Bonnaroo
www.bonnaroo.com for all yous who don't know what bonnaroo is.(its a music festival)
So Molly, my mom, Wendy(mom's friend from wales), and I drove for about 20 hours to Tennessee last wednsday night after the middle school graduation. When we got there we were in a line of cars for a brief amount of time but it was enough for some amish girls to come around and hand us jesus flyers with rock stars on them saying that they died because they sinned. Goddamn amish people. Anyway I was about to hand them the little UU card i had in my wallet but that would have just been a waste. Then this security guy came buy on an ATV with this big tank of N2O that he took from somebody selling balloons in the woods.(N2O=nitrous=happy gas=dentist gas=hippy crack). When he got next to our car the tank fell off into this huge ditch. Some dudes came and helped him out while I watched with my door open eating peanuts. Then when he gets the tank back up and the dudes leave he looks around then opens the valve and takes a little sniff of the nitrous. He said he had never tried it before. Haha, cops.
Anyway I kept eating my peanuts and we drove through the gate, got our wristbands and garbage bag and then set up camp next to two girls and some guy and his girlfriend. They were all really cool and we all had to set up our tents in the dark. Then Molly and I walked around for a while and explored the place. Then we chilled at the campsite for a while and went to bed.
The next morning we were killing time walking around before noon and we found out that we had indeed missed les claypool last night which they hadnt even mentioned online (bastards). We thought there werent any concerts thursday night, whatever. So the first band we saw was Ollabelle. They are a gospel band but they still rocked the tent. After that we went back to the tent to grab something, i dont really remember what, and Molly and I got split up before Jurassic 5. So I was walking around listening to J5 and looking for Molly when I run into no other than Brad Mann himself. So I talked to him for a bit then went over to get a spot for Ray Lamontagne and find Molly. Whatsherface was still playing so I sat over by the sign for the tent hoping Molly would see me. So I'm lying there on the grass and i turn around to look at the tent and sitting behind me is this lady with her boobs totally just out there. So I looked at those for a couple seconds then turned back around. Molly later confirmed that she was walking by at that same time and saw the boobs and me lying there but was too distracted by the boobs to notice me. So I got a spot for Ray up close and near the side and he started playing. Good set so far and I decided to walk around the other side and look for Molly. I found her about the middle of the set and she had a better spot than I did but it was wicked muddy. So we danced in the mud for a while and I got my feet, that were already cut up a little from my crappy sandals, caked in mud. So i was totin those around cause i didnt want to wear them as we walked over to see Bela Fleck play a few songs. Then we left that a little early to get a spot for Dave Mattews Band. Highlights of the DMB set were Two Step, Jimi Thing with Warren Haynes, and whatever songs Robert Randolph played on. For the encore they busted out some crap from the new album and we left to get some rest and then maybe come back for the masquerade ball. We didn't.
Next morning it had rained and the tent had a bunch of water in it, but it didnt really effect us that much. I talked to those girls for a bit then we went to Centeroo, where the concerts are. We saw Ozomatli and they sand this song that was like "get ready for the saturday night!" which was cool because it was saturday. Anyway after that we just sort of chilled and walked around. I don't know when it was that we ran into bradmann again but we did. Then we went to see a little of Blue Merle, we saw all of Xavier Rudd, he was good, then we got up really close for Jack Johnson as soo as YMSB ended. We were next to these two girls both named Jessica and Molly got to stand on this pipe that ran down te center so she got a better view of Jack. Awesome set. Bastards scheduled it at the same time as OAR so I didnt see them. Jack was worth it though. Some guys climed up this huge tree behind us and Jack kept talking about them. Apparently he looked right into Molly's eyes and mouthed some words and sang some lyrics but uh...yeah right Molly. So after that Widespread Panic right? NO. Fuck widespread and their fucking two shows that are longer than anyone elses. We went back to the tent and unfortunately slept through Trey. Alledgedly when Molly tried to wake me up I kicked her in the face. Bullshit.
Next day we chilled at the campsight until we heard that Toots & The Maytals had started so we went over to see him. It was sweet to get the obligatory dose of reggae and Toots is definetly the man. We left that and saw Citizen Cope, who were awesome, and then we got up really close for John Butler Trio, and he was fucking amazing!(say that in an australian accent). He didnt really look into the crowd at all but the drummer had a sick solo and the bassist played a stand up and he moved with that thing. During the drum solo he layed down then right when it was over he leaped back up off the floor and started playing again. Awesome. After that we didnt really want to see The Word so we went back to the tent. And then back again for Widespread right? FUCK NO! Another Fuck you goes out to widespread Panic. On the way back we saw happy bong man. He was running around with a big grin on his face and a bong held up high in the air, haha what a guy. Other people to mention would be Bonnarrhea Dude, he was funny, but gross. Also there was this guy who flipped out at his friend and wacked him in the head with a flashlight. "I brought you to Bonnaroo! I don't take disrespect!" Whatever dude calm down.
We packed up and left the next morning/afternoon.
So Molly, my mom, Wendy(mom's friend from wales), and I drove for about 20 hours to Tennessee last wednsday night after the middle school graduation. When we got there we were in a line of cars for a brief amount of time but it was enough for some amish girls to come around and hand us jesus flyers with rock stars on them saying that they died because they sinned. Goddamn amish people. Anyway I was about to hand them the little UU card i had in my wallet but that would have just been a waste. Then this security guy came buy on an ATV with this big tank of N2O that he took from somebody selling balloons in the woods.(N2O=nitrous=happy gas=dentist gas=hippy crack). When he got next to our car the tank fell off into this huge ditch. Some dudes came and helped him out while I watched with my door open eating peanuts. Then when he gets the tank back up and the dudes leave he looks around then opens the valve and takes a little sniff of the nitrous. He said he had never tried it before. Haha, cops.
Anyway I kept eating my peanuts and we drove through the gate, got our wristbands and garbage bag and then set up camp next to two girls and some guy and his girlfriend. They were all really cool and we all had to set up our tents in the dark. Then Molly and I walked around for a while and explored the place. Then we chilled at the campsite for a while and went to bed.
The next morning we were killing time walking around before noon and we found out that we had indeed missed les claypool last night which they hadnt even mentioned online (bastards). We thought there werent any concerts thursday night, whatever. So the first band we saw was Ollabelle. They are a gospel band but they still rocked the tent. After that we went back to the tent to grab something, i dont really remember what, and Molly and I got split up before Jurassic 5. So I was walking around listening to J5 and looking for Molly when I run into no other than Brad Mann himself. So I talked to him for a bit then went over to get a spot for Ray Lamontagne and find Molly. Whatsherface was still playing so I sat over by the sign for the tent hoping Molly would see me. So I'm lying there on the grass and i turn around to look at the tent and sitting behind me is this lady with her boobs totally just out there. So I looked at those for a couple seconds then turned back around. Molly later confirmed that she was walking by at that same time and saw the boobs and me lying there but was too distracted by the boobs to notice me. So I got a spot for Ray up close and near the side and he started playing. Good set so far and I decided to walk around the other side and look for Molly. I found her about the middle of the set and she had a better spot than I did but it was wicked muddy. So we danced in the mud for a while and I got my feet, that were already cut up a little from my crappy sandals, caked in mud. So i was totin those around cause i didnt want to wear them as we walked over to see Bela Fleck play a few songs. Then we left that a little early to get a spot for Dave Mattews Band. Highlights of the DMB set were Two Step, Jimi Thing with Warren Haynes, and whatever songs Robert Randolph played on. For the encore they busted out some crap from the new album and we left to get some rest and then maybe come back for the masquerade ball. We didn't.
Next morning it had rained and the tent had a bunch of water in it, but it didnt really effect us that much. I talked to those girls for a bit then we went to Centeroo, where the concerts are. We saw Ozomatli and they sand this song that was like "get ready for the saturday night!" which was cool because it was saturday. Anyway after that we just sort of chilled and walked around. I don't know when it was that we ran into bradmann again but we did. Then we went to see a little of Blue Merle, we saw all of Xavier Rudd, he was good, then we got up really close for Jack Johnson as soo as YMSB ended. We were next to these two girls both named Jessica and Molly got to stand on this pipe that ran down te center so she got a better view of Jack. Awesome set. Bastards scheduled it at the same time as OAR so I didnt see them. Jack was worth it though. Some guys climed up this huge tree behind us and Jack kept talking about them. Apparently he looked right into Molly's eyes and mouthed some words and sang some lyrics but uh...yeah right Molly. So after that Widespread Panic right? NO. Fuck widespread and their fucking two shows that are longer than anyone elses. We went back to the tent and unfortunately slept through Trey. Alledgedly when Molly tried to wake me up I kicked her in the face. Bullshit.
Next day we chilled at the campsight until we heard that Toots & The Maytals had started so we went over to see him. It was sweet to get the obligatory dose of reggae and Toots is definetly the man. We left that and saw Citizen Cope, who were awesome, and then we got up really close for John Butler Trio, and he was fucking amazing!(say that in an australian accent). He didnt really look into the crowd at all but the drummer had a sick solo and the bassist played a stand up and he moved with that thing. During the drum solo he layed down then right when it was over he leaped back up off the floor and started playing again. Awesome. After that we didnt really want to see The Word so we went back to the tent. And then back again for Widespread right? FUCK NO! Another Fuck you goes out to widespread Panic. On the way back we saw happy bong man. He was running around with a big grin on his face and a bong held up high in the air, haha what a guy. Other people to mention would be Bonnarrhea Dude, he was funny, but gross. Also there was this guy who flipped out at his friend and wacked him in the head with a flashlight. "I brought you to Bonnaroo! I don't take disrespect!" Whatever dude calm down.
We packed up and left the next morning/afternoon.