon. or when you die and go to heaven for being such a selfless fighter for human rights, and then complain to god because theres not enough frosting on your infinicake next to your personal hot tub.
By the way, what "change" have you brought to the world?
Listen... she made a reference to 1984, so clearly she is enlightened. Just because you've never read this scarcely available underground classic that isn't required reading for most high schools in the country doesn't mean you have to get on her back. She's been around the block, k?
I have to thank Janma2 for starting a very entertaining thread. I get bored in the off season and this is a classic in the making. As for the heat, I hate it too. That's why I don't go to Roo without my VIP package. If it gets too hot, I go sit in one of the ac rooms. It's funny what some consider hot. The Canadians complained up a storm a Sasquatch last year because it reached 80 during the day.
I feel like this is the same kind of person that watches Glenn Beck on a regular basis. Bonnaroo is a fucking choice festival, and yes, there are accidents. It's part of the risk. You know it coming in.
Also, no. I'm a student, and I couldn't go any time other than summer. If they move it, many students couldn't come. The festival would lose money. The festival would be worse because of it. Say goodbye to a lot of the luxuries they already provide >_>
Vermont would be nice, as it's far closer to me than Tennessee - and cooler ... it wouldn't be the same. I don't think a little state like Vermont could handle something like this either.
Nateva overwhelmed a little town in Maine, and that had a fifth of the crowd Roo usually draws.
Vermont would be nice, as it's far closer to me than Tennessee - and cooler ... it wouldn't be the same. I don't think a little state like Vermont could handle something like this either.
Dude, have you ever been to Burlington? That place is basically like a year-round 'Roo. More than half its population is either college kids or hippies (or both). Plus the closest fests to there (Bisco, Nateva, Vibes) are all 4+ hours away.
But, I think Roo should stay where it is and when it is. However, I definitely wouldn't be opposed to some sort of Northeast Roo. I read somewhere that in '03 or '04, they planned a Bonnaroo Northeast but had to scrap it last minute. I'd love to see them bring that back.
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