Bonnaroo 2012: DPR’s Day One [Alabama Shakes, White Denim, Rubblebucket, More]

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, a sizable faction of Team Cream is set up, swanky style, in an enormous RV. A really awesome guy who looked more than a bit like Chris Cooper in Adaptation hitched the two-and-a-half-ton behemoth to my truck yesterday morning, and off we rolled. Piloting the damn thing was completely nightmarish, and I did battle with a couple of tight turns. But there was also a heroic professional tour bus driver who effectively commandeered my vehicle at one point in order to prevent me from bottoming out in a ditch. It was awe-inspiring, and the most impressive performance I’ve seen yet.

Once we got Camp Cream set up and began enjoying the completely luxurious amenities, all the stress vanished. Tooling around Centeroo on the newly re-turfed walkways, I soon noticed a station called Soberoo. It’s exactly what it sounds like: A support area for “clean and sober Bonnaroo fans.” Fancy that. Makes sense when you think about it. We are on Temptation Island out here, surrounded by a sea of booze, psychedelics and psychotropics.

Anyway, there are newly instituted wristband scan spots at every turn — they look a bit like the anti-theft scanners at Target or FYE or whatever, and they exist for data collection purposes. But not the scary kind of data collection. I don’t think. Follow me after the jump to read about some of the Thursday haps — from Rubblebucket and Yelawolf to Alabama Shakes and White Denim — and stay tuned for photo sets. Intermittent wi-fi service and massive image files are not friends.