the progression of awesome

thanks to ANDY & John Baise & O'Dell's I got a free ticket to RIOT FEST

didn't know what to expect / but seeing these two w/n the 1st 15mins of arriving was a good sign

I hadn't seen Dr. Jody since the 90's. I had seen Mel Bean more recently, but it had been a few years.

got there just in time to see SUPERCHUNK - driveway to driveway

hey, who's that taking pictures in the yellow shirt?

yep....Chris Shary was in town!

we all flipped our lid

Jody couldn't believe it, Mel couldn't believe, I was just stoked!

after Superchunk we walked over to Dismemberment Plan to visit w/ Josh Schac & Chris

then we took a breather & sat on the hillside & got caught up

and watched a bit of Alkaline Trio before going over to get a spot for ROCKET

yep, that's a ferris wheel at the punk rock music fest

they all came out in matching outfits as I expected

John was pretty cheeky in talking to the audience

nevertheless they ROCKED it and the crowd & I were loving it

there's Chris Shary again - right up front getting some good snaps

horns tend to sum it up

 

blurry crowd shot before it started getting dark

hell of a performance

met up with Rachael & Andy Weiss right after Rocket

soon we bumped into the newlyweds, Sean & Susie Kelly

Moby Dick was one of the carnival rides

I was getting tired quick, but I held out and saw a few IGGY songs

such high energy / it was totally worth it

and the wrap up - totally a blast

LAUNCH old men

got to town just in time to shred with the old men

here are some clear shots that ANDY took. the crowd/me/fuzz

andy - so close on the kickflip pivot

ANGELO - first old man to arrive

 VIDEO CLIP

Andy's old roommate - JohnBaise on the oververt

MIKE has some powerful corner grinds - made em switch later in the evening

Dave Fuller scrapping tail on the top level

Andy dug out the FEEDBAG collection from the library

SAWDUST  - man of mystery

the main thing that has changed is that I mainly travel solo these days

the little ledge got a beatdown - GLEN - slappy crooks

John Brandow - pivot to fakie

Glen flips into a 5050

Brandow bigspin to front noseslide

John kills it on the ramp too....back D

new BOULDER crew had tricks - run and jump on a blunt fakie

felt good to get front 5050's on the pool block - p:ANDY

matt - lipslide

I snuck out to get a photo of the mighty MOON

Dave Fuller - slider to fakie though the corner - p:ANDY

one of the new dudes from BOULDER / fs noseslide to fakie

fuzz - back D

FUZZ - fakie rocks the oververt / he did hang ups on it too

LBR aka Ric - pogo rock

I learned that it's RIC on the old man flyer - fs air

rob helmstetter - front D

Ric - rollout invert in - classic

Rob - feeble fakie

I'll be in town for the OCT session as well!