Bonnaroo 2006
(pictures + VIDEOS, on de right, dogggg!!1)
In short, 8 of us embarked on a trip to Bonnaroo musicfest in Manchester, TN. We had no idea... indescribable in every way
Radiohead, Beck, Andrew Bird, Seu Jorge, Oysterhead, Ben Folds, Deathcab, Neville Brothers, Elvis Costello, Common, Sasha, Atmosphere, The Streets, Blackalicious, Lyrics Born, My Morning Jacket, Trey Anastasio/Mike Gordon/Phil Lesh, Devendra Banhart, Matisyahu, Tom Petty, and all the environment rendered by 150,000 sweaty, beautiful hippies, hip-hoppers, ravers, dancers, squares, drapes, poppers, all living in awesomely filthy, exhausted, hedonistic commune for 4 days of orgiastic music explosion, consumption, expulsion..... words don't suffice, but pictures 'n video help
hispanics have no concept of hertiage unless it involves la vir-jin
dissapointment never felt so poignantly than in a little girl with high hopes of seeing the king
grafitti (ahem, epitaph) on elvis' wall
we had no clue how monstrous an understatement this would be
fields of brown 'n green.... lots of... green
mother, tell your children not to roam the streets at night
bumbles 'n tates
mmm.... yummy recycled hippywater
seu jorge here we come
andrew bird, a one-man samplefactory (biggest surprise of the event)
jasmine (yasmin?) with great bird fervor... bervor?
birdtown usa
Seu Jorge...
....and his merry band of percussionists
... more fields
....coachellatent jr.
.... "are those real?"
... bright eyes, not sounding so much like a bitch this time 'round
... which stage, what tent, that other tent, this tent, that stage.... confusium
les claypool turns swine during oysterhead
... fella with an old 8mm, funky
... watergun fight in the midst of catpower, most endearing thing ever
.. sunset during el gato power
... she's a cutie, with them bangs
Cat power 'n Friends bid farewell (click to download .wmv)
grafitti not only accepted, but endorsed... absorb that shit
... ferris wheel vortext
... e-pong in the smokey arcade (later to become an two-person nba jam dance-hall)
that way?...
... but of course
yay
ewe
hedonism here we come!
birds of a feather
i can taste your stink
day 3: "someone wanna tell me why this water is fucking brown?" - "that's just hippy juice, mikey"
neville bros, funkitude maximus
the Same Cooke sway (click to download .wmv)
maha-richie rich
.... maxin', relaxin', waitin' on elvis, gettin' swarthy
Monsieur Costello
Stolen hat
Costello and the Dresden something-or-other horn section
bailando tradicional
two of these people would become good friends of mine... and one would prove his abillity to smell like a testicle
costello's keyboardist/thereminist
... a little taste of fragmented radiohead!
becko!
what in the fuck?
VIDEO-> beckateers(click to download)
ohhhh... i see.
... vatos ve gallos
... sleeze-factory begins its output
he has de cancer
beck under the bonnaroo sun
psychedellic puppet-beck
the band takes a dinner break
... and soon busts out into a utensil-driven percussive jam
.... the pungent aroma of groove, the taste of funk
... even puppets gotta eat
.... bears don't.... they just jam
... two turntables, a microphone, and 8 stereos of ascending girth
one of the more believable things we saw that weekend
radiohead in t-minus 1.5 hours and counting
syracuse buddies, sharing in the excitement that can only be compared to waiting up for santa clause..... santa clause with a droopy eye and a martenot
... pakt like sardines
... we meet again, somehow closer than ever..
one is the loneliest number
... the trio returns
rain that shit down, you gods of thunder (click to download)
mid-dance
myxomatooosies (click to download)
hello there
jonny playing the keyboard with the guitar he's playing... fucking showoff
where there were three...
sigur-rossy
Sasha, 3:30 a.m., the two remaining travellers engage in more fun than one could imagine
fif element, our sustenance on the dancefloor
sun rises during Sasha's set, physically and metaphorically
... jesus was one of the few remaining stragglers on the festival grounds at 6 a.m.... dirty feet from house dancing?
this is sewious buesinssss!
..."mother. fucker! luis miguel cancelled?!"
takin' it street level oi oi oi
couple o' guys havin' a good time
you talking about my bird?
birds, not bitches
no mata la vaca, mata el toreador
best hip-hop drummer ever
cassius play
inner-tube fella gets a mouth full of brandy complements of mista skinna
... and there's still some left!
.... some of the luckiest (and dirtiest) hands in the world.
... atmosphere pointed out the frequency of this face in the crowd; pure (non fucked-up) happiness
the phanton of the hip-hopera
atmosphere
bonnarieaux, we bid you adieu
surprisingly quick and enjoyable, thanks to turkish
andele joto, your popsicle's melting
At least 8 emotions iconographic of Bonnaroo, presented by our band of eight strong
endearment |
nonchalance |
madness |
incredulity |
satisfaction |
disdain |
perplexity |
respet |
most intense musical experience ever, best trip of all times, most likely i think?
