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First off, find a way to get me the fuck off the farm. Letting people leave should not be a challenge. Not a big one, anyways.
I agree that the What pit line was a cluster. Simply extend the barricades, leaving a couple of gaps for "through" traffic. The amount of people joining the pit line at the barricade entrance was early uncool.
Get security on the same page as the signage for what you can bring in to Centeroo and update it if you're making policy changes. They were confiscating blankets and misting fans this year?
They took our blanket this year while leaving multiple party favors in the backpack. So I can't sit down comfortably but I can get as fucked up as I please? Okay.
Also, may not be a popular one with the masses but raise the age limit. This is no place for a baby or little children. They can call it family festival all they want but these babies need the comfort of their home not sitting in the heat. I saw one woman at Cage the Elephant with a newborn. She was in GA, in the heat, with an umbrella surrounded by people smoking pot. I am sorry but someone can push her and the baby. The heat is detrimental for babies. What are these women thinking? So many things can go wrong. An infant can die in those conditions. If I am extremely uncomfortable in the heat/sun I cannot even phantom what those poor children are going through. There is no need to put babies through that strife.
Then I saw a lady walking around with a line of like 5 toddlers tied to a rope? What the fuck?
Always wonder "DO YOU NOT HAVE A RELATIVE YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR KID/S WITH? DO YOU REALIZE HOW PHYSICALLY DEMANDING THIS FESTIVAL IS?"
Ahhh... kids at festivals... I used to tour with the Grateful Dead so trust me I know a "lot baby" with bad parents when I see them. However!
I have brought kids to Bonnaroo, Rothbury and DMB Caravan. From newborn to 5 its really a non-issue.
1. Kids (even infants) tolerate heat much better than adults. Obviously you monitor them closely but an adult thats been drinking for 3 days is far worse off than any kid. 2. Kids bring joy to a lot of people. Trust me on this. 3. Leaving your kids behind makes things less fun. I miss my boys after a very short time. 4. PROTECT THEIR HEARING. 5. VIP is best if you are bringing them. 6. Highons are GREAT entertainment for kids. Most people are very respectful and move 10 feet away for a minute to smoke one or what not. 7. Kids live in Manchester and do just fine with the heat and dust... food for thought.
The biggest obstacles are sleeping and bathrooms. You MUST wash their hands constantly, not hand sanitzer but wash them. Norovirus (what most people think is food poisoning or 24 hour flu at bonnaroo) = you are going home. Sleeping, well, up to 4 they will crash in a laid back stroller.
You just hang in the back more with kids, avoid shakedown at certain times and keep them close. Good parenting is all it takes. Ohhhh... and security tends to ignore anything and everything under a stroller lol. BEER SMUGGLIN BABIES!
I don't think the water was bad at all this year. And I want one of the DJs to remix the loud, groaning noises the pumps were making.
The well in the VIP area sounded like my dog when she is "sneezing" or "coughing" or whatever that respiratory fit is that she has. I turned every time I heard it. It's a bit like an asthmatic goose.
Post by MiaFinsDreamer on Jun 17, 2014 10:01:28 GMT -5
First come First Serve for getting there early... Some one who arrives on Wednesday, like I do every year, should not have to be parked all the way in the back. I was way past pod 9 in an area not even on the map back in a secluded area, while I watched everyone coming later that night and the next day being parked right up front. If you don't get groop camping its not set up fair for those of us who make the effort to come early.
My biggest issue was the port-a-potties. In 2012, the porto situation had gotten better from previous years. I feel like this year, it regressed. For our campground (Jeff Spicoli), we had 10 portos for approximately 1,000 people. As soon as we were parked on Thursday, I went to the porto and it was already disgusting. At 5am. Just after the campground was filled. It wasn't cleaned until Friday morning. WTF. I can handle no TP because I'm used to that and bring my own. But having to use a porto with shit ALL OVER the seat? Not cool. I realize it's just as much the fault of attendees as it is for Roo, as we are fucking ADULTS and should know how to pee and poop in a large hole. The portos in Centeroo were a bit more tolerable because I think they were cleaned twice a day instead of once a day.
Also, this is the first year I've had issues with the sound at the Which stage. We could barely hear Cake.
Interesting, because with all of the problems I had and have with the Which Stage sound, Cake was the best sounding for me. I happened to be on the very far right side.
+1. This was my first Bonnaroo and I was mildly disturbed at the presence of small children. I think the overwhelming majority of us are free-spirited folks and I totally get wanting to expose your children to a variety of people from all walks of life. However, between the Tennessee humidity, the women sunbathing during midday sets, the people rumored to be running around pods butt-ass naked, the incessant pot smoking, the incessant calls (or dare I say pleadings?) for a girl a named Molly, that one chick who got so fucked up she started attacking people, that one guy literally giving himself uncomfortable wedgies while dancing in his skivvies during a set, and the 6am reverberating bass drops, I am hard-pressed to call this a family festival.
Bonnaroovian parents, please do yourselves and the rest of us a favor by finding a babysitter for the small kids for the weekend. Your kids will be teenagers soon enough.
i'll give you the heat - it's dangerous for healthy adults even, and terrible for babies. pretty rough on young kids too.
the women sunbathing, people running around naked? um, so what? most kids don't feel shame about naked bodies yet, and that's fine, imo. pot smoking? before they're grown people are going to be doing it in public i bet. and just because they hear a reference to molly (which you will if you turn on a radio for more than 11 seconds) doesn't mean they're buying, selling, or consuming it. none of those things are going to harm a kid who's with their parent or a responsible adult.
Key word being responsible adult. Someone said: "I was out at the skrillex superjam at 3 and saw a woman who was clearly fucked up with a newborn strapped to her chest. The kid had earmuffs on, but that didn't stop him from getting down at the bass drop."
Yeah, it's like they are waiting for an infant or toddler to die before they do anything about it.
i'll give you the heat - it's dangerous for healthy adults even, and terrible for babies. pretty rough on young kids too.
the women sunbathing, people running around naked? um, so what? most kids don't feel shame about naked bodies yet, and that's fine, imo. pot smoking? before they're grown people are going to be doing it in public i bet. and just because they hear a reference to molly (which you will if you turn on a radio for more than 11 seconds) doesn't mean they're buying, selling, or consuming it. none of those things are going to harm a kid who's with their parent or a responsible adult.
Key word being responsible adult. Someone said: "I was out at the skrillex superjam at 3 and saw a woman who was clearly fucked up with a newborn strapped to her chest. The kid had earmuffs on, but that didn't stop him from getting down at the bass drop."
Yeah, it's like they are waiting for an infant or toddler to die before they do anything about it.
Honestly curious what you think is going to kill them? Mom falling over and landing on them?
Lots and lots of hippie kids survived dead tour, woodstock, etc... Bonnaroo can be hot and loud but its not Iraq...
Key word being responsible adult. Someone said: "I was out at the skrillex superjam at 3 and saw a woman who was clearly fucked up with a newborn strapped to her chest. The kid had earmuffs on, but that didn't stop him from getting down at the bass drop."
Yeah, it's like they are waiting for an infant or toddler to die before they do anything about it.
Honestly curious what you think is going to kill them? Mom falling over and landing on them?
Lots and lots of hippie kids survived dead tour, woodstock, etc... Bonnaroo can be hot and loud but its not Iraq...
Do you have children? Have you ever taken care of a newborn?
My biggest issue was the port-a-potties. In 2012, the porto situation had gotten better from previous years. I feel like this year, it regressed. For our campground (Jeff Spicoli), we had 10 portos for approximately 1,000 people. As soon as we were parked on Thursday, I went to the porto and it was already disgusting. At 5am. Just after the campground was filled. It wasn't cleaned until Friday morning. WTF. I can handle no TP because I'm used to that and bring my own. But having to use a porto with shit ALL OVER the seat? Not cool. I realize it's just as much the fault of attendees as it is for Roo, as we are fucking ADULTS and should know how to pee and poop in a large hole. The portos in Centeroo were a bit more tolerable because I think they were cleaned twice a day instead of once a day.
Also, this is the first year I've had issues with the sound at the Which stage. We could barely hear Cake.
Interesting, because with all of the problems I had and have with the Which Stage sound, Cake was the best sounding for me. I happened to be on the very far right side.
I was thinking about it (dangerous, I know) and I think the sound issues wont be fixed unless they remove the trees, or move the stage. I'm thinking that the trees are fucking with the sound waves coming across the field and that's why some people can hear fine, and others cant hear at all. I know they'll never remove the trees, and where are they gonna move the stage to? We might just be stuck with bad sound...
Interesting, because with all of the problems I had and have with the Which Stage sound, Cake was the best sounding for me. I happened to be on the very far right side.
I was thinking about it (dangerous, I know) and I think the sound issues wont be fixed unless they remove the trees, or move the stage. I'm thinking that the trees are fucking with the sound waves coming across the field and that's why some people can hear fine, and others cant hear at all. I know they'll never remove the trees, and where are they gonna move the stage to? We might just be stuck with bad sound...
Which is why I will hope in future years the acts I want to see are small enough for tents, big enough for the What Stage, or Which stage LN acts. LN Which is not a problem at all for me. Granted Skrillex was the only LN Which for me this year.
Do you have children? Have you ever taken care of a newborn?
Um... yes. Look at this poor little guy... HES GONNA DIE!
That my friend is not a newborn. I wish I had taken a picture of the lady with the newborn at cage.
Anyway, regardless of the picture, I still stand on the idea that the age limit should be raised. This is my opinion and while you think it's ok to expose your child to such conditions, I don't. Everyone can voice their own opinions and you don't have to agree with mine. That is fine.
Post by youknowwho on Jun 17, 2014 10:55:33 GMT -5
Child abuse, neglect and endangerment are serious crimes and should be reported if you see it. Period. Otherwise, the only reasonable option is 18 and over because frankly, preteens and teens are at the biggest risk at Bonnaroo...
Franti looks pretty high here... RUN STEVIE! RUN! Just playing... but I hope you see the point.
Post by Vic Vinegar on Jun 17, 2014 10:57:53 GMT -5
Which stage.. right side good, left side bad. if you remember that, it should be ok. at least that is what i have come to discover.. and i really don't understand how they STILL don't have screens for the tents.. are the video screens just THAT expensive? they are already filming every set so you would think it would be easy. it just doesn't make any sense to me. They know that attendees have been begging for screens for years now. Maybe i just don't know enough about it, but it seems like an easy process that would make a lot of festival goers happy.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Jun 17, 2014 11:13:18 GMT -5
I wish they had the Camelbak water refill stations that Governors Ball and Shaky Knees had. They had great tasting water and it was always really cold. I assume it'd be more difficult at Roo but if they could make it work it'd be great.
My first show ever was culture when I was 3 weeks old and there were many many more after that. I like to think I turned out alright . As long as the parents realize when you bring a kid their safety and enjoyment takes the priority over everything else I don't see what the problem is
That whole confiscating misting fans thing was stupid. They said it was because people can use them to spray acid on people and I laughed. The only way you could bring it in is if you took out the straw inside, which makes it useless.
Yeah, WTF was that. Didnt have one problem last year or Friday this year. Then on Saturday they took all of them. Really dumb
I wish they had the Camelbak water refill stations that Governors Ball and Shaky Knees had. They had great tasting water and it was always really cold. I assume it'd be more difficult at Roo but if they could make it work it'd be great.
YES! That is was Hangout does as well and it was a lot better
First come First Serve for getting there early... Some one who arrives on Wednesday, like I do every year, should not have to be parked all the way in the back. I was way past pod 9 in an area not even on the map back in a secluded area, while I watched everyone coming later that night and the next day being parked right up front. If you don't get groop camping its not set up fair for those of us who make the effort to come early.
There is a really easy solution to this problem. Don't show up so early.
Also, may not be a popular one with the masses but raise the age limit. This is no place for a baby or little children. They can call it family festival all they want but these babies need the comfort of their home not sitting in the heat. I saw one woman at Cage the Elephant with a newborn. She was in GA, in the heat, with an umbrella surrounded by people smoking pot. I am sorry but someone can push her and the baby. The heat is detrimental for babies. What are these women thinking? So many things can go wrong. An infant can die in those conditions. If I am extremely uncomfortable in the heat/sun I cannot even phantom what those poor children are going through. There is no need to put babies through that strife.
Then I saw a lady walking around with a line of like 5 toddlers tied to a rope? What the fuck?
I saw another "mother of the year candidate" actually breastfeeding in the VIP area at the CAGE the Elephant show. What the quack?
We had a young mom with probably a four year old daughter holding her hand.. walking her around our campsite and asking people if they wanted to buy weed and shrooms... That was really the only incident involving a kid that I witnessed this weekend that made me really uncomfortable.
Funny moment from Brooks Whelan's set when he sarcastically said, "and thank you to whoever is urinating all over the toilet paper. you are really doing god's work."
+1. This was my first Bonnaroo and I was mildly disturbed at the presence of small children. I think the overwhelming majority of us are free-spirited folks and I totally get wanting to expose your children to a variety of people from all walks of life. However, between the Tennessee humidity, the women sunbathing during midday sets, the people rumored to be running around pods butt-ass naked, the incessant pot smoking, the incessant calls (or dare I say pleadings?) for a girl a named Molly, that one chick who got so fucked up she started attacking people, that one guy literally giving himself uncomfortable wedgies while dancing in his skivvies during a set, and the 6am reverberating bass drops, I am hard-pressed to call this a family festival.
Bonnaroovian parents, please do yourselves and the rest of us a favor by finding a babysitter for the small kids for the weekend. Your kids will be teenagers soon enough.
i'll give you the heat - it's dangerous for healthy adults even, and terrible for babies. pretty rough on young kids too.
the women sunbathing, people running around naked? um, so what? most kids don't feel shame about naked bodies yet, and that's fine, imo. pot smoking? before they're grown people are going to be doing it in public i bet. and just because they hear a reference to molly (which you will if you turn on a radio for more than 11 seconds) doesn't mean they're buying, selling, or consuming it. none of those things are going to harm a kid who's with their parent or a responsible adult.
We are not going to agree on this. I saw overgrown "party kids" that looked plenty fucked up to me walking around with children. That's hardly responsible parenting. I saw people walking around pods with unleashed pets despite the fact that there were supposedly no pets allowed. I saw kids that looked to be around 8 or 9 running around non-family camping pods with little to no supervision while their parents lingered in some tent or under a canopy somewhere out of sight. I'm not even certain why these families would be allowed to camp in a non-family pod with the little ones as it seems like quite a liability at an event of this scale to this attorney. The sun-bathing may be fine particularly for the really small ones who genuinely have no clue what they're seeing, but you're not going to convince me that it's appropriate to expose kids that are 8 or 9 to some of the events I witnessed with my own eyes.
I'm sure many Bonnaroovians are also perfectly responsible parents who are able to safely navigate their children through such a debaucherous musical festival. However, this does not mean that Bonnaroo is a family-friendly event without some inherent dangers particularly if one chooses to camp and/or stay late night with a child.
Funny moment from Brooks Whelan's set when he sarcastically said, "and thank you to whoever is urinating all over the toilet paper. you are really doing god's work."
How was the rest of his set? I was standing next to him and Kyle Mooney (also from SNL) during the Avett Brothers in the pit and his show was one of the ones I didn't get to see. Wondered what it'd be like.
Again, the amish donut shop should be required to be open before 9am.
Also....have many, many more Amish Donut stations. Them and the pretzels were such a high demand at some points and they still sell those terrible pretzels at the lemonade stands.
Post by trailerparknoodles on Jun 17, 2014 14:09:56 GMT -5
How was the rest of his set? I was standing next to him and Kyle Mooney (also from SNL) during the Avett Brothers in the pit and his show was one of the ones I didn't get to see. Wondered what it'd be like.
I saw his set on Thursday. He was hilarious, as was Brad Williamson. The two ladies were less funny, especially the girl from SNL.
Funny moment from Brooks Whelan's set when he sarcastically said, "and thank you to whoever is urinating all over the toilet paper. you are really doing god's work."
How was the rest of his set? I was standing next to him and Kyle Mooney (also from SNL) during the Avett Brothers in the pit and his show was one of the ones I didn't get to see. Wondered what it'd be like.
He was funny! Which is cool to know because we've seen so little of him on SNL so far. If I would've seen Kyle Mooney I would have fan-freaked out on him, easily my favorite new cast member. Took me several episodes to warm up to his sense of humor though (obviously it was the chris fitzpatrick for high school president when it all clicked).
Brooks leaned heavy on the party/drug humor but he did it well. Actually the biggest laugh for me was his very first joke. I'm used to comedians at Bonnaroo rushing out and being so full of energy, but he kind of walked out looking like hell, some cargo shorts, a plain white T, and a miller lite in his hand. He looked completely despondent. He first line "So I'm not doing too hot. I was just outside, in the festival... and some guys pony tail got in my mouth".
HUGE laugh at that line. Probably because everyone who frequents festivals have had that experience at a show.
Just playing... but I hope you see the point.
