moe.down 9, 8/29-9/1/08, turin, ny

moe.down 9, 8/29-9/1/08, turin, ny

K, so I never wrote a moe.down 9 review but I'm way backed up on posts and the pictures do a pretty great job of representing the entire weekend- and so, some narrative bullet points:

great weekend, great campsite, good neighbors (for the most part)

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Surprise!: JLo (all the way from CO)

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Bison Bladders

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my Favorite Sets:
Sparrow Quartet ft. Bela Fleck

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Yonder Mountain String Band

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Presidents of the United States of America

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other highlight acts:
Lynch

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Cornmeal (though that fiddle player would not stop during the moe. jam)
Levon Helm*
Fishbone (fun but I'm not a huge ska fan, so there ya go)
Swampedelica

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Dissappointing:
Benevento-Russo Duo- they were having one of their "noisy" days.

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moe.? fuck those guys, they suck**.

"security": total assholes this year, we think they were competing for a new multi-year contract so they brought out the "big-guns" so-to-speak. They usually leave the gen-pop alone.

Bear Song:

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Weather: moist. It only rained friday but there was a night-humidity that just nailed us. I think I preferred the dust of '07 over the moist of '08.

Flag: "Dan, you love al so much, you want to poop in his f-hole."

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Politics: al. made a public announcement when Sarah Palin was chosen as McCain's running mate. He also pleaded with the crowd to visit the head-count table and register to vote. Only like 250 people had registered by sunday night. One would hope that is because they had already registered elsewhere, but al. seemed to sense otherwise- hence the pleading. "please. more people vote for American Idol than for the President of the USA and look where it's gotten us... PLEASE... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. it only takes 2 minutes, you can do it on the way back to your tents... PLEASE REGISTER... and then VOTE. PLEASE VOTE."

Rum Cake: Scrumptious but apparently also an ant pheromone... Also, made us miss Kat.

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M.I.A.: Bach, Jack, Kat (who was at the DNC in Denver trying to pinch Barack's ass), Marty, the DC crew

Furthest Traveled Award: Paul & Megan (Vancouver, B.C.)

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Least Traveled Award: Heidi & 4dice

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Nice to Have Back: Jay

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Nice to Meet: Pete, Rudy, & Clarabelle (welcome to the good field)

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Already met but a 1st timer: Stacy

9/9: a few of us

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Camp get.down: over yonder, didn't see enough of them this year!

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Steve Kenny: did not visit the hospital this year! Way to go, Steve!

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local bake/produce charity beer tent sale: top notch heirloom cherry tomatoes, homemade pickles, fuck yeah.

Mayor: we were so close to getting NO ONE elected Mayor and then Tits & Whiskey pulled out ahead, beating even BACON. Hopefully NO ONE will win next year and this will end.

Announcements: END THIS! bdays = fine. Someone who's sat through 100 shows worth of announcements should have enough fucking sense to not waste any more time on these fucking announcements. I DON'T CARE.

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Fun story- so first set of the last night these really really young & massively fucked up kids were standing near us. One turned to me and said, "when they finish the last set, we're going to chant, 'WE WANT moe.down!'." To which I replied, "that chant makes no sense... you're AT moe.down." Then the kid went on to explain that there would be no more moe.downs and that the band was breaking up. I am starting to think I'm the only one who reads the news page. So I had to let him down easy- that not only were the band not breaking up, but they would be playing again in 2009, including moe.down. Yes, really. Yes, I'm sure. Okay, well scream whatever you want, but if you scream THAT, you're gonna look like an asshole.

Speaking of assholes-

dear moe.,
enjoy your break, you absolutely deserve it- and we'll see you next year... in the meantime i'm going to check out some hacks named Ha Ha the Moose & al & the Transamericans... MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSE
love,
lynn, sheriff, moe.ville

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moe.down 9, '08: 9 HUZZAHS!!! Next year must have: Black Crowes, Ween, Wilco, Cake, and a frozen margarita making robot in the vending area.

SLIDESHOW!


*Sounded great from the campsite
** sarcasm. I heart moe. and Rob is dreamy.

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