Cabinfest; Andes, NY (IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: DIRECTIONS)

[wiredchicken]

wow, that sucks. has this ever happened thre before? the neighbors calling i mean. i mean, if this is yearly, you would think they could get over it for a little

[ds673488]

apparently someone nearby was shooting off fireworks, and the neighbors thought it was coming from cabinfest.  Also, this was the 3rd day of the fest, so maybe people had just had enough of the noise.

[galenas]

First of all, my very sincere apologies to The Breakfast for driving all that way only to have your set cut short. The vibe around the camp grounds was just starting to lift off to that magical point as the announcement came to shut down. At first the thinking was that it was due to a noise complaint, but it turns out that the whole thing was a bit more complicated. Essentially (to make a long story short) it boils down to the fact that a neighbor thought we were shooting off fireworks when it was obvious that the fireworks were coming from another nearby household. So lame to threaten to call the cops over fireworks, but yes, this was night three of a festival that raged well past sun up Thursday and Friday and maybe he was just looking for any excuse. I don\'t know. But the bottom line is that it sucked terribly to end so abruptly and everyone from the Cabinfest crew feels horrible about having to pull the plug under what were rather stressful circumstances. Add it to the list of "fuck me now" moments this band has suffered... (And no, this has not happened before in the six years of Cabinfest. Of course it fucking happens during a Breakfast set. Of course.)

Nevertheless, people liked what they heard and were disappointed that it had to end, so at least there\'s some sympathy points out there. Taking this mishap like champs has to count for a future stroke of good karma, no?

Second of all, more apologies go out to the dot info crew who made it up hoping to rage out with The Breakfast a bit longer. I honestly don\'t think anyone could have been more upset about this than me. You know how much I love this band and how much I want new heads to love this band as well. But you guys are the best for taking it as it is and making the most of it. I hope you enjoyed the overall setting and still had a good time nonetheless. Great to meet some awesome new friends through this experience. Definitely a plus there!

As dour as this may sound, Cabinfest raged like a motherfucker the two other nights. (Just for the record.)

[Klout]

boo on the uptight neighbors.  You\'d think they could just deal with it one weekend a year.  Sounds like you managed to make the best of it though.

[skalnbyc]

I don\'t understand why people call police over fireworks.  From what I hear, the Northeast has been a rain forest this year so fire danger can\'t exactly be the primary concern.  You\'d think people living out in the middle of nowhere would enjoy a little festivity on occasion to make up for the boring environ.

[frolfer]

Another cool thing I just remembered was Tim and Jordan trading verses of May Fly.

Oh yes, the karma will be paid out in full, I am sure of it.

[dredmonkey]

Cabinfest is the fucking shit.  Nothing but positive vibes and everyone is just smiling and having a good time. Great food, lots of beer.   I give much respect and credit to the cabinfest crew.  It was def a shitty situation and the last thing they wanted to do was stop the rager, cuz thats what it was .  This long as set or 2 sets would have been epic(i dont even really want to know what they had in store...it would have been dirty) the 45 minutes ish they played was all energy, all songs well played, yeah that mayfly.  Soooo 100% worth the 5 hour trip for only less than a set of breafast.  Too many good people and good times.  It sucked for the boys, just another one of the many bumps in the road.  Adrian with the marshmallows was absolutely classic though.  Galenas, I know you feel really bad about the whole situation but that was fucking sweet and you\'re the shit so it\'s all good, we can only blame old people.  Rujah, frolfer, dave, and of course Diana it was fun chillin.  Supposedly last one, so glad i made it.

[WellaShing]

... sounds like a mighty fine time ... even with short show

[Stephengencs]

One question.......how can the neighboors stop a music festival?  This would be the number one issue while planning a festival at a cabin, "what are the neighboors going to think/do when there is music raging throughout the night?"

Did anyone, while planning this event, go see the neighboors and let them know what was going on?

Did you guys forget to invite the neighboors to the festival?  That move usually goes a long way......

Glad I didnt attempt to get the time off from work, or try to race over there after closing the store, because I would have been ripshit pissed at having the set cut short..........a sorry chip to the higest degree in my opinion.....

[Yoda]

I don\'t understand why people call police over fireworks.  From what I hear, the Northeast has been a rain forest this year so fire danger can\'t exactly be the primary concern.  You\'d think people living out in the middle of nowhere would enjoy a little festivity on occasion to make up for the boring environ.

Not that it\'s the same situation, but I\'ve called the cops on people in the neighborhood over fireworks when they\'re going off well after midnight and constantly waking my baby up.

That being said, this is crap, but Steve is right, did anyone talk to the nieghbors or throw a couple bills their way to stay quiet?

[ds673488]

the closest neighbor i saw was about a half mile away

[galenas]

One question.......how can the neighboors stop a music festival?  This would be the number one issue while planning a festival at a cabin, "what are the neighboors going to think/do when there is music raging throughout the night?"

Did anyone, while planning this event, go see the neighboors and let them know what was going on?

Did you guys forget to invite the neighboors to the festival?  That move usually goes a long way.......

of course. this has been going on for six years now and this is the first time the plug was pulled. all the other neighbors actually enjoy that this goes down and i\'ve heard that some have requested to have the music louder so they could hear it better. apparently it\'s just this one guy that has a problem with it. i don\'t know the whole story though. this is just what i\'ve heard.

whatever the case, it is what it is and the breakfast has been getting props for making the trip. something like that is not taken for granted, ya know? everyone there fully appreciates the fact that the breakfast made the trek in the name of owning face. it\'ll all be paid forward, i\'m sure.

[galenas]

Cabinfest is the fucking shit.  Nothing but positive vibes and everyone is just smiling and having a good time. Great food, lots of beer.   I give much respect and credit to the cabinfest crew.  It was def a shitty situation and the last thing they wanted to do was stop the rager, cuz thats what it was .  This long as set or 2 sets would have been epic(i dont even really want to know what they had in store...it would have been dirty) the 45 minutes ish they played was all energy, all songs well played, yeah that mayfly.  Soooo 100% worth the 5 hour trip for only less than a set of breafast.  Too many good people and good times.  It sucked for the boys, just another one of the many bumps in the road.  Adrian with the marshmallows was absolutely classic though.  Galenas, I know you feel really bad about the whole situation but that was fucking sweet and you\'re the shit so it\'s all good, we can only blame old people.  Rujah, frolfer, dave, and of course Diana it was fun chillin.  Supposedly last one, so glad i made it.

glad you embraced it! classic meeting you at 5am!

[Rujah]

Glad I didnt attempt to get the time off from work, or try to race over there after closing the store, because I would have been ripshit pissed at having the set cut short..........a sorry chip to the higest degree in my opinion.....

That\'s exactly what I did. They advertised music until 2 a.m. and they stopped it at about 10 p.m. on a fucking Saturday night.

Sure, they had music on Thursday, Friday, and most of Saturday, but I wasn\'t there until late Saturday. I went to rage, and did for an hour of The Breakfast, but would have enjoyed listening to another set of Breakfast as well as some Wounded Buffalo Theory. BTW,  from what little I heard of Black Mountain Symphony, they rocked.

Totally fucking BS IMO, but props to the Breakfast for playing so hard. Not sure how much they were paid for the gig, but I paid $35 to listen to a music festival. By far, the most I\'ve paid for a one set Breakfast show. I would have gladly given that money to the band directly and not the festival promoters.

A refund would have been nice. I arrived about the same time the Breakfast did. (7:30 p.m.) $35 for less than 3 hrs of music is a rip-off, regardless of the unforeseen circumstances. Sure, the people were cool and I\'m sure the festival was chill, but I didn\'t drive 4+ hours there and back to hang out at a cabin fest with no live music.  Honestly,  I am fucking glad this was their last year, not that I would ever go a festival run by this guys again.

What a fucking joke. Maybe, this post belongs in the this thread

[Klout]

Wait they pulled the plug at 10 pm???

On the breakfast???

Because ONE guy was THREATENING to call the police???

That does seem like a pretty fucked up and extreme course of action.

Call the guys bluff!

Worst case scenario the guy calls the cops a half an hour later and the cops show up in another half hour and fart around for a bit and the breakfast get another set in.  Not like they would have arrested anyone, just shut it down.  Furthermore, if it was the last night of the last year anyway why would they care so much about one guy\'s threats at 10 pm over something they were not even doing in the first place (fireworks)?  

Gotta say sounds pretty clown shoes. No offense Diana.