Being the token goth has always helped, and sometimes I hang out with other black-wearing friends and we always spot each other in the crowd. Until the time we went to a goth market. We were the idiots on phones saying "I am next to the black stall selling wiccan stuff"
I stopped going to festivals a long time ago. I just don't have it in me to see 12 bands throughout a 12 hour day in the heat, standing admission the whole time. I wasn't a big fan back when I could soldier through the physicality anyway. GA festivals aren't really a live music immersion, they're more an endurance trial. Blaggh.
I’m glad I did Bonnaroo, Osheaga, Boston Calling, Pitchfork, Riot Fest, and Afro Punk in my 20s. I think the only ones I’d do in my 30s are Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits cuz at least I don’t have to camp.
The one fest in recent years I regret skipping was the Desert Trip, with all the oldsters coming to play in Indio...the Stones, Dylan, Macca, the Who. Last year, my buddies tried to get me to go to the same place for Power Trip, so we could wallow in our Gen X roots for a weekend and see AC/DC, Metallica, GnR, Maiden, and Priest all in the same weekend. I had to pass. That would've been a long slog through a lot of metalheads in the heat. :)
Being the token goth has always helped, and sometimes I hang out with other black-wearing friends and we always spot each other in the crowd. Until the time we went to a goth market. We were the idiots on phones saying "I am next to the black stall selling wiccan stuff"
Lol yeah maybe you'd also have a hard time at a bar during emo nights
True! Lucky I'm at that age where bars are a bit too loud...
This gave me Lalapalooza ‘92 flashbacks
The ole “meet by the Fat Tire beer stand” worked for decades ☺️
Now it's "Meet Me at the Gourmet Free-Range Chicken Taco Stand"
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Ugh. Finding friends at music festivals 100k strong is like the proverbial cheese grater to the proverbial…well, ya know. :)
Oh at festivals I don't even bother and just meet up at wherever we parked/camped
I stopped going to festivals a long time ago. I just don't have it in me to see 12 bands throughout a 12 hour day in the heat, standing admission the whole time. I wasn't a big fan back when I could soldier through the physicality anyway. GA festivals aren't really a live music immersion, they're more an endurance trial. Blaggh.
I’m glad I did Bonnaroo, Osheaga, Boston Calling, Pitchfork, Riot Fest, and Afro Punk in my 20s. I think the only ones I’d do in my 30s are Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits cuz at least I don’t have to camp.
The one fest in recent years I regret skipping was the Desert Trip, with all the oldsters coming to play in Indio...the Stones, Dylan, Macca, the Who. Last year, my buddies tried to get me to go to the same place for Power Trip, so we could wallow in our Gen X roots for a weekend and see AC/DC, Metallica, GnR, Maiden, and Priest all in the same weekend. I had to pass. That would've been a long slog through a lot of metalheads in the heat. :)