Friday, June 12, 2009
Bonnaroo / The Spin Roo-minations: What The Spin Can Tell You Thus Far
Posted by The Spin on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 8:38 PM
* "A 40% chance of rain" is about the most noncommittal forecast ever. Every time we see a cloud, we contemplate taking shelter. Typically, we go with our gut, stay where we are and just keep drinking.
* Individually, Bonnaroo volunteers seem to each only have a tiny piece of the big picture as far as their responsibilities go. This results in things like: A) Driving to the wrong camping entrance because the traffic-director lady was a bit too cavalier with her orange flag and B) Being able to use our media passes to get away with a little more than we're technically probably supposed to. Hello, Artist Hospitality!
* Dirty Projectors' latest record deserves about 10 more listens from us post-haste. They're like if Fiery Furnaces had several stellar vocalists and were, you know, better. Maybe that's the drugs talking, though.
* Even if you don't Twitter, it's pretty easy to stay abreast of aprospro tweets (whether or not they're verifiable) thanks to companions' smartie-pants phones. We're keeping our fingers crossed that Phoenix is still playing; someone told us they caught a later flight in.
* Animal Collective in the day? Didn't work for us like it should have. Next year, late-night tent set, plz.
* Though Which Stage has hosted some great bands today (and TV on the Radio just kicked a little bit of ass there), it's probably our least favorite jump-off of all the stages.
* Way fewer bare breasts this year.
* Annie Clark (a.k.a. St. Vincent) is apparently omnipresent. We've seen her at about three shows and have ogled her in the press area countless times throughout the day.
* Someone in the press trailer just made mention of a nude guy causing trouble on the premises. Wonder if it's the same bro who got tazed at Coachella...
* Beastie Boys and David Byrne are both starting! We actually have two places to be at once, so we'll check ya later.
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