Beyond Wonderland @ Oakland Colesium parking lot 9/29/12

[Drunk Monk]

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This was a major EDM event, the first put on by Insomniac in the Bay Area. Three stages, ferris wheel, art installations - all with an Wonderland theme. Dm was on site for 11 hours w/a psych krew of nooBs, including a kung fu bro that he shanghaied into coming. D"m worked his ass off. Fortunately, the sound systems were dropping enough pelvic bombs to keep him bumpin until 2AM+. You'd probably call it a 'rave', but that's so 80s. rave: EDM; shell shock: PTSD. EDM is the spine of pop music nowadays: Rihanna, Black Eyed Peas, Nicki Minaj, they are all building their pop tunes around EDM.

Beyond Wonderland had 22K sold when the gates opened (same time the A's game let out, btw). They said they would cap it at 25K, which they might have got as SF often does well with walk-up sales. Fashion at EDM events is a lot of scantily clad women, a lot of costume, but only a few dudes. Mostly the dudes wear shabby t's, hoodies and jeans. But the wimmen, it's a lot of lingerie, fuzzy boots, day-glo and glitter body paint and uber-long fake eyelashes. It was fun. Just wait 'til ya see the pix (coming to fb soon), might be able to beat the vegas showgirl pic. Most pix didn't come out because all the lasers, bass vibrations and strobes were giving dm's little digi-cam a grand mal seizure.

Notable moments:
Dm was teaching a new vol how to clean puke buckets but the portapotty was ocupado, so the bucket was set on the ground for a moment. A long-time RM vol who is...quirky...started to kick the bucket towards the potty. Dm said 'stop that. that's not a soccer ball.' With the next kick, he spills all over his boot, barely a drop on the ground. Dm almost passes out from laughing so hard. Best 'told ya' moment of the night and would have been the best moment of the night had it not been for the cheshire cats. more on the MEOW to come later.

Dm got to talkdown three powerlifters on 25C, a new designer drub that just emerged this year, akin to LSD. Fascinating discussion, very educational. The patient had just had his 1st DMT experience a few days earlier and was processing that more than the 25C.

Dm jedi-ed a jumpy IPR into wanted to have himself physically restrained, mostly to give his KF bro a taste of restraint. The IPR agreed and the restraint went well until his cell kept ringing, which only he could hear because it had been removed, bagged and taped above his head (the sound from the nearby soundsystem was deafening). He had called his mom, and by the time Dm got him to tell him that, there was a string of texts from 'mom' that said 'call me back' 'what's going on?' 'call now dammit!' Rm called and let her know it was going to be ok. And it was. Got him down and returned to his friends. However, Dm's KF bro had taken off his jacket with his cell and flask tucked inside before doing the restraint. That went missing. He found it later, on a patient that had been released, who was standing just outside the RM tent, still trying to acclimatize to the scene before taking off.

Another nooB stuck with this lost lingerie lamb for hours, unable to get anything but name and a string of disconnected phone numbers. dm talked to the IPR and immediately secured the cell of the bf who was at the car waiting. It was a great display of how to use 'the force'.

dm scribbled 'vodor' in his notebook. No idea what that means.

[Drunk Monk]

*Mass Decibel Incident

There's a vid if you follow the link.

Oakland rave riles East Bay neighbors
Will Kane
Updated 10:58 p.m., Monday, October 1, 2012

Thousands of angry East Bay residents complained to local police departments Saturday night when an outdoor rave concert at the Oakland Coliseum rattled windows from Alameda to San Leandro.

The "Beyond Wonderland" dance party featured three separate outdoor stages and 24 electronic acts from 6 p.m. Saturday to 2 a.m. Sunday.

Nearby residents said the booming bass could be heard and felt miles away.

We were "disturbed by an impossibly loud rave that went on for hours, with thumping music so loud that it caused vibrations to our house - even with all the windows closed," said Natalie Dolgireff, a resident of Alameda.

Police dispatchers in Alameda received 1,900 phone calls from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m., said Alameda police Capt. Paul Rolleri. On an average Saturday night, dispatchers might receive 300 calls in that time period, he said.

"That entire time period, the switchboard just continued to light up," he said. "It was frustrating for us because there was literally nothing we could do, it is not our event, it is not our city."

In San Leandro, police had to call in backup dispatchers to handle the hundreds upon hundreds of calls from across the city, said police Lt. Randy Brandt.

"It impacted out ability to filter through the dispatches," he said.

Oakland police, who have jurisdiction over the area, did not respond to requests for comment.

AEG, the entertainment conglomerate that runs the Coliseum, and the city of Oakland apologized for the noise.

We "completely understand and acknowledge that the volume of the sound produced during (Saturday) night's show caused discomfort and inconvenience to our neighbors," they said in a joint statement.

Oakland City Councilman Ignacio De La Fuente, who sits on the Coliseum's governing board, said the events should have been held indoors.

"Next time we get them inside the arena, not outside," he said. "We don't run the facilities; we are not the experts on this. They are.

"We have to make sure that those types of events won't happen again on the outside," he added. "We have to make sure it doesn't happen again."

http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Oa...910497.php

[Drunk Monk]

It happened in the midst of the wacky psych rush as DM was running about, cleaning buckets,overseeing patients, and assisting restraints - feels good to work hard for RM sometimes, sort of balances out all the posing. The new director was seated next to an extremely scantily-clad top shelf nachette, talking to her, which was amusing as he's not a talkdown artist. He tapped dm and said she told him she thought she might have got dosed, but dm could tell from just a glance she was just suffering a little crowd syndrome. Nevertheless, when the new director asks dm to take over talking down an extremely scantily-clad top shelf nachette, dm replies 'be right there'. Now it was so loud that you really needed to lean into someone, really cuddle up, and then shout in the general direction of their ear, just to chat. When dm did that, he caught a whiff of her unmistakably biting vodor (vaginal odor). Really? No wonder she was having a bad trip. If you're going to dress like that, douche first. Her gf came in soon after and comforted her, and dm gladly let her take over.

Oh, and here's the Cheshire puss posse, if you haven't already seen it on my fb. Does this beat my showgirls pic or no?

[Drunk Monk]

Beyond Wonderland Shooting Suspect Told Police He Took ‘Shrooms’
"This is the end," James M. Kelly allegedly told his girlfriend before opening fire at the Washington EDM festival, leaving two dead and three injured
BY 
[color=var(--color-black)]LARISHA PAUL, [color=var(--color-black)]TOMÁS MIER[/color]
JUNE 21, 2023[/color]

Gorge Amphitheatre George, Washington, June 11, 2023 GARY MILLER/GETTY IMAGES

THE MAN ACCUSED of killing two people at Beyond Wonderland in Washington over the weekend told police that he was hallucinating on mushrooms and believed the world was going to end, according to court documents obtained by [color=var(--color-black)]Oregon Live and [color=var(--color-black)]King5[/color].
James M. Kelly — a 26-year-old active-duty member of the U.S. Army — allegedly opened fire at the Beyond Wonderland [color=var(--color-black)]EDM[/color] festival on Saturday evening, [color=var(--color-black)]leaving two individuals dead and three others injured[/color]. Among those injured was his girlfriend Lily Luksich, 20, whom Kelly told “this is the end” before the alleged shooting spree, King5 reported.
According to the court docs, Kelly returned to the campgrounds from the festival proper, where he allegedly grabbed his handgun from his pickup truck, loaded it, and fired at [color=var(--color-black)]Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz[/color], the engaged couple that died on the scene. He also shot at 31-year-old August Morningstar, who suffered a bullet wound in his shoulder and is now in stable condition after receiving treatment at a hospital.[/color]
According to the document, Kelly attempted to fire at a Grant County Sheriff’s Office drone, and later shot at his girlfriend in the foot and upper leg. “At multiple times, Luksich laid down on the ground and Kelly sat either on her, or sat next to her and leaned over her,” according to court records obtained by Oregon Live. “At one point Luksich began to walk north away from Kelly, turned around with her hands raised in the air, and walked back to Kelly.”
Kelly is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, and one count of first-degree assault domestic violence. 
The update regarding his mental state comes just hours after the North Central Washington Special Investigations Unit identified the victims and shoote[color=var(--color-black)]r. According to a[color=var(--color-black)] press release [/color]from the department, he was booked into Grant County Jail. 
Another victim, 61-year-old Lori Williams, was treated on-site for injuries sustained in a Polaris Ranger UTV when she “was struck by a single bullet that penetrated the windshield and struck her in the right side of her face shattering her glasses and causing bruising and laceration.” [/color]
The incident occurred at approximately 8:23 p.m. PT in the campground area outside of the Gorge venue in Grant County, Washington. During the shooting, the event itself was occurring in the amphitheater, which had a walking distance of about 20-30 minutes away from the camping grounds where festival-goers had pitched tents and parked their cars for the weekend festival. 
According to Grant County Sheriff’s Office public information officer Kyle Foreman, the suspect fired “randomly into the crowd” in the campground area and continued to do so until he was “eventually taken into custody” in a secondary location from where it all began.
“Officers located Kelly and Luksich in an agricultural field adjacent to the campground. Moses Lake Police Department Detective Edgar Salazar fired his duty weapon at Kelly striking him one time,” the statement continued. “Responding officers then quickly moved in and Kelly was taken into custody and received emergency medical aid from the officers.”
The second day of the festival was canceled following the incident. The shooter’s motive remains unclear. His next hearing is set for July 5.
This story was updated at 7:10 p.m. ET to include new information about the suspect’s alleged use of hallucinogens, along with additional details of the incident

[Greg]

Drugs or no, maybe it should have been harder for him to get a gun.

[Drunk Monk]

He’s an army man. The only way it could be worse is if he was a cop.

Sure, blame it on the shrooms.