Joel Siegel is in Heaven Now
One thing I had heard about Gogol Bordello that I was unable to venomously, irrationally dismiss was that they put on a heck of a concert. So when it became clear that in order to get a good spot for Ween, I would have to forgo Soviet murder/piano sensation Phil "Regina" Spector and see Gogol Bordello, I took it in stride. And it turns out the idiots were right, Gogol Bordello is great! The lead singer is practically Borat, or a moustachioed Cousin Balki at any rate. There were two tiny Japanese women on stage whose only role seemed to be shrieking along with the chorus of certain songs. On the last few, one had a bass drum and the other had uhhh I don't actually remember. Balki started yelling "Throw! Throw! Throw!" (which is a hilariously incomplete command, to my ears) and she threw it into the audience! People passed it around over their heads for a while, ignoring her as she gestured for them to return it. So Balki jumped into the crowd! And climbed on the drum! And sat on it! Then he surfed on it! Then he got back on stage and they passed the drum back and they finished up.
Next on the stage was Fountains of Wayne. Fountains of Wayne was the exact opposite of my Gogol Bordello experience, in that my feelings were neutral, even RECEPTIVE, and it turned out the band was horrible. It didn't help matters than I was at this point within 15 people of the stage, but luckily they were SO BAD that I didn't have any qualms about covering my ears when they started hurting. Who was I gonna offend? Fountains of Wayne fans? Fountains of Wanye? Fuck them! I never had a problem with Stacy's Mom, but I've got a problem with a band that only plays one or two songs even AS GOOD as Stacy's Mom. Especially if they're dour, over-serious pricks! If you're gonna play SHIT, you should at least try to be friendly.
Then WEEN played and they were AWESOME! Ween is one of my FAVORITE BANDS!
After Ween, a dixieland jazz band marched by leading a parade of painted doped up revelers! If there are videos of Bonnaroo on YouTube, keep an eye out for a bearded doper in a panama hat, dance-walking to no rhythm in particular.
I know it's wrong to give an account of Bonnaroo with no mention of the camping, but I don't wanna talk about it.
Next on the stage was Fountains of Wayne. Fountains of Wayne was the exact opposite of my Gogol Bordello experience, in that my feelings were neutral, even RECEPTIVE, and it turned out the band was horrible. It didn't help matters than I was at this point within 15 people of the stage, but luckily they were SO BAD that I didn't have any qualms about covering my ears when they started hurting. Who was I gonna offend? Fountains of Wayne fans? Fountains of Wanye? Fuck them! I never had a problem with Stacy's Mom, but I've got a problem with a band that only plays one or two songs even AS GOOD as Stacy's Mom. Especially if they're dour, over-serious pricks! If you're gonna play SHIT, you should at least try to be friendly.
Then WEEN played and they were AWESOME! Ween is one of my FAVORITE BANDS!
After Ween, a dixieland jazz band marched by leading a parade of painted doped up revelers! If there are videos of Bonnaroo on YouTube, keep an eye out for a bearded doper in a panama hat, dance-walking to no rhythm in particular.
I know it's wrong to give an account of Bonnaroo with no mention of the camping, but I don't wanna talk about it.