Lightening in a bottle, 2014

A cross between burning man and the Cochella music festival in my back yard.  Undercover drug stings in 2013 prompted the organizers to move it.  I followed it all weekend and was entertained by the information coming out of it.  15,000 people in the dirt at a dry lake 3 miles from my house.  The local store said his goal this month was to gross 25k,  he grossed 30k in 3 days.  This morning he was out of beer and Gatorade.

http://lightninginabottle.org

Lots of youtube videos that show what it is all about.   Think a very, very, very hippy version of GS with Acid, Pot, and X.

So here is the funny stuff,  at least for me. 

Link shows my buddy,  a park ranger in the foreground:  In Salinas recently,  they have been shooting and killing guys for doing the same thing,  not very funny.http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/05/23/woman-tasered-at-lightning-in-a-bottle

Same Ranger is posting on his FB the very funny radio conversations they had during the four day event.  I will copy and paste them:

Things I never thought I would here let alone say on the radio. I am out with 34&32 between the Woogie and Monkey business.

Another one was I need predator dispatched to the bamboo stage for a green dot.

Respond to the temple to meet wolverine and a 4' penguin regarding his girl friend releasing her negative energy in public

 Respond to a report of a land shark spotted stage right at bamboooooo

Boots and pants, boots and pants, boots and pants, boots and pants, boot and pants...

In pursuit of a naked male north bound new pleyto rd just north of the ranger station. Suspect is attempting.... Never mind role fire code 3

Please just drop the knife or we are both really going to regret me coming to work today,

Water boys reports low pressure near the boogie!

I will be out with Andre the giant holding his keg of beer

Wolverine we have a swimmer stage right bamboo stage near the cold drink stand. Send AMR.

 30 & 34 will be out on foot at the grand burlesque...

Beware of a rock that gives you driving directions!

Be advised I am behind a kabota with four subjects sitting on a male headed for the sanctuary

Casey I have checked the area and I am sure there are no knives in the area, it is safe to exit the Tahoe.

T/C at the temple kubota versus rickshaw. Non injury code 4 10-8.

I'm at monkey business and Kenya not monkey business and India. 10-22 I have wolverine 10-97. Show me 10-8.

No dude in the traffic vest I do NOT have a wristband

I will be out at lightning doing a wardrobe check.... Contact 10 and advise him we have a policy violation in progress.

I know you want a fill unit but we have an artist at the gate that needs blueberries. So please 10-23.

Looking at the Twitter feed can be funny too:   #libfestival

Here is my favorite tweet:  idk which was worse, the tornado yesterday or the fucking TARANTULA we just saw at our camp site. #libfestival #notsomagicmoments

Tornado,  o ya,  you mean dust devil and the spiders are everywhere out here and won't hurt you.  I guess they don't have too many of those in LA

It's times like these that I really miss the fire service.  We would have been running all of these calls.  I have a lot of good memories scraping up bikers at Wildflower and the Aids ride.  Road rash can suck.

Who wants to go next year? 

Funny, never heard of it until now.

Think a very, very, very hippy version of GS with Acid, Pot, and X.

Or exactly the same if you go to the right camp.   

Who wants to go next year?

Maybe 

I will stick with GS9.  I wonder how many portapotties they needed.

Ha! I was wondering how this went. Good call following it on twitter too. This wknd was the reggae fest in Monterey too.
Hey, I see one of NCKA's finest in that picture! Bookem dano.

Hahaha so glad I missed it. Been to a lot of underground psy parties, started getting freaked out about the fried out acid heads talking a out drinking the kook aid! Only thing im bummed I missed was plantarea, dudes pretty good.

More goodies:

http://www.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2014/05/27/10-unforgettable-people-at-lightning-in-a-bottle

http://www.sfstation.com/2014/05/27/photos-lightning-in-a-bottle-photos-2014/


I guess I'm too old to appreciate electronic music.