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How many of you that thought it was soooo soooo awesome have been to other camping festivals besides bonnaroo?
Seriously, i'm going to be blunt, i don't care about whether or not no NO NO WORD!!! talk is supposed to be on here: There's a problem when i see deputy sheriffs in the grounds multiple times and see the horsebacks working with those sheriffs, there's a problem when people are getting things taken from them and being harrassed by actual sheriffs at their own campsite when they aren't even selling. There's a problem when pot is being taken from attendees because the security at centeroo feels they need to search soooo hard (they even looked through my girlfriend's wallet and counted her money!!! no other fest i've been to searches you this hard, ever.) There's a problem when i don't feel safe enough to trip at a music festival. This is sad. People at a music festival should be a family, a community, looking out for one another, but i watched all of you walk by NO NO WORD!!! busts, simply ignoring the fact that your brothers and sisters are going to be in prison for years for the doses they probably sold to you earlier that day. There's more than 70/80/90 thousand of us but no one cares enough to stand up for this Leno? Jesus quack, where's the real heads at these days? Open your eyes people, the man has their eyes on you constantly at bonnaroo. You're all getting finger quacked by the man at roo and you people seem to like it. I don't get it.....
Birthday: 03/10/1992
It shows.
ahhhh.....that explains it. detective NoD on the case
Post by B Roo McGoo on Jun 14, 2010 15:41:14 GMT -5
Worst thread ever, period. This was my 5th, and best Bonnaroo so far, no doubt. People on Inforoo have the same panda complaints year in and year out and it gets old. There are still minor issues that the festival has but nothing is perfect, especially an event of this scale with this many people. This was the best weekend of music I have ever experienced in my life. The stage production values were just through the roof this year. Again, it's same whiney bullcrap that spews or of trolls mouths every year on inforoo.
Also in keeping with the legendary roo hippy spirit, I would never condemn a peson or stereotype them based on appearances. Even if they really were all frat boys and rednecks I don't give a Leno. If they're there to have a good time, enjoy the music, and leave me alone, they have as much right to attend as anyone else.
I think this statement speaks volume. Bonnaroo was always great because I could talk to anyone and everyone acted like a family. Now it's considered good if people won't scrutinize the people around them who are not just like them.
I think the young'n is right even if acting a bit dramatic. Family is being replaced by consumers.
Post by ameliabedelia on Jun 14, 2010 15:50:41 GMT -5
Good day Inforooers! I had a blast this year. I saw some awesome acts and also missed a few of my favorites. Decisions, decisions, ya know. My complaints are minimal, the traffic getting in was horrible and once in there was only one sign pointing to family camping. I had to drive up and down a few roads to find it. But once in, I got a prime camping spot, the port o potties were clean in our area and I brought enough water to take care of me and the twins. It was hot and my girls have a tendency to dehydrate rather quickly but I was super-mom this year and every other sentence was...where is your water? Fun time, a few differences from last year (where is all the free and interactive stuff?), but chances are I will be back next year just because Roo is not far from home for me.
Post by nodepression on Jun 14, 2010 15:54:11 GMT -5
If you guys didn't want to see the fratty summers breezebags maybe you shouldn't have went to Dave, even then I bet you could have easily avoided them. In fact I saw less fratty summers breezebags at Bonnaroo than Coachella this year, a lot less. Every show I went to people were great to talk to. Just because they're not giving you free shiz doesn't mean they're a terrible person.
Post by ameliabedelia on Jun 14, 2010 16:03:23 GMT -5
It seemed to me the crowd was a little older than last year's crowd. Frat guys and hipsters don't bother me any, gives me people-watching ammo. I don't expect free stuff but last year it just seemed like there was more chances to win things and just more stuff to do along the walk.
I think this statement speaks volume. Bonnaroo was always great because I could talk to anyone and everyone acted like a family. Now it's considered good if people won't scrutinize the people around them who are not just like them.
People say things like this every single year. It really comes down to individual experience. There are plenty of nice and friendly/family-oriented people at the festivals and there are always summers breezes and people who don't care about anyone else.........it just depends on who you happened to come across.
Post by VodkaNbeans on Jun 14, 2010 16:09:01 GMT -5
On the plus side I felt like the sound quality at the stages was improved from the past couple years and there weren't any major delays or technical problems that I experienced at the shows. The heat just kept getting worse, pretty much putting most our camp in a bad mood by the end of the weekend. Hopefully next year will be a little more cloudy
as my first roo it was an awesome experience. the music was amazing. i only wish i could of seen more of it (hiding from the sun and HEAT). we were parked so far out and even that didn't really bother me. there is so much to see on the way to centeroo it didnt' seem like it took an hour! my camp neighbors were awesome. i did think it would be a little more friendly inside but i think that was the heat. overall, i am sad to be home and am already thinking of the line up they could have for the 10 year ann.
Everything was great with us except getting in there. They forgot to wave us in the RV section and we drove through the entire farm with the RVs, through Shakedown and i was freaking out because it was dark and I thought I was going to run over someone. No one told us where to go so we ended up coming out the exit. Then we got sent to the other side of the farm to wait in line AGAIN for another hour. Finally after round 2 we got in like we were supposed to....ugh. Oh yeah and thank God we had a companion car because they said we could only have two gas cans per vehicle which I had never heard before
Well, this is my first 'Roo and I enjoyed it. The porta potties in Centerroo weren't much of a problem for me. I wasn't patted down or even searched much. I have been searched more a in museum than I have at Centeroo. I loved the talent on and off stage. It was pretty much an awesome time.
Here's the thing about the searches, because I've talked to a lot of people about it. The staff that were down by the archway were much less thorough than the ones up by the ferris wheel. The guys by the ferris wheel were ridiculous weenieheads.
I disagree. the lines were 10 times linger at the arch when I tried to go thru. I saw 3 people sent away at the arch, and one guy was even searching a guys pack of cigarettes. Really? The first night I got in and out and they were cool, they guy I went thru just said "if you have anything let me know and we'll be cool; but if i find it, I'm keeping it" It was so random. The last day I walked in with my own water bottle in my hand drinking out of it and they didn't say anything. But then it was the last day and i think they were just over it by that time.
The car searching seemed sorta funky and random. Funky in that me and my husband were fully loaded in an SUV and all he did was ask if we had any glass or weapons, then he lifted the hatch and checked our coolers and we were on our way. One of the cars in out group (we had 6 cars with us) had to have EVERY person in the car get out while the searched. They were moving seats, checking trunks and glove boxes. I mean I know they have to search, but they needed to be consistent with it and not just glance at one and strap on the gloves and lube up the fingers for the other.
Over all I thought it was a good time, however I have no other Roo to compare it to. The water situation was a bit much. The watering stations where I was camping had lines for hours in the morning, and the lines for the water in Centeroo were a bit insane! I didnt have a huge problem with the Portos but then I didn't use the ones in Centeroo and the ones near my camp were almost always clean (well as clean as you can get). But my camp was also towards the end b/c I was one of the first people in so there wasn't a lot of traffic.
The heat got to be a bit much, but it was nothing I'm not use to from living in Georgia. It was a bit more that I expected, but i knew how to keep myself healthy and self. I understand wanting to have a good time, but I don't get the people who were drinking beer at the shows. I stuck to water the whole time except for a CocoBongo the last day. The orange was so good! Tasted like a Frosted Orange from the Varsity. So good!
Post by questionablesanity on Jun 14, 2010 17:06:25 GMT -5
We went in on Wednesday and waited for three hours. I figured we'd get in faster, but oh well. We were camping in handicap accessible and we didn't even go through the toll booths. We bypassed those, went down a road, talked to some volunteers who showed us where to go and we were in. Zero search. They didn't even make us open a door.
I saw a ton of great bands, missed a few to take some breaks at camp but I saw everyone I really wanted to see. I only had trouble getting water once. I brought in a full camelbak, party favors, a DSLR with a huge lense in without issue everytime. We were barely searched at the ferris wheel entrance. I think only one time did they actually pull anything out of my bag. I was rarely patted down. Hell we went in the handicap entrance a couple of times with Wolfaroo and they just waved us through.
It was pretty hot and I don't think people realize how much water they have to drink if they're in that sun all day. I nearly passed out on Friday at the Sonic Stage because I was in the sun for so long. You just have to know when to take breaks. I went to bed early Friday about two songs into LCD because I hadn't eaten enough during the day and I felt like shiz. I slept wonderfully this year. Last year, I never slept passed 7am. This year, I don't think I woke up earlier than 10. Hell, I slept til noon on Sunday. A cot under an ezup is sooooo much better than sleeping in a tent.
We found more party favors this year than ever without even trying. Some were good, some not so good. All in all, I had a great time. The portos were nasty a couple of times that I used them, but the rest of the times, I was amazed at how clean they were.
The main thing I noticed was the difference in the crowd. I rarely saw a wook, which I understand is from the lack of many jam bands this year. But I miss watching their antics. People were still friendly, but not as friendly as in years past. Probably because of the heat.
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Post by SteveoKnievo on Jun 14, 2010 17:48:41 GMT -5
I thought the line up was great! (I didn't watch any of the headliners cause they're garbage.) Every act I saw was in top form and me and my friends had a blast. If you are in here complaining you obviously didn't watch Jeff Beck! His show was quacking magic!
Did think water was a little harder to get to.I've been going the last 4 years and my beef is security gets worse each year. I got tackeled leaving Centeroo because I exited through one of the entrance gates. Noone was coming in. They actually took me down, brought me back in then escorted me out the exit! I'm a normal looking 44yr old, not drunk or stoned. Just didn't hear them.
if they want to get more commercial than they also need to clean the freakin bathrooms and get more water accessible to us.
how does one have an effect on the other?
if they are going to get into making money then they need to produce a better event than poo coming out of theh top of the toilets. that was a money saving deal there. if they are going to make more money being commercial then do a few improvements
Fun time, a few differences from last year (where is all the free and interactive stuff?), but chances are I will be back next year just because Roo is not far from home for me. 
