Day One of the Bonnaroo

Day one of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was somewhat of a dampened debacle.

As I set up my camp site, I could hear festival openers Alberta Cross, MURS and Hockey sneaking in solid sets before the rain hit, but once the onslaught of quarter-sized raindrops ensued, chaos ensued.

Both entrances from the campgrounds to the fest were backed up with 2-hour-long lines of disgruntled, drenched fans. Halfway through my wait, I received a call from a fellow camp mate that our tent was flooding… ugh.

So, in short, I didn’t get much music in because I was busy draining my sleeping quarters. But hell, it’s Bonnaroo, so I made the best of it by dance-sloshing through the endless mud to the thundering tunes of Passion Pitt all the way back to the camp site.

And really, there’s no way yesterday’s downpour could put a damper on today – right now I’m on my way to catch some Gomez and Animal Collective, and later I’ll be screeching and singing along with the glamorous Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. But the kicker tonight will be a main stage set with the Beastie Boys!

All I need is someone to perform an effective anti-raindance so I have a dry place to sleep tonight…

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