Wednesday is the first "official" day of Cornerstone, not just for me and Nate but for the music and everything else. You can actually get there on Monday to setup camp (N said no camping and I agreed) and Tuesday have some music sponsored by some of the record labels.
N and I headed to the Festival around noon to get the lay of the land - I had no idea what to expect. Even though things were just getting started, I could tell Cornerstone was huge both in the stuff going on and the physical size of the farm. N and I walked around the whole property - we checked out the Main Stage (as you can see in the pic), the merch tent, and some of the food. It was in the high 80s and none of the bands we really wanted to see were playing yet so we headed back to the hotel to chill (literally) for a while. It's a 45 minute ride each way but the car is air conditioned and there are very few trees at the Festival - welcome to the prairie.
A couple initial impressions (though they certainly are influenced by that this is Sat AM when I'm writing and we have 3 nights of rocking under our belt)....I'm not really sure how to describe Cornerstone - It's big and sprawling but has a wildness about it - I think it feels somehow random even though I'm sure it's highly organized, it just doesn't have that corporate feel about it. The people here are as diverse as they come - maybe not so much in race, but you have aging hippies with pony tails, emo kids, goths, families with kids and babies and "generic" teenagers, as well as the guys like me who probably go to a corporate job during the week. The camping is completely crazy - people drop a tent next to the road, next to a stage that has music until 2 AM, anywhere almost.
N and I headed to the Festival around noon to get the lay of the land - I had no idea what to expect. Even though things were just getting started, I could tell Cornerstone was huge both in the stuff going on and the physical size of the farm. N and I walked around the whole property - we checked out the Main Stage (as you can see in the pic), the merch tent, and some of the food. It was in the high 80s and none of the bands we really wanted to see were playing yet so we headed back to the hotel to chill (literally) for a while. It's a 45 minute ride each way but the car is air conditioned and there are very few trees at the Festival - welcome to the prairie.
A couple initial impressions (though they certainly are influenced by that this is Sat AM when I'm writing and we have 3 nights of rocking under our belt)....I'm not really sure how to describe Cornerstone - It's big and sprawling but has a wildness about it - I think it feels somehow random even though I'm sure it's highly organized, it just doesn't have that corporate feel about it. The people here are as diverse as they come - maybe not so much in race, but you have aging hippies with pony tails, emo kids, goths, families with kids and babies and "generic" teenagers, as well as the guys like me who probably go to a corporate job during the week. The camping is completely crazy - people drop a tent next to the road, next to a stage that has music until 2 AM, anywhere almost.
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