Dave Paulson's Bonnaroo blog 
Catching up: MGMT, Wilco, more
Yes Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are here, and they kind of annoy me. I saw them sitting in the bleachers in the comedy sent, talking loudly amongst their entourage and paying no attention to what was happening on stage. I’m sure we were annoying them too, what with the staring and pointing and photo-taking.
As the Red Bull star...
Bruce Springsteen's epic set
Raphael Saadiq, looking ahead
I can only afford a quick check-in: after starting slow, the jams have been non-stop for the last few hours, and I have to get over to the What Stage soon to try to secure a pit spot for Wilco. I will say that Raphael Saadiq exceeded even my lofty expectations – if you couldn’t tell by my frothing tweets. The Motown and Stax-worthy j...
A late night with Phoenix, Public Enemy and Girl Talk
The Boss and NIN can wait: the hot tickets at Bonnaroo this morning – at least in guest/press world - are electrical outlets and coffee. I’ve managed to score bot, so I’m hoping to muster up the energy to put Friday’s late-night mayhem into words. The nights are loooong here, but mine wasn’t as long as some ...
Beastie Boys - and Nas!
It’s weird to see a concert crowd – especially one of tens of thousands – much more excited to hear canned beats than live instruments, but that seemed to be the case at the Beastie Boys’ set on the What Stage Friday night. The band liberally applied the live rock – from punk blasts to psychedelic wah-wah ja...
Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent...
Passion Pit. Also, mud.
70 degrees. We should all be thrilled to not be baking in our tents this morning.
But the pleasant temperature comes with a price, of course. A mud-filled, puddly terrain that threatens to swallow sandals whole and seriously ruin some mornings. Here’s hoping the meditation/yoga/drum circle groups appease the sun gods, and we can ...
MURS, White Rabbits, Those Darlins
OK! Three hours into the main music schedule, and yep, Bonnaroo ’09 is really starting to cook. Can you tell I’m hungry? Also, the media tent is FREEZING. But who cares about me? Lets get to the music.
As one of the first bands to perform on one of the major tents this year, Brooklyn’s White Rabbits were on the receivi...
