Wednesday, November 11, 2009

11.11.09

THE FEST 8.
Oct 30th, Oct 31st, Nov 1st. 2009.


...the 15-deep-crew (minus Adam) that flew out from SFO!


...airport fun!


...airplane fun. (delta what's up!)


...rented 15 passenger van once we got into Florida.


...Holiday Inn. Gainesville, FL.


...sleeping. love you Adam.


...Touche Amore house show.


...Friday night. Gainesville, FL. 3am. still raging.


...Daniel Striped Tiger house show.


...sleeping. love you Stephen.


...5am? finally. back at the hotel. sleep time?


...yup.


...Dead To Me. (so so so so so good).


...Saturday rooftop pool party. cheap beers and chugging fast.


...yup.


...and then a little bit later, our rooftop party turned into this.


...homies.


...had to jump in for a little late-night dip.


...chillin.


...flips!


...halloween!


...back in the party room.


...love birds.


...and then the dice showed up.


...and so did more homies.


...bathroom chuggies.


..."not a goddamn thing".


...i love me some UK kids!!!


...Paul Wall livin large.


...wheelbarrow race!


...pile ons!


...mr banana man!


...Ampere. (fucking RULED it).


...Sunday shots.


...riding the banana boat?


...Shooks!


...back to party room once again.


...and time for dice. (again).


...Kuntz comin up!


...Easy Eeez with all 3'z.


...Sunday night crew.


...Monday morning.

Friday, August 14, 2009

8.8.09

KINDA LIKE A FEST 5
Saturday, August 8th, 2009.



...11am. setting up the bbq/potluck in the back parkinglot.


...the empty "show room" of community center.


...empty "band/equipment room".


...empty "merch area".


...the early crew, good people, good helpers. thanks again duuuudez.


...starting up the grill. homies starting to arrive. Kris on top of his game.


...cutting up the veggies in the kitchen.


...probably around 1pm now...perfect time for a potluck and bbq.


...veggie burgiez on the mix.


...vans start to arrive.


...and so do a lot more people. (ps...thanks everyone for showing up early and getting the free food and/or for bringing more free food to share and/or for cleaning up your mess!).


...2pm-ish. first band starts to set up.


...band/equipment room starts to fill up.


...and so does the merch area.


...here too.


...right before the first band starts, we move all the food and stuff into the kitchen for easy access to where the bands are playing...if ya wanna snack on shit at any point. (ps...thanks also for keeping this area clean!).


...and we also move the grill to the back patio next to the kitchen for easy access. still roaring, still have dozens of veggie burgers and wieners to grill.


...Joey Izzo.


...people still lining up for the bbq. (also glad everything got eaten).


..Don't Trip. 3pm. first band starts, already 150 paid people. (if you were one of them, thanks for showing up early to catch all the bands).


...Make Do and Mend.


...(surprise guests with 1 [fabulous] song) Fight Fair.


...Punch.


...Spires.


...1994!


...Dead to Me. (then after them, there was a nice 60-90 min dinner/break time to go out, chill, eat, do whatever the fuck you want).


...Sabertooth Zombie. 1st band after the break (...dont know how many people at this point, but definitely a good 300 kids all rolled back in time after the break).


...Touche Amore.


...Hour of the Wolf.


...Broadway Calls.

all in all...350 kids paid, 2 barrels FULL of canned food donations collected for Second Harvest, 11 awesome bands, great veggie/vegan food brought to the potluck, amazing kids, good vibes, good times, no drama.

thanks.
see ya next year.