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I graduated college in May 2009 which was the worst time to be graduating for people in 25 years to find post-grad employment. It had been a month since I received my diploma and I had no interviews. I went to a top 100 in the nation business school and thought I would be invincible to real world problems. I wasn't.
Went to Bonnaroo on a whim with 4 friends who peer pressured me in to going. Spent 70% of my college graduation money to go. Came back from Bonnaroo with no job and no income for 4 months. Things were tight and I didn't have a ton of fun that summer.
5 full years later, this will be my 6th Bonnaroo and I have no clue what I would have done with that money and I don't really remember being too angry about being broke anymore. But I do remember everything about my first Bonnaroo and I can't even consider not going.
I would say that selling your original vinyls, (and a dope list btw) going to Bonnaroo, and buying reissues/remasters at a later date is better than having those vinyls and watching the streams. It's a personal decision though.
The one thing I am 100% sure of is that you need to join the AC Entertainment Farncorps and earn a free ticket. That makes everything much easier.
Great post. Thank you.
This will be my 4th consecutive Roo if I go. Every one has made a mark on me in one way or another
I missed 07. I don't even remember why. But I did. And I cried a lot. But I cry at everything. So that's no big deal.
Point is, I don't remember why I missed it. Just that I did. But I do remember every year I've gone as being the best part of my summer. Each year the love gets harder and the bonds get stronger. And my ears are thankful for how I treat them.
Post by Delicious Meatball Sub on Jun 2, 2014 17:13:35 GMT -5
Dude. You went VIP last year and you spent $300 on Santana tickets early this year. If your financial situation has changed so much since then that now you can't go at all, you probably should just be staying home. No shame in that.
Dude. You went VIP last year and you spent $300 on Santana tickets early this year (fucking SANTANA). If your financial situation has changed so much since then that now you can't go at all, you probably should just be staying home. No shame in that.
Well, that's the thing. My financial situation hasn't REALLY changed all that much. But that is the problem.
I have some goals, and so I made a budget. Bonnaroo isn't in it.
(As an aside, if my business takes off the way I fully expect it to, this will be the last one I miss until the lineup totally blows)
Unless... I part with these. This is the records I've decided on:
Alright dude, just rename this thread "Hey, wanna buy my records for $500 so I can put it in the Bonnaroo fund?" and call it a day.
Funny. Yeah, that's not what this is though.
Definitely some helpful posts in here though.
All b/s aside, I appreciate your insight though. Makes sense. The financials of it all is exactly what is keeping me from going and that's the point. At some point I have to start working towards something bigger (again).
Post by drtechnology on Jun 2, 2014 22:31:24 GMT -5
I can fully relate to this thread man. Proposing to my special lady was my 2014 goal but since she didn't make it to the Farm last year, missing this year wasn't an option. So, I had to start planning back in Sept/Oct 2013.
There have been many quiet weekends around these parts since the beginning of the year but we've got our tickets and the proposal is still a go.
If $500 is the difference between going and not going, that seems like a pretty easy decision to me. BUT, don't sell your shit to do it dude. Sell your shit to pay your rent and eat. For people like us, those records are more than music, they are a part of your soul. Don't sell your soul unless you need to stay alive.
In 2013, I stayed home cause I couldn't afford to go. This year, I could afford to go if I wanted to - but I have different priorities.
It sucks seeing everyone excited about going. All the buildup, everyone here talking about their plans. Sure I'd love to go. Good lineup, and haven't seen a bunch of fine Inforoosters in two years. But I know it's better off in the long run if I skip this year and next. I'll be back on the Farm some year, I'll watch the webcast in the meanwhile.
I say stay home, and don't sell the records. Sure Bonnaroo would be pretty awesome, but at what cost do you want to do it? Going to Bonnaroo shouldn't put someone in a financial burden, and I learned that the hard way. It should be a treat for having done things right, and having some money on the side to spend for yourself.
Post by chemicalbrother on Jun 2, 2014 23:45:57 GMT -5
I'm facing the prospect of a shortened Roo vs. a full Roo and I'm seriously workshopping quitting my job(or at least calling out for 3 days which may effectively end it), and I'm still seriously workshopping the idea. I had plenty of paid time but I had a recent forced surgery and my job forced me to use the 3+ weeks of paid time I had stored up while i was off. Granted I HATE my job, but I've never quit a job without having another lined up (responsible and all that). But I also tend to stay miserable far longer than i should for whats 'comfortable'. So I also kinda think a forced jump with no net is maybe what I need. But as someone who has always held on to 'things' and familiar situations....i say go. I daily regret the things i didn't do for fear of the repercussions. But maybe that's just me. And my journey.
A lesson I'm constantly trying to teach myself lately is all the things you will lose are replaceable. Memories are not.
Some memories aren't worth all the hassle though. Like the night you were forced to sleep in shelters/cardboard because you chose Bonnaroo over rent.
But sleepwalking through life in my home just ain't doing it for me anymore JonesJupiter. Again, maybe just my journey. It's all perspective. Just throwing in my $.o2. And he said his financial situation hasn't changed, which means I doubt he'll end up homeless. He just wants to make progress, and I respect that. But with the kind of drive it sounds like he has....i tend to think he'll make it happen bonnaroo or no.
Dude. You went VIP last year and you spent $300 on Santana tickets early this year (fucking SANTANA). If your financial situation has changed so much since then that now you can't go at all, you probably should just be staying home. No shame in that.
Well, that's the thing. My financial situation hasn't REALLY changed all that much. But that is the problem.
I have some goals, and so I made a budget. Bonnaroo isn't in it.
(As an aside, if my business takes off the way I fully expect it to, this will be the last one I miss until the lineup totally blows)
Unless... I part with these. This is the records I've decided on:
Is that the original velvet underground & Nico?!?!
I won't tell you to come or not. You need to know that you made the right choice.
But seriously, I am coming a long long way for Roo. But I am in the situation where I am not sacrificing anything massive to be there,
What do you get out of those records? Why do you own them? What joy do they bring you? What are you losing if you no longer own them?
I don't know you at all, but I think I get Bonnaroo, I get why people collect records. You will have some that you will never part with.
Think about what would make you sell these records if it wasn't Roo. Would it only be to get money? Or perhaps you don't need them in your collection anymore, for whatever reason?
Answer those questions and I think you will know if you should come along or not.
Oh man, don't sell these. Take a break, save up, and go next year. You'll survive.
So if I offered you these records for free, and all you had to do was skip Roo, would you take the deal?
Not a chance in hell. Because my best memories in life were not made sitting at home listening to my record collection alone (and the memories I have that do involve my records would have been as memorable with other records I own or with reissues, or perhaps even with other mediums).
I had a house fire 6 years ago and lost all of the things that I THOUGHT I held dear. I hardly remember what those things were now, yet I remember all of the experiences I've had at shows and fests and with friends, etc, before that time and to today.
Hell, I met the love of my life at Roo, and almost the entire support system I have surrounding me since he has passed has been built around Roo and the other festivals and shows we attended. Not a single record we purchased has stood up and given me a hug. And while I enjoy listening to the music we purchased together and maybe wouldn't sell some of those, for the most part, my collection has been of little support or help in anything that has ever happened in my life that ever meant anything. But my memories and friends from those experiences have. Just my 2 cents.
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
I sat down and hashed it out last night. Thought of every angle, and took everyone's input into consideration. Few things
1) I rarely listen to records alone. My 11 daughter has her own turntable and collection, and I put them on at night for her
2) I have a pretty big collection I have been putting together for 20 years
3) Going wouldn't put me in a financial bind - but I would have to generate the money as I have a budget that I am sticking to for the greater good
4) Something very cool would happen if I go, giving me a little moment and a plaque and a little bit of recognition which would be very cool to me (please don't ask - its a secret - but itll happen in 2015)
5) There are a zillion pros - and you all know most of them on some level.
6) My reason for not going is not a "con". It is just a bigger "pro" for me at this point in my life.
I thought about this a lot, I mean a LOT. Audra and I talked and talked and were getting excited and planning out our schedule and everything - and it hit me. I want to take her on a proper vacation. I want to take her away somewhere amazing where we can get curled up in the sheets, where I can bring her a bunch of flowers, where we can explore a city we have never seen before. A place where she and I are the only people on the planet. While I REALLY want to go to Roo badly, and I could make it happen (I made a list of things I could sell that wouldn't hurt at all, and there is more than enough money to make it happen if I sell it all). The thing is, I want the vacation with her more than I want to go sweat it out in a tent, drive 18 hours round trip and be dirty and smelly for 4 days. Don't get me wrong, its amazing, and I am not knocking it. But what I want more than Bonnaroo this year is to make her feel like she is all that matters, and is much more important to me than my desire to go to Bonnaroo.
So I've decided Im going to take her on a vacation. Now to decide where...
I sat down and hashed it out last night. Thought of every angle, and took everyone's input into consideration. Few things
1) I rarely listen to records alone. My 11 daughter has her own turntable and collection, and I put them on at night for her
2) I have a pretty big collection I have been putting together for 20 years
3) Going wouldn't put me in a financial bind - but I would have to generate the money as I have a budget that I am sticking to for the greater good
4) Something very cool would happen if I go, giving me a little moment and a plaque and a little bit of recognition which would be very cool to me (please don't ask - its a secret - but itll happen in 2015)
5) There are a zillion pros - and you all know most of them on some level.
6) My reason for not going is not a "con". It is just a bigger "pro" for me at this point in my life.
I thought about this a lot, I mean a LOT. Audra and I talked and talked and were getting excited and planning out our schedule and everything - and it hit me. I want to take her on a proper vacation. I want to take her away somewhere amazing where we can get curled up in the sheets, where I can bring her a bunch of flowers, where we can explore a city we have never seen before. A place where she and I are the only people on the planet. While I REALLY want to go to Roo badly, and I could make it happen (I made a list of things I could sell that wouldn't hurt at all, and there is more than enough money to make it happen if I sell it all). The thing is, I want the vacation with her more than I want to go sweat it out in a tent, drive 18 hours round trip and be dirty and smelly for 4 days. Don't get me wrong, its amazing, and I am not knocking it. But what I want more than Bonnaroo this year is to make her feel like she is all that matters, and is much more important to me than my desire to go to Bonnaroo.
So I've decided Im going to take her on a vacation. Now to decide where...
I see where you're coming from and as Jazmo said, you're talking to a bunch of Bonnaroo freaks so of course we're going to tell you to go to Bonnaroo. But if you have something special in mind, something you want to treat your woman to - where there's only you and her- do it. Bonnaroo will always be there next year!
Surf, you're making the right call. I'm glad you came to that on your own. It seriously took me getting a beating to realize that. Bonnaroo is a special place but real life and those that are around you day in and day out are wayyyyy more important.
I always get to sell her a vacation around a music festival. A week somewhere that she's never been and a few days of non-stop music for me. It makes it about you both.
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I start planning for the next Roo on the friday after Roo every year. If I didn't, it wouldn't be possible. I also see it as the only vacation for my BF and I alone, we usually do a spring break trip and a late summer trip with the kids, so it's our thing together and after 16 years you need that special thing. But all planning is started a year in advance for all trips. A year goes by so fast anymore, skip this year, start planning for next year, and it will be here before you know it.
I thought about this a lot, I mean a LOT. Audra and I talked and talked and were getting excited and planning out our schedule and everything - and it hit me. I want to take her on a proper vacation. I want to take her away somewhere amazing where we can get curled up in the sheets, where I can bring her a bunch of flowers, where we can explore a city we have never seen before. A place where she and I are the only people on the planet. While I REALLY want to go to Roo badly, and I could make it happen (I made a list of things I could sell that wouldn't hurt at all, and there is more than enough money to make it happen if I sell it all). The thing is, I want the vacation with her more than I want to go sweat it out in a tent, drive 18 hours round trip and be dirty and smelly for 4 days. Don't get me wrong, its amazing, and I am not knocking it. But what I want more than Bonnaroo this year is to make her feel like she is all that matters, and is much more important to me than my desire to go to Bonnaroo.
I can dig it. I have definitely sacrificed live music in order to take my girlfriend (now wife) on vacations. Absolutely zero regrets.
Post by LoveLuckLaughter on Jun 3, 2014 13:24:10 GMT -5
Well, now a vacation with your lady is certainly worth not going to Roo. That'll be chock full of memories and good times too. Now, if you take her to One Big Holiday in Mexico this January, you'll kill two birds with one stone ;-)
We're all a mess of paradoxes. Believing in things we know can't be true. We walk around carrying feelings too complicated and contradictory to express. But when it all becomes too big, and words aren't enough to help get it all out, there's always music.
Is that the original velvet underground & Nico?!?!
Yes. The stem was peeled and re stuck, but yeah that's what it is
That's freaking amazing! Don't sell that!! I would buy it if I were a record person. But tbh I don't really understand the whole record thing. I have an iTunes music library of over 15K songs though (and a spotify account that has rendered said music library somewhat irrelevant, ha)! But an original record of the VU with Nico is a great treasure, indeed. I hope you have an awesome trip with your gf! I am all for romantic getaways, and try to do at least one every season!
Well, now a vacation with your lady is certainly worth not going to Roo. That'll be chock full of memories and good times too. Now, if you take her to One Big Holiday in Mexico this January, you'll kill two birds with one stone ;-)
That's right. Get the vacations out of the way early. After 20 years of marriage, you'll get your chance to go alone. She might even pay.
