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If you see me I will try my best to be polite and courteous except during the Death Grips show when I will be freaking smashing faces and I don't care if you get pushed or lose your spot because IT GOES IT GOES IT GOES YAH
also, as a bit of a message to most other people... yes, I am 6 foot 7. Yes, I care about music just as much as you do and deserve every right to stand in the spot I have been occupying without people telling me to get out of their way or let their entire friend group in front of me.
Could you please just pay attention to your feet and not step on me or my friends where we're sitting/lying around as you're making your drunken confused oblivious "where's my peeps?" way across the outer reaches of What? We moved to the back so we could stretch out and relax, and now you're stomping on us.
This year I'll be setting a bear trap in the middle of our blanket.
I go the exact opposite way on this idea. You said you move to the back to stretch out so I am cool with that. But to the guy/girl that decided that in the midst of 60.000 people during a headline set was a good time lay down on your blanky and take a nap, I'm probably going to accidentally step on you, bump, or kick you when walking through (not maliciously, i try to keep the vibes happy) . Also, while I am doing a ballet routine to miss you while you drift off to dream land I am probably going to step on the corner of you blanket, so don't bother glaring at me as I do it. Don't worry the bottom of my Sanuk is not going to do any permanent damage to the piece of cloth that is spending 4 day on the ground with your dirty ass on it.
This! I have no problems with stretching out towards the back but if you are trying to sit down or worse lay down 6 rows from the front while someone is playing, PLEASE DON'T!
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i'm sorry, but.. aren't you the dude who posted 'This is Water"?!
I'm unsure how the two are related. Its one thing not to get annoyed at strangers for no reason. Its another thing to prevent people from taking from your experience.
let me just say this. every other post i've seen from you has been super cool and/or positive. i was just surprised to see such vitriol in one of your posts.
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I am all about good vibes for all. I agree Dooshes are making an astonishing rise to power. I had to be one in 2011 at the Emienem show. That's only after dealing with a few jack?sses that wanted to be aggressive with me. After that yr I lost faith with Roo. Thought about spending my cash at another festival
Not feeling suicidal or homicidal so you are all safe. Feeling a lot of negative vibes with this thread. 90% of the people posting in this thread are the jack?sses I avoid like the plague. Somebody needs valium.
Wow! really! Glad I am not in your group. Glad I don't know you. I say heil hitler Or heil rymobrady. Please don't beets me master ifs I get out of line.
I am all about good vibes for all. I agree Dooshes are making an astonishing rise to power. I had to be one in 2011 at the Emienem show. That's only after dealing with a few jack?sses that wanted to be aggressive with me. After that yr I lost faith with Roo. Thought about spending my cash at another festival
Maybe you got bad vibes because you were at Eminem
Wow! really! Glad I am not in your group. Glad I don't know you. I say heil hitler Or heil rymobrady. Please don't beets me master ifs I get out of line.
its a joke on all the hating, threats and demands of this thread yo'! hence the elementary school guidelines and Rocky & Bullwinkle villain who's attempts to rule always fail!(his name is Fearless Leader)- i've got to be amongst happiest & most relaxed there. i crack up when all this sh*t happens. in '10, i had my sleep destroyed by maniac trippers playing bongos (poorly i might add) every morning just as we drifted off. never said a word, just part of the experience. is now a joke between my bf & i for life now, always makes us smile! as long as no one gets hurt, do whatever the hell you want yo. c'mon, did u really think i was serial? i'm coming from the other side of the rocky mountains for this, and bringing no aggression whatsoever. believe that! only countdown posts from here out....
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Does anybody have any advice on the whole backpack thing? I know last year I was that summers breeze at times - I had too much crap in my Camelbak and it was annoying. I was always self-conscious about how much the bag stuck out behind me, and I didn't want to put it on the ground where people could trip on it. It took away from the experience for me, and I'd like to not repeat that this year. I think for the most part I just carried around my sunblock, schedule, toilet paper, and maybe a few other things. I don't think I was overpacking...I just don't want to take away from my Roo experience or someone else's. Any tips?
This. I forgot how much I hated carrying a backpack around. You can't really dance around and it just feels cumbersome. Dang...I don't know. I suppose it's possible to put the schedule in a pant pocket, buy water in centeroo, and just not poop.
Does anybody have any advice on the whole backpack thing? I know last year I was that summers breeze at times - I had too much crap in my Camelbak and it was annoying. I was always self-conscious about how much the bag stuck out behind me, and I didn't want to put it on the ground where people could trip on it. It took away from the experience for me, and I'd like to not repeat that this year. I think for the most part I just carried around my sunblock, schedule, toilet paper, and maybe a few other things. I don't think I was overpacking...I just don't want to take away from my Roo experience or someone else's. Any tips?
This. I forgot how much I hated carrying a backpack around. You can't really dance around and it just feels cumbersome. Dang...I don't know. I suppose it's possible to put the schedule in a pant pocket, buy water in centeroo, and just not poop.
It's a weird little equation to balance, but I've found that the amount of crap I carry is directly proportional to the length of time I plan to spend in Centeroo without returning to camp. A fifteen-hour stretch requires a nalgene or two, a couple of Gatorade one-shots, snacks, sunscreen, a case to put my sunglasses in after sunset, probably a pullover in case it gets too cool after dark, &ct...whereas if we've scored a close campsite and we can nip in and out without biting big holes out of the day, it's much easier to cruise around with the bare essentials and jet back home if we absolutely need something.
But we're not pit people.
Oh, also: much harder to smuggle in beers without a backpack.
Post by johnlytlewilson on May 31, 2013 0:38:10 GMT -5
I agree that many of the annoyances listed are annoying. But every single one of them will happen (in 13 days!!!). Don't let it ruin your experience. Be chill and abide.
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I have a Prime Minister, not a President. I speak English and French, not American, and I pronounce it 'a boot', not 'about'.
I can proudly sew my country's flag on my backpack. I believe in peacekeeping, not policing; diversity, not assimilation; and that the beaver is a truly proud and noble animal. A tuque is a hat, a chesterfield is a couch, and it is pronounced zed: not zee – zed!! Canada is the second largest land mass! The first nation of hockey! And the best part of North America! My name is Boneroo!! And I am Canadian!
This. I forgot how much I hated carrying a backpack around. You can't really dance around and it just feels cumbersome. Dang...I don't know. I suppose it's possible to put the schedule in a pant pocket, buy water in centeroo, and just not poop.
It's a weird little equation to balance, but I've found that the amount of crap I carry is directly proportional to the length of time I plan to spend in Centeroo without returning to camp. A fifteen-hour stretch requires a nalgene or two, a couple of Gatorade one-shots, snacks, sunscreen, a case to put my sunglasses in after sunset, probably a pullover in case it gets too cool after dark, &ct...whereas if we've scored a close campsite and we can nip in and out without biting big holes out of the day, it's much easier to cruise around with the bare essentials and jet back home if we absolutely need something.
But we're not pit people.
Oh, also: much harder to smuggle in beers without a backpack.
Yeah, makes perfect sense but to me it is kind of all or nothing. Either I have to carry a backpack or I don't. I might just spend a ton of time walking back and forth because I really don't mind it. You can't beat the feeling of having absolutely no baggage.
Post by DunderMifflin on Jun 1, 2013 20:37:15 GMT -5
I honestly have no problem with people moving by me after a show has started. If they want to be closer than me, that's fine. I'm really surprised how pissy everyone is over that and backpack and chains of people. Dam, people are just trying to have a good time. LET IT GO.
Festivals are like life. You get as far as you work. When someone moves up past you... It means they're more ambitious and want it more then you. If you want to move up then move the F up... Don't be pissy at the people more ambitious then you. It's a field friends... There are NO RULES!
Post by RxMarky Mark on Jun 2, 2013 7:49:39 GMT -5
Its 95 degrees and people try to cram into too small of a space to be as close as possible to the stage. Add in the late-comers pushing their way up front and you have a recipe for getting upset. Since good vibes are very important to me at Roo, I mostly avoid that situation and stay more to the back. I also have more room to dance.
Honestly, Bonnaroo could help the pushing situation a bit if they added screens to the tents. Some people want to be close just to be close, but others push forward to try and actually see the artists perform.
Post by Billadelphia on Jul 29, 2013 11:23:54 GMT -5
Did we ever get a ruling on standing in a pavilion setting while others are sitting?
During Dr. Dog on Saturday night my GF and I were standing and dancing for their show. about half way through the set a middle aged woman came by and said we should sit down because her and others were sitting and couldn't see. I disagreed and continued to stand and dance because its a concert (standing during a slow / atmospheric band may be a different argument, but Dr. Dog jams)
It's my belief that I have the right to stand and dance at the concert. I shouldn't have to sit down and have less fun because someone wants to be lazy and sit in their seat.
Post by wannaberoo'ing on Jul 29, 2013 11:56:41 GMT -5
Normally, I say stand and dance. I do feel bad though if I am blocking someone's view, especially if they are older, somewhat handicapped. But, it's a show. Music is meant (most of the time) to be moved to. Chairs make folks lazy. I prefer no chairs, thus no sitting, no people bitching if I'm up dancing. I never b*tch if someone gets up in front of me and wants to dance. That would just be silly.
Also, I don't care if people right beside me are partaking in corn. Just stop blowing it in my f*cking face! Blow it up, blow it down. Not in my face. For an entire show. Until I start feeling sick from the smoke. I wanted to kill these two kids at the FLips show 2 weeks ago. I should have just knocked the sh*t out of their hands. It was unreal.
Did we ever get a ruling on standing in a pavilion setting while others are sitting?
During Dr. Dog on Saturday night my GF and I were standing and dancing for their show. about half way through the set a middle aged woman came by and said we should sit down because her and others were sitting and couldn't see. I disagreed and continued to stand and dance because its a concert (standing during a slow / atmospheric band may be a different argument, but Dr. Dog jams)
It's my belief that I have the right to stand and dance at the concert. I shouldn't have to sit down and have less fun because someone wants to be lazy and sit in their seat.
Thoughts?
Def agreed. Dr. Dog is a standing show. If it's Godspeed You Black Emperor or something, then yeah, sit. I never understood that concept. Like if you want to sit and just listen, go for it, but you probably aren't going to be able to see. If you want to see, you're gonna prob gonna have to stand. That's some pretty basic concert 101 sh!t right there.
I went to see Bruno Mars (haters can hate..) and Fitz & The Tantrums, and I swear, my sister and I were the ONLY people standing and dancing during Fitz! The ladies seated behind us showed up halfway through their set and kept poking us in the sides telling us to sit down because the couldn't see. I felt they didn't really have the right to act all upset when they didn't even show up on time. And I agree, it's my right to stand! If you can get security to tell me I have to sit, then fine, but I'm pretty sure they wont. I paid all this money to see a show, so I'm going to have fun and I don't really care if other people want to be crabby about it!
Post by Dave Maynar on Jul 29, 2013 13:07:57 GMT -5
My co-worker who also does security for a local seated venue says that this is actually a big issue for him especially when it is a show that draws a crowd that has a significant age gap (he mentioned bluegrass specifically as something that draws people from their teens to their seventies). He says he is basically screwed regardless of the direction he goes with it because if he tells people to sit down, the younger crowd gets mad but if he doesn't, he has to hear the older crowd complain all night about not being able to see.
Post by crazykittensmile on Jul 29, 2013 13:08:12 GMT -5
I was totally thinking of this issue of sitting/standing while watching FJM's set on the Newport Folk Fest stream. I even experienced people yelling at dancing/standing people at a MMJ show. People are crazy.
If you want to sit during a high energy show, you probably won't be able to see. Either sit in the front row or...
Also, I don't care if people right beside me are partaking in corn. Just stop blowing it in my f*cking face! Blow it up, blow it down. Not in my face. For an entire show. Until I start feeling sick from the smoke. I wanted to kill these two kids at the FLips show 2 weeks ago. I should have just knocked the sh*t out of their hands. It was unreal.
Did they offer you any? I haven't eaten corn in several years but it always makes me feel good when someone is kind enough to offer.
The only corn related incident I can think of at a show that frustrated me was this row of kids at Umphreys, 2010 Tabernacle show. They spent most of the show sitting down just straight BLOWING corn. Like can after can after can of corn. I got frustrated because, again even though I don't enjoy the corn myself, it seemed like such a colossal waste. And they were just sitting there, and this was definitely not a low energy show.
And they didn't offer us any, but one of them did ask my friend for a lighter.
Post by wannaberoo'ing on Jul 29, 2013 13:35:22 GMT -5
These two were so blazed, not only didn't they offer any, they did the "I'm leaning on you while I eat this corn" thing and swayed back and forth. And, yeah, that went on for a good 30 minutes, non-stop. I just left and found another spot to enjoy the show from. Ended up having a better view anyway.
