it’s not that i don’t enjoy camping buuuuuuut...
the last time i did was freshman year of college. to make new friends and find my ‘tribe,’ i enlisted in UNC’s version of sleep away camp.
we laughed, we cried, and we slept on the hardest planks of wood imaginable. that was when i realized my mood is positively correlated to my bed quality [wood = cranky, annoyed, lethargic. 4-inch mattress topper = joyful, enthused, bubbly].
so being curled up on the raw earth was not great. my body relied on uncrustables, salami sandwiches, and montuckys. the inside of my tent hit a staggering 100 degrees [i have no evidence of this but trust me], and the lukewarm shower spigots delivered the worst water pressure imaginable.
but that was all worth it because of four full days of jaw-dropping performances. you don’t get that kind of magic every day.
my complaining aside, shout out to dj vetter and anthony for hooking me up with the essentials [cooler, tent, canopy, battery-powered FANS!!!]. you are the reason i survived those four days and three nights. GOD BLESS!
favorite sets: jason isbell & the 400 unit [sat on the ground sobbing my eyes out the entire time], idles, ryan beatty & gwar [next time i will get close enough to get sprayed with blood]
most exciting discovery: yves tumor!!!
thursday 06.13: geese*, pretty lights, gwar*
friday 06.14: mdou moctar, bonny light horseman, mon rovia, the japanese house, dan spencer, lyny, faye webster, lizzy mcalpine, khruangbin, maggie rogers, post malone*, thundercat, kill safari, sudden death deadroom
saturday 06.15: ryan beatty*, jobi riccio*, the teskey brothers, teezo touchdown*, renee rapp, dashboard confessional super jam [medium build, andrew mcmahon, anthony green, derek sanders, yvette young, the beaches, geoff rickley, ian grushka, john o’callaghan, mike kinsella, tim kasher, trousdale], red hot chili peppers, melanie martinez, idles*, [diplo - as a lullaby...]
sunday 06.16: s.g. goodman, jobi riccio*, jake wesley rodgers, chappell roan*, yves tumor*, badbadnotgood, four tet, jason isbell & the 400 unit*, fred again...