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AHOY FELLOW YAKKERS.
WELL IT'S BEEN A FEW MONTHS SINCE PALOOZA 2002, AND ALTHOUGH TURNOUT WAS BEYOND EXPECTATIONS, I MUST ADDRESS SOME OF THE INCIDENTS WHICH I WITNESSED DURING THE EVENT. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THAT MOST OF THE PALOOZA PARTICIPANTS WERE WELL EQUIPT AND CONDUCTED THEMSELVES IN A RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE MANNER. IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THAT A GREAT MANY OF THE BOATS WERE OF INCONSPICUOUS COLOR. TWO PARTICIPANTS EVEN WENT TO THE PAINS OF COATING THEIR YAKS WITH CAMMO DESIGN ! THEN, ON THE OTHER HAND, ONE SILLY FELLOW HAD THE MOXY TO OUTLINE HIS CRAFT WITH THAT PURPLE NEON LIGHTING CRAP LIKE GUYS ADORN THEIR CARS WITH. FORTUNATELY, AFTER A SMALL INTERVENTION ON AN ISOLATED PIECE OF SHORELINE, HE OBLIGED TO TURN OFF THE DISPLAY. ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES ON THE TRIP GREW FATIGUED ABOUT HALF WAY TO ZACH'S BAY AND WANTED TO TURN BACK. SO THANKS GO OUT TO GUS ANDOLINI AND NAT FERNBAUM FOR GIVING HER A TOW FOR THE LAST MILE AND A HALF. THE NOTORIOUS DINARDI BROTHERS CAUSED QUITE A STIR WHEN THEY GOT DRUNK ALONG THE WAY AND ROLLED THEIR YAKS. (HOPE THEY MADE OUT OK ) FINALLY THE GROUP OF ABOUT 30 YAKS ARRIVED AT THE THEATRE AND STEALTHILY SPREAD OUT AROUND THE AREA SO AS NOT TO DRAW ATTENTION. A WONDERFUL EVENING WAS HAD BY ALL AND MOST OF THE GANG CRASHED RIGHT ON THE BEACH UNTIL SUN-UP. IN TRUE WOODSTOCK FASHION, TWO LOVE CHILDREN WERE CONCEIVE THAT NIGHT AS "THE REAL ME" WAILED IN THE BACKROUND. THE WHO RULE. MAN, CAN ANYONE WAIT UNTIL PALOOZA 2003 ?

 

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YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT ON A PARTY ZW !

ZAKDUDE,
LONG TIME NO HEAR FROM MAN.WHAT A BLAST ,I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU PUT IN THAT ZWMANPUNCH BUT IM STILL SEEING TRAILS,THANKS FOR A MOST EXCELLENT TIME,LAST TIME I REMEMBER SEEING YOU THAT NIGHT YOU WERE TEA-BAGGING SOME YOUNG BLONDE UP ON THE SHORELINE WHILE BARB OREILLY WAS JAMMIN.HOPES YOU DIDNT CATCH ANY THING FROM THAT *****.
KEEP ROCKING AND LOOK FORWARD TO LOOZA 03

 

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WHAT A BLAST

Just got back from service in May this year. Left Boston, Mass in drug haze heading to this music event in Zaks Bay long Island,NY. Hopped two rides before I got one heading right there. Lost my knapsack fully of my only clothing(left it in the car that got me there and lost the people too). Strange what good drugs can do to you. I remember the rolling thunder storm one of the mid mornings, sitting out side the concert area and free kitchen, if I remember it was to the left of the stage(facing the stage) and over a small rise.
I was awaken (still high) and facing the direction the storm was coming from, very moving event in my life, being into photos at that time(no I didn't have a camera any more, lost with knapsack). Due to the loss of everything I owned in that knapsack, I stayed at the end for a week to help with cleanup. I got a lot of new, but dirty clothing, bedrolls(2) and a newer and bigger (than I had) knapsack. For years I owned a t-shirt from there.It was blue with the bird on the neck of a guitar being held by a bent arm, done in white. Out in front of the stage (but way up from the stage) was the open market and I really mean open. Anything from food to drugs to beads..anything someone would sell was being sold there. I didn't get to far to the right (facing the stage) of the stage. The place didn't feel right to me for some reason. I think it was an area where they had pot-a-johns setup.
Twenty of us went to Pungopalooza 2002 as northern teenagers and came back apart of a larger community. I will always remember the music and the feeling of peace .I rowed out a kid but returned a MAN.
Hey bassholer,THE KING IS REALLY MAD.