Phila Folk Fest '11 report - Page 2

Undertoad · 08-23-2011, 01:25 AM

Out in front of one of the legit food vendors is long stretches of bubble-wrap. By the time we came upon this, at 3am, it was spent.

Undertoad · 08-23-2011, 01:27 AM

Somewhere somebody blasts "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - ironically or not, we don't know - and this means everyone within hearing range is suddenly moved to join in.

Undertoad · 08-23-2011, 01:32 AM

Actual live folk music flowing out of one of the tents

ZenGum · 08-23-2011, 03:01 AM

Re: total eclipse of the heart mass singing...

At confest, things are organic. No PAs or amped up sound systems. But some people like that sort of thing. Hmmm ... AHA! Silent disco. 50 sets of rechargable headphones, a short-range transmitter , a DJ set-up, voila!

Except, except, except that the people at the Silent Disco didn't get the "silent" memo. They sing along. Loudly. Usually badly. Sometimes everyone for a few hundred metres joins in. Bohemian Rhapsody gets them particularly enthusiastic.

Trilby · 08-23-2011, 04:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jimhelm

Much like a Grateful Dead parking lot scene when they are in the same venue for multiple nights.

That's what I was thinking as I read the account. Very Dead-ish.

UT - I felt like I was there. A+ reporting.

jimhelm · 08-23-2011, 09:09 AM

That bagpiper in the drum circle needs to shut the hell up

08-23-2011, 03:01 AM	#19
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Re: total eclipse of the heart mass singing... At confest, things are organic. No PAs or amped up sound systems. But some people like that sort of thing. Hmmm ... AHA! Silent disco. 50 sets of rechargable headphones, a short-range transmitter , a DJ set-up, voila! Except, except, except that the people at the Silent Disco didn't get the "silent" memo. They sing along. Loudly. Usually badly. Sometimes everyone for a few hundred metres joins in. Bohemian Rhapsody gets them particularly enthusiastic. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

08-23-2011, 09:09 AM	#21
jimhelm a beautiful fool Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: 39.939705 Posts: 4,504	That bagpiper in the drum circle needs to shut the hell up __________________ There's a Shadow just behind me. Shrouding every step I take. Making every promise empty, pointing every finger at me. _tool

08-23-2011, 01:25 AM	#16
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Out in front of one of the legit food vendors is long stretches of bubble-wrap. By the time we came upon this, at 3am, it was spent.

08-23-2011, 01:27 AM	#17
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Somewhere somebody blasts "Total Eclipse of the Heart" - ironically or not, we don't know - and this means everyone within hearing range is suddenly moved to join in.

08-23-2011, 01:32 AM	#18
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Actual live folk music flowing out of one of the tents

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