Biggest Regrets / Missed Sets

Took a nap and waited on campmates and whatnot to head back to Centeroo...and freaking missed Paul McCartney... god damn it! we hate ourselves for that... *cries*

Yeah - we missed Alt-J as well - it was the only night that the littlest wanted to go back to camp early. Upside is I got four tickets to see Alt-J with Lord Huron opening in September and that will be my two older boys' first trip to the 930 Club. It is going to be awesome.

Me and my buddy stayed for most of there set (left after they played "default") and was able to get a good spot for Alt-J. Was about 10 mins early for Japandroids.

I regret not getting in line early enough for tickets for Ed Helms comedy set. Layed around camp to long, only got there 15 mins early before the tickets were gave out. Another thing I regret was more bad luck than anything. I checked my twitter at 9 pm on Saturday night and I saw that Portugal the Man was doing a surprise set at the fountain at 8:30. Already had a good spot for the jazz band and superjam, and I knew it was almost over. Would have loved to seen that though, and I would have if I check my phone just an hour earlier.

i missed the end of paul because my water bottle broke open in my backpack and i was fucking soaked and I missed Tame Impala for Swans -> Byrne pit (totally worth it).

I regret retreating to outside the tent and eventually leaving Alt-J after constantly getting pushed and having a crowdsurfer land on my neck and twist it. For whatever reason, I was just in too bad of a mood to be in the middle of that shit and damn near getting my neck broken made me say fuck this.

I regret not knowing that Cloney was in the Ford tent on Thursday and thus missing them entirely.

I regret being too tired and missing Animal Collective--even if I am seeing them in July and possibly October.

I regret missing the Soul Superjam because I wanted a good spot for Empire of the Sun.

I regret leaving Empire of the Sun too early because I was too exhausted.


All in all, I've had bigger regrets in prior years.

cloney was in the fucking ford tent?

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

I regret resting for Grizzly Bear > Wu-Tang after finding out Earl Sweatshirt was cancelled instead of staying put and catching DIIV. I only saw 1.5 hours of Macca. I regret skipping Action Bronson.

I only saw 3 songs of Petty because of what I thought would be a bunch of rain. I ended up returning to a soaked campsite and all my campmates being little b*tches about it. Then the rain subsided, and I ended up wishing I'd just stayed at the show.

Every single year I tell myself I'm gonna ride the Ferris wheel one night, and every year I end up not doing it.

I really hate that I missed ALO. I was dealing with sick kids Monday and Tuesday night before we left, then working all day Wednesday then driving 10 hours just to get there and start getting ready to head into Centeroo....I only made it about half way through the night Thursday before I was out cold.

I regret throwing in the towel early Thursday night. I had planned to be out there all night to catch parts of Capital Cities, The Vaccines and ALO. But by the end of Alt J I was too exhausted to keep my eyes open any longer.

Also, Im pissed that I didnt know about the Paul soundcheck Thursday night.

I regret not knowing the layout well enough to find the cloney show before wu tang and I definitely regret seeing wu tang. I regret not being prepared for the rain during petty with a poncho,

I do not regret taking it easy during the day on Friday to make sure I was well rested for paul into zz top it was unbelievable.

I left Paul after 45 minutes or an hour because he wasn't doing much for me, and I was tired as f*ck only to hear 10 different people the next day tell me that the show really picked up right at about an hour into it. I ended up sleeping at camp, and I never quite got things going again, so I justified skipping Animal Collective too.

I never quite made it into Centeroo on time and ended up missing JEFF the Brotherhood and Bernhoft who were both acts that I really wanted to see.

One of the first years I don't really have any regrets, aside from maybe staying out a little later on Thursday (but I like to think that hitting the sack after Father John Misty helped me get through the rest of the weekend.) I could hear Killer Mike's bass from my tent and could figure out which track he was playing by the bass. Thought about getting up and walking back to Centeroo (7-10 minute walk) but fell back asleep

Mountain Oasis will fix this regret up.

I wish I had more energy and warmer clothes so that I could've stayed for all of Pretty Lights. But I'd say that's my only real regret and that's pretty damn good. Especially when I factor in the dumb luck I had stumbling onto the Macca sound check and my ability to fight all the way from the back of the tent to the front during the Soul Superjam and riding the rail for Bustle