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Post by hygienequeen on Jun 22, 2022 13:32:20 GMT -5
on the topic of water, in centeroo was there any regular bottled water for purchase? I had issues with my hydration pack bladder and said f it thursday i'll just get a bottled water and use it for the rest of the night, after about 10 minutes of looking I was like I can't wait for hydration any longer and just grabbed a smoothie (for the cup mostly).
I forgot to mention that I was pretty happy with the sponsors and am surprised to see complaints. I guess some people still wince at the notion that brands exist. But this is the world we live in and Roo didn't sell any tickets this year. I thought most of them added positively to the experience or were connected to things that made enough sense to not be annoying (Bacardi).
I can't imagine anyone complaining about Jack Daniels. They put up a massive shade area that wouldn't have otherwise been there. I would be fine with 30 more "big scary brands" coming in and doing the exact same thing.
Jersey Mike's gave me a free half sub Day 1 and I should have went and got one every day. What they gave me would have costed $6 at a stand (half portion). Again - can't really complain about that.
Lee (jeans company) gave us one of the more cool art displays this year though that's an indictment on Roo's overall art displays.
Bacardi Oasis has been amazing ever since it was introduced and now they sponsor the secondary beach stage which is fine and makes sense.
I didn't go to Dunkin but I think they were giving out donuts and coffee? Awesome.
Allegiant Jam Trak. That thing was worthless but at least they were involved with trying to make the experience better.
I don't really know what the Liquid Death, Hulu, Coke, or M&Ms displays were all about so I can't really comment on those four.
Red Bull just had a new stand and area with umbrellas where they were serving drinks. I'll take 7 extra umbrellas as a W.
I consume 3-4 Red Bulls a day at Bonnaroo so I was actually thrilled when I saw that little setup. I'm hoping they're back and I'll budget serious money for those Red Bull vodkas and I never pay for drinks in centeroo.
I think the only sponsor that felt real out of place was M&M's. I also did the Liquid Death one and you got a free drink if you gave them your email. It's a shame liquid death is so expensive because aluminum is recycled and reused at a higher rate than plastic.
Also has anyone talked about that TURN reusable cup program? What an amazing program to be more sustainable.
on the topic of water, in centeroo was there any regular bottled water for purchase? I had issues with my hydration pack bladder and said f it thursday i'll just get a bottled water and use it for the rest of the night, after about 10 minutes of looking I was like I can't wait for hydration any longer and just grabbed a smoothie (for the cup mostly).
Finally getting around to my recap after a long misadventure getting home on Monday and sleeping/working all of yesterday. But this was the funnest Bonnaroo ever for me (I've been going since 2013). I was telling everyone on Friday night that this was the best night of my life because it legitimately was (I hadn't even taken the molly yet when I decided this). What made it so great was all of the inforooers there. I never would have dreamed I'd have such a large group of friends whose entire mission is to build each other up and make sure we are having the maximum amount of fun.
1). King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard This is the second funnest show I've ever been to in my entire life and I've seen Gizz twice before. Something about them unleashes this primal energy inside of me. This was one of the few shows of the weekend where everyone seemed ready to fucking go 30 minutes before the show started. I love that they start with the crazy thrash shit before going into the more chill dancy shit because it loosens up the crowd. When we got to the more groovy shit everyone still had that bolt of electricity inside of them from the opening songs. We were all doing ridiculous coordinated dance moves that we made up on the spot. Everyone was your best friend. Everyone around me was on cloud 9 and in agreement they were having the best time of their life.
2). Stevie Nicks I'm so happy we got almost everyone together for this show. Never had so much fun at a Sunday headliner. This is one of those shows that our large group made 100 times more fun than it would have been if I was by myself. I'm sure someone else has talked about the "Stevie Nicks moshpit" already. I had so much that after it was over I changed my plans from getting a ride home Sunday night to having Jake Jortles agree to give me a ride back Monday morning. As brutal as Bonnaroo was, that night I just couldn't bring myself to leave what I consider my real home and all of my friends.
3). Rezz I had such a good time with Insane Cum Posse at this show. I don't go to a lot of these types of shows but I think that'll change in the future. For a lot of EDM shows this weekend I was mostly dancing off to the side areas so I had more room to get my groove on. But the was the perfect show to be upfront directly in the middle for. What can I say the bass just feels so good. It was very cool to see Mads loving her favorite artist at her first Bonnaroo.
4). Lane 8 Ever since the schedule came out we talked about making it to sunrise for this set and we fucking did it! My first official sunrise set. I have to give Bonnaroo credit here for finally giving me an artist I would stay up to until sunrise for. Kalliope just really didn't do it for me in past years. This set was magical and I can't think of a more perfect way to end one of the happiest Friday nights of my life.
5). The War on Drugs This is the set that kicked off my magical Friday night. I mostly sat in the back of the pit and watched all of my friends have the biggest smiles on their faces. Probably one of my favorite sunset shows ever. This is where I felt like I truly broke into the "Bonnaroo version of myself".
I could probably write a twice as long essay about everything I saw but I'm just going to leave it here for right now. Other shows I loved include Kenny Mason, Nothing, The Weather Station, Indigo De Souza, and Turnpike on Thursday. Friday I enjoyed Isaiah Rashad, Japanese Breakfast, Karina Rykman (an amazing Who Stage discovery), Sparkle City Disco (great cheesy Bonnaroo fun), Goose, and Denzel Curry. Saturday I had a great time at Slowthai, Chvrches, $uicideboy$, Tool, Gecs, last 30 minutes of Flume, last 30 minutes of Marc Rebillet, Silent Disco, and Chris Lake. Then on Sunday I loved Tierra Whack and Pucisifer. For a pretty weak year lineup-wise, I still saw a marathon of back-to-back shows each day. I'd spend my morning and afternoon recovering at camp then it was absolute go time for the rest of the day.
Post by itrainmonkeys on Jun 22, 2022 13:44:21 GMT -5
Roo has pretty much always had sponsors of some kind. I do think that some in the past had been more interactive and fun/interesting than some of the ones this year. Like, it's cool you can chill in a small shade booth and get some Hulu swag once an hour, watch the live stream. Or go in to the shaded booth with A/C for Verizon and charge your phone up. The handouts by Dunkn and Coke and Jersey Mike's were all cool if you could get them (Jersey Mike's would open and close a lot. Probably to make new batches). But they feel a bit uninspired.
I still have the screen printed T-Shirt with the Adult Swim show Eagleheart's logo on it from when Adult Swim used to sponsor the carnival type thing. You'd pick out what shirt color and logo stencil you wanted from a variety of shows and then they'd press it for you right there. It was pretty big and had a ton of fun ways to kill time and win various types of swag. They put in a bit more effort, ya know?
Then there was the X-Box Arcade tent that I used to love spending a bit of time with between sets or just to get some shade. A pretty large tent with a ton of different video games and swag they were handing out. Pretty sure I still have the Xbox beer koozie from that somewhere, too. They had some music elements in there at times as well. Again, lots more fun activities and reasons to enjoy being sold a brand to you than just "hey here's a small booth and free snack"
Even the Garnier Fructis brand had some awesome benefits. They set up a salon and would wash and condition/style your hair in the shade which was always a welcome to the people I knew who did it because it was the closest thing to a shower you could get free and in shade and it would be so refreshing. Plus they gave out samples of shampoo/conditioner to everyone which came in handy at the camp showers.
Again with this company they went above and beyond just handing things out and I'd like to see more of this kind of thing. Seems many sponsors would do the bare minimum. Though I agree with Jake Jortles that the Lee Tree and Jack Daniels Tent were great because they provided great shade and at least the jean tree was unique and artsy. Definitely made the lack of art elsewhere stand out. The random art installations used to be a really awesome experience during walks to various shows. More art/shade stuff from sponsors is welcome.
I thought the crowds were pretty bad this year at times. I was in multiple pits where people were having full blown conversations. My enjoyment of Chvrches, Herbie (first half before I got to the inforoo peeps) and Flume were all affected because I was around people who wouldn't shut the fuck up. Some others had dead crowds/talking issues like Nothing, Tool, The War on Drugs, The Weather Station, Japanese Breakfast. People were literally cheering because a giant ball got close to the fan and finally popped during Japanese Breakfast. Really bad stuff. Huge L for the "Roo crowds are the best crowds" people.
All these shows have a commonality that they aren't shows that demand or even warrant high energy / movement from the crowd. I would probably modify my views of Roo crowds to say, "In normal years when shows are full, Bonnaroo crowds are better than any other festival crowds for high energy shows." The only high energy show that kinda disappointed me this year from a crowd standpoint was Gecs, Crowd was still strong but I didn't think it was a Roo crowd.
I thought the crowds were pretty bad this year at times. I was in multiple pits where people were having full blown conversations. My enjoyment of Chvrches, Herbie (first half before I got to the inforoo peeps) and Flume were all affected because I was around people who wouldn't shut the fuck up. Some others had dead crowds/talking issues like Nothing, Tool, The War on Drugs, The Weather Station, Japanese Breakfast. People were literally cheering because a giant ball got close to the fan and finally popped during Japanese Breakfast. Really bad stuff. Huge L for the "Roo crowds are the best crowds" people.
All these shows have a commonality that they aren't shows that demand or even warrant high energy / movement from the crowd. I would probably modify my views of Roo crowds to say, "In normal years when shows are full, Bonnaroo crowds are better than any other festival crowds for high energy shows." The only high energy show that kinda disappointed me this year from a crowd standpoint was Gecs, Crowd was still strong but I didn't think it was a Roo crowd.
that's what i thought about gecs and it took me out of it. i thought for sure the mosh pit would go back far enough that i could get into it and i never did. show was fine and everyone seemed to have a good time but i expected a full tent mosh pit that rap shows have warranted in previous years. i think some of the higher energy crowds were slightly more subdued between artists being told to not encourage mosh pits and the fallout from astroworld
I thought the crowds were pretty bad this year at times. I was in multiple pits where people were having full blown conversations. My enjoyment of Chvrches, Herbie (first half before I got to the inforoo peeps) and Flume were all affected because I was around people who wouldn't shut the quack up
... getting searched by cops on the highway...
I agree there was way too much rambling during shows, but otherwise I felt like the crowd was pretty cool overall.
But what happened that y'all got searched? Was that on the way in or out? Even (and maybe more importantly) if they can't catch you riding dirty, you have the right to 100% refuse a search without probable cause/reasonable suspicion. As long as someone has a camera on or whatever to catch you refusing and if they try to bullshit you - "we smell alcohol/whatever" you can deny that and later enter in as evidence if necessary. We said no, he failed to protect and serve instead treating us like an ATM machine for his stupid county/municipality that can't make any money on its own.
on the topic of water, in centeroo was there any regular bottled water for purchase? I had issues with my hydration pack bladder and said f it thursday i'll just get a bottled water and use it for the rest of the night, after about 10 minutes of looking I was like I can't wait for hydration any longer and just grabbed a smoothie (for the cup mostly).
Unless any of the food vendors might have had those, I didn't see any. It was strictly white cans of liquid death water or black cans of liquid death sparkling water. I don't even really like water out of cans, but I'll do it for the sustainability aspects without bitching.
I believe my theory of less people at Bonnaroo means less energy at certain shows was proven correct this year. At Bonnaroo everyone is on a different schedule. When you have 80,000 people there that means you have enough people that will be energetic at a 3am show and enough people that will be energetic at a 3pm show. More people = more opportunities for fun crowds.
on the topic of water, in centeroo was there any regular bottled water for purchase? I had issues with my hydration pack bladder and said f it thursday i'll just get a bottled water and use it for the rest of the night, after about 10 minutes of looking I was like I can't wait for hydration any longer and just grabbed a smoothie (for the cup mostly).
they went plastic free, so it was either cans of water or the reusable cups of something from a vendor.
The whole greenwashing "buy canned water because a refillable plastic bottle is actually bad" thing is incredibly annoying.
Also canned water tastes like the can.
It does. I know it was hot, but I was making sure to stay as hydrated as possible. Whatever last beverage I had left from the previous run of beer+water was getting low, I'd go back and get another round. F'd up thing was that pretty much all weekend I was drinking water and beer that were lukewarm at best. I saw Sunday night at one of the bars, they were just immersing cans of beer and water into cool/cold water metal bins that didn't have any ice in them since it had long since melted. You'd think despite the heat they'd have the ice situation figured out after a couple of decades of a festival. It's not like I'm not going to buy a warm beer if that's all they have, so I just had to lump it and make sure to stick with the lighter beers.
I thought the crowds were pretty bad this year at times. I was in multiple pits where people were having full blown conversations. My enjoyment of Chvrches, Herbie (first half before I got to the inforoo peeps) and Flume were all affected because I was around people who wouldn't shut the fuck up. Some others had dead crowds/talking issues like Nothing, Tool, The War on Drugs, The Weather Station, Japanese Breakfast. People were literally cheering because a giant ball got close to the fan and finally popped during Japanese Breakfast. Really bad stuff. Huge L for the "Roo crowds are the best crowds" people.
All these shows have a commonality that they aren't shows that demand or even warrant high energy / movement from the crowd. I would probably modify my views of Roo crowds to say, "In normal years when shows are full, Bonnaroo crowds are better than any other festival crowds for high energy shows." The only high energy show that kinda disappointed me this year from a crowd standpoint was Gecs, Crowd was still strong but I didn't think it was a Roo crowd.
I do agree that less people at Bonnaroo affected the crowds in a negative way. With that being said I don't think what you said addresses people just having full on conversations. Not just like in the middle of the crowd or in the back (where it's completely fine) but in the pit where it really shouldn't matter that Bonnaroo had less than half of attendees there because only few people can get in the pit anyways. Flume was also either the second or third biggest crowd I saw all weekend (can't figure out if The Chicks were bigger or not) and I literally couldn't get away from people talking. By the end of the show we were in front of the soundboard and people were still just going.
I've been to two other fests this year, Okee and Coachella, and Bonnaroo's crowd was the worst of the three by a decent margin which I really didn't expect. I know the low attendance probably made the issues worse but I don't think that was the sole cause. I'm basically of the opinion now that while Bonnaroo has some of the best crowds overall at fests I've been to it definitely isn't the best by any kind of margin, if at all.
Would also quip that Chvrches and Flume (maybe Tool?) don't demand high energy / movement at least at times but don't really care that much. I will also say that if I/we can go hard at like The War on Drugs and Chvrches, and Bonnaroo has the crowds that are better than everywhere else then I kind of expect the other people in front of us in those pits to also be going hard.
Finally getting around to my recap after a long misadventure getting home on Monday and sleeping/working all of yesterday. But this was the funnest Bonnaroo ever for me (I've been going since 2013). I was telling everyone on Friday night that this was the best night of my life because it legitimately was (I hadn't even taken the molly yet when I decided this). What made it so great was all of the inforooers there. I never would have dreamed I'd have such a large group of friends whose entire mission is to build each other up and make sure we are having the maximum amount of fun.
lolololol i love how earlier in the night i heard you say that ("this is the best night of my life!!") and i was like, "yeah i agree this is fucking amazing....i assume youre rolling too?" and you said you weren't, and--to be clear, i would've had an incredibleeee time at that lane 8 show even if 100% sober, but i found your response so wholesome haha.
and then the next day, i find out that later in the night when you were saying "seriously, BEST EVER," it was post consumption. made me chuckle. but also goes to show, it was amazing from the get go! it is either my first or second fave bonnaroo night, with the other being LCD friday night 2016.
and to the underlined part above - fuck yeah
p.s. i will get to my own recap soon y'all; i just can't really string together more than a handful of sentences right now before brain fog swooooshes in.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
I thought the crowds were pretty bad this year at times. I was in multiple pits where people were having full blown conversations. My enjoyment of Chvrches, Herbie (first half before I got to the inforoo peeps) and Flume were all affected because I was around people who wouldn't shut the quack up
... getting searched by cops on the highway...
I agree there was way too much rambling during shows, but otherwise I felt like the crowd was pretty cool overall.
But what happened that y'all got searched? Was that on the way in or out? Even (and maybe more importantly) if they can't catch you riding dirty, you have the right to 100% refuse a search without probable cause/reasonable suspicion. As long as someone has a camera on or whatever to catch you refusing and if they try to bullshit you - "we smell alcohol/whatever" you can deny that and later enter in as evidence if necessary. We said no, he failed to protect and serve instead treating us like an ATM machine for his stupid county/municipality that can't make any money on its own.
I mean I had some great crowds too. Slowthai was fantastic, Tinashe, Disclosure, Stevie. Just something I noticed and was surprised about at some sets that I didn't really see many people mention.
They got us going in. They saw me in a wal mart parking lot in Kimbrell(?) messing around in my bag in the back of my trunk. So they followed us after we left and got me on the highway. Gave some bullshit excuse about my tag being partial covered and that he could smell weed coming from my car which he didn't because I don't smoke. So they searched me and wasted my time and theirs. I wasn't riding cleaning though I'm ngl and he did actually see me fucking with some adderall but he never found it. He just thought I was hiding my weed in my car? idk. I'm not gonna lie it did kinda fuck me up for awhile on Wednesday which sucked but whatever. We made it through.
All these shows have a commonality that they aren't shows that demand or even warrant high energy / movement from the crowd. I would probably modify my views of Roo crowds to say, "In normal years when shows are full, Bonnaroo crowds are better than any other festival crowds for high energy shows." The only high energy show that kinda disappointed me this year from a crowd standpoint was Gecs, Crowd was still strong but I didn't think it was a Roo crowd.
I do agree that less people at Bonnaroo affected the crowds in a negative way. With that being said I don't think what you said addresses people just having full on conversations. Not just like in the middle of the crowd or in the back (where it's completely fine) but in the pit where it really shouldn't matter that Bonnaroo had less than half of attendees there because only few people can get in the pit anyways. Flume was also either the second or third biggest crowd I saw all weekend (can't figure out if The Chicks were bigger or not) and I literally couldn't get away from people talking. By the end of the show we were in front of the soundboard and people were still just going.
I've been to two other fests this year, Okee and Coachella, and Bonnaroo's crowd was the worst of the three by a decent margin which I really didn't expect. I know the low attendance probably made the issues worse but I don't think that was the sole cause. I'm basically of the opinion now that while Bonnaroo has some of the best crowds overall at fests I've been to it definitely isn't the best by any kind of margin, if at all.
Would also quip that Chvrches and Flume (maybe Tool?) don't demand high energy / movement at least at times but don't really care that much. I will also say that if I/we can go hard at like The War on Drugs and Chvrches, and Bonnaroo has the crowds that are better than everywhere else then I kind of expect the other people in front of us in those pits to also be going hard.
The conversations are more noticeable at less energetic shows, so it is addressed in the statement. I have also been to other festivals and disagree with what you are saying anyways. I could go to any fest with the goal to find bad things about the crowds and find it easily anywhere. Talking is an epidemic at all fests. It's noticed more during lower energy shows. And again, the low attendance does play into things.
Still, no fest I've been to has had the top end potential of a Roo crowd at a high-energy show. But in a show that requires less rowdiness and more "respect" for the show in front of you, all bets are off. I think there's a variable where Roo crowds want unconventional shit to happen so they are like little bugs to a bug lamp when a ball if being popped by a fan or something. I probably wouldn't like a Roo crowd as much for a Beach House show as I would for a Danny Brown show.
I do agree that less people at Bonnaroo affected the crowds in a negative way. With that being said I don't think what you said addresses people just having full on conversations. Not just like in the middle of the crowd or in the back (where it's completely fine) but in the pit where it really shouldn't matter that Bonnaroo had less than half of attendees there because only few people can get in the pit anyways. Flume was also either the second or third biggest crowd I saw all weekend (can't figure out if The Chicks were bigger or not) and I literally couldn't get away from people talking. By the end of the show we were in front of the soundboard and people were still just going.
I've been to two other fests this year, Okee and Coachella, and Bonnaroo's crowd was the worst of the three by a decent margin which I really didn't expect. I know the low attendance probably made the issues worse but I don't think that was the sole cause. I'm basically of the opinion now that while Bonnaroo has some of the best crowds overall at fests I've been to it definitely isn't the best by any kind of margin, if at all.
Would also quip that Chvrches and Flume (maybe Tool?) don't demand high energy / movement at least at times but don't really care that much. I will also say that if I/we can go hard at like The War on Drugs and Chvrches, and Bonnaroo has the crowds that are better than everywhere else then I kind of expect the other people in front of us in those pits to also be going hard.
The conversations are more noticeable at less energetic shows, so it is addressed in the statement. I have also been to other festivals and disagree with what you are saying anyways. I could go to any fest with the goal to find bad things about the crowds and find it easily anywhere. Talking is an epidemic at all fests. It's noticed more during lower energy shows. And again, the low attendance does play into things.
Still, no fest I've been to has had the top end potential of a Roo crowd at a high-energy show. But in a show that requires less rowdiness and more "respect" for the show in front of you, all bets are off. I think there's a variable where Roo crowds want unconventional shit to happen so they are like little bugs to a bug lamp when a ball if being popped by a fan or something. I probably wouldn't like a Roo crowd as much for a Beach House show as I would for a Danny Brown show.
That's fine, we'll have to agree to disagree. Also just to be clear, idk if you're implying it or not but I'm not out here looking for bad crowds. I did make sure to make mental notes of how the crowd was because I wanted to see how I thought the Roo crowd was compared to some other camping fests I went to this year. Roo was my only other camping fest I had done until now.
