Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Post by muppetstakethefarm on Feb 3, 2014 17:42:52 GMT -5
I guess I should do this since I posted about someone elses and still never did it myself. Always been more of a lurker but coming around...
Name: Dave Age: Rapidly approaching 40.
From: Chicago, IL Currently: Augusta, GA
Username Explanation: Kind of a theme for our Roo Group. We each share some characteristics of a specific Muppet in our everyday lives and when we apply these behaviors to our Bonnaroo escape, another sequel is born. (I'm Kermit. My wife is Animal.)
Favorite bands/most listening to now: Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, The Revivalists, St Paul and the Broken Bones, Imagine Dragons, Alabama Shakes, Ray Lamontagne, Lumineers, Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers, DMB, Twenty One Pilots
All-Time favorite/most influence on my life: Dave Matthews Band(seen them over 80 times), The Beatles, Matthew Sweet, Blues Traveler
Favorite Books: Eight Men Out. The Great Gatsby. Where the Red Fern Grows. More of a newspaper and news magazine guy... prefer actual newspapers, not so much the e-version.
Some favorite Movies: Forrest Gump, Original Star Wars trilogy, Shawshank Redemption, Field of Dreams, Rounders, Goodfellas
Favorite TV shows: Sportscenter, Modern Family, The League, Orange is the New Black, SNL, Shark Tank, Squawk Box
First Concert: Jellyfish at the Vic Theatre in Chicago
Last Concert: Xmas Jam in Asheville December 13-14, 2013
Next Concert: St Paul and the Broken Bones Feb 22nd East Atlanta
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by fatmittz13 on Feb 12, 2014 14:31:52 GMT -5
Been lurking since about this time back in 2011, so I decided to finally introduce myself and actually contribute to the discussions!
Name: Matt
Age: 23 (birthday is June 13!)
From: Centralia, IL
Username Explanation: Odd nickname a bunch of friends came up with for me. Play on my name.
Favorite bands: Way too many to list/I like pretty much everything.
Favorite Books: The Sherlock Holmes stories, The Count of Monte Cristo, HP Lovecraft mythos, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings (there are many more)
Some favorite movies: Star Wars, sci-if, comedies
Favorite TV shows: Futurama, Adventure Time, science and history shows, Top Gear U.K., Doctor Who
Favorite Video Games: Minecraft, Skyrim/The Elder Scrolls, Assassin's Creed, Halo
First Concert: Pointfest 2007 in St. Louis
Last Concert: Paul McCartney in St. Louis
Next Concert: probably Bonnaroo 2014
Roos Attended: 2011, soon to be 2014
Looking forward to Bonnaroo and hopefully seeing some of you all there! If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask! Like I said, I've been lurking for a while, feel like I've semi-gotten to know you all.
Post by telephonejunkie on Feb 14, 2014 10:01:57 GMT -5
Lurked most of this year, been posting a lot the past few days.
Name : Brandon Age : 24
From : Asbury Park, nj
Username comes from an Elvis Costello lyric ;-)
Favorite bands artists. Impossible to forget some but...Ween, Radiohead , Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Paul Simon, the national, animal collective, Steve reich, Philip glass, Michael Jackson, prince, hall and Oates, sufjan Stevens, st. Vincent, hiromi, herbie Hancock,
Movies : Adaptation, the champ, muholland drive, planes trains and automobiles, the jerk, vertigo
TV shows : Six feet under, lost, twin peaks, doctor who, trailer park boys
Books : Kurt Vonnegut, junot diaz, Dave eggers
First concert - Yanni, 5 years old Last concert - animal collective : union transfer oct 2013
2012: White Denim : SBTRKT : Superjam : Punch Bros : Feist : Radiohead
2013: The Stepkids : Dirty Projectors : HAIM : The National : Paul : Animal Collective : R.Kelly : DATSUPERJAM : Byrne & Vincent : SWANS....damn. take me back to 2013
Post by rodneymckay on Feb 15, 2014 15:48:46 GMT -5
Name : Travis Age : 24
From : Long Branch, NJ, now living in Norther Virginia
Username comes from: The tv show Stargate Atlantis, he's one of the main characters.
Favorite bands artists: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Eminem, Reel Big Fish, Johnny Cash, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello
Movies : Lost in Translation, Blazing Saddles, The Searchers,
TV shows : The Walking Dead, HIMYM, Community, Daily Show, Colbert Report
Books : Jules Verne, Hunter S. Thompson, Harry Potter, Narnia Series
First concert - Weird Al Yankovic, PNC Arts Center NJ, I believe I was in the 7th grade Last concert - Gogol Bordello, 930 Club DC, December
From : Long Branch, NJ, now living in Norther Virginia
Username comes from: The tv show Stargate Atlantis, he's one of the main characters.
Favorite bands artists: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Talking Heads, Paul Simon, Eminem, Reel Big Fish, Johnny Cash, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Dropkick Murphys, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello
Movies : Lost in Translation, Blazing Saddles, The Searchers,
TV shows : The Walking Dead, HIMYM, Community, Daily Show, Colbert Report
Books : Jules Verne, Hunter S. Thompson, Harry Potter, Narnia Series
First concert - Weird Al Yankovic, PNC Arts Center NJ, I believe I was in the 7th grade Last concert - Gogol Bordello, 930 Club DC, December
Roo: 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
Welcome to Inforoo; anyone who likes Blazing Saddles and saw Weird Al for their first show is OK by me!
What my user name represents/means: Drinking a Rogue beer and listening to Foo Fighters - My Hero. So basically just a random combo of what I was doing.
Favorite Bands: My most dreaded question! Favorites over the last few years: Alt-J, Local Natives, The Boxer Rebellion, Dawes, Ben Howard, Moon Taxi, Grouplove, Band of Horses etc. because this list will go on forever
My All-Time Favorite Artist: ^see above. Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Foo Fighters, Jeff Buckley, Gin Blossoms(Mainly New Miserable Experience), Jason Isbell, Will Hoge, Moon Taxi, Static Revival, O.A.R., Robert Randolph & The Family Band, and the list will go on so I'll stop here.
Favorite Books: I'll skip my younger favorites, except for To Kill A Mockingbird. Adult Life: Chuck Palahniuk got me really reading again with Invisible Monsters, anything Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac, and Kurt Vonnegut. I also am huge into poetry first book of it I bought on my own was Langston Hughes - The Panther & the Lash
Favorite Movies: Same as with music, too many too list, so this time I'm not even gonna try
Favorite TV shows: Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, 24, Parks & Rec, The Killing, etc.
First Concert Attended: First one on my own was some random christian music festival @ Starwood Amphitheater that I hardly recall anymore
Last Concert Attended: Robert Randolph & The Family Band last weekend
Bonnaroos Attended: 2013 weird part is I have been wanting to go for about 8 years or so and lived about half hour from Manchester, but never managed to make it. I moved to Florida in late 2012 and decided to finally go for 2013. Ya know when I lived 1,000 miles away, as opposed to 40! Also been lurking around these boards for a few years, but finally decided to partake.
Post by TacticalTurtleneck on Feb 18, 2014 22:28:41 GMT -5
Name: Nick, or Sterling Archer. Depends. I sound nothing like Jon Benjamin though.
From: Cincinnati.
Age: 25
What my username means: Just watch "Archer"
Favorite Bands: Skewed because the lineup talk has been shaping my habits. Lots of Kanye, Foo Fighters (sigh), Elton John, Ben Folds, The National, The White Stripes, Wilco, My Morning Jacket.
Favorite Films: Just about anything from Scorsese, Tarantino, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Bill Murray, Edgar Wright, The Coen Brothers, Fincher.
Favorite TV Shows: BREAKING BAD, Mad Men, The Wire, Deadwood, Homeland, The Americans, Justified, Archer, Louie, Arrested Development, Community, recently have fallen in love with Rick & Morty.
Favorite Books: Survivor, Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Hobbit, Scott Pilgrim, Anything by Alan Moore, I'm constantly reading something new so this one's tough.
First Concert: Erm, Coldplay? Coldplay in 2005 on the X&Y Tour. They weren't bad. DON'T JUDGE ME.
Last Concert: Mid Point Music Festival. I caught The Head and the Heart, Shuggie Otis, Cody Chestnutt, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Deap Valley, Metz, Kurt Vile, and a handful of others.
Best Concert: McCartney (in Cincy in 2011 and Roo 2013). I also saw John Williams conduct the Cincinnati Pops as they performed "A Night Celebrating John Williams' Film Scores." It was amazing. He closed the 3rd encore with the Raiders March. I was drunk.
Bonnaroos Attended: 3 (11, 12, 13, will be there this year).
Hi. I've been lurking for a few years now. Been trying to get to Bonnaroo since I was in high school, and I just managed to make it for the first time last year.
Name: Sara
Age: 25
From: Deeeetroooooit
Explanation of my username: It's my name...plus some RAs.
My favorite band is Brand New. My taste in music is pretty eclectic, and I'm bad at picking favorites so I'm gonna skip all of that other stuff. Basically, I'm pretty easy to please, I guess.
First concert: ...was either The Turtles or 3 Dog Night. I can never remember which was first. I was like...3 years old.
Last concert: Hanson. Yes, that Hanson.
Next concert: No idea. I'm super broke lately. Hopefully I can make it to the farm this year.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Post by stairwellbaby on Feb 20, 2014 0:20:47 GMT -5
Greetings and Salutations
name: Eron Age: LOL City: Dallas, TX
Fave Bands: Radiohead, Kanye, Vampire WEekend, TV on the Radio, The National, Kendrick Lamar, Sun Kil Moon, and tons of others. We go to around 50 shows a year.
I posted some last year. One of the posts was of my wife and I giving my stepdaughter her Roo wristband as a surprise.
We live in the Dallas area. We go to a lot of shows. We spend at week at SXSW every year. The last 2 years we have gone to Roo. My wife and I also went on our Honeymoon back in 2006.
This year we are planing on going again, but it won't be a surprise because we are hoping (Internet Gods allowing) to buy our tickets this weekend.
I will probably be a bit more active on the message board this year. We are thinking of doing an RV, but if not maybe we could do Group Camping with the inforoo crowd.
We are all very excited about this year line up. Fingers crossed for some good artist additions such as Beck.
This is going to be my 2nd Bonnaroo after 2011. I wasn't a fan of M&M then and certainly not a fan of K-West now, but I'm not going to let that ruin a great time. I figure since I'm back on the boards, I may as well introduce myself. I'm going to stick to an order of threes otherwise it could get lengthy.
Name: Alex
Age: 25
From: Texas
Meaning of username: Mel Gibson was good in that one
Favorite Bands: Pink Floyd, Talking Heads, Ween
Favorite Films: David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson ...almost anything by those guys
Favorite Authors: Albert Camus, Hunter Thompson, Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite TV Shows: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Parks and Recreation, Stella, and yes, I too like Breaking Bad
First Concert: Nine Inch Nails on the With Teeth tour
Last Concert Attended: Alvarius B opening for Neil Hamburger
Next Concert: Whatever happens at SXSW
Last Bonnaroo Attended: 2011, Soon 2014
Last Edit: Feb 20, 2014 1:25:38 GMT -5 by madmax: grammer nazi - Back to Top
Fave Bands: Radiohead, Kanye, Vampire WEekend, TV on the Radio, The National, Kendrick Lamar, Sun Kil Moon, and tons of others. We go to around 50 shows a year.
I posted some last year. One of the posts was of my wife and I giving my stepdaughter her Roo wristband as a surprise.
We live in the Dallas area. We go to a lot of shows. We spend at week at SXSW every year. The last 2 years we have gone to Roo. My wife and I also went on our Honeymoon back in 2006.
This year we are planing on going again, but it won't be a surprise because we are hoping (Internet Gods allowing) to buy our tickets this weekend.
I will probably be a bit more active on the message board this year. We are thinking of doing an RV, but if not maybe we could do Group Camping with the inforoo crowd.
We are all very excited about this year line up. Fingers crossed for some good artist additions such as Beck.
--Eron
i also remember that video! i thought it was so sweet!!!!! welcome!
Name: Will Age: 25 Occupation: Lighting Designer What my user name represents/means: my name From: Arkansas Originally, Chicago for last 8 years Favorite Bands: Flaming Lips, Beck, Ben Folds, Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails, Dandy Warhols, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, Widespread, Phish, Blur, Daft Punk, Boys Noize, The Wombats, Fiona Apple, Postal Service, David Bowie, Jack Johnson, Counting Crows, Ryan Adams, Keller Williams, Smashing Pumpkins, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Basement Jaxx, Chemical Brothers, Grace Potter, DIOYY!, Talking Heads, Prince My All-Time Favorite Artist: Warhol Favorite Books: The Little Prince, Clockwork Orange, any Chuck Palahniuk, Fear & Loathing Favorite Movies: Pulp Fiction, Requiem for a Dream, Grandma's Boy, any Batman, Super Troopers, Alien, Fifth Element, Scream Favorite TV shows: Daria, AbFab, Friends, Reba, That 70s Show, Newsroom, House of Cards, Archer, X-Files, American Dad, Weeds, Scooby Doo First Concert Attended: Radiohead (Hail to the Thief Tour) Last Concert Attended: Depeche Mode Bonnaroos Attended: 2005, 2007, 2009, 2014 Bonnaroo Wishlist: Daft Punk, Grace Potter, Blur, Rolling Stones, Tom Petty, Basement Jaxx, Flaming Lips, Wombats, Dnady Warhols, basically all listed above
Post by Daddy's Mad on Feb 20, 2014 2:48:58 GMT -5
Aye I've been lurkin these threads sense like November I figure now is the perfect time to make an account. I've been to Roo the last 2 years so feel fairly comfortable with what the farm has to offer.
Name: ... Yo Daddy Age: 20 State: Iowa
Favorite Artists: Modest Mouse, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, ALT-J, Kendrick Lamar, MF DOOM, Future Islands, Bonobo, Tycho, Vampire Weekend, Mac Demarco, Wolf Parade, Pink Floyd, Danny Brown, Mobb Deep, Flying Lotus, Daft Punk, David Bowie,
Favorite Films: Akira, Lost In Translation, Moonrise Kingdom, Being John Malkavich, Kill Bill 1&2. Pretty much anything from Wes Anderson, Spike Jonze, or Quinten Tarentino
TV: Tim & Eric, Eric Andre, Samuri Champloo, Cowboy Beebop, Check It Out, Breaking Bad
EXCITED FOR THESE 2014 ACTS!: Elton John, Kanye, Vampire Weekend, Phoenix, NMH, Arctic Monkeys, Disclosure, Skrillex, Chromeo, Broken Bells, Danny Brown, Cut Copy
What my username means: My name is Kevin and my cousin always used to call me the Kev Man, singing and substituting it in for "The Egg Man". he got me into bonnaroo and lots of music so seemed appropriate.
Favorite Bands: Pearl Jam, My Morning Jacket, Jack White, Radiohead, Wilco, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire. Also have a lot of love for Trance and Deep House.
Favorite Films: Pretty much all Scorsese and Wes Anderson and Paul Thomas Anderson movies. Anchorman, Old School, Role Models. Plus so many more.
Favorite TV Shows: Breaking Bad, The Office, Arrested Development, The Sopranos
Favorite Books: Currently Reading The Last Newspaper Man by Mark DiLonno, and One More Thing by BJ Novak. Always love a good book recommendation
First Concert: Rolling Stones in 2003 at MSG
Last Concert: New World Punx at Roseland
Best Concert: Pearl Jam's 4 night run at the Philadelphia Spectrum in 2009, impossible to choose between those last 2 nights.
Bonnaroos Attended: 1 -2013
How is BJ Novak's book? I've been meaning to pick it up. Been reading Nick Offerman's book myself recently, it's great.
Post by PorchRadio on Feb 20, 2014 11:06:35 GMT -5
Name: Brian
Age: 35
What my user name represents/means: Well it is a combination of my one of my favorite songs from my favorite band (Porch by Pearl Jam) and the name of Eddie's band prior to PJ (Bad Radio). Also, sitting on Porch with a beer listening to the tunes on the radio is just good fun.
Born: Valparaiso, IN. Raised: Valparaiso, IN. Currently: Aurora, IL
Favorite Bands: Pearl Jam, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Queen, Muse (mostly their stuff prior to Resistance...Origin of Symmetry is flat out awesome), Tom Petty, Sublime, Weezer, The Doors, Johnny Cash......... My All-Time Favorite Artist: Pearl Fucking Jam.
Favorite Books: Of Mice and Men, Song of Ice and Fire series (Game of Thrones yo), Lord of the Flies, Jurassic Park (read the book first, so I didn't like the movie), Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.....I have read alot of books, but for some reason am having trouble thinking of more. Ah well.
Favorite Movies: The Big Lebowski, Empire Strikes Back, Memento, Office Space, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Oh Brother Where Art Thou......
Favorite TV shows: True Detective, Shameless, Game of Thrones, Arrested Development, The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, Always Sunny in Philadelphia, House of Cards, Parks and Recreation, New Girl
First Concert Attended: First was Aerosmith with Megadeth as the opener in 1993. First one I really count was Pearl Jam at Soldier Field, Chicago 1995.
Last Concert Attended: Voodoo Fest 2013
Bonnaroos Attended: 2010, 2011, 2013, and soon to be 2014
Bonnaroo Wishlist: Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Bruce Springsteen, The Who
Post by andyhopps0707 on Feb 20, 2014 12:18:00 GMT -5
I've actually been a member for a while and now that there's actually stuff worth talking about I can't because I only have five or six posts. But I guess that makes me mostly a lurker so here are some of my favorite bands at Bonnaroo this year! (In sorta ordah)
Jack White (A legend IMO), Elton John, Vampweek (would be higher but I've seen them twice), Arctic Monkeys, NMH (Same as Vamp), Chvrches, Cloud Nothings (check them out!), Dr. Dog, Danny Brown, Broken Bells, DARKSIDE, Avett Brothers, and Kanye because he is a legend as well although I listen to Danny Brown and Chance more often.
Post by industryjunket on Feb 20, 2014 13:45:48 GMT -5
Name: - From: Louisville, KY Favorite Bands: Songs: Ohia, DeYarmond Edison, Blackbird Raum, Jordaan Mason & the Horse Museum My All-Time Favorite Artist: Big Bill Broonzy Favorite Books: Dark Tower series, Blood Meridian, The Road, The Stranger, Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Favorite Movies: Do the Right Thing First Concert Attended: Weird Al, Seventh grade Last Concert Attended: Chris Forsyth, last night Bonnaroos Attended: 2012
Name: Greg What my user name represents/means: I make music under this name. From: Charlotte, NC Favorite Bands: Hard to say. Just skimming through a Spotify playlist I see the Rolling Stones, the Walkmen, the Cloud Nothings, various hip-hop acts, etc. I like plenty. My All-Time Favorite Artist: Probably Nas. Favorite Book: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Marquez. Favorite Movies: No Country for Old Men, Do the Right Thing, Boyz n the Hood Favorite TV shows: Breaking Bad First Concert Attended: Kanye West on the Glow on the Dark Tour was my first concert that I chose to go to myself. Before that, my first ever was an Usher and Janet Jackson concert when she was touring for the Velvet Rope, hah! Last Concert Attended: Kanye West on the Yeezus Tour Bonnaroos Attended: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 (2014 this Summer!) Bonnaroo Wishlist: Kanye West, Outkast, Frank Ocean, Haim, the Rolling Stones, just to many to name...
