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Last year was my first time and i was going solo, So like everyone else i would wake up early, unavoidable unless your in an RV I assume, and fix some breakfeast (nutella and toast) and go to my friends campsite which was luckily close to mine. We would hang out and then head to a few shows together and split up at some point during the day to randomly find each other again. They would hit the sack and i would go late night solo and party with random people. Solo isnt too bad, i kind of liked the freedom of doing what i pleased instead of compromising.
Last year I was in the camping only area, and will ALWAYS do that from here on out if I have my way. The 2 times before that we camped in camp "Fat Bastard" and had a 45 min walk to centeroo. Basically, it's like this....you will wake up around 7 b/c your tent is soo hot. We would get up, get some ice, get some food, and plan our day. Sometimes we would go to this media tent b/c it had A/c and you could take a nap. The comedy tent is great to cool off in also. We ALWAYS were going to get water either to drink or for our mister (which was a big hit...lots of fun misting fellow Roo goers). Basically wake up early, maybe nap in the afternoon, and stay to 4 a.m or so. Great fun, easy to get tired, but the shower once you get home and the bed once you get home are amazing!
Post by BrokenLight on Jan 28, 2008 17:11:36 GMT -5
I'll try to make this as short and sweet as possible by basically writing what my schedule was:
2005
Thu Afternoon – arrived mid afternoon, set up camp, relaxed, got to know my surrondings Evening – Signal Path, Rose Hill Drive, Perpetual Groove, Shack Shakers, Gabby La La Latenight – back to camp, hung out, sleep before sunrise
Fri Morning – wake up around 8 Afternoon – Josh Ritter, Gourds, Alison Krauss Early to Evening – Allman Bros, DMB Latenight –Saul Williams, Galactic, Sonic Forest
Sat Morning – wake up around 8 Afternoon – Ozomatli, 22-20s, Kings of Leon, Govt Mule, Mouse on Mars, Rilo Kiley, Xavier Rudd, Yonder Early to Evening – Black Crowes, Jack Johnson, Widespread Latenight – Trey, got lost between 3 and 7 am, couldn’t find my camp, only found it because the sun came up
Sun Morning – wake up around 8 Afternoon –Umphreys, Bob Weir, John Butler Trio, MMJ Early to Evening – left after Modest Mouse, we wanted to beat the traffic – turns out traffic isn’t nearly as bad as coming in
2007
Thu Afternoon – arrived mid afternoon, set up camp, got to know my surroundings, walked around Centeroo till music starts Early to Evening – Ryan Shaw, Little Ones, Black Angels, Sam Roberts, National, Westside Daredevils, Rodgrigo y Gabriela, Whigs Latenight – hung out at camp, asleep before sunrise
Fri Morning – wake up around 8, hang around camp for a couple hours, walk around Centeroo and eat till music starts Afternoon – Ryan Shaw/Little Ones/Kyle Hollingsworth all at Sonic Stage, Cold War Kids, Richard Thompson, Tortoise, Paolo Nutini, Franti, Nightwatchman Early to Evening – Roots, Jescoe, Tea Leaf Green Sonic Stage, Manu Chao, Tool for about an hour, back to camp to rest Latenight – String Cheese, SuperJam for about 5 or 10 minutes, back to String Cheese, back to camp, sleep before sunrise
Sat Morning – wake up around 8, hang around camp for a couple hours, walk around Centeroo and eat till music starts Afternoon – American Babies Sonic Stage, Railroad Earth, Dr. Dog, OCMS, The Slip, Hot Tuna, Warren Sonic Stage, Ziggy, Xavier Rudd, Damien Rice Early to Evening – Ben Harper, Keller for about 5 or 10 minutes, back to Ben Harper, Franz Ferdinand, Jonah Smith, Police for about an hour Latenight – out cold, didn’t see any latenights, camped in handicapped which was maybe 100 yards from Other Tent, woke up to Sasha and Digweed, I still regret missing Flaming Lips and Mule
Sun Morning – wake up around 8, hang around camp for a couple hours, walk around Centeroo and eat till music starts Afternoon – The Slip Sonic Stage, John Butler Trio, Wolfmother, David Bromberg, Bob Weir, Decemberists Early to Evening – Wilco, NMAS, White Stripes for a few songs, back to camp, couldn’t walk or stand any longer Latenight – asleep before midnight
Mon Morning – wake up around 8, packed, left somewhere around 9 am
What I learned:
to pace myself during the day, and not to ever ever ever ever ever miss the Flaming Lips - they were at 2 fests I've been to - ACL 06 and Roo 07, missed them both times
We got up each day when everyone else started to move around. They messed up the VIP a bit so tents and rv's were all together. I would turn off the generator, ( a quiet EU3000 for the people around us ) when the powers off that baby heats up fast. This is the only way to get the girl friend up. Our neighbors on one side liked the generator because it drowned out chick on the other side of us who had quite the sailor's mouth. Next would be a shower, if lines were long I had my own portable. A tasty bloody mary for breakfast and off to Centeroo. We would have a wish list of bands to see, but not making that a must do. Just go with the flow and have fun. When the energy runs out, it's back to the rv to pass out. Ahhhhh, I can't wait for this year. ;D
0805-wake 0812-beer 0825-trip to water trailer, brush teeth and stuff 0847-return to camp and collapse under canopy 1045-wake 1047-beer 1101-beer 1105-load backpack, head to centeroo 1115-beer 1130-falafel noon-4am-music, beer and friends 4am-430am-head back to camp 445am-beer 5am-sleep
Besides making sure my camelbak is always stocked with water, i try to let each day unfold beautifully as it will. Structuring never worked for me at the roo.
Thanks for everyone's suggestions. My goal this year is to find sleep as late as possible so that I can enjoy the early evening and late night sets. Unfortunatley we're just gonna have to wait for the list of artists and schedules before we can really figure out what 08 will be.