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LOL "ketamonster"
I love that
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haha funny K story. some truly great festival shenanigans. this happened at bisco a couple weeks ago
i saw this kid it was on saturday around the time we had to stay under the tent cuz of weather, it was raining super hard and tornado warnings. this kid and a couple of his friends were like pretty soberish (like not sober but very in control) but on a dime he could act like he was super fucked up on K. so he started pranking people and he stood in the area in the middle of the tent where all people walk thru and waited for busy times to go out there and look spun the fuck out and get super weird looks from people. then his friend came out and it was like a tag team prank. he got a ton of laughs. dude had dedication too, he was like drooling really badly too just to make it that much funnier. like 6 inches of drool hanging outta his mouth as people walk right by him...that shit was hilarious
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Bassfreak said: haha funny K story. some truly great festival shenanigans. this happened at bisco a couple weeks ago
i saw this kid it was on saturday around the time we had to stay under the tent cuz of weather, it was raining super hard and tornado warnings. this kid and a couple of his friends were like pretty soberish (like not sober but very in control) but on a dime he could act like he was super fucked up on K. so he started pranking people and he stood in the area in the middle of the tent where all people walk thru and waited for busy times to go out there and look spun the fuck out and get super weird looks from people. then his friend came out and it was like a tag team prank. he got a ton of laughs. dude had dedication too, he was like drooling really badly too just to make it that much funnier. like 6 inches of drool hanging outta his mouth as people walk right by him...that shit was hilarious
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Re: Festival Talk [Re: Adden] 1
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I love them. My tip is to go to your local small/mid sized fests before you go balls deep and try to hit an Electric Forest or something of the like, this way you'll be prepared.
I usually bring drugs rather than buying them but don't forget most things can be bartered for if needed.
I always stock up on water. protein bars and apples are good easy eats as well. Even if you only ate those two things for the duration of the festival, you'd probably feel alright.
i like the random intermingling that goes on at fests. people showing up at your campsite and staying and sharing stories, the spunions that are always roaming around, random people shouting at each other, etc. it's like mildly controlled chaos.
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daytripper05 said: IMO, the EDM scene ruins the music. Lot of good artists out there doing electronic music but it's ruined by the young kids with glow sticks.
i would just like to point out that people have been saying this for almost twenty years now, especially about bigger events.
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been to a bunch of fests.. counterpoint twice, blackwater, bear creek, aura 2 or 3 times, purple hatters, wanee, earthdance.
ive seen lots of different types of music. i really like widespread panic's sets and galactic. i've seen stevie wunder tributes by kung fu, zoogma, sts9, shpongle, ott, papadosio, griz, rebelution, jrad. tons of good music out there. tips bring comforters from beds when you camp, as well as a sleeping bag. makes the ground more comfy to lay on and keeps you warm when it gets super duper cold, and you can wrap yourself up and walk around with them.
don't skimp out on food supplies, come prepared. bread, hot dogs, peanut butter and jelly, and juice to drink. water is clutch as well and i always bring a couple cases of water but they usually run out, its a communal item.
bring your bathing suits, towels, and shoes that were meant to get wet if you have them or sandals. it rains a lot for some reason at most fests i go to.
flashlights and lanterns for when it gets dark, duh.
and test kits... don't get burned like i have countless times. ask them if they could test it for you, dont listen to anything they've said if you don't know them. always test it. if they wont give you a tiny piece or whatever to test, don't pick up. be safe!
i have too many stories to tell... lol i could write a frickin' novel man.
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ModestMouse said: I love them. My tip is to go to your local small/mid sized fests before you go balls deep and try to hit an Electric Forest or something of the like, this way you'll be prepared.
I usually bring drugs rather than buying them but don't forget most things can be bartered for if needed.
I always stock up on water. protein bars and apples are good easy eats as well. Even if you only ate those two things for the duration of the festival, you'd probably feel alright.
i like the random intermingling that goes on at fests. people showing up at your campsite and staying and sharing stories, the spunions that are always roaming around, random people shouting at each other, etc. it's like mildly controlled chaos.
my first fest ever was camp bisco. i jumped off the deep end (thats just like my personality tho)
big fests and small fests have their pros and cons. both are cool in my book
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I'm definitely heading down to Hulaween. Suwanee is the only festival grounds ive been to and i think i'd die happy if that were the only one (not that i'm not dying to hit up some others!!)
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Only thing about Suwanee is that you have to be extremely careful as its just ridden with undercovers it seems.
At Bear Creek 2013, a group of us Shroomerites were just chillin under our pop up pavillion late at night. Some random dude, pretty clean cut, just walks up on us yelling "Woah, guys! Watch out for cops theyre everywhere man! Theyre like in the woods with night vision goggles! I just saw them get this guy JUST FOR WEED!!"
We just said oh yeah that sucks... and he immediately chilled out and went on to say "Oh, by the way, do you guys have some sass"? And we all were just immediately getting bad vibes from this guy and told him we had nothing. I think most of us were tripping on SOMETHING and were currently testing some mdma on the ground in the middle of all of us.
He wouldn't let up and was just asking for other stuff and we just kept saying nah dude, we dont have anything. One of our buddies didnt quite understand what was going on at the time and kept saying- while the chemical was changing color to indicate it was legit- "Oh, nice i think we got something here" And we had to hush him a couple times with "the eye" until he finally got it 
Anyway, the dude finally broke character and went "Come on, i know you guys got SOMETHIN in your little jars or something" We had to be a little harsh at this point and tell him to fuck off basically, and he stormed off cussing under his breath.
Sorry for the long story, but i'll always remember that one! Was definitely on high alert, he was standing right behind me and i could just FEEL him. ugh.
Someone else who was there should chime in if im forgetting something
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Re: Festival Talk [Re: 404]
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I'll agree with the notion that it's not a festival if you're not camping. I went to lolla three years in a row and then bonnaroo. Bonnaroo was crazy, my first acid trip. Later that night someone offered me weed which turned out to be not weed. I then freaked the fuck out and the test of the weekend was ruined.
Besides that it's FULL if people fucked up on drugs..it's like a zombie apocalypse at some parts of the night. Hoards of people just walking in a daze lol
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Yeah there's some spunions out there that's for sure
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Besides that it's FULL if people fucked up on drugs..it's like a zombie apocalypse at some parts of the night. Hoards of people just walking in a daze lol
I love the comparison to a zombie apocalypse. Like right after the last show and everyones just spilling out everywhere. That with the strange lighting totally makes it feel like that sort of thing
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Shining Cosmos
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Yeah that freaked me out a lot. I noticed after radiohead I was just wandering with a group of people that I didn't know at all. None of us were speaking, none of us knew each other. Just one dazed mob haha
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so at my first aura, which was aura 3 out in st cloud, we were walking around past the tents and there was the led just laying in the middle of the path way, so i went to go pick it up. when i did, it jumped back towards the tents a little bit and i realized that it was attatched to a string and there were some people sitting in the dark fishing for spunions lol
with all the good awesome happy people you find at festivals, there are people who are negative for whatever reason... some people might not remember you from when they were spun out, even though you basically camped next to them and spent an extended period of time with them... and give you weird looks when you say whats up or ask for a hug or whatever. i noticed that happens a lot.
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I've got not legit (camping) festival experience, but will hit the road for Shambhala this coming monday, so obiously I'm pretty stoked for that.
Any other shroomerites heading Salmo way?
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Re: Festival Talk [Re: Ezuma]
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I'm of the opinion that K is actually the ideal festival drug (aside from the staples of pot and alc). It's just so fun to wander around, bumping small amounts of k when it starts to wane.
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ModestMouse said: I'm of the opinion that K is actually the ideal festival drug (aside from the staples of pot and alc). It's just so fun to wander around, bumping small amounts of k when it starts to wane.
i think its better during the day and latenight. for me during primetime music hours i try to not do K cuz it makes it hard to dance and that means less fun for me lol
its good when you dont give a fuck and its like haha yeah whatever
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I've never done or been offered K at a festival, but I guess it's because I don't go to EDM oriented ones?
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even jam fests have K. there's been tons of it honestly going around the past couple of years. this year seems no different. we camped next to some people from NJ whose main goal was to push K. i doubt they saw any music, they were just bickering with each other the whole time.
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nicechrisman said: I've never done or been offered K at a festival, but I guess it's because I don't go to EDM oriented ones?
i feel like if anything its more of a jam thing
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