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So lets hear all those crazy, fun, only at roo stories. Things that happened to you, things you saw happen, etc.
Last year on Saturday night, after I had retired from Sasha & Digweed (hope we have someone to play til dawn this year) I was just kind of wandering around the outskirts of Centeroo and found an opening in the fence around the Which Stage, which lead to a backstage area, and who did I stumble upon???? Wayne from the Flaming Lips and a few other people not in the band. It was obvious that I was out of place, but Wayne being the AWESOME man that he is, invited me to sit and have a drink with them, and he was genuinely interested in talking to me. It was the most amazing experience and I think that it completely embodied the Bonnaroo spirit.
Yea, I got backstage on Friday night too, just by wandering around the fence near the stages and on the roads leading behind the What Stage. I actually got up on the main stage late Friday night. All I had to do was ask the security guard if it was cool and the guy was like sure, come on up. Fun times.
Post by weekapaung on Mar 14, 2008 10:51:20 GMT -5
Haha, anyone is more than welcome, I love a new friend, that's what this is all about. I'm actually looking for 2 spots in an RV this year (I need my sleep since I'm up until 5-7 am each night) for my girlfriend and I. If we can't find that, then we'll be at the inforoo camp. Either way, I'll be around, and will stop by the brunch and can usually be found on the rail or right up front. At night I'll have on a furry vest with blue glow wire and blue glow glasses.
Wow that would be pretty cool. Inforoo exploratory adventures, we could have like a whole thing going on wear our rooster shirts and pretend to be professional!
"Ok - everyone thatis going ont he walking tour of Bonnaroo should line up here. The next tour starts in 15 minutes."
Admission = 1 can of corn?
ahah - but then we have to clarify - should it be a 15 oz can or an 8 oz can and does it have to be brand name or do 2 cans of store brand count as one brand name and then we have the issue of creamed corn or not
Post by SouthGA_Festival Machine on Mar 14, 2008 14:01:20 GMT -5
bos1969 said:
southgajd said:
Admission = 1 can of corn?
ahah - but then we have to clarify - should it be a 15 oz can or an 8 oz can and does it have to be brand name or do 2 cans of store brand count as one brand name and then we have the issue of creamed corn or not
^^omg that is the most amazing thing I've ever heard.
my roo stories now seem unworthy
There's no story greater than meeting your own god, whom you worship on a daily basis.
I guess my story, as boring as it is now ( ) is just the cool people you meet. Me and my buds were sitting waiting for the FLips to start and some dude and his girlfriend (who we found out he met in Michigan.. on the way to Bonnaroo that same year) just came up to us, sat down, and we had an awesome conversation. I still have the glowstick that he gave us.
I really need to try harder this year to remember (hard to do...) stories from this year. All of mine consist of crazy people dancing or high-fiving the glowstick man. (Most epic high-five of my life)
This man came up to me just the other day, asked me I'd been born again. I told him, "I didn't think I had." That I had been rejected. But I think, Hell's got all the good bands anyway. And Bonnaroo.
Mine has to be from last year. The infamous naked guy at Tool to be exact. My group was having a grand time, then the seas of people parted. In the middle of it is this break dancin' beached whale of a guy floppin' his junk every which way. It was very morbid to see a grown man unable to handle himself. Though it being disturbing, it went with the visuals quite well oddly.
Post by arlenefavreau1 on Mar 15, 2008 8:00:30 GMT -5
All my roo stories together are not as great as yours but heres one that I remember quite clearly hanging out waiting on the FLips show to start. Puffin on one when I get a tap on the sholder I look I see a 60+ - dude smilling at me I hand over the puff he takes takes a puff hands it to his wife. Later I find out he's 64 and she's 68 hope to be here till I'm dead was all they said about it puffed a couple more times then wandered away.
Post by JustSoYouKnow on Jan 29, 2011 20:30:48 GMT -5
My brother mixed up the water bottles filled with vodka or water and poured vodka in his eye! It was serious at the time, but I will always look back laughing!
Post by Laggy.RETURNS on Jan 29, 2011 21:23:02 GMT -5
I gave this story in a similar thread before, but that was like a year and a half ago.. I'm sure no one remembers, and it is my favorite Roo story so here is goes again: This happened during 2009 during NIN, which just happens to be my favorite band and my single favorite performance of all time. At one point during the set Trent throws his tambourine into the crowd, and it lands on the back of the guy directly in front of me. I lunged for it, and so did 3 other people. I had a death grip on this thing, the 4 of us wrestled a bit, then it was down to me and just one other guy. This guy had a good 50 lbs on me, and I could feel the metal jingles beginning to dig into my skin and cut me up, so I respectfully conceded the battle, leaving this other guy as the victor of this great prize. So then, 2 other A S S H O L E S jump in and start trying to pry it from this poor guys hands. If I wasn't going to have this tambourine there was no way in hell anybody besides this guy was going to leave with it. I told the guy "I'm going to help you get it free from these guys, but then you gotta hide it and get the fuck out of here" He nodded in agreement, then I jumped back in, pushed the other guys away, and pried their fingers off. The guy got it back, hid it under his shirt and took off.
Best part is I posted this story here on the NIN message board later that month, and the guy actually read it and responded. He left a heartfelt message about how he loves NIN and how much it meant to him, and he even named his son Trent and the tambourine would be a hand-me-down. I'm just happy it's in good hands
So lets hear all those crazy, fun, only at roo stories. Things that happened to you, things you saw happen, etc.
Last year on Saturday night, after I had retired from Sasha & Digweed (hope we have someone to play til dawn this year) I was just kind of wandering around the outskirts of Centeroo and found an opening in the fence around the Which Stage, which lead to a backstage area, and who did I stumble upon???? Wayne from the Flaming Lips and a few other people not in the band. It was obvious that I was out of place, but Wayne being the AWESOME man that he is, invited me to sit and have a drink with them, and he was genuinely interested in talking to me. It was the most amazing experience and I think that it completely embodied the Bonnaroo spirit.
Wayne seems like the coolest guy ever. Seems like someone I'd love to chill with and have some drinks and/or corn
Haha I went in 2010 for the first time with my brother and three of our friends. But on the way down, my phone fell in a puddle from our leaking cooler, so it was broken all weekend and I had no way of getting a hold of anyone (which made my experience a little cooler with the lack of technology).
But we wanted to go see OK Go together since they're one of me and brother's favorite bands, but we got lost from eachother, so we saw it by ourselves haha. So in the middle of their set, they threw out three tambourines out into the crowd of 15,000, and each of us were on either side of the stage and we both caught 1 of the three.
Haha when we got back to the tent we went crazy when we realized we had both caught one of them. Such an awesome time!! And it really honestly changed my life just being there, and experiencing a completely different world.
Wednesday night in Murfreesboro I'm walking into Walmart and who do I see but a buddy I worked construction with one summer like 5 years ago, hadn't seen him since... this wouldn't be too out of the ordinary except for the fact that we had both drove 24+ hours from our hometown of Winnipeg with no idea the other one was going...
The look on his face when we saw each other was priceless... like "what are YOU doing here?!"
Post by icantenough on Feb 4, 2011 21:12:37 GMT -5
maybe not my favorite, but an interesting one. My GF had to go to the bathroom so i accompany her to the john so as to not get lost. while i am waiting in line i hear this almost death metal yelling, but not from a stage. i wander around the other side of the johns to see this bouncer lookin guy screaming, crying, and throwing his shoulder into this atm machine. I couldnt make out exactly what he was saying but it was like "blood of my blood". he would start to kick the ATM and then strut around in circles while eying the machine with contempt, hit it again, and then crumple to the ground, crying at the ATM, only to get back up and do it again. this went on for like 20 minutes, and a large crowd has gathered by now. this guy is so big that he actually rocks the atm off the ground doing one of those linebacker football drills. 2 security guards who arent tiny guys themselves finally show up, and see the state that this guy is in, and DONT DO ANYTHING. even they were like WTF. this guy had to be on PCP or something. finally after the 3rd round of man vs ATM, these two super lot kids just walk over and give the guy a hug and he completely calms down, everyone claps, and they walk away. I dont even think the kids knew him.