i went to a festival at nelson ledges in ohio. after the show (sam bush had just finished up) everyone went back into the trees to their campsites. not five minutes later, some douchenozzle two spots over turned on some insipid techno boredom crap. now, i will admit, not all techno is pure shit, but this shit was utter shit. and considering that folks had come to a show with a bluegrass headliner and were camping in the woods, it was simply untenable. so, i picked up my acoustic guitar and started picking. it took one of his friends coming over and listening for a few minutes, then going back and telling him, \'actually dude, that dude\'s pretty good, maybe we should listen to him for a while.\' for him to turn off his craptastic system. now, i don\'t play bluegrass terribly well (i\'m much better at a hybrid thing i like to call blues-grass), but when that stereo turned off, there was cheering and clapping from all around! i played for hours just to make sure he didn\'t ever start it back up. and when i finished, i heard more acoustics in the distance.
its a shame that so many kids have so little clue... rap (like techno) has its time and place. around a campfire is never the right time or place, however.
