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Bonnaroo 2009

By brad on June 19, 2009

I spent this past weekend in the middle of Tennessee. It took me 24 hours to get there via plane, and I spent the next 24 hours without any luggage. But I’m not going to talk about that here, I’ll save that for a future post about how American Airlines could have used Social Media [...]

Posted in Music | Tagged Bonnaroo, festivals, new music, phish, show review, vacation, Wilco | 1 Response

chaos theory

By brad on May 11, 2009

I’m bumming around Vancouver today for the Convergence 09 conference. This evening after getting some food I decided to take a walk onto one of the piers. The weather was nice and i thought the view would be worthwhile. While walking down the pier I turned around to watch the city. It might have been [...]

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The long ride

By brad on May 2, 2009

Last weekend I rode my motorcycle to Chelan, WA to meet the week old offspring of my friend Matt. To date, this is the longest ride I’ve ever taken dwarfing a trip last summer by 80 miles. My sv650 is definitely a city bike, but the seating position is upright enough that long rides aren’t [...]

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Bonnaroo, Review Thursday

By brad on July 19, 2007

After getting our bearings in the campground it became evident to me that things were going to work out wonderfully. I was woefully tired due to my inability to sleep (or relax) on airplanes and subsequently kind of eager to get everything set up to relax. After setting up camp and taking a quick nap, [...]

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Bonnaroo, review #1

By brad on July 5, 2007

So, its been a while since I arrived home from Bonnaroo. In the meantime, I’ve moved all of my belongings across town. I had meant to write this earlier, but I knew that it would have to wait until I, one, digested Bonnaroo, two, moved, and three, had some time to think about the Grand [...]

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