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When we reply “yes,” she gives us a huge bear hug. 6:59 pm: Cheshire WoodsĪ bedazzled Headliner with pink braids comes up to us and points to our radio mic. We talk about football for a while before he departs to throw down a massively heavy set. We run into 12th Planet who tells us he just played shows in Austin, Texas, and Madison, Wisconsin, as part of his current Tailgate tour. “Come to my set,” he yells in our general direction as they drive away. Carnage comes out of his and jumps on a golf cart with his crew to head to his set at Queen’s Domain. “He loves music so much that he was like, ‘I’m going anyway,’” Ochoa says, “and then he found us and hung out the whole weekend.” 5:15 pm: Artist Area One of them is Pat Ochoa, who tells us the story of an EDC attendee whose 12-step sponsor told him he couldn’t go to the party for fear he was going to get wasted. There are 12 core members who provide the service at Insomniac events. We swing through the Consciousness Group Tent, a sober sanctuary for Headliners who are straight-edge or recovering or simply want to take a break from the party. That’s a pretty eclectic roundup of artists, which makes sense after sharing who he’s looking forward to seeing this weekend: “Kaskade, Crizzly and Paul Oakenfold.” 4:37 pm: Consciousness Group Tent We’re going to Katy Perry on Monday, and Diana Ross on Thursday, and Patti LaBelle on Friday,” Martin tells us. I went to see Linkin Park last night with my daughter. Martin, his wife, son and daughter are all about the live music experience. Spotted in the food concession area, we get to talking about Beyond and electronic music and family and how he wound up at this year’s festival. Martin Hardee, an older gentleman sporting a rather festive top hat and smile, is one of the more interesting characters we run into this year. Everyone we met is so cool.” She is conceivably the most enthusiastic person we have met so far today. “It catches me,” Medina says of the group’s music. Kathy Medina became a superfan three years ago and drove up from L.A.
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We pop in on Donald Glaude and present him with one of the limited-edition cassette tapes we’ve made for Beyond Wonderland Bay Area, featuring his exclusive mix on Side A. We stroll around onstage for a few minutes to soak in the cosmic vibes. The stage of Shoreline Amphitheatre, where legends like the Grateful Dead and Neil Young have played, is directly behind where we eat. All varieties of staff-including people dressed as clowns, flowers and lambs-are currently eating Philly cheesesteaks. This is where everyone working the event eats and mingles. The growers won’t reveal how they get the flowers to turn those colors, because, you know, mystery. She says she first saw these very Wonderland-style flowers in Barcelona and tracked them down. The woman making the floral arrangements for the VIP section (yes, the VIPs have hand-cut flowers on their tables) is arranging tie-dyed roses in teacups.
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12:58 pm: Tentacles Art InstallationĪ Mountain View police officer patrolling the event tells us that he’s been into electronic music since he was young, and that he was always the designated driver when he and his friends went to parties. Yasmine is wearing a rad T-shirt she bought from a guy on the street in Berlin. Right now, Jahan says, they’re on their way to eat and do some work. Krewella is sound-checking with “If We Go Down.” After they’re done, Jahan and Yasmine tell us that they just flew into the Bay from Detroit and will fly out immediately after tonight’s set to play their residency at Light in Las Vegas. “I’ve been making kandi for this since I got back from EDC.” 12:42 pm: Queen’s Domain Right now, she’s stoked to see Krewella and meet people and trade kandi, which she is more or less covered in. Tina says Beyond Wonderland 2013 was the most fun night of her life (“the vibes were unbelievable”).
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Tina, 22, and Kyle, 25, are first in line at the other entrance. “Leaving is the hard part,” she says, “because you have to go back into the real world, where people aren’t quite as nice.” She gives us some kandi. “I just started going to festivals this year,” says 626 member Haley, who notes that she also goes by the rave name Curlicue. The rave family-who refer to themselves as the 626 crew because they all work at Costco store #626-drove down in a minivan from Reno, Nevada, and got to the venue this morning at 11am. At the entrance, a group dressed as characters, including Minnie Mouse and Mario (of Mario & Luigi fame), are first in line to get in.