That means I can hear a both a symphony and a punk band playing if I open my windows at work. It also means this place is a zoo.
The week starts relatively quietly with the technology/interactive and film fest. By mid-week when the music starts, things really pick up. The streets are flooded with 15-passenger vans and in the span of a few days, the average passer-by goes from an average college student to a hung-over androgynous 30-year old. Suddenly, everyone looks like they're in a band.
How do people in bands look? I will do my best to describe:
I will tell you first of all that it's confusing. Genderlessness is SO IN right now. Everyone is very slight, all around the same medium-short height, and they all have different versions of the same haircut. I call it the "youthful comb-over."
If they wear glasses, they're big, black and thick rimmed, sure to disguise any gender-hinting feature. And for that extra touch of man-lady-confusion, jeggings are generously deployed, giving even the skinniest of men the appearance of lumpy hips. Most look like they haven't bathed in 2 weeks and have covered great swathes of their body with tattoos.
By Friday, things are starting to unravel. Everyone looks like they haven't slept in days, and there is vomit on the sidewalks. As I head to work, people stagger onto the bus, heading home for the day, only to re-emerge at dark and repeat.
It's a massive ordeal and the amount of events scheduled is completely overwhelming.
There were actually bands playing in a CVS parking lot. That might be a sign that your festival is a little overgrown.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm headed out to pick up some Tylenol and a rock concert.
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