Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Bonnaroo / Cream Touché, Old Girl: A Voicemail Response to a Bonnaroo Piece
Posted by Tracy Moore on Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:38 AM
We advised you on some Bonnaroo tips last week, and we hope you put them to good use while you were trippin' on some down and dirty. I myself wrote a little guide to acting your age at the old 'Roo--with different sections for each age group--since it's the sort of festival that draws the whole rainbow of human experience. It was tongue-in-cheek, of course, because anyone can go to Bonnaroo and act however the hell they want and no one ever cares. Turns out, some lady who's 55 didn't quite see it that way. I guess instead of saying that people over 46 should recognize that their fancy-free days are over, I should have said that their fancy-free days--the ones where they still had a sense of humor--are over. .
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that "ole girl is still ready to party."
I think you do need to write an article about her.
"Rock rules. But God rules everything. I had to throw that in."
Woooo.
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That lady is a nut job, but she sure did brighten my Tuesday morning.
Rock and Roll for the Old Soul!
Well, she was at Bonnaroo LEAVING A VOICEMAIL TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING. Dead cool!
And from the sound of her, she's probably an old redneck hippie...which is a three-fold combination from hell.
Just be thankful she didn't deliver the message in person; her head probably looks like an old catcher's mitt.
It's quite obvious she does have a sense of humor; it's just not bitchy or "tongue in cheek," as you prefer to call it. You just wrote a stupid article and she called you out on it. It happens all the time.
I kept waiting for her to scream "We're wild and crazy can't be stopped! ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE" or to start bitching about "slimy, sloppy eggs". So awesome.
@Early I'm pretty sure it is...
You're right, get over it. Certainly in comparison to anonymous hippie woman's lucid, articulate argument, Tracy's fun, light-hearted piece looks "stupid." Tracy, I'll bet you didn't even do any research!
i'm really sorry, tracy. i seriously tried to explain that joke to my mom.
but you know what they say, parents just don't understand.
"two cities on flame with rock and roll" ...sent shivers down my spine. amazing.
she's in the middle of a snoop dog kid rock sandwich. cause they're good old buddies and they don't mind sharin.
this voicemail really made my day.
Drinking game: Slam one back every time she mentions she's 55 years old.
Also, was this the first instance of Bonnaroo being used as an infinitive? I'm pretty sure she said she was ready "to Bonnaroo."
I'd parse this further, but it's too early for me to go night-night.
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