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10KLF Update - Friday in and out of the concert bowl

Posted at 12:00 PM on July 25, 2009 by Lindsay Kimball
Filed under: Live Events

After the thunderstorms subsided on Thursday night, everyone woke up to a windy and much cooler morning. Cloud Cult was scheduled to play at 2 p.m. on the Barn Stage. I wandered over there with host Jade to catch their set. The place was packed as we arrived just before they stepped on stage, and the audience had a disproportionately large number of kids checking out the show with their parents. They started with the haunting song "Love You All" as each band member took the stage one-by-one. As their set continued, Connie Minowa and Scott West began their painting a couple of songs later. What began as streaks on a canvas slowly morphed into a rabbit on one canvas and a person with a guitar on the other. Cloud Cult played for about an hour and a half and played a bunch of crowd favorites including "Pretty Voice," "Story of the Grandson of Jesus," "Happy Hippopotamus," and "Everybody Here is a Cloud," and finished the set with "Take Your Medicine." While the band left the stage and music came up on the P.A., but the audience kept shouting and asking for one more song. As one of the stage techs started unplugging microphones, the crowd gave up and headed for the exits.

The Main Stage on Friday night dedicated to Widespread Panic, but locals Trampled by Turtles opened the night with a set at 6 p.m. with a large (and loud) crowd. There was a hip hop showcase going on at the Lake Sally Campground, so a bunch of us ventured west to check it out. When we got there, Mayda was in the middle of her set. Yoni followed up her set and played two new songs. I'd never seen Yoni before, but he mixes Yiddish into his songs while he raps and sings. Kanser was headlining the hip hop showcase. The DJ pumped up the crowd with Arrested Development's "Tennessee" and had everyone dancing. Kanser brought up several guests throughout the night. As the sun was setting, the stage got dark and the show continued with just one lantern (one bright lantern).

There are a bunch of small stages around the concert bowl that aren't officially part of the 10KLF, and they dot the different campgrounds. Word about these shows travels by flier and word-of-mouth. There are DJ sets and jam bands and performance art going on at any given time at the campgrounds.

With one day left, I'll see about stumbling upon some more random shows. Dave Matthews Band plays tonight as well as Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings.

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