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I'm affiliated with me...I just have it like that...
Kidding...I freelance a lot...people kinda know who I am in VERY small circles and once in a while it works out...my photos have been in the New York Times, The Village Voice, Relix, Billboard and a bunch of European mags...but I would be a liar if I said I had a steady gig with any of them....sometimes things just come my way...I try to jump on em.
Edit: By day I photograph babies...I'm pretty far from legit music press.
Last Edit: Feb 13, 2008 23:46:38 GMT -5 by shhhhh - Back to Top
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Feb 13, 2008 23:46:33 GMT -5
I'm not arguing that you are not who you say you are, just the photos on the side are credited to you, and the ones in the article didn't have a credit so I assumed they were your as well, and I didn't want to be wrong for singing your praises on those photos, cause I hate being wrong....
on another not you shouldn't feel like an ass talking about yourself cause the thread is about an article you wrote...who better to come in an act like an ass than the author of said article
I'm not arguing that you are not who you say you are, just the photos on the side are credited to you, and the ones in the article didn't have a credit so I assumed they were your as well, and I didn't want to be wrong for singing your praises on those photos, cause I hate being wrong....
on another not you shouldn't feel like an ass talking about yourself cause the thread is about an article you wrote...who better to come in an act like an ass than the author of said article
All the photos in the Gogol thing are mine...like I told you on that other thread...the band uses them on their my space...
Post by HoodooOperator on Feb 13, 2008 23:54:32 GMT -5
And…whoa….speaking of being amped up for Tool, the guy that I had been talking to from the tent next door, had a gigantic Tool tattoo covering his lower back….and get this, it's pretty wild even by my "anything goes in order to see a good band" standards…at eight thirty in the morning, he headed off to camp out for a good spot for Tool's nine PM performance! Now that's dedication…I mean shit, these Deadheads that were upset about Tool being around weren't even awake yet, and this dude was standing in the Tennessee sun staking a claim for his spot almost thirteen hours ahead of time!! In my book, any band that creates fans that loyal, is a perfect fit for Bonnaroo…bands that don't have something truly special about them, don't get that kind of reaction….know what I mean?
Cross out Tool, and insert Metallica, and you have Roo 08.
Post by steveternal on Feb 14, 2008 2:00:31 GMT -5
shhhhh said:
I'm affiliated with me...I just have it like that...
Kidding...I freelance a lot...people kinda know who I am in VERY small circles and once in a while it works out...my photos have been in the New York Times, The Village Voice, Relix, Billboard and a bunch of European mags...but I would be a liar if I said I had a steady gig with any of them....sometimes things just come my way...I try to jump on em.
Edit: By day I photograph babies...I'm pretty far from legit music press.
That's what I'm confused about, because I thought they didn't give press passes to anyone that wasn't affiliated with a specific media outlet. Did you really get one just by yourself, or were you on assignment from someone?
Post by sparklybecca on Feb 14, 2008 2:01:39 GMT -5
steveternal said:
shhhhh said:
I'm affiliated with me...I just have it like that...
Kidding...I freelance a lot...people kinda know who I am in VERY small circles and once in a while it works out...my photos have been in the New York Times, The Village Voice, Relix, Billboard and a bunch of European mags...but I would be a liar if I said I had a steady gig with any of them....sometimes things just come my way...I try to jump on em.
Edit: By day I photograph babies...I'm pretty far from legit music press.
That's what I'm confused about, because I thought they didn't give press passes to anyone that wasn't affiliated with a specific media outlet. Did you really get one just by yourself, or were you on assignment from someone?
"We're no longer called Sonic Death Monkey. We're on the verge of becoming Kathleen Turner Overdrive, but just for tonight, we are Barry Jive and his Uptown Five. "
Post by starrynight on Feb 14, 2008 11:31:25 GMT -5
"I am so…wait…are gov't mule playing rap?"
"Ummm…no."
"Ahhh fuck…I'll be there in a few minutes."
Head slap.
Apparently, James had walked to That Tent, instead of This Tent and was watching Galactic, a New Orleans based funk group that just released an album of duets with various rappers. So far, it's an honest mistake that anyone could've made….but when you take into account that he stayed at the rap show for fifteen minutes, the whole time thinking he was at the hard rock/blues show, you realize…he was just fucked up!
Read this like I'm Jeff Foxworthy…If you confuse a skinny black guy rapping, and an overweight white guy playing a guitar…you may have just seen the Flaming Lips!"
This was considerably cheaper than renting an RV…which was plan A until the $3,000 price tag floated across my laptop screen…at which point it quickly became plan f-ck that.
Haha so true, that's what happened to me this year.
Post by plasticpepper on Feb 14, 2008 16:23:39 GMT -5
oh man, such a good read! I especially liked the belligerant duck and the girls who were biting asses all the way to the front. I don't think I could bite an ass if I tried to.
Post by kingofcheezwiz on Feb 14, 2008 19:57:20 GMT -5
"Wayne begin to roll his bubble down the front slope of the spaceship, over the waiting heads of some of his on stage disciples, and into the crowd….who with great anticipation stuck their arms out over their bodies, and virtually begged Wayne to walk over their heads in his bubble…which he did. Those who passed beneath him instantly fell to the ground and began convulsing and speaking the gospel of the holy church of the Flaming Lips. I'd call it cult-like…but that doesn't really come close to the right level of frenzy and madness that I was standing in the middle of."
So. Damn. True!
I was three people away from the gate (as in three people were in front of me), and Wayne walked right over my friend Natalie before stumbling and grabbing my hand to help crawl some more. It felt like I was touching the body of a God.
Glad everyone liked it...just started the inevitably long process of trying to get passes this year...which you'd think would be easier having had them last year....but it's not.
Post by rarelyheard on Feb 18, 2008 11:47:04 GMT -5
That was a great review and I laughed throughout the whole piece. A lot of the things are still fresh in my mind from the Roo in 07, but this brought a lot of other memories flooding back.
That said, there were a few points where the author lost me. I couldn't have felt any more differently about two performances he hated: Kings of Leon and Ben Harper. He said that it must have sucked for KoL when their power went out for a couple of minutes, but I thought it was awesome because you could see caleb and the boys still jamming and then when the power kicked back in they finished the last thirty to forty seconds of the song as if they hadn't even missed a note. And the Ben Harper set was one of my favorites of the entire weekend!
I don't think I mentioned this int he original thread, but I loved this review when i first read it like a month ago. I sent it to all my friends who are heading to Bonnaroo for the first time this year. Well written, entertaining as all heck and I especially loved that you had a kick-arse time without the need for party favors, so it would resonate with all my friends, those who may and those who prefer not to.
All in all utterly awesome and I cannot wait for the 2008 recap! ;D
That was a great review and I laughed throughout the whole piece. A lot of the things are still fresh in my mind from the Roo in 07, but this brought a lot of other memories flooding back.
That said, there were a few points where the author lost me. I couldn't have felt any more differently about two performances he hated: Kings of Leon and Ben Harper. He said that it must have sucked for KoL when their power went out for a couple of minutes, but I thought it was awesome because you could see caleb and the boys still jamming and then when the power kicked back in they finished the last thirty to forty seconds of the song as if they hadn't even missed a note. And the Ben Harper set was one of my favorites of the entire weekend!
Oh well, still a great review!
Well, I'll say this...as I said in the review....I would go see KOL again, I just didn't think the vibe was right...Ben Harper...sorry...you go ahead and enjoy him, I won't try to stop you...to each his own.
Post by fivehorizons on Feb 18, 2008 19:07:21 GMT -5
I spent a good portion of my work day reading this article and I must say that I loved it. I wish you had followed me around at Bonnaroo in 2002 and taken notes. I have forgotten sooo many of the details of those 4 days.
I particularly liked the part describing the Flaming Lips show. It almost felt like an inverse Fear and Loathing excerpt. Instead of the perspective being from a drug user amongst a sober crowd, it was, well....the inverse of that. Very humorous.
I spent a good portion of my work day reading this article and I must say that I loved it. I wish you had followed me around at Bonnaroo in 2002 and taken notes. I have forgotten sooo many of the details of those 4 days.
I particularly liked the part describing the Flaming Lips show. It almost felt like an inverse Fear and Loathing excerpt. Instead of the perspective being from a no no word user amongst a sober crowd, it was, well....the inverse of that. Very humorous.
Hunter's kinda my hero...a lot of people don't get that as I don't live the lifestyle he lived...but I think his lifestyle was more about living how HE wanted to than it was about just getting wasted...anyway, saying my writing that was absolutely inspired by him, reminded you of him kinda made my day.
I spent a good portion of my work day reading this article and I must say that I loved it. I wish you had followed me around at Bonnaroo in 2002 and taken notes. I have forgotten sooo many of the details of those 4 days.
I particularly liked the part describing the Flaming Lips show. It almost felt like an inverse Fear and Loathing excerpt. Instead of the perspective being from a no no word user amongst a sober crowd, it was, well....the inverse of that. Very humorous.
Hunter's kinda my hero...a lot of people don't get that as I don't live the lifestyle he lived...but I think his lifestyle was more about living how HE wanted to than it was about just getting wasted...anyway, saying my writing that was absolutely inspired by him, reminded you of him kinda made my day.
Karma for that....it's been a long one.
it reminded me a lot of Hunter S. as well. I'm actually thinking of taking along a little notebook with me to langerado to jot down notes so that maybe i'll remember more, and maybe even make a story out of it to "show the grandkids" as my stupid roommate says, all the time
Post by ParanoidAntelope on Feb 19, 2008 0:29:11 GMT -5
wow, reading the part about manu chao just put a huge smile on my face...and i will say, without a doubt, that manu chao was definitely the best show i saw there all weekend...the energy was so intense it was basically tangible, and it seemed like the band/crowd comprised one single entity of pure awesomeness and nonstop energy...it seemed like almost every person was dancing at that show...granted i was a bit out of my head, as were my friends, but we all agreed that it was a phenomenal performance...man i wish he was gonna be back this year
“Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” -Bill Hicks
Post by ParanoidAntelope on Feb 19, 2008 0:49:35 GMT -5
oh and one other thought for the author...how do you reconcile boozing all weekend, which is just as good as any drug at wiping out your memory for a given night, if not better, with your disdain for users of "drugs"? and do you really not consider alcohol a drug? how very republican of you...
i mean...i can smoke an absolutely retarded amount of "corn", as they call it here, and i wont forget one thing about a show...but give me a 24 case of beer and ill wake up facedown in my tent, bed whatever, the next morning and not even remember how the hell i got there... not that i dont like to booze, which i do, but come on, get down off your pedestal
“Why is marijuana against the law? It grows naturally upon our planet. Doesn't the idea of making nature against the law seem to you a bit . . . unnatural?” -Bill Hicks
I don't think I mentioned this int he original thread, but I loved this review when i first read it like a month ago. I sent it to all my friends who are heading to Bonnaroo for the first time this year. Well written, entertaining as all heck and I especially loved that you had a kick-arse time without the need for party favors, so it would resonate with all my friends, those who may and those who prefer not to.
All in all utterly awesome and I cannot wait for the 2008 recap! ;D
One of those people was me and really...truly...honestly put the Roo bug in me. I love this article. I laughed, I cried, and I bought a ticket.
