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Post by interstateeight on Nov 9, 2010 17:57:40 GMT -8
but as far as the highschool partyish atmosphere and bro'in it up, i feel your pain man... we just all gotta seek out the cool kids like us, and you won't have to deal with anything but their ying yang twins poopin at 4 am. It's not even that atmosphere. The camping atmosphere rules. I just hate waking up in a sweaty tent, honey buckets, dealing with friends/significant others who think it's too cold, keeping your beer cold for three days straight, etc. etc. And some of you might remember 2006 (rain 'n hail from hell).
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Post by emptyfox on Nov 9, 2010 18:10:47 GMT -8
but as far as the highschool partyish atmosphere and bro'in it up, i feel your pain man... we just all gotta seek out the cool kids like us, and you won't have to deal with anything but their ying yang twins poopin at 4 am. It's not even that atmosphere. The camping atmosphere rules. I just hate waking up in a sweaty tent, honey buckets, dealing with friends/significant others who think it's too cold, keeping your beer cold for three days straight, etc. etc. And some of you might remember 2006 (rain 'n hail from hell). That hail was caaaraazzzzyyy!!! We went back to our tent, and changed and had hot soup, then we came back. (Ya they gave us in and out priviledges that day)
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Post by topspin on Nov 9, 2010 19:15:29 GMT -8
but as far as the highschool partyish atmosphere and bro'in it up, i feel your pain man... we just all gotta seek out the cool kids like us, and you won't have to deal with anything but their ying yang twins poopin at 4 am. It's not even that atmosphere. The camping atmosphere rules. I just hate waking up in a sweaty tent, honey buckets, dealing with friends/significant others who think it's too cold, keeping your beer cold for three days straight, etc. etc. And some of you might remember 2006 (rain 'n hail from hell). I too hate all those things. But you get better at sasquatch every year. sweaty tents are horrible you cant sleep in a blazing hot tent so i bought a coleman fan that attaches to the top of my tent with a magnet. it also doubles as a ceiling light for our canopy at night. beer cold isn't hard. plan on spending 25 dollars for replacement ice over the weekend. Girlfriends genuinely concerned about freezing to death at night is also a real and frequent scenario. base layer clothing (the kind you snowboard in) an extra bag of charcoal you can burn for just heat in a mini BBQ at night is also a great idea. People have been camping since before music festivals there is a pretty good fix for most problems you'll run into while camping on farmland nowadays.
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Post by know ID yuh on Nov 9, 2010 20:00:40 GMT -8
I found the best solution to any camping ordeal is to get really fucking drunk.
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Post by emptyfox on Nov 9, 2010 20:26:27 GMT -8
I found the best solution to any camping ordeal is to get really fucking drunk. +1
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Post by Lump on Nov 9, 2010 20:52:43 GMT -8
I'm sure I said this before, but those honeybuckets for the 2 years I've gone have been consistently the best, cleanest porta-potties I've experienced (this discludes the honeybuckets INSIDE the festival grounds)
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Post by wolfhat on Nov 10, 2010 0:28:57 GMT -8
And some of you might remember 2006 (rain 'n hail from hell). Dude, that hail was intense. I thought it might rain so I packed a disposable vinyl poncho in my bag that took up next to no space, and so when the storm clouds approached from across the gorge (and if you were there you know you could see them coming) I put that thing on, hunkered down with my girlfriend on the hill, and we watched everyone run around like madmen trying to find shelter even though there was none. What a sight! About 45 minutes later it was all over, and not only were we dry, but we also had one of very few dry spots of earth to sit on. In my opinion, this is easily one of my favorite all time memories of Sasquatch. Also, from then on I would always have a vinyl poncho in my bag while at a music festival... just in case! One more thing: all the posts between the quoted one and this I agree with. Especially the one about getting drunk.
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Post by topspin on Nov 10, 2010 2:27:17 GMT -8
I was two weeks away from graduating high school at that years Sasquatch. I can honestly say that the time i spent drunk, holding my backpack above my head trying to not get drilled in the face with hail whilst awaiting my first flaming lips show is one of my the best times Ive ever had.
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Post by emptyfox on Nov 10, 2010 10:46:42 GMT -8
I was two weeks away from graduating high school at that years Sasquatch. I can honestly say that the time i spent drunk, holding my backpack above my head trying to not get drilled in the face with hail whilst awaiting my first flaming lips show is one of my the best times Ive ever had. That Flaming Lips show made that crazy day sooooo worth it!
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Post by Whoopsie Goldberg on Nov 10, 2010 11:11:42 GMT -8
I was two weeks away from graduating high school at that years Sasquatch. I can honestly say that the time i spent drunk, holding my backpack above my head trying to not get drilled in the face with hail whilst awaiting my first flaming lips show is one of my the best times Ive ever had. I feel the exact same way about the monday from 2008, waiting to see the lips before my graduation. My friend and I got up at about 8 or so, dragged ourselves out of bed to get in line for the day. We were probably the first ones down there. once the gates opened, and all the early pass people got in, we were probably the first people to nab our spots on the rail at about 1130ish (we were just crazy highschoolers lookn for a thrill). The sun was beating down, and I had brought maybe a 12 oz bottle of water, a chocolately fungii treat, and several pinner joints. Somehow I survived that day... not sure how... I ate my fungus and was pretty much peaking/freaking out during the mars volta just praying for it to end. The only reason I was able to stand up for 13 hours, was because I was literally leaning on the people around me haha. we were able to muster up our last bit of strength from the weekend to let out a few really loud "WHOOOOS", but those whoos came from the soul. My ego literally dissolved that day, and I can't explain how exhausted I was from standing almost non-stop from probably noon til midnight. good times good times. a month before my 18th birthday, and maybe a week before graduation. It was my second real festival experience, I had seen download fest at the gorge just after I turned 17. Little did I know, that night would change my life forever.
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Post by revolutionj on Nov 10, 2010 12:10:23 GMT -8
I was two weeks away from graduating high school at that years Sasquatch. I can honestly say that the time i spent drunk, holding my backpack above my head trying to not get drilled in the face with hail whilst awaiting my first flaming lips show is one of my the best times Ive ever had. Ah! Got to love the youth! I hope I die before I ever consider myself old....if I ever do! lol
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Post by Whoopsie Goldberg on Nov 10, 2010 12:19:51 GMT -8
if you didn't see this coming, you should have.
*cues mgmt's the youth*.....the youth is starting to change, are you starting to change? are you? together together together!
how heartwarming. It's funny cause I use to love mgmt in 2008, but now they kinda blow..
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 10, 2010 12:24:52 GMT -8
No way, Congratulations is fucking awesome. WAY better than the first one.
People really like to not be surprised I've noticed. A tempo change, a weird key change, and they GONE.
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Post by Whoopsie Goldberg on Nov 10, 2010 12:26:44 GMT -8
I'm sorry, I loved them at sasquatch. and congratulations was pretty good, not great. I'm just plain tired of the band is what I mean.... you can only hear youth so many times until you almost come to despise it. I am sorry....
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Post by revolutionj on Nov 10, 2010 12:40:53 GMT -8
No way, Congratulations is fucking awesome. WAY better than the first one. People really like to not be surprised I've noticed. A tempo change, a weird key change, and they GONE. Brian Eno and Flash Delirium are incredible songs off of Congratulations. I think MGMT will be another band that tries to reinvent themselves with every album they release. Which is never a horrible thing to try and accomplish.
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Post by Whoopsie Goldberg on Nov 10, 2010 12:54:28 GMT -8
yeah, I agree those are two really good songs. In fact, I like the new album better than the old ones. I just can't tell you how many times I've went somewhere, or gone with a ride with someone in a car, or gone to a party or something and MGMT is playing. It's just got to a point where - I still appreciate their existence, but I'm just taking a little break to lower my MGMT tolerance. It's like hootie and the blowfish, its really charming and all, but it really just got overplayed.
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Post by revolutionj on Nov 10, 2010 13:21:53 GMT -8
yeah, I agree those are two really good songs. In fact, I like the new album better than the old ones. I just can't tell you how many times I've went somewhere, or gone with a ride with someone in a car, or gone to a party or something and MGMT is playing. It's just got to a point where - I still appreciate their existence, but I'm just taking a little break to lower my MGMT tolerance. It's like hootie and the blowfish, its really charming and all, but it really just got overplayed. Hootie and the Blowfish!?!?!? Never thought I would hear that bands name on these boards.
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Post by bforeman on Nov 10, 2010 13:52:13 GMT -8
Dude...Hootie just stayed at my hotel. hahahha. weird.
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Post by Horned Gramma on Nov 10, 2010 14:00:29 GMT -8
Hootie and the Motherfucking Blowfish.
Bad comparison only because at no time were they anything but complete shit. But I get what you're saying.
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Post by Lump on Nov 10, 2010 16:42:22 GMT -8
The guitarist of Hootie and the Blowfish taught my music management class last year. Guy knows a lot.
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