08-15-2012, 04:51 PM
Dm got up at the crack of dawn to get parking for OSL and wound up trolling for it for 1/2 an hour until he found a street cleaning section that was just about to expire, which he swooped in on like a hungry vulture. OSL sold out three days - 70K each - it was packed. Dm got to wristband pickup super early and wound up hanging out with about a dozen other RMers, including a nooB who dm totally impressed at gaia extolling his extensive knowledge of rastafarianism, kicking her her 1st lammy (the glowing JNK one, which she discovered glowed later and was duly impressed) and then kicking her a lanyard. "You are my God" she said, to which dm said, "why yes, yes I am". BTW, the wristbands, in true big bro fashion, were chipped, so they could 'monitor traffic flow' but dm quickly figured out how to get around the checkpoints, just to mess up the system. Dm gave a great inservice right after the meeting, biggest one he's done in a while - easily 3 dozen nooBs who were totally impressed as dm turned it on in full and left them wanting more "you gotta do more of those" to which dm said "sure sure, whatev." Sadly dm did get saddled with a radio, what's worse was that it had an earpiece which meant he had to listen to it all show and have a plugged ear, but then dm didn't have to do much, just a few minor calls, so it was cool. It took a long time to hook up with S, T and T's friend. On the street waiting, dm ran into two of T's classmates and a dad friend who didn't know wtf was going on and were planning a bike ride in GGP. In full radio RM officialdom, dm explained that they would never find parking and added greatly to the rep of dm amongst T's classmates - dm had the 'coolest dad' award after the drug talk. For the most part, dm spent the day hanging with S,T and friend, taking them on walkabout, watching the entire set of Of Monsters and Men (T likes this band). They were good, even with an accordian. S enjoyed herself at winelands as dm took the girls up to chocoland for cookies and a parade. It was great fun. The girls got free facepainting - good pro work, some ad thing for some web thing - which delighted them. There was this new soundsystem on the main stage that everyone was raving about, but dm thought was too loud and tinny. Beck was high energy, as always, but sounded awful. Foo Fighters also sounded poor. Then Neil & crazy horse threw down an oppressive set, befitting of the fog. Neil knows how to play into distortion. After a climactic space jam of sonic depth charges, neil went solo acoustic for needle and the damage done, and dm and S marvelled at his artistry. it was brutally foggy in that coldest-winter-was-a-sumer-in-sf way so Neil's set was just abusive (dm was heartily amused by a crew of nooBs who were all excited to do overnite coverage guarding the tents "we're gonna party!" yea, right, enjoy that case of cold beer y'all brought...)
Still, 'twas a good show, although overpacked.
Still, 'twas a good show, although overpacked.
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