j_harvey wrote:

Mayfair wrote:There must be hempfests and steetfairs in the surrounding states too, I guess.

Are you trying to tell me that they don't have their own Mr. Blotto? I thought it was a franchise.

Well played, sir!

Christopher_Dragon wrote:

ironyengine wrote:There were many great graffitis inside the port-a-johns. I will have pictures soon.

There's something kind of sad about this statement.
I'm just not entirely poistive what it could be.

Christopher_Dragon wrote:

ironyengine wrote:There were many great graffitis inside the port-a-johns. I will have pictures soon.

There's something kind of sad about this statement.
I'm just not entirely poistive what it could be.

My pictures are finally up in some sensible fashion, many weeks later:

http://www.fakeaccount.com/gallery/TG25

Not all bands are represented. Many pictures are terrible, especially those taken after dark. Some have nothing to do with the festival at all. Comments, especially those that may identify people, are encouraged.

Enjoy.

ironyengine wrote:My pictures are finally up in some sensible fashion, many weeks later:

http://www.fakeaccount.com/gallery/TG25

Not all bands are represented. Many pictures are terrible, especially those taken after dark. Some have nothing to do with the festival at all. Comments, especially those that may identify people, are encouraged.

Enjoy.

I think I can be identified by the ridiculous (and yet fashionable) shirt I am wearing in them.

Anyone else think that Pegboy's guitarist looked uncannily like Bill Paxton?

ironyengine wrote:My pictures are finally up in some sensible fashion, many weeks later:

http://www.fakeaccount.com/gallery/TG25

Not all bands are represented. Many pictures are terrible, especially those taken after dark. Some have nothing to do with the festival at all. Comments, especially those that may identify people, are encouraged.

Enjoy.

http://www.fakeaccount.com/gallery/TG25/IMG_0291

That is me in the foreground on the left, with the nascent Franciscan monk bald spot. I wonder if we were introduced, I met so many people that weekend....

Talking with Agostino was probably the #1 highlight of the T&G festival for me. And you got a picture of it! Nice work!

Didn't you get a picture of Same and Tutku climbing the fence? Or am I confusing you with somebody else?

Mayfair wrote:I believe the folks that are in that hippy/frat/street fair band called Mr. Blotto live there. They usually park a huge touring bus out front.

I heard this about Mr. Blotto, and their bus, and thought it was too good to be true. I am pleased to see this rumor confirmed.
My guess is that someone in Mr. Blotto comes from money, or makes money in his day job, or something. They can't be buying a bus with Blotto money, can they? Is there a huge underground Blotto following I am not noticing?

The Kid wrote:I heard this about Mr. Blotto, and their bus, and thought it was too good to be true. I am pleased to see this rumor confirmed.
My guess is that someone in Mr. Blotto comes from money, or makes money in his day job, or something. They can't be buying a bus with Blotto money, can they? Is there a huge underground Blotto following I am not noticing?

Oh, no. This is where you are mistaken. A band like Mr. Blotto makes a ton of cash. Hippy bands and streetfair bands and hacky-sack bands have huge built in fratty fan bases. Trust me, there are a lot more people in Chicago who have seen Mr. Blotto 30 times than have seen Don Caballero once.... and Taste of Wriglyville pays much better than the Empty Bottle.

Isn't it a sad world we live in?