a festival every five years?

in 1999, an 18-year-old victoria endured the oppressive heat, excessive prices and huge hordes of people to see some of her then favorite musicians at woodstock '99. the three days also included a medical tent visit and subsequent IV (prompted by the now infamous name identification of "vickie ... tori ... drew ... any of them really. hi."), peaceful slumber in an airplane hanger and getting lost with at least 249,999 of my closest friends.

since i left before the riots, i ended my woodstock experience with a surprisingly positive opinion, believe it or not. at the time, i said i would definitely come back for woodstock '04 - they'd have to work out the kinks, right?

oddly enough, no plans for woodstock '04 that i've heard. hmm, wonder why.

but the lineup for bonnaroo '04 is looking pretty tight ... do i dare consider taking a tennessee mini-vaca in june?

among others, dave & friends, medeski martin & wood, dylan, damien rice, m5, moe., the dead, string cheese incident, willie nelson (come on, he's a legend!), ANI, etc ...

but it's funny - looking at the website, it's deja vu. feels like i'm just visiting the woodstock festival site half a decade ago ...

i have heard great things about bonnaroo, though. anyone been before? comment and let me know if i should consider devoting my time and energy to the possibility ...