The Dudes Abide

Travis Barker will fuck your girlfriend (or already has)

2010-03-03T19:25:00.000-08:00

Travis Barker being fucking awesome as always. Everyones seen the crank dat video, plus that song got real old real quick.
Heres him jamming to Forever with Drake Kanye Weezy and Eminem:

In my opinion the Eminem part is the dopest, plus he gets to that quick rhythm section after like 5 minutes of jamming makes it pretty epic.

And going band geek on your ass:

and on the note of Travis Barker, TRV$DJAM is some dope shit *R.I.P DJ AM* and you should def check that out:

Links when we feel like sharing...

2010-03-02T16:36:00.000-08:00

As of now we'll be starting to serve you guys some hot, fresh links straight out of the internet's oven whenever we feel like it (Or we can't think of an idea for an original top-notch article).

Here's the first batch:

Those black leg warmers are great on girls, but how about these: World's tightest pants?

Work sucks, but it would be much more interesting with: Office Supply Weapons

Girls not treatin' ya so hot? : Common Etiquette Mistakes

And your WTF Wikipedia article of the week:

Curling is Cursed?

Pavement Is Coming To Boston University

2010-03-01T16:06:00.000-08:00

Remember all of my Bonnaroo posts? Remember I said instead of going to Roo this year my goal was to see Pavement in concert? Well, I'm not going to have to go very far to make this dream into a reality.

Today I got home from class and sat down at my computer. My Safari homepage is Pitchfork.com (yeah, I'm that snobby). The headline on Pitchfork reads, "Pavement Launch Reunion Tour, Add Dates."

Now, I did not get my hopes up. So far the only shows that the reunited indie rockers have announced were either at festivals, in a different country, or already sold out. After the Bonnaroo debacle of Pavement not getting booked I didn't want to fall prey to any more false hope.

I clicked on the article, and scrolled down. Philidelphia, Kansas City, St. Paul, BOSTON. This was earth shattering news in and of itself. I almost creamed myself. Then shit got heavy. My eyes moved left on the page to read the venue. AGANNIS ARENA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY.

I rushed out of my room and down the hall to tell my associate and fellow Pavement-head the good news. Before I even made it around the corner I could hear footsteps making their way very quickly towards me. We had both read the news at the same time, and had rushed out of our rooms to make it known to the other at the same time. What happened when we met was sort of a half dance, half high five, all rock n roll celebration.

Pavement is playing at my school. PAVEMENT IS PLAYING AT MY FUCKING SCHOOL. I am going to get belligerently drunk before this show and scream every word to Fight This Generation from the front row. Just try and stop me.

The Celtics Lost To The Nets.

2010-02-28T15:17:00.000-08:00

This is going to be more of a rant than anything else, and what better way to get a point across than having two angry people rant.

Anyways, we each wrote a section of this post:

So this past Saturday the Boston Celtics, the 2008 NBA Champions, lost to the worst team in the league. I mean, who do the Nets even have on their roster?

The Celtics on the other hand have the big three. They have Rasheed Wallace. Now they even have Nate Robinson. And we lost to the Nets by 8. Paul Pierce's injury is no excuse. This can be blamed on no one but our starters. Something needs to be done.

In addition to losing to the worst team in the NBA, the Celtics blew a 13 point lead against Lebron James and the Cavaliers last thursday. Inexcusable. We don't play second half basketball.

Someone needs to step up as the person that is going to lead this team into the playoffs this year. If no one does I don't know how far the Celtics are going to make it in the playoffs.

Looking at how the team is playing right now, the person who's going to take the team to the next level in the post season could be Rajon Rondo. He consistently plays conscientious team basketball.

We need to refocus our efforts on our defense. Is the beginning of this season that long ago? Did we forget what our style of play was back then? Doc Rivers is going to have to start cracking skulls at practice if we don't start ripping boards down on both ends of the court. No allowing easy baskets on a second or third attempt.

Also, don't let Rasheed take any more 3's. He's not going to make them.

-Jackie Treehorn

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse…The Celtics lose to the Nets.

You know all the talk about how the Celtics biggest disadvantage is their age used to go in one ear and out the other for me. I thought, nah this is the Boston Celtics, we won it in 2008, battled injuries in 2009 and are here to play in 2010 and regain that title. Now I realize there is absolutely no possible way that we could be crowned the champs, no way no how. We are 2-9 against the East contenders (Magic, Cavs and Hawks) and 1-3 against the top West teams (Dallas, LA, Denver) and cant beat the NETS?! AT HOME?! THEY WERE 5-52!

Not to mention that we shot 50% and outrebounded them 41-35 which clearly shows how the biggest problem right now is the Defense. The Defense is the Backbone. Where defense happens video:

I mean I know Pierce is out but cmon, its like we either don’t show up in the 4th quarter or let the other team score 110 and happen to get 30 or so points in the quarter but still lose just like we did today and vs Denver. Cleveland and NY were the two that we decided to not show up to play in the 4th, however we did pull out a win vs NY. Lets just hope when The Truth heals up we can finish the season on a good healthy stretch and use our veteran experience to carry us through the playoffs. But if we close out games or start playing some defense we could be looking at a long offseason.

-Walter

The NBA is at it again.

2010-02-25T13:25:00.000-08:00

ESPN - One of the first things many people noticed about Caron Butler after his arrival to the Dallas Mavericks is that the guard likes to chew straws during games. The NBA obviously took notice as well.

NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson phoned Butler on Tuesday and told him to leave his straws at home. Butler did not play against the Los Angeles Lakers due to a reaction to medication, so he was unavailable for comment.

But the Mavs confirmed that the league is serious about outlawing straw chewing.

"It's against the rules," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said.

Well it looks like the NBA just banned Caron Butler for a horrible disgusting act. No he wasnt hiding a bunch of gingers in his basement or running over a grandma in his Bentley or attempting to assasinate Pau Gasol, he was chewing on straws. Maybe they are laced with steroids, or a more legitimate assumption is that David Stern and the NBA dont want to incourage straw chewing on Americas youth. I mean next thing you know, McDonalds (Caron's favorite straws) will start charging extra for a straw like they do dipping sauces (thats why I have it my way at BK) or there could be a choking epidemic on all the youngsters that try to imitate him. Lets be real here, the NBA isnt as bad as the NFL, I mean you cant even put the two on an even playing field but ordering someone to stop chewing on a straw of all thing is fucking ludacris. I mean apparently its against the rules but I wanna see where in the book it says no straw chewing.

Number 2???

2010-02-22T20:20:00.000-08:00

Looks like Jacoby Ellsbury has decided to take the number 2 for this year. I guess he had wanted 2 all along cause he repped it in high school but the bastard bench coach Brad Mills wouldnt give it to him. Turns out that guy bounced and is now coaching the Astros so Ellsbury swooped in and grabbed it. To top it all off he said he was fine about taking left field to make way for Mike Cameron. Kid has played it there before which is a plus, he wont have to get used to fielding off the Green Monster, and is looking at the benefits of left instead of center. Left field would require less running to ensure that he has plenty of juice for the basepaths. He led the AL in 2008 with 50 and beat out everybody in the MLB in 2009 with 70 so hopefully we can see him get that steals total up a little bit for 2010.

Cane's Chicken Fingers

2010-02-21T09:41:00.000-08:00

I hope no one in upper management at Cane's reads this. I don't want anyone to get fired. Who am I kidding though. No one will ever see this.

For those of you beyond the realm of Boston University dining establishments, Cane's Chicken Fingers is a new restaurant that opened on the Boston University campus this past fall. There are four things that you can order at Cane's. All of them involve fried chicken fingers in various quantities.

The other night I entered Cane's with one of my roommates. Before I get into what happened while we were at Cane's on this particular night, it is important to know that Cane's is like all other fast food. It's about ten times better when you're lifted.

That being said my roommate and I stumbled bleary eyed into Cane's the other night with the intention of purchasing some fried chicken fingers. When looking back on what happened while we were inside, we came to the agreement that from the moment we entered Cane's not a single normal thing happened

We walked into the restaurant, and up to the counter. There was already one man in line. He appeared to be waiting for someone to come and take his order. After about a minute of waiting, he turns around to look at my roommate and I and says: "You guys know where any of the bumpin' clubs are around here?" My roommate and I both started laughing because we thought he was kidding. The man then clarified with: "You know, where a nigga can lay some pipe game."

At this point an employee comes out to take this guys order, but the guy just books it out of the store without ordering anything. This is where the story gets really strange. My roommate approaches the counter to order first. The guy, who appeared to be the manager, takes his order and starts joking with him about how he's "got to get paid." He seemed to be in a really good mood, which he quickly explained by telling us: "Shit man, I'm just playin' cause I'm getting some pussy tonight."

The manager then went back into the kitchen to get our orders. My roommate and I looked at each other, but before we could talk about what had just occurred, the manager comes back out and says: "Ya'll wanna hear some fucked up shit?" To which we obviously responded: "Hell yes."

"Alright so one night I was closing up," he starts off, "The store lights turn off automatically at the same time every night. There had been a show at the Paradise (a club/bar right next to Cane's), and the store lights had just shut off."

At this point in his narrative, he actually shuts the store lights off to demonstrate what he was talking about. For the rest of the time we were in Cane's the lights remained off.

"This girl and these two dudes come into the alcove right outside the front door," he continues, "They must have thought the store was closed cause the lights were off, and they were drunk as shit. All of sudden this girl starts sucking and fucking these two dudes."

Yes. He actually used the phrase "sucking and fucking."

"I was in here with 2 other employees," he said "I was watching this girl get banged by these two dudes on the sidewalk right outside my store for a minute or two. Eventually I go to the front door and knock on the glass. This girl looks up with this dudes dick in her mouth and goes 'what?'"

My roommate was just staring with his mouth open while this guy was speaking. I was crying from laughing. This mans inflections can't be accurately conveyed in writing, but they made his story about 10 times better. The lights in the store were still off.

"So this girl is asking me what, and I'm like 'yo bitch can you take this shit out into the back alley cause I don't wanna get in trouble,'" he continues, "I figured she wouldn't mind cause all her dignity was gone when she started fucking two dudes on Comm. Ave."

He finishes his story here, and goes back into the kitchen to get our food. The lights are still off. Another employee comes out of the kitchen and approaches my roommate and I. She looks around at the empty restaurant as if to make sure no one was listening in on what she was about to tell us.

"Just so ya'll know, we're about to close up," she said, "We had some extra chicken so I put it in your order for you. I won't tell anyone if you don't tell anyone, know what I'm saying?" She kind of just trailed off into a laugh and walked back into the kitchen.

The manager finally brought our orders out. We grabbed them, thanked the manager, and booked it the fuck out of the restaurant. The lights were still off.

Looking back on this encounter now, I've come to the conclusion that they had to have known we weren't in our right minds. They were fucking with us. Without a doubt. I mean come on. I got 8 pieces of chicken that night.

Buffy

2010-02-17T17:37:00.000-08:00

So my friend from next door just walked into my room and told me a great story about a drunken hookup of his. I had never heard the full version so I'll share it with all of you. If you want to know who the friend is, just watch the video about one post down.

It starts with him getting really baked in the dorm. (Not a bowl or two baked. A BLUNT baked). He's just wandering the halls and notices the girl that lives across the hall stumbling back from a party with some girls (one of which who wasn't a student here). He instinctively followed these girls into their room and sat on top of her roommate's bed with the strange girl.

Fast forward thirty seconds...

...the two of them are hooking up on top of the bed while the other 6 people in the room are trying to not make it awkward and continue a conversation. Eventually he coerces her into his room and the hooking up continues. Some clothes came off and then she rolls on top of him and drops the bomb. Her face was almost touching his and in between kisses she says:

"Just so you know, I'm very kinky." That's when the biting commenced.

It started on the neck, but it wasn't just biting. He's sitting right next to me and informed me that there's sucking, teething and then there was what she was doing. She must have been trying to draw blood. She bit his neck, chest, shoulders, face and finally pushed it to the limit and took a good gnaw on his nipples. This was as much as he would allow, because the pain was "incredible".

He had had enough with her pushing his limits and he felt that it was time for him to push hers.

After the nipple-biting she said "Just so you know - I like to be pushed around. If you take it too far, I'll say stop... but I never say stop." He was drunk and high enough so he did the next logical thing. He slammed that bitch up against the wall "pretty fucking hard". He was almost worried it hurt her, but before he could think about it she returned the favor. They did this a few times, and then once they were out of breath from beating the shit out of each other...

...fell asleep before the good part.

Morning comes around and my friend wakes up on his back facing the ceiling. He turns to get out of bed and is greeted by the sight of a topless female under his covers. Normally a good thing, but his first thought was "Who the fuck are you?!" followed by the immediate pain throughout his body. That reminded him of his night before. He kicked her out, and then went to tell us about his night. We saw him walking down the hall with a bunch of weird wounds on him. He had bite marks, scratch marks, and some other marks which we had no idea what they were.

Three days later he was bite mark free and "vampire-girl" became a great memory.

"Just so you know... I like to be pushed around. If you take it too far, I'll say stop... but I never say stop."

Why I Have Lost All Faith In Bonnaroo

2010-02-16T14:00:00.000-08:00

When I first saw the lineup for Bonnaroo I thought that they hadn't announced the headlining acts yet. Besides the Flaming Lips, this year's lineup is pretty much a crock of shit.

I was still contemplating purchasing a ticket, thinking that maybe they couldn't get Pavement or My Morning Jacket because of touring conflicts. Boy was I wrong.

Today the lineup for the Sasquatch! Music and Arts Festival announced their lineup. Check it out via Pitchfork:

http://pitchfork.com/news/37916-sasquatch-festival-announces-lineup/

HOLY SHIT! Not only did Sasquatch! get the only good acts that Bonnaroo has (The National, Japandroids, LCD Soundsystem), but they got everyone that I wanted to see at Roo (Pavement, My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, Kid Cudi).

I was still considering making the trek down to Tennessee for Bonnaroo until the Sasquatch! lineup got announced. I thought maybe Bonnaroo was simply having scheduling difficulties. Nope.

All the sweet bands that Bonnaroo could have booked are playing at Sasquatch! a week before Roo. Both My Morning Jacket and Pavement have gaps in their touring schedules that fall right in line with when Bonnaroo is taking place this year. WHY DIDN'T BONNAROO BOOK THEM!?

I think I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to drop $500 (ticket plus gas plus food) to go see a half assed lineup at Bonnaroo this year. I may not end up at a festival this summer, but I will see Pavement at some point. It's going to happen.

The Types of Music that I Hate the Most

2010-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

Okay, while there will obviously be a few exceptions, this is a pretty accurate representation of my opinions on music. Yours will be different, but fuck you because you have bad taste in music anyways.

Anything with Lady Gaga

What the fuck? Gaga is like an incredibly less talented and less attractive version of uh... anybody.

JACKIE'S SIDENOTE: Lady Gaga is smoking hot.

Any Song that Starts Off with Some Guy Yelling, "REEEEEEEE-MIX!!!!!"

I've given up on most pop musicians coming out with something original. The fact that some dipshits pop boners (or wet their granny panties) over some retarded DJ speeding up or slowing down the main chorus and then having some hot-at-the-moment MTV star-wannabe rap over some song that was kind of cool three months ago makes me want to firebomb radio stations around the globe. We're basically conned into buying or listening to a song that already made it's money the first time around.

Jam Bands

Yeah, I've sat in a friend's garage and listened to their band practice. I've also experimented with a handful of drugs. Putting them together at any venue with a bunch of hippies doesn't make a 35-minute guitar or didgeridoo solo any less boring to me.

Any Song that Describes a Dance

For our physical education classes, we needed to learn some pretty gay dances. It was stupid then. It's still stupid. But for some reason, when hip hop artists sing about it, I'm supposed to be impressed? Fuck you. A dance shouldn't instruct you to touch the ceiling, wave your hands and do your thing. They shouldn't get payed to tell you how to dance. That type of skill requires the musical talent of reading bingo numbers.

Auto Tune

My phone can read text messages out loud. Did you know that? It sounds like a tone-deaf foreign person with a stutter trying to perform Shakespeare—but still sounds a little bit better than Auto Tune. And hey, if Jay-Z hates it, I'm with him.

80's Music

Yeah, I know. It was a great decade with awesome music and blah blah blah. Everyone has that one friend (Charlie) who loves it. I'm going to group this category with:

Phil Collins

Honestly, few things cause me to feel the overpowering hatred that Phil Collins and Genesis make me feel. Not 7 page papers, rush hour or even guys who wear Ed Hardy t-shirts. If offered the chance to smash Phil Collins' face with a lead pipe or do awful things to Kristin Bell in the original Batmobile, well, I'd have to smash Phil Collins in the face. Side note: This is only because I have a girlfriend that I love. If I was single, I would pick Kristin Bell, but still feel guilty about not smashing Phil's face in.

Exceptions

T-Wayne, Grateful Dead, That one song with Lady Gaga and Wale.

Sox

2010-02-11T09:11:00.000-08:00

I know we are all getting ready to get the 2010 Red Sox season started so I figured we would start by seeing what we have done this offseason, check the lineup out and take a look into what we will look like come April.

Who's New:

Jeremy Hermida – Eh, young backup outfielder for cheap who last played with the Marlins. Had decent production and should be a solid backup.
Bill Hall – Acquired in the trade with the Mariners for Casey Kotchman, even though we tossed up another player and some cash, Bill Hall can play any position, all infield and even some outfield. Great guy to have on the bench.
Mike Cameron – Now I loved Jason Bay just as much as the next guy, but I can definitely see where the Red Sox organization was headed this offseason, and that’s to have an arsenal of great arms to make up for the recent lack of offense. Mike Cameron is old – yes, overpaid – yes (2 year 15.5m) but hes a decent bat at best but also keep in mind has won 3 Gold Gloves and is now one more fast outfielder to join Jacoby and JD.
Marco Scutaro – I really liked Scutaro when he was on the Jays, he batted .282 last year (.265 career) but will provide waaay more offense with someone who can still play defense (only 10 errors last season). Also an above average hitter for the 9 spot.
Adrian Beltre – Plagued by injuries last season but he should be good for at least 25 hrs and 90 RBI this season with the Sox and especially being after Youk Papi and Drew, he should be set up well. I feel that he comes for a high price tag, especially for someone who underperformed a ton last year, but hey, he hit 48 homers in 04.
John Lackey – I was really surprised that we signed Lackey so early in the offseason, but with him as our 3rd starter behind Lester and Beckett and hoping Dice-K can rebound from an apparent injury ridden (and kept hidden) season of 2009 I can rest easy for the start of the season, especially with Buchholz and Wake as 5 and 6, were golden.
Boof Bonser – Gotta have one of the funniest names in baseball and isn’t really that good. Apparently Tito sees something in him though, but he could be good every now and then, like 2 3 inning guy if our starter is struggling. He got surgery in the offseason too so maybe he is now blessed with a dope robotic arm.

Whos Gone:

Takashi Saito – The 39 year old didn’t do too bad with us last year, but he only signed a 1 year contract anyway so I guess we let him go to make room for the youngsters in the pen.
George Kottaras – With V-Mart able to catch a knuckleball and the fact that he is our starting catcher with Tek backing him up, there's no need for Kottaras anymore.
Alex Gonzalez – Sure he can play baller defense, but HE CANT HIT. The Red Sox should be a team of dominant offense, and his .238 batting average just doesn’t fit the mould. Scutaro should be a more than suitable replacement.
Casey Kotchman – Traded to Mariners with a player to be named and cash for Bill Hall. We didn’t really use him anyways.
Rocco Baldelli – Rocco’s got a lot of heart, but again a 1 year contract, and not worth resigning him when we got plenty of other young guys like Reddick or Hermida.
Jason Bay – Man that was killer. When everyone was struggling for us, Jason Bay came through. I always liked Bay, especially when he was with the Pirates with Nate McLouth and Xavier Nady. I thought those three were the saviors for that team, but turns out Pirates management decides to ship them all off. Anyways, Bay is a solid player, and I wish he could’ve signed with the Sox. Worst part is, his career is now over that he signed with the Mets because nothing good ever comes from that.
Joey Gathright – Who cares.

Offseason Grade: B+
Super dominant starting pitching, Solid ‘pen, and a good defensive team with a slightly worse offensive side. Nonetheless I think we will do fine this season, Yankees will take the top, but we own the Wild Card.

Projected Batting Lineup for 2010
1. Jacoby (LF)
2. Pedroia the Destroia (2B)
3. V-Mart (C)
4. Yoooouk (1B)
5. Papi (DH)
6. JD (RF)
7. Beltre (3B)
8. Cameron (CF)
9. Scutaro (SS)

Starting Pitchers

1. Jon Lester

2. Josh Beckett

3. John Lackey

4. Daisuke Matsuzaka
5. Clay Buchholz
6. Tim Wakefield

The 2010 Season kicks off April 4th with a game in Fenway against the Yankees. Cant think of a better way to kick off Spring 2010 then a sweep of the Yankees. Well lets just count down the days till then and hope for the best this year. GO SOX.

Celtics

2010-02-10T15:20:00.000-08:00

So The Celtics have been slacking lately. To say the least. We are now in fourth place behind The Cavaliers, The Magic, and The Hawks. The last outing the team saw was last Sunday against The Orlando Magic which ended in a 123-117 loss.

Paul Pierce and KG had 13 points apiece while Ray only had 14. Rondo had an impressive game with 17 points. Regardless, I don't think that our biggest problem is putting the ball in the hoop.

We don't play fourth quarter basketball. When The Celtics are up by 10 points or more coming out of halftime, they have trouble maintaining their lead, never mind expanding on it.

Vince Carter had a 20 point game. When Vince Carter is having a 20 point game, we need one of the big three to step up. This didn't happen. The Celtics of February are a very different team than the Celtics of October and November.

Tonight Boston will play the New Orleans Hornets in what is their final game before the All-Star break. Chris Paul won't be playing, but Boston can't afford to underestimate Paul's absence. His replacement Daren Collison, a rookie, had a 27 point game the other night. Rondo needs to step up and get all over Collison, and The Truth and Ray need to find some sort of groove.

Go Celts.

A Facial Naircut

2010-02-10T13:17:00.000-08:00

I was having a hard time thinking of what to write for a first blog post until my girlfriend reminded me that I really needed to shave today. I was too lazy, like usual, and she joking suggested that I just "Nair it". I didn't know what it was, but after she explained it it sounded like a magical cream that simply made my hair go away. I would have normally still said no, but all that I was required to do was sit there while she rubbed that junk on me. Shaving couldn't be any more pleasant and easy, right?

Given that my beard was twice as thick and long as anything that she's ever used Nair for, it made sense to leave the stuff on for twice the suggested maximum time limit. Here's a play by play of what happened to me.

1 min - "Hey, this stuff smells pretty good. I wish it wasn't cold though"

4 min - "It's starting to not smell as good honey, how long does the bottle say to keep it on for?"

5 min - "6 minutes it says? fuck that, that's for girls. I'm doing 12"

7 min- "This isn't cold anymore, and it smells like my skin is starting to burn"

10 min- " THIS BURNS! IT SMELLS LIKE MY FACE IS MELTING"

12 min- "WIPE IT OFF, WIPE IT OFF! I THINK I'M BLEEDING"

As you can see, things went south realllll quick. I thought I had to use water to get this shit off, and it turns out you just use a paper tower and the hair comes off with it. It smells awful, leaves your face feeling like it's on fire, misses spots and made me bleed somehow.

All in all, I'll be shaving rather than Nairing for the rest of my life. My face is still burning and red as I'm typing this up, and my trash is full of napkins that are covered in burnt smelling hair.

Cheers guys,

Thanks for reading and keep shaving.

Bonnaroo 2010

2010-02-10T10:19:00.001-08:00

About 2 weeks ago it was announced that the Rothbury Music Festival, held in Michigan during July, was cancelled this summer. After experiencing the heat of the Tennessee sun last summer during Bonnaroo, I had my sights set on making my way to Rothbury's cooler northern pastures this year. It is important to realize that had Rothbury not been cancelled I would not be writing this post.

Bonnaroo started out in the summer of 2002 as a festival that focused on jam bands. Widespread Panic, Disco Biscuits, and Moe were the big names that the festival attracted back then.

In the years since it's conception, Bonnaroo has moved it's focus away from these acts. While jam bands still play a prominent part in the festival's lineup, the focus at Bonnaroo now seems to lay upon more mainstream acts. Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, and The Police are all examples of the kinds of acts that Bonnaroo now depends on to draw a crowd every year.

I'm not complaining. Radiohead is one of my favorite bands, and seeing The Boss perform at last year's festival was one of the best live shows I had ever seen. In fact I like the big name acts of the latter years more than jam bands like Disco Biscuits and Moe. I think my point is that it's interesting to observe the changes that Bonnaroo has gone through in the last 8 years.

In my eyes this change has to do with the image that Bonnaroo projects in order to bring people to the festival every summer. As much as the festival planners entice people with the bands that are playing, they use the overall "Bonnaroo Experience" to draw in new kinds of festivalgoers.

The "Bonnaroo Experience" (at least in my mind) is as follows: step 1) procure a variety of illegal drugs 2) consume copious amounts of liquor (while under the influence of said drugs)

3) stumble around a southern farm for a weekend taking in all the freaks that cross your path (if you haven't been, believe me, there are freaks)

Exhibit 1: Can you count all the freaks in this picture?

This is the brand of experience that Bonnaroo is trying to sell to people in order to get them to come to their festival. The people that the festival is beginning to attract do not necessarily coincide with what the festival was all about in it's early years.

A perfect example is one of this years headlining acts, The Dave Matthews Band. Booking Dave Matthews as a headliner will attract a flock of college party hounds; the kind of people that would be looking for "The Bonnaroo Experience", letting whatever music may be going on serve as a backdrop for a crazy drug induced weekend.

I don't want to come across as a hypocrite; I indulged once or twice at last year's festival. Getting out of your head is a large part of the fun at Bonnaroo, but if you're going to forget about the music you might as well stay home and get high there.

Looking back at this as I'm writing, it looks more like a cranky rant than anything else. I think it's because deep down I know that I'm not that psyched about this years line up. I mean, come on...OK GO? Couldn't they get the guy that did "Chocolate Rain"?

The Flaming Lips doing Darkside will be top drawer, but other than that I'm underwhelmed. Oh well.

Blog: Revived

2010-02-09T21:00:00.000-08:00

Hi again guys! We're back.

I know that a handful of the people that will be reading this happened to be some avid followers of our last blog (Shenanigans), which coincidentally, Google AdSense wasn't as fond of. That blog was deleted, and we've finally got our lazy asses together to start this one up again.

For you new readers, whom will soon learn to love us, here's what to expect from the blog: Anything we want to write about. Those topics are sure to include Booze, Funny (and true) College stories, Sports, Current events, and whatever else we feel needs to be shit on.

We won't be using our real names this time around though, since we do have employers and will be shamelessly whoring this blog out through Facebook. You should do the same. And click the ads.

Cheers!