Bonnaroo 2012

It's only been about 12 hours since my friends and I rolled into Buffalo after our 14-hour road trip back from Bonnaroo, but the last few days already feel like a dream -- a really awesome dream.

Day four of my Bonnaroo adventure started out rough. The rain began around 2 a.m. -- on the walk back from Skrillex and the Bonnaroo Superjam -- and at 7 a.m., it forced my friends and me awake and, after soaking the tent, made us take refuge in the car...

Fact: Tennessee in June is hot. Every morning since I arrived at Bonnaroo, I've found myself strategically plotting my outfits so that I achieve maximum protection from the sun while allowing the least amount of fabric possible to touch my body...

I was going to use this "diary entry" to talk about some of the bands I've seen so far, but in the middle of one of this afternoon's sets -- The Avett Brothers, the first act I saw on 'Roo's main stage -- I started to realize that two days into this four-day adventure is too soon to do so...

Late on Wednesday night, June 6, my friends and I set out from Nashville to Manchester, Tenn. Very, very late (or very early, depending on how you look at it) the next morning, we arrived at what will be our home until Sunday evening -- a small spot of grass somewhere on the giant plot of farmland that, ever year, turns into the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival. ...