We arrived at the site of the inaugural Rothbury festival tired, broken, and confused. We’d just spent the better part of 20 hours cooped up in a car that seemed to be moving at the speed of a geriatric with a broken hip. We got lost 4 times in Kentucky. Indiana lasted for days. Michigan seems like a dream to me now (we hitchhiked the rest of the way from Saginaw).
We’ve only been on the festival grounds for a few hours now, but already there is a palpable energy in the air. There is a sense of community here at Rothbury that is unlike any of the other festivals we’ve attended in the last months. Almost every festival goer is taking a concerted effort to respect and assist the festival’s goals of promoting environmental awareness. People are discussing the various methods of environmental protection instead of the requisite topics pertaining to the availability of illegal substances. For a festival that’s geared to a largely hippie demographic, it’s pretty cool.
We’re currently ensconced in the press tent attempting (and failing) to upload some of the videos we’ve shot today. Apparently Kyle Glass of Tenacious D will be here tomorrow to interview bands for GMNext, so maybe we’ll ask him for some tips on how to get a video site to work. When we do, expect to see several interviews with artists on the bill and ample crowd shots of the bedlam that will undoubtedly occur.
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you effing hitchhiked?!?!?
John Bauer
No…just a really, really, really, really bad joke. Listen to Simon and Garfunkel’s “America”.
Jack DeYoung
Hope it got better fast for ya! I’m a Michigander and was at Rothbury yesterday and had a great time! Got some nice HDR shots of Snoop Dog’s show there on my blog.
Ann