ROTHBURY Festival - July 3-6

Easily one of the biggest and most exciting achievements for any of my friends since entering into "grown-up" world is the Rothbury Festival. The "mastermind" behind this four-day sustainable camping, arts, music and action festival is the wonderful Brian Lipsitz who I have been fortunate enough to know since the days of the Meadow Lake Elementary School Penguins, circa 1993. Fifteen years later, after dreaming up an idea for a music festival at his family's ranch in Michigan, its all happening...the perfect mix of amazing artists (STS9, Of Montreal, Modest Mouse, Thievery Corporation, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Gomez, The Juan Maclean, Diplo, Busdriver...oh and not to mention Snoop Dogg, Widespread, Dave Matthews, John Mayer and Phil Lesh), environmentally conscious activities and events (including an energy fair and think tank) all in a spectacular setting (YES! Michigan). Lippy and the other festival organizers have committed to running the event with zero or as little waste as possible while raising awareness and giving back to the local community. So hopefully, if they achieve their goal and all the attendees take the time and effort to try and minimize their environmental impact, at the end of the day (or days), the Double JJ will look nothing like this scene from Coachella...

It has been incredibly exciting to watch this little idea manifest into such an impressive event, especially since its so close to home, both literally and figuratively. And of course I'm super stoked for the "mastermind" named earlier.

Tickets on sale tomorrow, 2.27.08 - 4-days for $244. Oh, and I just read this: "There is no service charge for ROTHBURY Tickets." Zing!

Want to know more? Check out this article from the Detroit Free Press or this one from The Kalamazoo Gazette.

Part three of the CPA exam is in about 36 hrs. My new fondness for this blog has replaced my desire and need to study. Dedication, focus and motivation are words that no longer exist in my vocabulary and therefore I don't deserve any celebratory awards for my efforts. Retox schmetox. (Pray thank you for that one Stubs McFerguson)