It is hard to believe that this is the eighth year of Bonnaroo. I feel like it was just yesterday when I had to decline tickets to the first year because I had to work a summer job. I am still not sure why I did that but it was definitely a classic mistake. The line-up was incredible back in 2002 but it has completely changed this year.
I can’t say it is bad that the music has changed from 2002 but it seems like the true jam bands have been whisked away to better festivals like Wakarusa and Forecastle and have been replaced at Bonnaroo by indie rock bands, comedians and celebrity appearances. Shit…Jimmy Buffett played Bonnaroo this year. He used to be a bad ass at the beginning of his career but has turned to shit lately because of his man/boy relationships with Kenny Chesney and various other fake country singers. Okay…Okay…I apologize…Jimmy Buffett is great…FOR ME TO POOP ON!
With that said, I think Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was a perfect addition to Bonnaroo because he says what we are all thinking about those dirty stinkin’ hippies. I imagine that it would be kind of scary to be hopped up on a lot of drugs and then have someone shove a plastic dog puppet with a microphone in your face who begins to antagonize you with hysterical questions and comments.
Check out the 6-7 minute sketch that appeared on Conan the other night:
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