Time and Place: Wallet stolen
June 17, 2009 at 5:43 pm by Web Editor in News
“Food? Money? Hugs? Pictures? Ass Smacks? Just ask for more,” is what the sign says.
Just ask for more? I don’t know if I can take any more than that green uni-thong. When I took this picture I had been at Bonnaroo for three days and Phish was about to begin its Sunday set. I guess when you’ve lost everything you still have your dignity.
Government Mule was the best band I saw at Bonnaroo. They played an awesome set with a lot of older rock covers. I didn’t hear too many bands out there I did not like, although one metal band just sounded like noise. I can sometimes get into that.
I slept every night in the back of a Ford Expedition, a big truck. We were actually very comfortable because we had an inflatable mattress. We usually didn’t go to bed until 4 or 5 in the morning — then we woke up to one of our neighbors screaming “Bongeroo! Bongeroo!” at 9 or 10 in the morning. He had a cape on one of those mornings and was running around the campsite screaming. I assume he was drinking.
The hardest part was running around because there are so many bands, but you also have to do a lot of waiting. Thursday night there was a torrential downpour, so later there was a ton of mud everywhere. There were certain areas where you could step that you would lose a shoe in the mud. Right now my shoes are next to the washing machine, but I think they will survive.
(Photo and text by James Camp)
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