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Post by leafsfan7524 on Jan 5, 2008 14:21:32 GMT -5
That's some great writing dude. Hope you don't mind I quote you here:
"all of a sudden, the wind picks up a bit, and carries a familiar voice to my ears. Some great magnet pulls me towards this sound, and I'm helpless to resist it, like a moth to a flame. As the voice, and the now audible band accompanying it grow louder, and it becomes clearer that it's not just some strange auditory hallucination, I feel a strange peace wash over my body. My muscles relax. My mind slows to it's normal rate. The panic attack is over, along with the desire to end my night early…I've found my center. I've found salvation, in Gov't Mule."
Edit: the reason I like it so much is because the same thing pretty much happened to me. I went to see the Flips (arrived a little late), but couldn't get close. I saw the Flips before and really liked their show, but I couldn't get into this one.
So I wondered around for a bit, then BAM! heard Gov't Mule from a far. I was like "oh ya Mule is playing right now" I quickly went over there and was blown awat for a couple of hours. I really hope Mule go back again this year.
Bus... You didn't seem to like Bonnaroo that much. Seemed like a lot of stuff bothered you too much. That's a shame! Hope you have a better time this year if you end up going.
I had a great time actually....just tried to keep it honest....it was the most fun I've ever had in the most miserable conditions I've ever spent 4 days in.
I actually stood right next to you in Ken's trailer Moe while you were trying to work out how to get new keys or something like that....I was there because the words had literally melted off of my press pass!
Hahah... Well that's good to hear. Honest is good. We also fought through some hardships like when my co-host's key, wallet, camera and bag all got stolen from the fountain. (Ken had them shipped to his hotel. Great guy.)
I'm usually a hotel guy, but it was fun to rough it for a few days, even though I ended up unconscious at one point! LOL
Finesse Mitchell of limited Saturday Night Live fame was on third, and lost me right from the get go. He said something like…. "Wow, that's a lot of white people…are you the good white people or the other white people?"…it was funny…but it left a bad taste in my mouth….I imagine if I walked up to him and said something true, yet taboo all the same, like…."hey, Finesse Mitchell…you're one of the only black guys I saw all weekend that wasn't in The Roots or selling drugs!" his reaction wouldn't be to laugh…he'd probably hit me…though maybe I underestimate him…he seemed like an okay guy as his act wore on.
"I had spent a considerable amount of time before leaving for Bonnaroo on a very fun, even though it takes itself way too seriously at times, bulletin board called Inforoo. A phrase I learned on that site was BFE camping. It was clear before I even knew what the phrase meant, that no one wanted to be camped there. There where entire threads dedicated to specific times to arrive and entrances to use in order to avoid BFE. Initially, I thought that BFE was an official camping section, and from what I guessed was some kind of auxiliary site that was really far away from the action. I found out later that BFE stands for Bum f**k Egypt, and is an unofficial term for the many..I repeat...many…camping areas that are far away from the action.
As it turned out, our lovely little slice of horse pasture heaven, was very much BFE."
That, and:
"If you confuse a skinny black guy rapping, and an overweight white guy playing a guitar…you may have just seen the Flaming Lips!"
loved the Gonzo-esque style. Read it all in one sitting last night.
I'm w rtawater. I loved the show and my late friend Dirty Ernie really enjoyed meeting Mr. Morello and didn't mind re-purchasing One Man Revolution in the slightest in order to get it signed and to get to rap with him for a bit. But then again, his best friend didn't get turned away like that.
Hope you enjoy it...if you don't...just stop reading.
Mike
PS...please don't steal it...
i dont want to steal it, but would it be okay with you if i post a link on bonnaroo.com... i steady rock that page, and have several friends that would love to read this...
If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are their souls. - Thomas Jefferson
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Post by rodeoblonde04 on Feb 23, 2010 13:24:18 GMT -5
i know this is an old thread, but im very upset that I am unable to waste more time at work by reading this book. my workplace has that link blocked as "entertainment"....sigh.
I pretty much read this whole thing at work today and finished when I got home. This will be my first year going after trying for the past 5-6 years. This was exactly what Kind of write up I wanted to read. Well writen, good read. Thanks for sharing it!
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Feb 26, 2010 0:37:00 GMT -5
"Yeah, it was hot, but it was Tennessee in June. Notice I didn't say Tennessee in the middle of the summer. It's been a constant source of personal irritation to read and listen to folks speaking about Bonnaroo being the biggest event of the summer. Bonnaroo starts and ends about a week before summer begins. Bonnaroo, is the biggest event of the spring. Write that down. You heard it here first. Hey hippies....smoke a little less pot and learn the seasons. Onwards." ------------------------------ "Anyway, there we were, James and I, sitting in the car in the hot ass early summer Tennessee sun, with no end in sight to the traffic that has stopped our progress."
I'm amazed at how someone else can see the same show and take something so different from it. Not that one way is wrong or right, but your opinions and mine differ so greatly on some shows. Interesting... but great writing!!
"Yeah, it was hot, but it was Tennessee in June. Notice I didn't say Tennessee in the middle of the summer. It's been a constant source of personal irritation to read and listen to folks speaking about Bonnaroo being the biggest event of the summer. Bonnaroo starts and ends about a week before summer begins. Bonnaroo, is the biggest event of the spring. Write that down. You heard it here first. Hey hippies....smoke a little less pot and learn the seasons. Onwards. thought may was the end of spring?"
A Thieve's Parade 2/24 Conspirator 2/26 Kevin Smith 3/11 Keller 3/17 Papadosio 3/18 JJ Grey 3/25 Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer 3/26 Toubab Krewe 3/27 O'Death 4/11 Budos Band 4/22 EOTO 4/28 Summer Camp 5/6-29 All Good
Too funny! 
