Monday, February 27, 2012

Neilaroo's Nibblin's - ALO

Quick, name a song by ELO. Quick, name another.

That second song eluded me for the entire set of ALO when I saw them at Tambaleo (closed in 2007).

ALO has performed with Jack Johnson; they're performing with Galactic in Denver. They are appearing at SXSW (date TBD) and at Nolafunk.

How to describe them? Let's just say I remember a dark bar, couches, weird clips of movies playing behind the band, and "It's a giving thing... what a terrible thing lose" repeating over and over in my head. In other words, I don't recall the band at all.

Only 532 people have added ALO to their Bonnalineup so far (Radiohead has 6600), so I rate this band as "Hidden Gem". Here's a plus: they play instruments.

What are your thoughts on ALO? ALYes or ALNo?

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Bonnavee

Life is Full of Choices
(Even for the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this summer June 7-10, 2012.)
  • You can road trip or fly into Manchester, TN.
  • You can camp in a tent or stay at a local hotel.
OR...you can take the Bonnavee!
2012 Coachmen Freelander 32'
  • sleeps 8-10
  • shower, bathroom, refrigerator, and stereo
  • kitchen, dinette, sofa, queen bed, 2 bunks, and overhead double bulk bed
Enough from me, why don't you watch a video about a similar 2011 model and let Aaron explain all the features. (Yeah, we are not renting from Aaron!!)

If that wasn't enough here is another video. We are renting the Bonnavee from American Dream Vacations in Irving, TX. The details are as follows:
  • Pick up on Tuesday June 5th and drop off June 12th
  • I put down the $500 refundable damage deposit and purchased full coverage insurance
  • Costs $1767.15 for 1 week rental + $720 in fuel + $191 RV pass + $100 water fill and dump = $2778.15 estimated total
  • I have taken reservations for 8 spots (Roberto, Tiffany, Matt, Maria, Davy, Theresa, Gina, and Neil) with $50 deposit from each person. The total will be $347.26 each unless we really want to cram 2 more people into the Bonnavee. This could drop it down to $277.81.
We need to start a shopping list: Hot dogs, beer, gallons of vodka, cracker packs, etc and we can purchase it all at Costco. Pleas post comments with shopping lists or recipes that we should try for the Bonnavee dining experience.

Oh, I almost forgot to add the floor plan,
That's it for now.

-Roberto

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Bonnaprep

Hello all,
Are you excited about BZAroo 2012? Well, you better be! There's a lot of bonnahotness about to drop on this bonnablog so stayed tuned and post your ideas. I'm sure this will be on par with BZAvegas (http://bzavegas2011.blogspot.com/)
Here is a good site with lots of info links about Bonnaroo http://bonnaroo.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=logistics&action=display&thread=24585
Start thinking about all the CD's, sunscreen, and towels you will need to snag for this trip.
Bonnavee details will be posted soon.
-Roberto