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This will be my first roo also and I am so excited. I wanted to go last year but couldn't just had a baby girl and didn't want to leave for that long. Well here is all my info
Name: James
Username: my initials and D.O.B. (pretty boring I know but it was all I could think of)
From: South Lebanon, OH (small town outside of cincy)
Favorite Bands: JOHNNY CASH, PEARL JAM, AUDIOSLAVE, SOUNDGARDEN, ALICE IN CHAINS, MOTLEY CRUE, THE WHITE STRIPES, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, THE BLACK KEYS, KINGS OF LEON, HANK WILLIAMS Sr., HANK III, DANZIG, AC/DC, THE DOORS, BLACK SABBATH, HEARTLESS BASTARDS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, MERLE HAGGARD, WAYLON JENNINGS, MOTORHEAD, CLASH, WILLIE NELSON, LUCINDA WILLIAMS, TURBO NEGRO, MODEST MOUSE, THE RACONTEURS, LORETTA LYNN, DOLLY PARTON, RALPH STANLEY, BOB DYLAN, THE ROMONES, R.L. BURNSIDE, ANDREW W. K., METALLICA, TOOL, CAKE, MARCY PLAYGROUND, CHUCK BERRY, ELVIS PRESLEY, CCR, THE STROKES, LYNYRD SKYNYRD, CHARLIE DANIELS BAND, LED ZEPPLIN, FOO FIGHTERS, GUNS N' ROSES, ROLLING STONES, JET, T-REX, MC5, NASHVILLE PUSSY, NIRVANA, OFFSPRING (OLD STUFF), PANTERA, THE MONKEES, P.U.S.A., QUEEN, RAM JAM, SEX PISTOLS, SOCIAL DISTORTION, THE CULT, JIMI HENDRIX, THE TODIES, TOM PETTY, WEEZER, KENNY ROGERS, VAN MORRISON, Anything that doesen't get played a million times on the radio
My All-Time Favorite Artist: Eddie Vedder
Favorite Books: Stephen King: The Gunslinger, Charles Bukowski: Ham on Rye, The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band (Motley Crue)
Favorite Movies: COOL HAND LUKE, PULP FICTION, BOOGIE NIGHTS, GOODFELLAS, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, BRAVEHEART, BLOW, ROCKSTAR, SUPERBAD
Favorite TV shows: Mostly any reality tv
First Concert Attended: Peter Frampton at Kings Island i was sixteen and it was free because I worked there
Last Concert Attended: Reverend Horton Heat with Hank III and Nashville Pussy
Bonnaroos Attended: 2008 will be my first
Bonnaroo Wishlist: Kings of Leon, The Black Keys, Cake, Rage Against the Machine, Led Zepplin
Post by johndfromde on Apr 2, 2008 14:46:21 GMT -5
Hi everybody! (Hi Dr. Nick)
Name: John (The Driz, Drizzle, Driz-lok, J Driz) Dressler What my user name represents/means: I am John D from DE From: Delaware Favorite Bands: Radiohead, Soulive, TOOL, Medeski, Martin & Wood, STS9, Saosin, Galactic, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, A Perfect Circle, Coheed & Cambria, Rage Against the Machine, The Roots, The Fall of Troy, Alice in Chains, Outkast, Liquid Tension Experiment, Glassjaw, Kanye, Soundgarden, Bob Marley, Rx Bandits, Sigur Ros, Dave Matthews Band, Minus the Bear, Praxis, Common, The Mars Volta, HORSE the band, Beck, Amon Tobin, Incubus, Mos Def, The String Cheese Incident, Bassnectar, The Velvet Teen, Deftones, Karl Denson, My America is Watching Tigers Die, Pink Floyd, Opeth, Victor Wooten, Bloc Party, Steve Vai, Mozart, Busta Rhymes, Circa Survive, Primus, Buckethead, Umphrey's McGee, Matisyahu, Phish, Beck, The New Deal, Stanton Moore, Talib Kweli, Led Zeppelin, Porcupine Tree, Benevento-Russo Duo, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dieselboy, Robert Randolph, Mute Math, Phish, Broken Social Scene, RJD2, Daler Mehndi, Murs, Yonder Mountain String Band, Gorillaz, Bach, Sublime, John Coltrane, Snoop Dogg, Keller Williams, Isis, Saves the Day, The Flaming Lips, Wyclef Jean, Sasha, Death Cab for Cutie... : ) My All-Time Favorite Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Favorite Books: The Fabric of the Cosmos Favorite Movies: Independence Day, The Last King of Scotland, The Matrix, Howl's Moving Castle.. Favorite TV shows: South Park, Adult Swim, Heroes.. First Concert Attended: Mtv return of the rock something w/ Staind, POD, and F!cking Crazy Town hah. Last Concert Attended: Medeski Martin & Wood in in Philly Bonnaroo Wishlist: The Mars Volta, Soulive, MSMW, Daft Punk..
Post by DystopianDream on Apr 3, 2008 19:51:13 GMT -5
This is too much fun to pass up, and since I'm new here, I really should properly introduce myself instead of just barging in on all your pre-established conversations. . .
Name: Andrea, but most people call me drea
Significance of Inforoo Name: It's a perversion of a Built to Spill song, "Dystopian Dream Girl," plus, it also has both my real name *and* my nickname hidden in it : )
Location: Central Illinois
Favorite bands and the such: Explosions in the Sky, Built to Spill, Band of Horses, Death Cab for Cutie, I have thousands more. . .
Favorite ever: Tie between Phish/Led Zep/Built to Spill
Favorite Books: I'm getting my Master's in Lit, so I have quite a few favorites. . . here are a few: Hitchhiker's Guide, Sun Also Rises, anything by Bill Bryson, Dave Sedaris or Neil Gaiman.
Favorite Films: The ones that Wes Anderson makes.
Favorite (most watched) TV Shows: I don't have TV (not in a self-righteous sort of way, I just don't get reception and can't afford cable), but I watch LOST and Ghost Hunters online. I also love The Office in such a way that is neither normal or healthy.
First (REAL) concert attended: Spin Doctors, Gin Blossoms and Cracker, back in '94 or '95
Most recent concert attended: Explosions in the Sky, St Louis, last Saturday (March 29, 2008).
Bonnaroos attended: none. . . but I have plenty of festy experience : )
Most wanted at Roo: Explosions, Built to Spill, Band of Horses, SILVERSUN PICKUPS (please, god??).
Watchin' a stretch of road, miles of light explode. Driftin' off a thing I'd never done before. Watchin' a crowd roll in. Out go the lights it begins. A feelin' in my bones I've never felt before...
What my user name represents/means: As I said, Jack is my name, and 324 represents March 24th, which is my birthday.
From: Boston (well, the suburbs anyway)
Favorite Bands: Sex Pistols, The White Stripes, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, The Beatles
My All-Time Favorite Artist: Jean Michel Basquiat
Favorite Books: Of Mice and Men, A Long Way Down, The Catcher in the Rye, A Clockwork Orange, The Beach, A Long Way Gone
Favorite Movies: A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Taxi Driver, The Royal Tenenbaums, Children of Men, Following, Dog Day Afternoon and of course Ghostbusters!
Favorite TV shows: The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Da Ali G Show, Real Time with Bill Maher, Scrubs, The Office, Aqua Teen Hunger Force
First Concert Attended: Harry Connick Jr. when I was seven years old.
Last Concert Attended: Muse (with Cold War Kids as the opening act)
Bonnaroo Wishlist: Daft Punk, Cut Copy, Franz Ferdinand, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Led Zeppelin (I wish), Modest Mouse
Bonnaroos Attended: This year will be my first time.
Last Edit: Apr 7, 2008 18:13:57 GMT -5 by jack324 - Back to Top
"Do you see my smokin' guns? They're smokin from a shootin', smokin' from shootin', smokin' from shootin' at nothin dear, Do you live your life on the run? Losin out on lovin. Askin for nothin, Runnin from something that isn't there." --My Morning Jacket--
What my user name represents/means: owsley the LSD maker in the electric kool-aid acid test
From: SF area, california
Favorite Bands: zeppelin, ALO, the band, hendrix, john butler trio, bob dylan, the beatles, the marley family, mason jennings, pixies, radiohead, pink floyd, sam cooke, sublime, superdrag, creedence, the dead, townes van zandt...
My All-Time Favorite Artist: can't pick..but my two favorite songs are mellow mood by bob marley and bold as love instrumental by hendrix
Favorite Books: small is beautiful-e.f schumacher, vonnegut, bill bryson, pet semetary-stephen king, hitchiker's guide to the galaxy
Favorite Movies: wayne's world 1&2, the shining, the big lebowski...to keep it short
Favorite TV shows: (old) simpsons, south park, GOOD EATS, arrested development
First Concert Attended: i'm going to be totally honest here...backstreet boys *flinch* I was like 13, ok? first concert I really count...i think weezer in 2001 or maybe it was '02, w/tenacious D
Last Concert Attended: ALO. and yes, it was a funky a$$ dance party, thanks for asking
Bonnaroo Wish list: ALO, clapton, the dead, neil young, fat freddy's drop...i'm pretty happy with this year's lineup.
Post by Bonnapalooza on Apr 10, 2008 14:40:49 GMT -5
ive been a lurker for quite some time(since before last years roo) and i felt it was about damn time that i made an account so ill fill out one of these things
Name:Jon
Username: yea couldnt decide on a good username so i just combined the two places i love haha
From: burbs of chicago
Favorite Bands: Tool,Radiohead,Nine Inch Nails,Black Sabbath,Depeche Mode,Bauhaus,David Bowie,STS9,Primus,Faith No More and soo many more
Favorite Books: South of the Pumphouse, The Long Hard Road Out of Hell, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit
Favorite Movies: Star Wars(mainly the original trilogy),Lord of the Rings,The Crow,Nightmare Before Christmas,Big Fish
Favorite TV shows: dont watch it very often but if i do its usually family guy or whatever else is on adult swim
First Concert Attended: Ozzfest 2003 haha yea i used to be a huge metal head but over the past couple of years my music tastes have expanded greatly
Last Concert Attended: STS9 in February
Bonnaroos Attended: 2007 and soon 2008
Bonnaroo Wishlist: Les Claypool in some form,Mars Volta, anymore and the conflicts would be too much although i gota throw this one out there, Bowie haha unrealistic but it would be amazing maybe next year
Post by melloashello on Apr 13, 2008 23:59:52 GMT -5
Name: Chase What my user name represents/means: I enjoy chilling and i have used this name for a while on other boards. From: Nashville, TN Favorite Bands: Explosions in the Sky, Animal Collective, Nine Inch Nails, Godspeed you! Black Emperor, Tool, Blonde Redhead, Faith No More, KMFDM, Sigur Ros, Tricky, Sufjan Stevens, My Morning Jacket, The Mars Volta Favorite Books: The Stranger, The Plague, anything from Camus. Siddhartha (Hesse), Naked Lunch (Burroughs), A Lesson Before Dying (Gaines), Slaughterhouse - Five (Vonnegut), Frankenstein (Shelley), and Death is a Noun (Langone). Favorite Movies: Zombie, Little Children, Requiem for a Dream, Monster Squad, The Lost Boys, 976-Evil, Suspiria, Pan's Labyrinth, American Beauty, Brick. Favorite TV shows: Man vs. Wild, South Park, Aqua Teen First Concert Attended: sadly, N'SYNC but I promise I was forced. First show i chose to see was NIN 02' Last Concert Attended: Deerhunter and No Age, right at the end of 07' Bonnaroos Attended: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Bonnaroo Wishlist: The Mars Volta, Explosions in the Sky, Eric Clapton.
but seriously... i have my post-crazy moments, few and far between. so here i am...
Name: siobhan. its pronounced sha-von, and yeah, i know there's a "b" in there. its irish, they were probably drunk.
What my user name represents/means: a genre of music that i enjoy. also- my password for everything in the 7-9th grades.
From: pasadena, ca
Favorite Bands: eric clapton, sts9, the allman brothers band, stevie ray vaughan, jamiroquai
My All-Time Favorite Artist: duane allman
Favorite Books: me talk pretty one day (david sedaris), why i am not a christian (bertrand russell), the shining (stephen king)
Favorite Movies: the departed, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, dazed and confused, the wizard of oz, killer klowns from outer space, sleepaway camp I-III
Favorite TV shows: rock of love with bret michaels, project runway, big love, curb your enthusiasm, arrested development
First Concert Attended: (without the 'rents) incubus
Last Concert Attended: devendra banhart
Bonnaroo Wishlist: sts9, clapton, led zep, prince, jamiroquai, allman brothers band
Post by queensolver on Apr 16, 2008 8:40:43 GMT -5
I've been lurking a TON. I was finally moved to create an account when all this hullabaloo about the BIG announcement started goin' down. Hello Inforoo community!
Name: Sarah W.
What my user name represents/means: I actually had a Barbara Kingsolver book infront of me, and I thought her last name was cool-sounding, but I didn't want everyone thinking I was a dude. Or that I solved kings.
From: Detroit, MI/Miami, FL/Burlington, VT/Southern NH (I know)
Favorite Bands: The Avett Brothers, Joanna Newsom, Hot Chip, ****JOSH RITTER****, Modest Mouse, The Cure, Led Zeppelin, Morcheeba, NWA, YELLE, Nujabes, Ben Folds, Defiance Ohio, Dead Prez, Blackstar, Devil Makes Three, Flaming Lips, Foo Fighters, Gorillaz, George Clinton and P Funk, B-52s... seriously, I like anything that wasn't created by sweaty, suited guys in Hollywood/Nashville
My All-Time Favorite Artist: uhh... I honestly could never ever decide.
Favorite Books: The Omnivore's Dilemma, Diary, Invisible Monsters, Haunted, Animal Vegetable Miracle, Better Off, Nine Stories, The Tao of Pooh.... anything by Wendell Berry.
Favorite Movies: Adaptation, Big Fish, Palindromes...
Favorite TV shows: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT. Probably the only show that can literally make me laugh out loud.
First Concert Attended: Gloria Estefan and The Miami Sound Machine. In Miami.
Last Concert Attended: Eli Reed & The True Loves
Bonnaroos Attended: this will be my first one
Bonnaroo Wishlist: Led Zep, Beastie Boys.... any late night that I can dance to.
Post by pabrown1690 on Apr 16, 2008 14:27:33 GMT -5
any word if ben harper will be there this year? everyone he plays with is going from jack johnson to eddie vedder of pearl jam, donavon frankenreiter. he has to be coming, if this is not the place to post this sorry
Post by bonnaroobob on Apr 18, 2008 1:12:29 GMT -5
Hey there! I just wanted to extend a warm hello to all my fellow Inforooers...
I just officially signed up here, but I've been reading this board for years. You people have provided me with some great tips in the past. So thanks!
Anyway, my name is Bob and I've been to every Roo since 2002. Last year was my first in VIP, and I'll def. be doing it again this year. (Thanks Uncle Sam!! I couldn't have done it without ya.)
I'll be on the board a lot over the next few months, and I look forward to getting to know some of you guys!
I hope everybody has a happy, healthy, mind-melting, musically orgasmic Roo this year!
Post by slobpatttop on Apr 18, 2008 20:32:46 GMT -5
Name: Amy
What my user name represents/means: Smoke lots of B, party all the time and Poor Old Tom. My girl made this up over 10 years ago and I have successfully managed to keep it in my possession since.
From: currently Annapolis, MD
Favorite Bands: The Black Keys, Beck, LZ, Grateful Dead, Common (does that count as a band?), Sublime, Blind Melon, The Roots, NWA, Tool, Radiohead, The Beatles
My All-Time Favorite Artist: Beck
Favorite Books: Through the looking glass, Women
Favorite Movies: Superbad, I still have the button I was given at last years
Favorite TV shows: I don't have cable so there isn't alot to pick from, I watch alot of public television, I like House and AMTM and this gay show, Gossip Girl
First Concert Attended: Hootie and the Blowfish with my best friend before I moved across the state.
Last Concert Attended: Langerado, but about to see Radiohead and The Black Keys
Bonnaroos Attended: 2006/2007
Bonnaroo Wishlist: The Black Keys, LZ, Clapton, N.E.R.D
Name: Nick What my user name represents/means: My lame attempt at ambiguity.
From: San Antonio/Houston, TX
Favorite Bands: Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Muse, Radiohead, Rage Against the Machine, The Bronx, Mastodon, Incubus, the Killers, Queens of Stone Age, the Bravery, Modest Mouse, the White Stripes, Cold War Kids, LCD Soundsystem, and many many more….i don’t discriminate.
My All-Time Favorite Artist: Hands down Eric Clapton.
Favorite Books: Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. LOTR, Dave Eggers material.
Favorite Movies: Dumb and Dumber, 25th Hour, Forrest Gump, No Country for Old Men, Pulp Fiction, LOTR, Equilibrium, and many many others….basically I don’t discriminate.
Favorite TV shows: The Office, 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Family Guy, Seinfeld reruns and Friday Night Lights. Sportscenter.
First Concert Attended: Blood, Sweat, and Tears when I was a kid with my parents.
Last Concert Attended: Austin City Limits.
Bonnaroo Wishlist: Eric Clapton, the Mars Volta, The Bronx, and Pink Floyd closing on Saturday (if you know what I mean) And good electronica other than Tiesto.
Name: Kevin What my user name represents/means: Short for Ozymandias(my fav comic charecter)/Kevin(name)/55(sum of 4 cons squares) From: Merrick, NY Favorite Bands: Primus, ELO, Pink Floyd, Frank Zappa, Tomahawk, Oysterhead, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Metallica, Rush, The Seatbelts My All-Time Favorite Artist: Maynard James Keenan Favorite Books: Battle Royale, The God Delusion, Jurassic Park, State Of Fear, Simulacra and Simulation Favorite Movies: Oh Brother! where art thou?, The Matrix, Fight Club, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, American Beauty Favorite TV shows: The Sopranos, Cowboy Bebop, Paranoia Agent, Law And Order, Entourage First Concert Attended: My uncle took me to go see Metallica at Nassau Coliseum in 2004 Last Concert Attended: Australian Pink Floyd band last year Bonnaroos Attended: None yet Bonnaroo Wishlist: The Toadies, Rush, Primus, Nujabes, The Prodigy, Electric Light Orchestra, Yoko Kanno, Stone Temple Pilots, Stateless, Tomahawk
Name: Dominique What my user name means: its a nickname given to me by my hubby From: Huntsville, Al Favorite Bands: Grateful Dead, Widespread Panic, Janis Joplin, Sublime, Bob Marley All time favorite Arist: Janis Joplin Favorite Books: Love Janis, The pillars of the Earth Favorite Movies: Fear and Loathing in las Vegas, The Wall Favorite Tv Shows: Family guy, Scrubs, Friends, Intervention First Concert Attended: Barenaked Ladies Last Concert Attended: The Wailers Bonnaroos Atteneded: 2008 will be my first!! Bonnaroo Wishlist: Ben Harper, Phish
Post by sassyflamingo on Apr 27, 2008 15:54:44 GMT -5
Name: Tiffany What my user name represents/means: This is my forever username. I'm sassy. I like pink. I like flamingoes From: Greeneville, TN Favorite Bands: My Morning Jacket, The Eagles, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Black Crowes My All-Time Favorite Artist: Elvis Favorite Books: The Red Tent, The Glass Castle, Running with Scissors, Harry Potter Favorite Movies:The Goonies, Almost Famous, Dazed and Confused, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, V for Vendetta, Steel Magnolias Favorite TV shows: Big Love, The Office, Lost, Reality crap First Concert Attended: First real concert, Bob Dylan and the Black Crowes Last Concert Attended: Justin Timberlake Bonnaroos Attended: None yet Bonnaroo Wishlist: This year suits my eclectic tastes pretty well
I couldn't have done it without ya.)
