6.13.2010 - Bonnaroo Day 4
June 30, 2010
Bonnaroo
Manchester, TN
Musically, plans were up in the air for the last day of Bonnaroo. Headed to Centeroo early to fill our Camelbak's up with water before the lines got really long. Oh, I'm getting ahead of myself...on our way down there we stopped to get fried pickles (one of our all-time favorite foods), and they were absolutely delicious - even better than in they are in the Irish Pub in my old college town. Mmmm...
Food isn't something we've discussed much in this series of Bonnaroo blogs as of yet. Mostly because, in order to curb expenses, we packed our own peanut butter sandwiches, chips, and carrots for lunch every day. We ended up buying something in Centeroo every night for dinner, trying two vegetarian burritos, some cheddar and jalapeño hush puppies (fantastic!), pizza, and a noodle bowl. The hush puppies and noodle bowl with its spicy sauce were the most stand-out dishes of the weekend. But I digress...this is a music blog after all!
We decided to go see Ingrid Michaelson's set at The Other Tent at noon. (By the way, both camera batteries had died at this point, so all I have to offer unfortunately is a crappy iPhone picture from way too far away!) Got there super early and snagged a shady spot just outside the tent under a tree. We haven't ever seen Ingrid live, and feel just so-so about her albums. So we weren't overly excited about this show. But boy, just minutes after Ingrid and crew took the stage, she completely changed our minds! That woman is hilarious! If she ever gave up music, stand-up comedy should be in her future! And such a sweet person - one lady in the crowd near the stage had a sign saying that it was her daughter's birthday and that she is a big Ingrid fan. Ingrid asked how old her daughter was turning that day, the lady replied with "4 years old". Then Ingrid proceeded to ask the woman to pass up onstage the birthday card for her daughter and she signed it and drew her an old-fashioned hand turkey.
Totally recommend seeing Ingrid Michaelson live if you ever get the chance. She performed her new rock version of "The Way I Am", some other great songs with audience participation, such as "Mountain and The Sea", "The Hat", and of course, her infamous cover of Britney Spears' "Toxic". That number is absolutely hilarious when it comes to the dancing at the end. That performance solidified our plans for that coming Tuesday night to go see her at The Vogue back in Indianapolis.
We wandered over to the Which Stage after that - our intent was to find some shade and sit through the Calexico show to see Regina Spektor, then Ween, then Phoenix and probably head back north after that. Well, we sat in the sun/semi-shade for over 2 hours, listened to Calexico, ate our lunch, then decided we'd had enough. It was a bit after 3:00 and no sign of Regina Spektor yet, so we just started our long hike back to the car at that point. It had been a fun weekend, but after 4 days in that heat, you get to a point where you are no longer enjoying yourself, and the benefits of staying are far outweighed by the costs.
It took all of 5 minutes to drive out of Bonnaroo after our 2 mile hike in the boiling heat (Stopping of course to get a couple more orders of those delicious fried pickles and some frozen lemonade on our way back!). The drive back home was fine, stopped off in Nashville to do a little driving tour of the city. Mel had visited before, but I've only driven around it on various highways headed for other distant destinations. The CMA festival was going on, so downtown was crowded for that, but I really liked the city. It has a good feel to it, and I really enjoy that it has hills. The fact that it is a music mecca doesn't hurt either :)
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