What I've learned from Heavy Rebel Weekender

[Dvine Misfortune]

I've been smiling to myself all day thinking about HRWs past. I've made all of them so far and wouldn't trade this 1 weekend a year for anything! Here's a list off the top of my head, I'm sure I'll add more as I recall:

1. The best music in the world is delightfully crammed into 3 days of fun just for me (okay, the rest of you can come, too).

2. I will forget people's names at THE most embarrassing times. It's best to just walk up and (re)introduce youself.

3. I will miss many bands I wanted to see, but catch others I didn't know existed.

4. The Winghead van will have some sort of break-down.

5. Dave Quick's hair will look perfect, even as he's running by like a chicken with its head cut off.

6. Air conditioning is a wonderful thing.

7. Prank phone calls are funny, especially on Sunday morning.

8. Dexter Romweber is god.

9. IT IS ALWAYS worth the year-long wait.

10. The best people I have ever met live too far away.



Add your own here.....

[tigerlilybelle]

what i've learned from heavy rebel...ammendment to ms. divine (and sadly i cannot make it this year...made the mistake of hiring a fellow hrw who is playing...damn you flathead damn you to hell)

1.  NEVER answer the phone on sunday mornings...NEVER
2.  it's always the best weekend of my year, hands down
3.  you will meet the most amazing people on the planet...and have the most random conversations for hours
4.  lori and claire and evil (oh wait, already knew that)
5.  making clete fall down is always fun
6. go to the haunted house right before closing when everyone is hammered
7.  don't hire anyone else who might potentially ever want to go to hrw so you don't miss it.

[RevMike]

Things I've learned...

Don't get too close to the stage during Psychocharger.

If you get hit with flying meat during Winghead...eat it.

It's possible for two women to one upright bass at the same time.

Red clay mud doesn't come out in the wash.

[phule]

even though I don't get to talk to everyone for as long as I'd like to.. (and can't hardly hear what anyone is saying when the bands are playing, due to too much ear drum damage..)  that the quick "Hey how are ya's" are  well worth a years wait.

by not staying at the mark' this year.. I'll miss all the random hallway encounters.. =(

never have breakfast and lunch and dinner at the kopper kettle.. in the same day. yikes.

[Mr. E.]

I've learned that two of your favourite bands will always be playing overlapping sets, and that if you try and bounce back and forth between them, you'll end up missing most of both of them.

Well, "learned" may not be right word.  I mean, I haven't learned it in a way that will prevent me from trying again, just in a way where I won't expect it to actually work.

[Edgar Allen Coe]

hmmmmm ok

1. Using a hair dryer in the HDRV can cause major problems
2. Eating nothing but eggs and breakfast accessories for 3 days can cause major problems
3. Those Boys from The Howlers are just incorrect (in a fun kind of way)
4. Driving an Hour and a half, with no muffler in an RV makes women fall asleep

[Crizti]

I've learned that some people are just great to be around....even if you only see them once or twice a year.

I've learned that I plan and fantasize about how "bad"  I'm gonna be at HRW and always manage to maintain my good girl status.

I've learned that one can survive on their kids table scraps if one has to.

I've learned  that I really don't like cherry dresses.

and again...the most important thing.......the GREAT people....love...and friendship....

and hey-  finally, with my best friend there..... maybe I'll get around to being a little bad...... ha ha ha... doubtful.

[Beerskin]

I learned to not make a wrong turn coming out of the guys bathroom while drunk in the Underground area. You'll wind up in the ladies bathroom mumbling "Oh shit" while females laugh at you.

[Dvine Misfortune]

Great answers everyone! I forgot another important lesson.....if Adam, the 1st real man, asks you to do something, do it...you'll have a helluva good time and may realize your lifelong dreams!

[GOODCHERRY]

- I learned that the best after parties often involves an acoustic guitar

-also that it is amazing how many people you can fit into one hotel room

- someone will fall and get injured every year, it's bound to happen

- a new corner  of the mellinium center is found every year to do your evil deeds

-the people are fantastic every year.. and you will not have time to talk to them all

-no one calls you by your real name when they see you, most recognize you from your screen name

-someone will try to persuade me into the wet wifebeater contest.

oh there is so many more... i'll add the list as I think of them.

[MotherJugs]

here's my list:

-even though you don't know everyone, the vast majority of folks are the friendliest, coolest, least stuck-up people you'll ever meet.

-drinking anything liquid out of a mason jar, milk jug, bumblebee cup, etc...is ALWAYS a good idea

-how any of the hotels in Winston-Salem ever allow us back is a freakin miracle

-sharing the weekend with Jehovah's Witnesses rules!

-hrw is like new year's eve...whatever you do there sets the stage for the entire coming year

-being in the wet wifebeat ensures that random people will contact you 11 months later and ask you the question "do you know your titties are on the internet?"

-i'm not sure what else i've learned, but i fucking love all of y'all!

[Dvine Misfortune]

what i've learned from heavy rebel...ammendment to ms. divine (and sadly i cannot make it this year...made the mistake of hiring a fellow hrw who is playing...damn you flathead damn you to hell)

I don't think I like this, missy. Who else will I frantically search through Winghead wifebeaters with? Sadly, we won't be making the ATL trip after HRW, so there won't be any hilariously funny drunken evenings at clown bars either! DAMMIT!!!!!

[phule]

"I've learned  that I really don't like cherry dresses."


Amen sister.. amen..

[Tattooed Hoodlum]

Don't feed the bums that roam around the Mil Center. They just cuss you out because whatever you bought them isn't "what they wanted".

Drink water every now and then to reduce the severity of the inevitable PBR hangover.

Watching your gf and an ex make out in the Jailhouse is hot.

[ScreaminSteven]

what i've learned from heavy rebel...ammendment to ms. divine (and sadly i cannot make it this year...made the mistake of hiring a fellow hrw who is playing...damn you flathead damn you to hell)

I don't think I like this, missy. Who else will I frantically search through Winghead wifebeaters with? Sadly, we won't be making the ATL trip after HRW, so there won't be any hilariously funny drunken evenings at clown bars either! DAMMIT!!!!!

I learned that hilariously funny drunken evenings at clown bars can turn into 10-hour marathon Dvine pukefests in the van on the way home...... Even so, sorry to miss ATL this year...