Posted by Mrs. Isis Fabulous at syr-24-58-11-30.twcny.rr.com on March 08, 2004 at 23:29:13:
In Reply to: Bonnaroo posted by bob-omb on March 08, 2004 at 22:40:02:
: Anyone on the board planning on going to Bonnaroo this year? Anyone else go any of the past years? Any funny stories/experiences? David Byrne, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, Primus, Medeski Martin & Wood, among others... should be another amazing few days.
Well...
Last year we rented a beautiful RV which broke down in the middle of nowhere, Tennessee at six a.m. in the morning. We decided to mix a few drinks and call for a van. We loaded ten people and ALL of our gear into the van, abandoned this *hopelessly fucked* RV in the middle of an exit ramp -- accidentally leaving behind a case of champagne! -- and finally made it into the line. Partied all the way in, and found ourselves -- I kid you not, in the EXACT same spot that we were in the year before! Camp Feathermullet.
Sights:
Waking up to two guys dressed like total David Koresh's, in robes and sandals with crazy beards, holding cross-signs right outside the fence (where we were camped) saying "Rock and rollers are the devil's children" and "John Lennon, Jim Morrison and Jerry Garcia are burning in hell, do you want to be the next to join them?" They stood there ALL day and would not move even when my beautiful Christian friend went up to them and offered them some water and called them brothers. Fortuitously, we HAPPENED to have a few sets of costume devil horns inside the van, put them on, blasted "Sympathy for the Devil" and combatted some of the bad vibes for the hippies walking by.
Other flashes -- James Brown talking total gibberish for about ten minutes, the only understandable part of which was "give it up for JANIS JOPLIN! Whooooo!"
Laying on the ground under the full moon watching hippies dance in mad silouhette while Neil Young plays a thirty-minute "Cortez", being utterly unable to move at that moment.
The guy in the chicken suit dancing to Widespread Panic!
A gaggle of tripping hippie girls running up to the cops on horses and petting them...the cops SMILING...blissed out.
Seeing a car-full of mad hippies driving down the main Shakedown just before dawn with their windshield totally shattered...and a guy hanging out the back setting fireworks off the roof while his friend standing nearby yelling "Do it dude, you'll just scorch it!" and the Wookie standing next to me turns and says "you know...the 5 a.m. show is much different than the 3 a.m.".
I love the Roo...I'll always go. It's put together with love, and you can feel that. BUT BE CAREFUL WITH THE FIREWORKS Y'ALL. Leave 'em alone!