23 hours of roo

Pearl Jam was exceptional. What was scheduled for a 2 hour set turned into a monumental triple encore 3 hour marathon. The crowd was very connected to the music, and the band certainly held up to their end of the bargain. They did an amazing cover of The Who's "Rain on Me" about midways through the 1st set. Then the close of the show after three hours they tore into a powerful cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower". We waited around for the scheduled start of Kanye West's hyped up all glow in the dark special. What we got was a 2 hour delay and a very lame packaged hip hop space musical. The roo'ers momentarily lost their complacent festival spirit since they invested an entire night on this ridiculously over-hyped glamfest that was rumored to feature a grounbreaking glow in the dark performance. The sunrise was breaking about 45 minutes into the "show", and folks had already
lost their patience before Mr. West took the stage. From all I have experienced in my short time it occurs to me that what makes this event such a desirable draw is the genuine, intimate, and inspired acts this venue schedules. I feel like this attempt to mix things up to attract a larger crowd backfired severly. I am running out of steam so I am going to close out for now. I will right some fresher material after a quick nap.

BW

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