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WISH YOU WERE HERE
By: Adam Moore, Richard Deaton, George Houston, and Derek Thornton
Ahhh, the summer concert. The hot sun, the dirty ground, the overpriced
food, the sweaty clothes, and of course, the long drive. It may be quite a
penance to pay, but in the end, it’s always worth it. There’s nothing
quite like the thrill of hearing your favorite band play that opening
note, and realizing that the next few hours are going to be a worry free
blast of energy and entertainment. For many of you, the summer concert is
a tradition, but for most of you, it still sits in the “Things To Do
Before I Die” file. It’s too bad, because you certainly missed out on
quite a lot….
For all you hippies out there, there was the jam-band festival “Bonnaroo”,
a three-day outdoor concert held on June 21, 22, and 23 in Manchester,
Tennessee. With nearly 75,000 people in attendance, I think it’s safe to
assume that it was filled with more than enough peace, love, and music to
make it comparable to something as grand as Woodstock. There were
fifty-one performances on four stages with acts ranging from the
mega-popular to the virtually obscure.
Widespread Panic, The String Cheese Incident, Trey Anastasio, Bela Fleck
and The Flecktones, Robert Randolph, Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade, The
Disco Biscuits, and moe occupied the headlining spots, with dozens of
other acts in between. Some of the highlights of the Bonnaroo included a
breakthrough performance from Robert Randolph, a rocking late night jam
session from moe, and the reuniting of Phil Lesh and Bob Weir of the
Grateful Dead. Trey Anastasio of Phish was the final act, bringing his
brand of spontaneous jam-rock to the arena and providing an appropriate
close to a weekend of good times. |
WAR OF THE ROSES
By: Heather Pearson
&
Seth Martin
This is a new column that we are doing. For each issue we
will be discussing different topics and issues, but we need you, the
readers to help supply topics to write about. Please send us your
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affairs, what color would go best with the drapes, anything! Send your
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This issue's topic:
"What the heck are we going to discuss?!" (continued
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