Monday, July 2, 2007 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 11 Not quite Graceland Hippies and indie-rockers unite with Bonnaroo love By FOREST CASEY Daily Arts Writer Two weeks ago, Manchester, a small town west of Knoxville, became the sixth-largest city in Tennessee. Normally, the ebb and flow of populations in small south- ern towns isn't something worthy of print. The migration of 100,000 or so people is a bit different. The massive migration past the Mason-Dixon line is like many other wildlife migrations: It's sea- sonal. Locals even have a name for it: Bonnaroo. Yes, June has come again, and with it that most famous of ongo- ing outdoor festivals. For four days in Tennessee, hippies from around the world gather to watch jam bands, buy prayer beads and smoke pot. And for the first few years, that was the image that stuck in the minds of concertgoers; if you struck Bonnaroo with an atomic bomb, three quarters of the Amer- ican population of hippies would go up in a mushroom cloud. But the people behind Bonnaroo had a different image in mind. It wasn't quite the music of Woodstock they seemed to emu- late; it was more the singularity of the moment. Every teenager in the country wanted to make the drive to upstate New York to tune in, to drop out. Our cultural tastes are too diversified and personalized now to ever see such a thing again, but 2006's visit to Manchester by Radiohead certainly came close. Since last year's festival, the artist lineup reflects a desire to be more inclusive, and with this year's artists including Spoon, The Hold Steady, Feist, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, Cold War Kids and Wilco, the crowds gathering before shows looked even more like the indie-rock set you'd expect to see gathered at the Blind Pig. Except, of course, that you don't normally have to live with the indie-rock kids in a farm of tents for four days. In that sense, it's difficult to write reflections FORtST CASEY/Duily Thousands of revelers camyed and rocked oat for 4 days in Manchester, TN. ence this festival really is. It's one thing to mull over an artist lineup on the internet and quite another to spend a long weekend without a proper shower, quickly becoming primal in a desire to seek water or shade or food at all costs and try- ing to survive long enough to stand up for the bands you drove to see. As with festival concerts of all types, the story of your concert experience will be written by your walking shoes, the $4 cup of fro- See BONNAROO, Page 12 n botarodeepl peonuta iri what a deeply personal experi- Due to rising costs associated with ingredients in some of our biggest menu items, BTB will be forced to raise our prices after over 3 years of business at the same low Yo N rates. In everything we do here at BTB, we value the opinions of our customers and Email: will let you decide the future of our menu pricing. Submit the attached form in person at our 810 S. State Street or 1906 Packard Street stores and receive $1.00 C E off any food purchase. Suggestions will be accepted until July 9, 2007. Votes will _ then be tallied and the newly elected prices will be effective July 10, 2007. MET EP OUR EVEN DOLLAR PRICING BUT RAISE SELECT MENU MS A FULl.. :DOLLAR PRT USING QUARTERS AND ADJUST ALL/MOST OF OUR NU ITEMS ACCORDINGLY p nn pnn nnn mi n