The next three days at Bonnaroo most definitely lived up to expectations, so I’ll see how many stories we can fit into one update. Elliott made his way backstage with CD101 to meet the rapper Matisyahu and Zabel managed to find himself on the main stage for moe.’s second set while the rest of us used our volunteer status to find the staff showers (one of Bonnaroo’s simpler pleasures). Crank, Stepho, and Viv all got to chat with Zach from the Hot Buttered Rum Band; they’ve been touring in a veggie-powered bus for over two years. Stepho also tended to a little sparrow that had lost its mom (RIP Squeakers). Viv’s thumb tried seceding from her hand (long story) while Sunshine maintained his status as a Silent Disco mainstay. Inspired by the antics of Viva La Mustache, Brian embarked upon a fruitful experiment with facial hair. Mikey and I got to tool around back stage with the help of PlanetRoo coordinators Nick and Maria and cameraman Will in search of veggie oil, but our favorite collection stop was definitely Plater's BBQ where we explained the origin of the falafel (pronounced fah-LOO-loo?) and answered non-sequitur questions like “What is a humus (HOO-mus)?”. Not to mention the publicity garnered by Zach Carson’s brainchild, the 1st Annual Pod3 Coed Naked Slip and Slide. Whoever says all facetime is good facetime clearly hasn’t seen as much drooping flab as we saw Sunday morning.

As for the music, the festival lived up to all expectations so I’ll wrap up this wrap-up with our picks for the weekend’s best sets:
- Mikey: Buddy Guy
- Viv: Common/Blackalicious, Cat Empire
- Elliott: Cat Empire, Radiohead, Beck
- Sunshine: Beck, Neville Brothers
- Brian: Buddy Guy, Beck
- Lissa: Beck’s Puppet Video (“I smell hippies.”)
- Crank: Matisyahu, Nickel Creek (doing Britney’s Toxic)
- Stepho: Atmosphere
- Ross: Steel Pulse, Phil Lesh
- Myself: Buddy Guy, Robert Randolph, Beck

- Forrest