Bonnaroo: Photos Of Funny People (Chris Rock, Zach Galifianakis, Reggie Watts, John Mulaney)

This is an interesting post:

It’s Economics 101: During hard times and increasing competition, secure your viability by diversifying your brand. Maybe? If I had ever taken Econ I’d know. That sounds good anyway, so I’m going with it. And so is Bonnaroo: Music festivals are in full glut swing and there just aren’t enough good bands to go around (e.g. how many bands on this lineup have you even heard of? I’m at like 50%). But still, short a Portis-or-Radiohead set, this will probably be my favorite festival this summer because, when there ain’t shit to watch, there’s plenty of shit-talking to laugh at.
Bonnaroo pre-billed Chris Rock’s mainstage set opening for Metallica as “the largest crowd for a comedy set in history.” The part of that sentence I love is the “opening for Metallica” bit. Watching the cheering/jeering muscle heads line the front-row fence had me fearing a Crowded House–>Rage Against The Machine […]

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