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StormyWaters
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Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead
#5800622 - 06/28/06 08:13 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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This is just about some of the freaky shit that I (and my gf) saw at the radiohead show at Bonnaroo '06. There are a few factors that Ill make available before I start. 1. I had never had real acid before(ripped off once). Also, my first experience with shrooms way the day before. 2. Since this was at Bonnaroo, I have no idea how much of this was real and how much was the drug. 3. My girl saw all of this too. She had the same stuff as me, and the same dose(one tab) although she weights about half as much as me 
Now, We were directly in front of the stage, but very far back. Needless to say the show was awesome. I kept getting this creepy Temple of Doom cult feeling whenever they used the color red, esp. that song with the business guy voice-mail audio laid over it(whats the name of that?). If radiohead wanted to enslave the human race and take over earth, they totally could.
Onto the weird stuff. (keep in mind, my gf saw everything below as well, unless otherwise noted)
Half way into the show there way a commotion to the right of us, involving a circle of people 20-30ft wide. We were just far enough outside of this to not really be able to see what went on, but close enough where it scared the shit out of us. It seemed like someone(cop,maybe?) chased someone else into the crowd. The whole circle was suddenly focused on this(like when deer look up in unison),and then, EVERYONE in the circle said "OH Shit!" AT THE SAME TIME. They ALL then got up and left. All of them. We did too, we didn't know what happened, but it wasn't good, and better safe that sorry.
The only thing I could think of at the time was maybe some noxious chemical had been spilled, cuz thats the way I'd imagine something like that would go down.
We moved further left a bit, and settled down. A short while later, the same thing happened, except right after the person was chased, they gave up peacefully, and the crowd around them clapped and cheered. No one moved this time, so we stayed put.
Maybe half an hour later we noticed something else strange going on, a circle of people (about 30-40ft wide with everyone spaced evenly arm's width apart) was moving through the crowd. They all stepped in unison, and stared straight ahead. No one talked. At the center was a guy dressed in all black, wearing a paper skull mask. He moved independently of the others, and would closely examine people he came near.
We only noticed/got a good look at this after the first two events, but it had been going on the whole time. I might have been tripping this next part, but some times, the skull guy would offer his hand to the person he examined, then they would take it(no one refused), he'd pull them up and they would join the circle of zombie people w/o missing a beat.
Whether you were there or not, Anyones incites are welcome. That was my first acid trip, and I don't even know what I was tripping. I would be grateful for a discussion, esp. anybody who's experienced with psychedelics.
This whole thing/parts might have been performance art, with plants in the audience, but if thats the case, I say to you, skull masky guy--
"It's bad karma to fuck with the stoned" - Hunter S. Thompson
Edited by StormyWaters (06/29/06 03:01 PM)
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: StormyWaters]
#5802138 - 06/29/06 03:58 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
StormyWaters said: If radiohead wanted to enslave the human race and take over earth, they totally could.
Yea I can relate to that statement--I was totally tripping on that during the show. Its like they ARE the embodiment of the synthetic, overpowering, hyperreal culture they're supposedly criticizing/railing against.
I don't like Radiohead :shudders:
As for that other strange goings on-no, I didn't see anything like that, but you're lucky to have encountered all that stuff with a head full of acid!
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: Noviseer]
#5802398 - 06/29/06 08:14 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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A friend of mine who dosed for the show said Tom York became Satan and the crowd was worshipping him.
I didn't see the show and dosed after it. Saw zombies and sheep everywhere, clustering together like a computer program.
Weird vibes at Bonnaroo definitiely; I think it meant something.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: Lion]
#5803007 - 06/29/06 12:01 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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fuck me. that made me spit my coffee out.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: particlezen]
#5803522 - 06/29/06 02:48 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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The thing buggin' me is, with such a low dose(one hit) I still had at least a half grip on reality. But I'll never know what was what was real, what was Lucy, and what was simply random occurrences that my mind connected and filled in hallucinations, just to polish things off.
Oh well. It was still cool as hell.
PS can anyone tell me the name of that song?
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: StormyWaters]
#5803618 - 06/29/06 03:12 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Well, if it really was a trip, i consider it as a good one! In the other hand if it wasn't a trip itself, it still tripped you out for sure heh! Cheers.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: iMark]
#5804117 - 06/29/06 05:43 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I saw Radiohead at Bonnaroo. I don't really know what substances I was feeling at the time (had been up for over 48 hours at this point). Regardless I think the crowd was pretty cool and I didn't see anything like you described. The mind has a sneaky way of making simple things stand out and connect during a psychedelic experience.
I thought Radiohead kinda half assed the show. They didn't seem very excited to be there. The only thing Thom said was "Now this is what I call a music festival." And then at exactly 11 they left the stage. You would think with a crowd the size of the Roo they would have played some more, like Bisco did. Oh well. Radiohead was way better on their Hail to the Thief tour.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: Lion]
#5804161 - 06/29/06 05:57 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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bug said: A friend of mine who dosed for the show said Tom York became Satan and the crowd was worshipping him.
I didn't see the show and dosed after it. Saw zombies and sheep everywhere, clustering together like a computer program.
Weird vibes at Bonnaroo definitiely; I think it meant something.
What strange things did you percieve? I thought the energy at bonnaroo was extremely positive in centeroo. There was some theft and things of that sort in the the camping area, but other than that I thought the energy was overwhelmingly positive. I'm interested as to what wierd vibes you got and what you thought they meant.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: FunkyLoFi]
#5804722 - 06/29/06 09:32 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Quote:
What strange things did you percieve? I thought the energy at bonnaroo was extremely positive in centeroo. There was some theft and things of that sort in the the camping area, but other than that I thought the energy was overwhelmingly positive. I'm interested as to what wierd vibes you got and what you thought they meant.
It's hard to describe exactly what I experienced at Bonnaroo.
I witnessed the full extent of the dichotomy between thought and language that characterizes the human condition in this age of the 'globalization' phenomenon. I saw people herding together because they were confused. I saw computer-efficiency in the way the crowds moved and positioned themselves around the stages; thousands of little worlds trapped behind skin and eyelids, trying to make sense of it all.
I also went on a mystical journey through my unconscious and realized that everything mentioned above was an illusion. I wasn't fully ready to accept it as such, but so close...
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: Lion]
#5804752 - 06/29/06 09:49 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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Why can't you accept it as an illusion? If you don't accept it now when will you? There's nothing between now and any other time that will prepare you for it. Just dive in
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: StormyWaters]
#5806648 - 06/30/06 12:05 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I would say that probably everything you saw happened. There were probably many groups of people that got into circles or whatever, happens all the time at concerts. Then the guy in a skull mask was just performing and/or tripping with other people that felt his vibe. Nothing about your story really sounds that weird at all. It sounds like the normal things that go on at a festival. Have you ever been to a festival before?
And really who cares what was real and what you tripped? What you experienced, you experienced. Bottom line, that is what happened to you, not some thing called truth, that you want to believe was happening. You were creating truth on a much more meaningful level by removing the filters of your mind so you could experience a raw reality that you never had before. Welcome to the world of tripping.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: mecreateme]
#5806964 - 06/30/06 02:33 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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mecreateme, well put.
bug, you thought people were herding together cause they were confused? Do you mean some groups of people you percieved throughout the festy or the festival as a whole. I personally saw bonnaroo in a different light. To me, no one was confused, everyone knew thier purpose. I didn't see it as a metaphor for globalization. With 80,000 + people I didn't see one fight or even an arguement for that matter. If anything it helped me to realize that we can work together in peace to overcome the tyranny that is soon approaching. I went with a group of 5 people, but ended up exploring the roo on my own for most of the weekend. This helped reaffirm the idea of individuality that is within all of us.
I think what makes festivals like Bonnaroo such a unique and powerful event is that everyone comes out of it with a different view on the weekeneds events. It affects us all in our own way. Changes us and showes us our own direction.
Anyways, bug thanks for sharing your experience. 
Hope that makes sense, im kinda out of it right now.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: FunkyLoFi]
#5811124 - 07/01/06 10:51 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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No, mecreateme, I had never been to a large festival before, the kind you camp at.
I think I may be communicating this wrong. I'm not concerned and or obsessing about what was real or not(except the dangerous stuff, and only when it was going on. 10 mins later I didn't care anymore) Whatever happened happened. It was real to me, and thats good enough.
Putting inflection into type is hard*, and I'm sorry if sound like I'm freaking out. I'm much more laid back in person.
*Metaphor is easy.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: StormyWaters]
#5815236 - 07/03/06 09:39 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I didn't go there myself, but a friend brought me back some shrooms. We tripped a week later in a movie theater.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: StormyWaters]
#5816391 - 07/03/06 03:26 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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The thing is, the guy in the skull mask was doing something a little different from fucking with the stoned, at least the way you wrote it. It seems as if he was enhancing, which is quite different from fucking with the stoned. The uninitiated might think it is being fuck with to have some guy come and twirl glow sticks in your face, but what he is doing is enhancing your experience. Just think, didn't it make the experience much more wild to have a guy in a skull costume dancing around and leading other people in dances or whatever.
STS9 routinely covers their set in large crystals which give a really nice vibe to the show. The Flaming Lips are routinely dressed up in animal costumes and they have Jesus and Santa parade about. The lead singer likes to use Hulk Hands and at some point during the show get in a large plastic bubble and go out into the audience.
This is all for your superior experience. Once you undestand the effects of these chemicals, I will borrow from the good doctor: "Once you are locked into a serious drug collection, the tendency is to take it as far as you can." Apply that to experience. One you know what it is like, it is really fun to have these fucked up things go on. That was the whole idea behind the Merry Pranksters. Gettting fucked with while stoned is no big deal when you understand the chemicals.
However, there are bad ways to fuck with people while they are tripping such as stealing their wallet or saying, "hey man, where did your car go?" That kind of fucking with people is just plain fucked up.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: mecreateme]
#5818017 - 07/03/06 10:32 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Enhancing vs. Fucking with:
I will admit that I was biased, after two negative experiences I was more likely to perceive what happened as bad intentioned.
However, There is a HUGE difference between Jesus and Santa and a man emulating a Haitian style zombie master. Jesus and Santa, animal costumes, and some guy with glow sticks are delightful things, meant with good will towards the people you are affecting.
A skull masked man just by himself is bringing an element of Horror, let alone with 20+ people trailing him with blank stares and dead eyes, people with no free will, people who have had their souls stolen, and watching it happen in front of you. You ever seen "The Serpent and The Rainbow"?
Also, the two examples you offered of legitimately fucking with someone are very different, "hey man, where did your car go?" is a fine example of being fucked with, but stealing a wallet is out and out theft, it is not excusable because the target is intoxicated. What you have there is one example of being fucked with and one example of being victimized.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: StormyWaters]
#5818036 - 07/03/06 10:38 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I meant stealing the wallet to fuck with a person. Not to keep it but to give them a good scare. Cmon man, you don't think I am retarded do you? Didn't think I would have to literally explain it so, but we are on an internet message board so I can see where you came from.
All people see things differently. An element of horror to you could be a good sign to someone else. We are all at different stages in our life and some get joy out of seeing scary things and some get plain scared. See what I mean. A guy wearing a zombie costume and people dressed up as animals are essentially the same: people performing.
Some people probably saw that as a way to join in an ecstatic trance state and go around with the guy. You obviously interpreted it as a scary sort of thing. Have you ever heard the quote that we "see those things in other people that we don't like about ourselves." That you were worried or whatever about what the guy was doing says something about you and it will teach you things if you analyze why you feel the way you do when you see something like that. You will be learning about yourself.
Misinterpretation is easy when you think you know about things. Especially on psychedelic drugs.
Perhaps the Serpent and Rainbow affected you without you even knowing it. It seemed to set the tone that the event was filled with "horror." I have seen the movie and I liked it. That you are thinking about that means your experience was colored with that in mind when you saw that.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: mecreateme]
#5856380 - 07/13/06 10:52 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I got the chance to see radiohead too this year at Roo. However, all my money had been spent on fake drugs, so I sat and watched sober. I did see quite a lot of weird things during their set, like two people who were wearing nothing more than shoes and shorts run full speed through the extremely crowded area of seating. They moved too fast for me or anyone to get a good look, but they were jumping inbetween people with the grace and speed of a cat. It was one of the many wild things that made that event epic for me.
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: shroompenis]
#5867101 - 07/16/06 08:09 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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BUG, i agree with the weird vibes this year, something about that place just felt sinister. way different from last year,but i had a blast anyway, especially radiohead. i was more or less sober for that and still experienced some pretty weird shit going in the crowd and on stage
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Re: Bonnaroo-LSD-Specificaly the strange goings on at radiohead [Re: freebass]
#5873717 - 07/18/06 02:27 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i can relate to tripping at festivals except i was at All Good. afterwards i don't even want to trip again anywhere other than a festival or concert. in the past i had always smoked weed during the come up and throughout the trip but this time i didnt want to so i waited and relaxed. about 30 minutes after eating an eighth of closed cap mushies and ween and les claypool come out and perform. at this point all 4 of us felt heavy and started to get into the mind trip. what they played really messed with my head and i got a few bad vibes for a short time. visuals came on fast and i had a feeling it was gonna be a hard trip.
after they got off stage the next people to play were trey anastasio and mike gordon with benevento-russo duo. my 3 friends drifted a little in the crowd, i look around me and im surrounded by other people tripping. in front of me are two guys around 19-20 yrs old that keep looking back at me and talking to each other. i hear them say "once i saw his eyes i knew...you think he can hear us? naww" i laugh a little to myself. at this point my body and limbs feel like as a feather and i hear them whisper "you think he'll be alright? yea he's fine" as he said that i let go of everything i was holding back and found myself peaking. my heart feels like its up in near my throat as i drift out of body and towards the stage. to confirm that this was actually happening i twich a little and come back in control of my limbs. after i knew it was safe i closed my eyes and drifted again. with all the lights on stage it intensififed the closed eye visuals which were 3d patterns flowing through me in the ryhthm of the music. i open my eyes and look around. it looks like a whole new world that the music and the mushrooms have lifted all the people into a special place only accessible to a select few. i felt honored, and let the music take me away. it then starts to rain and it feels like a gift from God. i raise my arms towards the stars, take a deep breath and feel amazing. at this point i feel enlightened and had the desire to go around and meet every single person that shared this experience with me
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Edited by herbalicious (07/18/06 02:28 PM)
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