hey i was planning to go down to moe.down this year, but i heard through the grapevine that the scene is HORRIBLE, women getting raped, cocaine use rampant, but in an interview page mcconnell said he enjoyed being there last year and they were fine. has anyone been there and can clear up the messy rumours about moe.down?
Ill begin, although I havent been to the last two. I havent heard of those rumors of rape and such. Certainly not saying its not possible, 3 nights on the side of a mountain with lots of drugs and alcohol and a younger crowd per se, but I havent ever herd of rape.
As for the coke, to each his own i guess. Im sure there is alot of it, but with my experiences of moe.down 3,4,5 i dont feel it was any more dangerous than any other festivals. My scene would be more of the weed, schroom, hallucenigen type drugs, nothing i would personally consider "hard" drugs. But there are balloons, pills, coke im sure, and im sure harder stuff, but maybe the peers I went with and hung out with made it seem like the "harder stuff" wasnt there.
Ill say this, moe. is a great band, their fans are great, and from whom I met in the band, Al, Chuck, Rob, and Vinny, (was a friend of a friend of a friend that knew the boys, got to meet them before leo kottke kicked it all off, with a cameo from mike gordon during the encore, the first of any phish member to perform after the break up,) they themselves do this festival every year for the fun. If things get out of control at the campsites after hours, Ill assure you, thats not what moe. is trying to accomplish.
I say go, have a blast, medeski scofield martin and wood will be sick, moe.'s 6 sets will be killer and the scene will be fine. just be safe and drink alot of water
Enjoy.
Sorry, couldn't resist. I do like them, not hugely into them by any means, but my problem with Moe. is half the shows I've been to have been sick, and the other half have been extrememly lackluster. Can't seem to catch a break.
