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This is Darren bond.

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The fearless leader
of our story.

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A very adventurous character.

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Referred to around
these parts as "boombah".

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Marlon Perkins was this guy
that does these wildlife shows

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back in the 70s and 803
and whatever I grew up with.

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White-haired,
elegant-looking guy, anyway...

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He was always standing
from a distance,

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and he had
his trusted companion,

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who was this
big barrel-chested guy.

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He was down there, like,
wrestling with a grizzly

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while Marlon Perkins
was way up somewhere,

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"oh, and look at him!

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He's wrestling
with the grizzly bear!"

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That's what it feels like
with you guys.

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I'm wrestling the grizzly
by jumping off of this

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while you guys
safely stand in the tower.

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Darren is often
pegged as a workaholic...

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Who made a living
from building Bridges.

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You want it,
I hook this big one...

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Does this feel about right?

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Hey! Did you pay the insurance?

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Hey, first time I was up here,

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took me 15 minutes
and I would refuse to jump.

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Look out!

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There we go.

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It doesn't look like much
when you're down here.

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My impression of Darren bond
is something, uh...

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That's really hard
to describe with words, um...

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Darren was actually
kind of a... a nerdy kid.

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What it is... is the alien
takes over this guy's body,

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but he's conscious and is still
in his... in his head, right?

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But he's trapped.

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So he's got this,
it's like this room

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with all these... this stuff,

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and it's all his baggage,
and all of his,

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you know, everything
he's done and everything.

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And that's what it feels like
when you come in the bunker,

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kind of like it's my brain.

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He was born an okie

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and he still resides
in Oklahoma.

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Surrounded by cattle, forests,

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fields and a fully
nuclear bunker

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with a hidden library
surrounded by an art gallery

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attached to a mid-century
Italian chapel.

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It's Darren's sanctuary.

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For philosophy, art...

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And life.

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I guess to understand Mr. Bond
just a little bit better,

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I'll need to show you
the hidden world

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of the esoteric bunker.

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[Lively music playing

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Hey, I'm not
a professional, you know.

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I live in the middle of nowhere.

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This crazy bunker
that Darren has,

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that the walls
are lined with books,

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and it's dark

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but it's so unique and so cool.

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The bunker blew my mind.
I was like, it was insane.

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The top side, you know,

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in the regular building,
there's like,

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this church that's in there too,

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where I guess
people get married.

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So much stuff
that's artwork in there,

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it's like,
a lot to absorb, right?

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Like, every time
you're in there,

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you see something new
that you didn't see before.

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Basically, it's got Satan

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chained down in the middle,
for the chains,

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and then in the middle

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the quo represents the serpent.

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Each room is like
its own unique thing.

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It's the idea
that we live a physical life

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in a material world.

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If the rain comes,
it makes a mud hole,

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and we have to fight through it,

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so we have all these things
that we're dealing with

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in the world
that the physical world...

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But yet what do we
really aspire to?

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What are the things
that really move us?

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And the things
that move us are...

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Is kind of represented
by the term esoteric,

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which, it could be anything.

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It could be an idea,
it could be a religion,

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it could be a...
A narrative of your history,

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or whatever,
or it could be art or music.

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For this music festival,

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that was the esoteric part,

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to enjoy this music
together as a community.

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None of us
are getting out of this alive.

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So it's how we live
that makes a difference.

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You gotta take
the good with the bad,

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and turn what looks bad
into something good.

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The meaning of the bunker part

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is the idea
that we pull into ourselves.

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I mean, this is
a physical representation.

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If you think you could
be saved by being in a bunker,

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you're completely wrong.

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Being in the bunker
might make you last

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a couple extra weeks,

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but it's not going to save you,

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and you can't be saved
by being in a bunker anywhere.

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That's probably the realization
when it comes to...

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I believe in being prepared
for anything,

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but you're not gonna
save yourself inside

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if you don't have friends
communing around you,

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that's what we're creating.

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Community is
so the bunker mentality

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is something
that we all embrace at times,

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it's my tribe
against your tribe,

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my country against your country.

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And the...
That's part of our ego.

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Our ego is there for a reason.

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It allows us to survive,

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but we have to let go of it

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and realize
that we're all the same.

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We're all connected,
we are all one.

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And if you realize that,

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and even apply a little bit
of that thinking to your life,

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hopefully it will
help you help us all.

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Darren does
some really cool stuff.

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His mind never shuts off.
I don't see how the guy sleeps.

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Hey, you want
some razzle-dazzle?

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How's that?

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Darren's got a mind of his own.

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He's got some sort of
creativity bug in him

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that I can't even
put my finger on.

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He had started thinking about

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having a music
festival out here.

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It is a form of art,

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and it's the one
that probably permeates

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our daily life
more than anything.

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Darren came to me
about three years ago,

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I'd say,
wanting to do this thing.

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He had an idea for a festival
on his property.

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A co-worker asked me
if I wanted to come out

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to this guy's property,
about an hour,

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hour and a half away
from downtown Oklahoma city,

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to see if I thought,
logistically,

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it was something
that we could pull off...

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Within six to seven months.

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A guy by the name
of mikael called me

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and he said "I'm planning
to do a festival.

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Do you have time to go look
at the property next week?"

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It's located
in between shawnee and Ada,

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a town called Asher.

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Just south ofasher, actually.

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We get out there,

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it's this beautiful
1400-acre ranch.

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Down his driveway,
it's two miles,

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and I'm like "oh my god,
I'm in the middle of nowhere."

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It's just massive.

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I hear about all these buildings

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and all these things
that this guy's built.

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Honestly, I didn't believe him.

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His brain thinks so much

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and he has all this stuff
laying around,

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and you're like,
"what is all this stuff for?",

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and then you'll stumble
upon 50 safes

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that he's made, like,
artwork out of,

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and you're like
"man, this dude is great."

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It's a really cool bar.

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I can definitely
picture myself sitting in there

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and drinking
a good old-fashioned

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or some bourbon in there,
you know?

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My mind was blown.

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Getting the lay of the land,

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going a mile
toward the Canadian river,

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going a mile to the highway

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that's just west
of where we're at.

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And I... I still haven't seen
all the... the whole property.

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It's just,
every time you turn a corner,

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there's something
that you've never seen before.

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This is a Jewel that I bought,

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that put in
our little Halloween...

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Haunted forest or whatever.

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It's not gonna be, uh,

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it's gonna be right over there.

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It's just a little area
for some of our ghouls

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to run around
and, uh, chase people.

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Kind of reminds me the...

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That truck on...

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Uh, jeepers creepers,
that movie?

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Where that guy,
that strange creature

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has that truck that he drives
around and nabs everybody.

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We kind of realized early
on that he had something cool.

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You know, we wanted to be
a part, but the, you know,

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the overall vision
wasn't there yet.

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We said go, and then
since we're gonna do this,

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the question was, could we do
something quick enough now

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to actually ha...
Make it happen this year,

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was it gonna just need
to flow to next year.

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I think we kind of
wanted to make it

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a little bit smaller at first,
than he was trying to go.

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But we decided to do a 5000-ish
capacity music festival.

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If it's a first time for them
to throw a music festival,

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some of the questions
we... we tend to have is, uh...

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I hope these people know

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what they're getting
themselves into.

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Hoping they understand
the amount of money

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they're about to spend
to do the show.

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We wanted this to be
something unique for Oklahoma,

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something that hasn't
really been here before.

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Different sized stages,

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where we could put stages,
where they would need roads,

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where they could utilize
some of these giant structures

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that Darren
already had in place.

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Taking an empty field

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and turning it into essentially
a small city for a weekend,

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takes a lot.

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He wanted it to be edm.

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Why edm?

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Well, uh,
that's just what we chose.

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I hadn't... it's not like that
was my genre, preferred genre.

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I don't know that much about it.

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I know nothing about edm.

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I had never heard edm music
before in my life until Friday.

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I'd heard that this event
was gonna be edm music,

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and I'd still never heard edm.

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It doesn't matter

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whether you're
a country fan, alternative.

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Edm is... those people

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are very hardcore
about their music,

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and I appreciate that
because I like my music

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and it motivates me
and inspires me

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and does all those things.

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And so I saw that in him too.

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I like these festivals,
because people come here

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because they
truly love the music.

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It's loud, it's rad.

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Well, there's a lot of rhythm
and beat to it,

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and if you sit there
and listen to it long enough,

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without ever hearing it before,

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you'll find yourself
starting to move.

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When people say
you need to be zigging,

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I'm usually zagging,
so there... there you go.

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Every two weeks,
every three weeks,

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they'd hit me up and say,

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"okay, we've gotten
to this point,

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can we come chat
about this with you now?

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Like, we want to put a pad
out there in the field

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for the stage line to go on.

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What size pad do we need

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if we want to be doing shows
five years from now."

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And I'm like, "holy cow."

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And, uh, every time
we went out there,

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we gave the guys advice

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and, um, Darren
would roll with it.

251
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We knew
that we're gonna basically go

252
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from our barns and office here
and go... go to the west,

253
00:13:43,740 --> 00:13:46,284
use that space
of about 20, 30 acres.

254
00:13:46,409 --> 00:13:47,702
And so what did we need to do?

255
00:13:47,827 --> 00:13:49,329
Well, we needed
to change the grass.

256
00:13:49,454 --> 00:13:51,181
We had a kind... type of
grass growing in there

257
00:13:51,205 --> 00:13:53,291
that's built for hay,
it's not built to get a good,

258
00:13:53,416 --> 00:13:55,877
you know, mat of cool grass
underneath your feet.

259
00:13:58,755 --> 00:14:00,515
I gotta run
and get some, uh, tools,

260
00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:03,009
I'll be right back.
I'll let you help me.

261
00:14:04,218 --> 00:14:05,428
He did it all right.

262
00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:07,180
Whatever advice we gave him,

263
00:14:07,305 --> 00:14:09,432
he'd show up two weeks later,
the work was done.

264
00:14:19,150 --> 00:14:20,568
If there anyone interested,

265
00:14:20,693 --> 00:14:22,445
basically, this is
a John deere excavator,

266
00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,865
and I'm, uh, gonna throw
some trees over the fence,

267
00:14:25,990 --> 00:14:27,450
and that'd be an easy cleanup.

268
00:14:27,950 --> 00:14:30,328
We own this, uh,
this is part of our, uh,

269
00:14:30,453 --> 00:14:32,914
work tools
that we use to clear land

270
00:14:33,039 --> 00:14:35,583
and dig the dirt
that we built the roads out of.

271
00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:37,770
I gotta be
a little careful here,

272
00:14:37,794 --> 00:14:40,004
because that pipe you see, uh,

273
00:14:40,129 --> 00:14:43,257
by the excavator is actually
a well... a well head.

274
00:14:43,383 --> 00:14:46,594
That's our new well
that we built, uh,

275
00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:49,680
to provide a...
Provide some extra water

276
00:14:49,806 --> 00:14:52,266
for the... for the site.

277
00:14:52,934 --> 00:14:56,312
Uh, we had to put...
Install the system

278
00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:58,731
so that we could put
in our new grass.

279
00:14:58,856 --> 00:15:01,025
So we got our new grass in
and it's... it's in place

280
00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:03,736
and we've been growing
on it this season.

281
00:15:03,861 --> 00:15:05,279
It looks pretty good,

282
00:15:05,405 --> 00:15:08,616
but it'll be really good
by sometime next year.

283
00:15:09,450 --> 00:15:11,452
This area over
to my left is, um,

284
00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:13,413
backstage of the...
Our main stage,

285
00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:15,706
uh, still needs
to be cleaned up.

286
00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:18,977
You know, once
we kind of finally got

287
00:15:19,001 --> 00:15:20,336
the ball rolling
with the artists,

288
00:15:20,461 --> 00:15:22,046
everything kind of
took off from there.

289
00:15:22,171 --> 00:15:25,883
Landing a headliner
like zeds dead and, uh, kayzo,

290
00:15:26,008 --> 00:15:28,261
and some of the other acts
that we had, you know,

291
00:15:28,386 --> 00:15:30,197
definitely gave us
the momentum to push forward.

292
00:15:30,221 --> 00:15:32,765
All of our possible,
you know, uh,

293
00:15:32,890 --> 00:15:35,852
themes or whatever would be
some Halloween orientation,

294
00:15:35,977 --> 00:15:38,271
and then edm fit
that fairly well.

295
00:15:39,147 --> 00:15:40,356
We were talking about, uh,

296
00:15:41,149 --> 00:15:42,584
where to put
some of the zombie props

297
00:15:42,608 --> 00:15:43,818
for these performing artists.

298
00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,194
Yeah. Yeah, and we're...

299
00:15:45,319 --> 00:15:47,113
Okay, so...
So on the zombie stuff,

300
00:15:47,238 --> 00:15:49,407
I want to... I'll get some
meat cleaver-looking things,

301
00:15:49,532 --> 00:15:50,992
and we'll, like, get the bl...

302
00:15:51,117 --> 00:15:52,469
I don't, I know nothing...
To buy me fake blood.

303
00:15:52,493 --> 00:15:54,704
But... oh, I'm sorry...
But, like, uh...

304
00:15:57,707 --> 00:15:59,876
Yeah, you've gotta deal
with the blood.

305
00:16:00,001 --> 00:16:02,170
Oh, okay, so like, you know,
packing all over that.

306
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:04,189
I'll definitely throw some
blood all over this stuff.

307
00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:05,339
Okay. Cool.

308
00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:06,841
So this is going to be something

309
00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:08,235
like universal studios
fright night,

310
00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:09,969
or whatever they call it,

311
00:16:10,094 --> 00:16:12,156
where they run around with
meat cleavers chasing people?

312
00:16:12,180 --> 00:16:13,723
Umnpmn I'm hoping so.

313
00:16:13,848 --> 00:16:16,517
We started designing
the daybreak setup,

314
00:16:16,642 --> 00:16:20,062
the stage setup, with the...
The masked-out video wall

315
00:16:20,188 --> 00:16:21,981
with the circle truss around it,

316
00:16:22,106 --> 00:16:26,527
the... the fire,
and I would say by... by August,

317
00:16:26,652 --> 00:16:28,779
all the final designs
were submitted,

318
00:16:28,905 --> 00:16:30,698
and we chose
what we were gonna do.

319
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,366
And it was go time.

320
00:16:32,492 --> 00:16:35,411
We just had to wait until
October to execute a show.

321
00:16:44,670 --> 00:16:46,672
Today's October 22nd.

322
00:16:46,797 --> 00:16:48,132
As of four hours ago,

323
00:16:48,257 --> 00:16:51,052
we have less
than 48 hours until doors.

324
00:16:52,053 --> 00:16:54,639
We got rain
within the past 24 hours,

325
00:16:54,764 --> 00:16:55,973
we had a tornado touch down

326
00:16:56,098 --> 00:16:58,476
within two miles
of this location.

327
00:16:58,601 --> 00:17:00,787
So we're kind of still dealing
with a little bit of issues

328
00:17:00,811 --> 00:17:02,522
in regards to some of, uh,

329
00:17:02,647 --> 00:17:03,981
the infrastructure
we have built.

330
00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:12,323
The artists are coming,

331
00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:14,468
and they're going to be here
whether we're ready or not,

332
00:17:14,492 --> 00:17:16,953
so it's kind of like,
what can you prioritize

333
00:17:17,078 --> 00:17:18,996
and get done
in the least amount of time.

334
00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:20,665
You know, there are
a couple of places

335
00:17:20,790 --> 00:17:22,309
where we could add
a little more surface course,

336
00:17:22,333 --> 00:17:24,835
just in case we get
some unexpected weather.

337
00:17:26,128 --> 00:17:28,048
I don't know whether
it was the right thing to do

338
00:17:28,089 --> 00:17:29,215
or the wrong thing to do.

339
00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:31,717
It was gonna be
a huge undertaking,

340
00:17:31,842 --> 00:17:34,345
but with Darren's skillset,

341
00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:38,015
I felt like, and I still
feel like it's something

342
00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:40,184
that we're going
to be able to manage.

343
00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:43,729
Music industry,
when the doors open at four,

344
00:17:43,854 --> 00:17:45,439
the doors open at four.

345
00:17:45,565 --> 00:17:47,608
You can't have, you know,

346
00:17:47,733 --> 00:17:49,002
in this case we'll probably have

347
00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:50,736
at least
3000 people at the gate.

348
00:17:51,487 --> 00:17:52,947
We can't be
not opening the doors,

349
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,574
that's just gonna create issues

350
00:17:54,699 --> 00:17:56,492
and, uh, hopefully we...

351
00:17:56,617 --> 00:17:58,953
I know we can tackle those
issues if they arise,

352
00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:03,833
but I would rather... rather
not have to leap that hurdle.

353
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:12,466
I... there's
a story about buddy.

354
00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:14,802
I got, uh, a lot of the...

355
00:18:14,927 --> 00:18:16,363
A lot of the stuff that I'm
incorporating in the buildings

356
00:18:16,387 --> 00:18:18,306
came from a particular
junkyard in Ada.

357
00:18:18,431 --> 00:18:20,016
When they sold
the property and left,

358
00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,310
left their dogs...
Left three dogs there,

359
00:18:22,435 --> 00:18:24,520
and even after a year,
being abandoned,

360
00:18:24,645 --> 00:18:26,081
buddy was the only one
that survived.

361
00:18:26,105 --> 00:18:28,190
So anyway,
when I got thejunk I, uh...

362
00:18:29,358 --> 00:18:32,153
I took some dog food
and coaxed him

363
00:18:32,278 --> 00:18:34,947
into finally, uh,
getting close to me,

364
00:18:35,072 --> 00:18:36,490
then I got
to know him a little bit,

365
00:18:36,616 --> 00:18:38,218
and about a week later,
I snatched him up,

366
00:18:38,242 --> 00:18:39,886
put him in the pickup
and he came back here

367
00:18:39,910 --> 00:18:42,288
and seems to enjoy it.

368
00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:43,539
We're glad to have him.

369
00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:45,833
Right, buddy? Come here!

370
00:18:46,626 --> 00:18:47,793
Come on!

371
00:18:47,918 --> 00:18:49,962
Are you moving slow today? Huh?

372
00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:53,549
Huh?

373
00:18:56,761 --> 00:18:58,387
Stuff that, uh,
they use at the, uh,

374
00:18:58,512 --> 00:19:00,640
at the music festivals
is three phased.

375
00:19:00,765 --> 00:19:02,224
So we had, uh,

376
00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:04,270
uh, did some kind of...
I don't know what it was,

377
00:19:04,393 --> 00:19:06,204
some kind of convertor
or something to make it work.

378
00:19:06,228 --> 00:19:09,106
Otherwise they were gonna have
to spend 360,000 dollars

379
00:19:09,231 --> 00:19:11,734
to actually bring three bays
all the way to here.

380
00:19:11,859 --> 00:19:13,569
But anyway, we got it going,

381
00:19:13,694 --> 00:19:16,614
so hopefully when we plug it
in here in a couple of days,

382
00:19:16,739 --> 00:19:18,115
it'll all work.

383
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,840
But that's what I know
about electricity.

384
00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:39,970
J“ hey brother, it's time
to put your hands on j“

385
00:19:40,096 --> 00:19:43,599
j“ because we're building
a stage to stand on j“

386
00:19:43,724 --> 00:19:48,104
j“ oh, we 're building
a stage to stand on j“

387
00:19:48,229 --> 00:19:50,731
j“ getting taller and taller j“

388
00:19:51,565 --> 00:19:52,858
Some of the challenges

389
00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:54,443
that we started facing
along the way

390
00:19:54,568 --> 00:19:56,445
was getting this venue
built up from scratch.

391
00:19:56,570 --> 00:19:58,739
80 building the stages
was most priority.

392
00:20:08,082 --> 00:20:09,709
We saw the chances of rain.

393
00:20:09,834 --> 00:20:11,687
They were started looking out
10 days or two weeks,

394
00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:13,003
which didn't mean anything,

395
00:20:13,129 --> 00:20:14,606
but when you get down
to the last week,

396
00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:16,149
you can see
that we definitely had a day

397
00:20:16,173 --> 00:20:17,925
that we're gonna be impacted,

398
00:20:18,050 --> 00:20:19,986
but I didn't... didn't worry
about it really much then,

399
00:20:20,010 --> 00:20:21,610
because I thought
our impact was gonna be

400
00:20:21,637 --> 00:20:23,556
on setup day
on Thursday, mainly.

401
00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:27,143
About eight o'clock,

402
00:20:27,268 --> 00:20:29,353
you could hear
the first raindrops falling,

403
00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:32,231
which we expected,
but then it started.

404
00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:40,197
October being
the second-wettest month

405
00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:41,699
of the year here in Oklahoma,

406
00:20:41,824 --> 00:20:43,367
and we laughed about it,

407
00:20:43,492 --> 00:20:46,328
we were like "we'll be fine,
man, we'll be fine."

408
00:20:46,454 --> 00:20:49,081
And nine inches of rain later...

409
00:20:50,624 --> 00:20:53,210
It was the second-wettest
month in Oklahoma.

410
00:20:55,254 --> 00:20:57,339
Wednesday night,
the bottom falls out,

411
00:20:57,465 --> 00:20:59,133
and it just pours.

412
00:21:02,511 --> 00:21:04,722
Called battle,
and we made the call

413
00:21:04,847 --> 00:21:06,515
to go ahead and set the stage.

414
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,059
Wednesday night
at 10:30 with no light,

415
00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:10,311
it started raining.

416
00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:15,858
When it started
raining so early,

417
00:21:15,983 --> 00:21:19,445
so hard, that was
when I was concerned.

418
00:21:19,570 --> 00:21:23,240
We were literally walking into
the perfect storm, essentially.

419
00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:32,374
This is big creek.

420
00:21:32,500 --> 00:21:34,502
It's a little bit bigger
than it normally is,

421
00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:36,879
it really is normally
not very big at all,

422
00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:39,965
but, uh, got a little...
Kind of shows

423
00:21:40,090 --> 00:21:41,530
that we did get
a little bit of rain.

424
00:21:42,426 --> 00:21:44,178
Oklahoma weather changes

425
00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,096
in a matter of 30 minutes.

426
00:21:46,222 --> 00:21:47,848
I'm sure
it does everywhere else,

427
00:21:47,973 --> 00:21:50,643
but in Oklahoma
it... it can be heaven or hell

428
00:21:50,768 --> 00:21:51,811
within 30 minutes,

429
00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:53,896
anditcan be unprecedented,

430
00:21:54,021 --> 00:21:55,523
no warning whatsoever.

431
00:21:55,648 --> 00:21:57,358
My guys show up in the bus,

432
00:21:57,483 --> 00:22:00,653
and I show up,
and the field is just muddy.

433
00:22:01,403 --> 00:22:02,883
That looks a lot of water,
doesn't it?

434
00:22:06,450 --> 00:22:09,537
It looks like, uh, our pipe
got broke or something,

435
00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:11,497
probably, out there
in the middle of the...

436
00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:13,958
Middle of the sand,

437
00:22:14,083 --> 00:22:15,709
and so the drainage
pipe got stuck.

438
00:22:16,377 --> 00:22:18,217
Oh, loo... hey, look,
it's bubbling over there!

439
00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:20,923
Well, rain's an issue
with any property

440
00:22:21,048 --> 00:22:22,359
because nobody likes
to, obviously,

441
00:22:22,383 --> 00:22:24,468
stand in mud
or water to do anything.

442
00:22:24,593 --> 00:22:26,387
It makes everything complicated.

443
00:22:26,512 --> 00:22:28,740
We do have certain segments
of the ground that we prepared,

444
00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:32,434
that we put new soil on,
to grow better grass.

445
00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:34,186
And so those tend
to be a little muddier.

446
00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:36,522
And it's just gonna be
a long day.

447
00:22:36,647 --> 00:22:38,583
The parking crew are gonna
have to work really slow.

448
00:22:38,607 --> 00:22:40,293
Right, what... what...
What we need to do is,

449
00:22:40,317 --> 00:22:42,254
we need to make sure that...
That... that we're gonna...

450
00:22:42,278 --> 00:22:44,405
We're g...
We'll create some exits

451
00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:46,031
and our entrances
or whatever off

452
00:22:46,156 --> 00:22:47,867
of... of the areas
that we want them to go.

453
00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:49,386
I just made
the common... I was like,

454
00:22:49,410 --> 00:22:50,953
"well, you see, this big giant,

455
00:22:51,078 --> 00:22:52,806
like, two-and-a-half-inch,
three-inch rock here,

456
00:22:52,830 --> 00:22:55,249
if you could get
a lot of that here,

457
00:22:55,374 --> 00:22:58,335
we'd probably be able
to at least work back and forth

458
00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,004
and... and get
stuff to the stage,

459
00:23:00,129 --> 00:23:02,590
and get it installed,
and as stuff dries up,

460
00:23:02,715 --> 00:23:04,925
we'll be able to use
that element of the show

461
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,052
and in... incorporate it
into the stage.

462
00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:09,597
Oh, you know the roads
are relatively stable

463
00:23:09,722 --> 00:23:12,308
but, you know,
the back stage is a bit, um...

464
00:23:13,267 --> 00:23:15,603
No, it's... you go over there,
it's... it's gets messed up,

465
00:23:15,728 --> 00:23:17,104
so we gotta fix it,

466
00:23:17,229 --> 00:23:19,523
so they can
do their thing there, and...

467
00:23:19,648 --> 00:23:21,191
I would like all five of 'em,

468
00:23:21,317 --> 00:23:22,985
and then... and then, uh,

469
00:23:23,110 --> 00:23:24,629
depending on our needs
we'll probably just turn around

470
00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:26,614
and go do another...
Another round or two.

471
00:23:27,448 --> 00:23:29,658
Gonna call my dozer guy
and see what kind of rock

472
00:23:29,783 --> 00:23:31,493
he's been getting
from one quarry.

473
00:23:31,619 --> 00:23:33,662
We got five more trucks
coming from another quarry.

474
00:23:34,371 --> 00:23:35,456
So we've, uh...

475
00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:39,126
Got about twelve trucks
making two or three rounds,

476
00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:42,087
so we'll have forty...
Four days over

477
00:23:42,212 --> 00:23:45,049
at forty loads of rock
to use wherever we need it.

478
00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:47,676
No joke, fifteen,
twenty minutes later...

479
00:23:49,219 --> 00:23:52,264
Dump trucks
and semi-folds of rock show up.

480
00:24:02,399 --> 00:24:04,068
I'll get out of your way,

481
00:24:04,193 --> 00:24:06,004
and you just bring the lot
around there to that dozer,

482
00:24:06,028 --> 00:24:08,268
he's gonna help you dump there
in the middle of the road.

483
00:24:40,562 --> 00:24:42,398
Spending all the extra money
on, you know...

484
00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:43,923
Whether or not
it's my money or not,

485
00:24:44,024 --> 00:24:45,985
just trying
to watch out for Darren

486
00:24:46,110 --> 00:24:47,987
and being as up front
as possible as, you know,

487
00:24:48,112 --> 00:24:49,592
this is going
to cost a lot more money

488
00:24:49,655 --> 00:24:51,073
to keep this thing going.

489
00:24:51,198 --> 00:24:52,592
I'm not
that worried about the product

490
00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:54,284
one way or the other,
just availability

491
00:24:54,410 --> 00:24:56,471
and get it here so we can
put it in the right spot, so...

492
00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:57,855
But anyway, yeah,
I'll wait for you

493
00:24:57,955 --> 00:24:59,206
and I'll... I'll...

494
00:25:00,958 --> 00:25:02,876
Uh, it's electronic dance music,

495
00:25:03,002 --> 00:25:06,005
um, got about 75 bands,
and we're gonna have

496
00:25:06,130 --> 00:25:07,548
several thousand
people for sure,

497
00:25:07,673 --> 00:25:09,675
but, uh, other than that...

498
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:11,468
It's gonna look...
It's gonna be fun,

499
00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:13,095
but it's... it's not...

500
00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:15,514
It's not exactly
what you wanted.

501
00:25:15,639 --> 00:25:18,225
You don't want
the flood the day before,

502
00:25:18,350 --> 00:25:20,227
but I mean,
all things considered,

503
00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,062
I'm... we're in...
We're in decent shape.

504
00:25:22,187 --> 00:25:23,188
It's been better.

505
00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:24,314
I got... we got, like,

506
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:26,150
trucks out the wazoo now.

507
00:25:26,275 --> 00:25:28,169
I don't know how many we need,
but I'll probably get us

508
00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:31,113
at least four loads
of, uh... of mulch,

509
00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:32,531
that way we can put it

510
00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:33,967
in different places
for foot traffic.

511
00:25:33,991 --> 00:25:35,951
Hey guys!
On that... is that y'all's?

512
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:37,327
Are you all driving this?

513
00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:39,747
Y'all driving that?
Okay. Thank you.

514
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,750
I'm enjoying interacting
with the... the people

515
00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:44,918
that are coming here,
you know, uh, once we kind of

516
00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:46,524
get out of the crisis mode,
hopefully.

517
00:25:47,379 --> 00:25:50,466
Uh, but we've got
everything stabilized right now

518
00:25:50,591 --> 00:25:52,471
fairly well, I think,
for what we're doing here,

519
00:25:52,551 --> 00:25:55,429
with our vendors
and getting our artists in,

520
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,765
and getting
production stuff going,

521
00:25:57,890 --> 00:25:59,308
so I'm comfortable with that,

522
00:25:59,433 --> 00:26:01,018
but then the...
The challenge will be...

523
00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:02,311
Uh...

524
00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:05,105
This thing's, uh...

525
00:26:05,230 --> 00:26:06,990
When... when everybody
gets here.

526
00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:09,109
When you get, you know,
hundreds of cars here,

527
00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:10,778
and they start pulling them in,

528
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:13,030
then it'll be... they'll be
different challenges.

529
00:26:13,572 --> 00:26:16,867
So we have nine,
ten, eleven, twelve...

530
00:26:16,992 --> 00:26:18,702
We have 14 trucks running.

531
00:26:19,369 --> 00:26:20,370
Who's in my spot?

532
00:26:20,496 --> 00:26:22,122
Yes, that's your spot?

533
00:26:22,247 --> 00:26:24,142
- That's my spot, man!
- Oh, you want it back?

534
00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:25,366
Who are you? Come on!

535
00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:26,668
- Tell me who you are!
- Skyler.

536
00:26:26,794 --> 00:26:28,545
Skyler,
nice to meet you, Skyler.

537
00:26:28,670 --> 00:26:29,981
I'm a merchandise
vendor; I'm with deval Chicago.

538
00:26:30,005 --> 00:26:31,757
If you need it, you can have it.

539
00:26:31,882 --> 00:26:33,276
We're temporarily sitting here.
I'm trying to figure out...

540
00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:35,094
Stay there,
I'll go some place else.

541
00:26:35,219 --> 00:26:37,596
Typically
if we do, like, an arena show,

542
00:26:37,721 --> 00:26:40,849
you can flip 30 trucks
in five or six hours.

543
00:26:40,974 --> 00:26:43,852
Out there,
'cause of the elements,

544
00:26:43,977 --> 00:26:45,896
everything was coming
off the truck by what...

545
00:26:46,021 --> 00:26:49,399
What we call an "off-road,"
"forklift," or a "lull."

546
00:26:50,526 --> 00:26:53,153
Each semi was
about three to four hours

547
00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:54,947
at a time to offload it.

548
00:26:55,072 --> 00:26:57,366
You're only able
to do two cases at a time,

549
00:26:57,491 --> 00:26:58,951
and then get it
over to the stage,

550
00:26:59,076 --> 00:27:01,453
cause the... the semis
were stuck in mud.

551
00:27:02,246 --> 00:27:04,456
Uh, so we were unable
to back 'em up to the stage

552
00:27:04,581 --> 00:27:06,500
like we typically
would to offload them.

553
00:27:09,169 --> 00:27:11,797
It really slowed
down the loading time,

554
00:27:11,922 --> 00:27:15,926
and it made it, uh
just like a fourteen-hour day.

555
00:27:16,051 --> 00:27:17,611
And we still
didn't get everything done,

556
00:27:17,719 --> 00:27:18,762
in that first day.

557
00:27:21,014 --> 00:27:23,433
There was no way
for us to prepare

558
00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:25,394
what we were
getting ourselves into.

559
00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,401
Daybreak? Oh, man.

560
00:27:32,526 --> 00:27:34,611
It's been a wild ride,
I'll be honest,

561
00:27:34,736 --> 00:27:35,863
like, get here, you know?

562
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:37,447
It's raining, pouring down.

563
00:27:37,573 --> 00:27:40,159
We roll up, this guy
named Paul picked us up

564
00:27:40,284 --> 00:27:41,410
in a pickup truck lift.

565
00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:42,911
I've never been

566
00:27:43,036 --> 00:27:44,556
in a truck lift in my life,
by the way.

567
00:27:44,663 --> 00:27:47,040
But... so we roll up
through the mud, you know,

568
00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:48,500
trucking through, four...

569
00:27:48,625 --> 00:27:50,169
Like, four wheel drive,
getting here.

570
00:27:51,086 --> 00:27:54,381
Pull up, hop out the car,
he says "welcome to Oklahoma."

571
00:27:58,427 --> 00:28:01,054
Whenever you have
thousands of pounds of gear,

572
00:28:01,180 --> 00:28:03,473
coming out of semis,
it's hard to get

573
00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:06,393
across a muddy field
to deliver the product

574
00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,228
that you're trying to
to those stages,

575
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:10,480
and make it flow
the way it should.

576
00:28:14,568 --> 00:28:16,028
I... I drove around

577
00:28:16,153 --> 00:28:17,654
with a couple people
in the truck...

578
00:28:18,488 --> 00:28:21,700
Uh, assessed what was happening
and what was about to happen,

579
00:28:21,825 --> 00:28:25,621
and, I just,
physically and financially

580
00:28:25,746 --> 00:28:27,789
thought it was gonna be
really difficult

581
00:28:27,915 --> 00:28:29,124
to make the show go on.

582
00:28:31,126 --> 00:28:33,486
We couldn't even get
the semis to the loading dock,

583
00:28:33,545 --> 00:28:35,505
'cause the semis were
getting stuck in the mud.

584
00:28:36,215 --> 00:28:38,508
The off-road forklifts
were getting stuck.

585
00:28:38,634 --> 00:28:40,886
And they were having to
pull them out with bulldozers.

586
00:28:55,943 --> 00:28:59,196
The only thing
that we didn't foresee

587
00:28:59,321 --> 00:29:01,073
was the... the weather.

588
00:29:04,076 --> 00:29:05,911
After doing it for twelve years,

589
00:29:06,036 --> 00:29:09,665
I've never seen
a festival ground so wet.

590
00:29:15,379 --> 00:29:17,339
Knowing how long
it had taken on the build,

591
00:29:17,464 --> 00:29:20,092
just to build one stage,
the main stage,

592
00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:22,928
and, like, all the things
that weren't going to, like,

593
00:29:23,053 --> 00:29:26,014
be able to fire off
that night, like,

594
00:29:26,139 --> 00:29:29,101
I just did not see
it all working out.

595
00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:31,829
I've seen festivals shut down
because they weren't prepared

596
00:29:31,853 --> 00:29:33,146
for this type of stuff.

597
00:29:33,272 --> 00:29:35,649
This is a classic
three-act play, whatever.

598
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:38,402
- Exactly, exactly, go.
- Setup, conflict, resolution.

599
00:29:38,527 --> 00:29:39,629
Sure, no problem there.

600
00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:40,862
All right.

601
00:29:40,988 --> 00:29:42,382
80 this is the climax right now?

602
00:29:42,406 --> 00:29:43,508
- This is the conflict.
- Ooh.

603
00:29:43,532 --> 00:29:44,908
One, one after the other,

604
00:29:45,033 --> 00:29:46,552
it's roads,
and then it's fire marshal,

605
00:29:46,576 --> 00:29:48,453
and then it's lasers,
and then it's pyro.

606
00:29:48,578 --> 00:29:50,580
I was completely
determined to see it through,

607
00:29:50,706 --> 00:29:52,958
because the biggest fail
that I could have

608
00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:55,252
as the guy running it
was to cancel it.

609
00:29:55,377 --> 00:29:57,230
We couldn't do that,
and we didn't want to do that,

610
00:29:57,254 --> 00:29:59,134
because these people
were here to see the music.

611
00:30:01,675 --> 00:30:03,260
I felt like we need
to shut it down,

612
00:30:03,385 --> 00:30:05,220
it felt like, um...

613
00:30:07,389 --> 00:30:09,683
Ours getting,
like, blasted with people,

614
00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:11,601
like, you know, like,

615
00:30:11,727 --> 00:30:14,187
hit me up, "what's going on?

616
00:30:14,313 --> 00:30:15,731
I'm trying to get in,

617
00:30:15,856 --> 00:30:17,733
I can't, 'cause people
are getting stuck."

618
00:30:17,858 --> 00:30:19,836
You need to think about this,
you know, you didn't...

619
00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:21,629
You need to think
about cancelling, potentially.

620
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,423
I don't know what your
cancellation insurance is like,

621
00:30:23,447 --> 00:30:24,823
but you need to look into it.

622
00:30:24,948 --> 00:30:27,117
And Darren's response
was "cancel what?"

623
00:30:27,242 --> 00:30:28,722
I never had
any thoughts of giving up,

624
00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:30,203
but I'm... some of the troops,

625
00:30:30,329 --> 00:30:31,872
asked that question
at a point in time,

626
00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:35,000
a couple of times,
but I think we made that clear

627
00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:36,376
that that wasn't gonna happen.

628
00:30:38,503 --> 00:30:39,897
He was looking
kind of different stuff,

629
00:30:39,921 --> 00:30:42,007
but mentally,
I was just in this state

630
00:30:42,132 --> 00:30:44,092
where I...
I couldn't see the end.

631
00:30:45,052 --> 00:30:47,721
Sometimes when you get
in a bad place in your mind,

632
00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:49,973
even when you realize
what the problems are,

633
00:30:50,098 --> 00:30:51,617
and you start
fixing them, some people,

634
00:30:51,641 --> 00:30:53,119
they just... they want
to dwell on the problems

635
00:30:53,143 --> 00:30:54,561
like from the beginning,

636
00:30:54,686 --> 00:30:56,326
even though you're
solving them as you go.

637
00:31:09,368 --> 00:31:10,660
It wasn't perfect.

638
00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:12,454
There were gonna be
people get stuck.

639
00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:24,257
I was watching it
along on Facebook,

640
00:31:24,383 --> 00:31:26,703
and seeing where the rain...
And people were getting stuck,

641
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:28,887
and Darren was hauling in rock,

642
00:31:29,012 --> 00:31:31,473
and just wood chips, you know,

643
00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:35,018
all around the margins,
and, uh, told my wife,

644
00:31:35,143 --> 00:31:36,812
I was like
"I think Darren's in trouble."

645
00:31:40,315 --> 00:31:42,085
We... we had
a four-wheel drive pickup,

646
00:31:42,109 --> 00:31:44,444
and we had a tow strap,
you know, which I brought in,

647
00:31:44,569 --> 00:31:46,005
'cause it's, you know,
from what I'd seen

648
00:31:46,029 --> 00:31:49,074
on Facebook,
so, uh... yeah, I was just,

649
00:31:49,199 --> 00:31:50,867
they'd hook it up, and I'd pull.

650
00:32:04,506 --> 00:32:05,733
They didn't worry about it.

651
00:32:05,757 --> 00:32:06,877
Some of them just got stuck,

652
00:32:06,967 --> 00:32:08,427
and went about their business,

653
00:32:08,552 --> 00:32:10,071
and... some of them
moved a little bit,

654
00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:11,346
or whatever, but, you know?

655
00:32:11,471 --> 00:32:12,681
We're all in it together.

656
00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:29,590
You don't really
trust Oklahoma weather,

657
00:32:29,614 --> 00:32:30,699
I figured out.

658
00:32:32,534 --> 00:32:33,869
It might just shut down.

659
00:32:33,994 --> 00:32:35,434
They mightjust
call it at this point.

660
00:32:37,247 --> 00:32:38,558
There was the first night,

661
00:32:38,582 --> 00:32:40,041
it was just raining in sheets

662
00:32:40,167 --> 00:32:41,543
as the main acts were going on.

663
00:32:45,547 --> 00:32:48,133
J“ day is breaking j“

664
00:32:49,468 --> 00:32:51,178
j“ we're gonna start a fire j“

665
00:32:55,974 --> 00:32:59,728
j“ long time waiting j“

666
00:32:59,853 --> 00:33:01,980
j“ flames keep getting higher j“

667
00:33:11,448 --> 00:33:14,159
It was just
like a monsoon soaking,

668
00:33:14,284 --> 00:33:16,012
and it just kept raining
and raining and raining.

669
00:33:16,036 --> 00:33:17,621
J“ we're gonna start a fire j“

670
00:33:22,083 --> 00:33:25,003
j“ hell or heaven j“

671
00:33:25,128 --> 00:33:27,422
everything was
under a hydraulic structure,

672
00:33:27,547 --> 00:33:29,341
we had the walls up on it,

673
00:33:29,466 --> 00:33:33,303
uh, problem was the rain
was coming in sideways.

674
00:33:36,264 --> 00:33:38,683
For about 12 to 16 hours,

675
00:33:38,808 --> 00:33:41,853
and it got the lighting
system completely soaked.

676
00:33:45,732 --> 00:33:47,943
The soak hold,
the consoles were shutting off.

677
00:33:48,068 --> 00:33:50,320
We had to find jet heaters
to keep them going.

678
00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:51,780
Not really sure if you're going

679
00:33:51,905 --> 00:33:53,299
to make it
through the weekend because

680
00:33:53,323 --> 00:33:54,950
the conditions are so terrible,

681
00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:56,469
you're not really sure
if somebody's going to cancel,

682
00:33:56,493 --> 00:33:57,762
or one of the headliners
is gonna decide

683
00:33:57,786 --> 00:33:59,079
he doesn't want to play because

684
00:33:59,204 --> 00:34:00,564
his special effects
aren't working.

685
00:34:10,340 --> 00:34:11,633
When people were coming in,

686
00:34:11,758 --> 00:34:13,426
they were committed
to being there.

687
00:34:13,552 --> 00:34:15,720
And so we were equally
committed to doing what it took

688
00:34:15,845 --> 00:34:18,431
to assist them
to get there and stay there.

689
00:34:19,766 --> 00:34:21,366
Didn't matter
how much it was gonna rain,

690
00:34:21,476 --> 00:34:23,061
once the place was super soaked,

691
00:34:23,186 --> 00:34:24,604
it was super soaked.

692
00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,374
The rain and all the mud
and everything, you know,

693
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:27,774
the situation gets in the way,

694
00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:29,043
and people
don't want to go through that.

695
00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:30,402
And I feel that.

696
00:34:30,527 --> 00:34:32,112
And so you get this
idea in your head,

697
00:34:32,237 --> 00:34:34,364
like "oh, it might be
the same situation for me.

698
00:34:34,489 --> 00:34:36,783
Maybe no one's gonna come out
because it's still muddy.

699
00:34:36,908 --> 00:34:38,261
Maybe no one's
gonna do this," you know?

700
00:34:38,285 --> 00:34:39,995
Where's mikael, do you know?

701
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:42,205
Mikael, he just went up front.

702
00:34:42,330 --> 00:34:43,970
He just went up to the box.

703
00:34:44,082 --> 00:34:45,542
- The box up...
- That way. Okay.

704
00:34:47,544 --> 00:34:49,424
I swear, I thought
they said mikael was up here.

705
00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:56,219
Two-wheel drive
Honda civics just blast

706
00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:59,931
through the mud
and semis getting stuck,

707
00:35:00,056 --> 00:35:02,851
and forklifts getting stuck,

708
00:35:02,976 --> 00:35:05,854
and people getting stuck.

709
00:35:05,979 --> 00:35:07,522
Tents getting stuck.

710
00:35:07,647 --> 00:35:09,107
Everything getting stuck.

711
00:35:09,232 --> 00:35:11,776
Oh, just didn't ever see that.

712
00:35:11,901 --> 00:35:12,986
That was crazy.

713
00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:15,196
It looked like a war zone.

714
00:35:15,322 --> 00:35:16,757
You know,
people are getting stuck

715
00:35:16,781 --> 00:35:18,366
in the mud right and left.

716
00:35:18,491 --> 00:35:20,869
As an event producer,
you know, you have to start

717
00:35:20,994 --> 00:35:23,288
thinking about "is this...
Are these conditions safe?"

718
00:35:23,413 --> 00:35:25,582
In my mind,
like, I could just see

719
00:35:25,707 --> 00:35:27,792
people, like, not making it,

720
00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:30,670
like, sleeping in their tents,
and like, the water filling up,

721
00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,715
and... drowning,
like, it was scaring me.

722
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,800
I just couldn't see
the... I couldn't see it

723
00:35:35,925 --> 00:35:37,177
at the end of it.

724
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:38,654
You know, okay...
We... we gotta do

725
00:35:38,678 --> 00:35:39,929
what we gotta do.

726
00:35:40,055 --> 00:35:41,473
We... we can't do it,
and basically,

727
00:35:41,598 --> 00:35:43,326
this is when we, need you
to use your social media

728
00:35:43,350 --> 00:35:45,030
to explain to people
what we're up against,

729
00:35:45,060 --> 00:35:46,478
but we're going on anyway.

730
00:35:46,603 --> 00:35:48,355
And it may not be
to the highest quality,

731
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:49,731
but what else are you gonna do?

732
00:35:49,856 --> 00:35:51,125
We're gonna
shut down and go home?

733
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,776
I don't think so.

734
00:35:52,901 --> 00:35:54,629
So, why can't we communicate
to that, to these kids?

735
00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:56,363
These kids will do it,
and they'll say,

736
00:35:56,488 --> 00:35:57,673
"hey! This is a... this..."

737
00:35:57,697 --> 00:35:59,282
I know. I know.

738
00:35:59,407 --> 00:36:01,260
But I want you to...
I want you to explain to 'em,

739
00:36:01,284 --> 00:36:02,845
because you're always worried
what they're thinking.

740
00:36:02,869 --> 00:36:04,469
Well, fine, tell 'em
what we're thinking,

741
00:36:04,537 --> 00:36:05,777
tell 'em what we're up against.

742
00:36:12,754 --> 00:36:15,882
Ten am. On Friday,
and we just finished

743
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:19,427
installing the, uh...
The waterproof lighting system.

744
00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:22,847
Mikael was really
concerned with the amount

745
00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:25,934
of water
that the grounds were holding.

746
00:36:26,935 --> 00:36:28,978
He had been, uh, doing some laps

747
00:36:29,104 --> 00:36:31,481
around in the truck,
and checking stuff out.

748
00:36:31,606 --> 00:36:33,191
You know,
it wasn't going my way.

749
00:36:33,316 --> 00:36:34,776
You know,
the way that I had an...

750
00:36:34,901 --> 00:36:37,445
Kind of envisioned it,
uh, fall into play.

751
00:36:43,868 --> 00:36:44,994
We're kind of, uh,

752
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,871
assessing the current situation.

753
00:36:47,580 --> 00:36:48,790
At one point...

754
00:36:49,582 --> 00:36:51,918
We're like "should we do this?

755
00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:53,795
Should we not?"
And Darren looks at us.

756
00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,297
And he's like
"we've come this far,

757
00:36:56,423 --> 00:36:57,716
we're doing a show.

758
00:36:57,841 --> 00:36:59,968
What do we need
to make it happen?"

759
00:37:00,093 --> 00:37:04,097
It's been raining now for...
I don't know how long,

760
00:37:04,222 --> 00:37:07,308
but it's been raining
for a day, day and a half,

761
00:37:07,434 --> 00:37:08,852
it's supposed
to rain all day today,

762
00:37:08,977 --> 00:37:11,229
it's supposed to, uh...
Maybe kind of stop

763
00:37:11,354 --> 00:37:12,814
sometime
in the morning, I think.

764
00:37:12,939 --> 00:37:15,608
So, hopefully we'll have...

765
00:37:15,734 --> 00:37:18,278
The final day will be, uh...

766
00:37:18,403 --> 00:37:19,904
Have some sunshine for the...

767
00:37:20,947 --> 00:37:22,907
For the... the final big day.

768
00:37:23,032 --> 00:37:24,659
Oh, there's nothing
you can do about it.

769
00:37:24,784 --> 00:37:25,952
What, cancel it?

770
00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:27,871
I surrender, but never give up,

771
00:37:27,996 --> 00:37:29,539
and that surrendering, the fact

772
00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:31,124
that you're not in control is...

773
00:37:31,249 --> 00:37:33,585
It's critical
to being happy and content.

774
00:37:33,710 --> 00:37:35,253
He's a go-getter, you know?

775
00:37:35,378 --> 00:37:38,548
You can't tell him "no,"
and he'll be like "okay."

776
00:37:38,673 --> 00:37:41,468
He... you tell him "no,"
he'll show you how it's done.

777
00:37:42,135 --> 00:37:44,262
All I can say
is that approaching problems

778
00:37:44,387 --> 00:37:46,765
with daylight is much easier

779
00:37:46,890 --> 00:37:49,058
than trying to contend
with them in the dark.

780
00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,815
Anyway, we're heading
south on our road,

781
00:37:55,940 --> 00:37:59,027
and it is a muddy mess,
but it is... it is stable,

782
00:37:59,152 --> 00:38:01,738
it's just... it's got
a lot of skim on it, so...

783
00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:04,115
It just gotta go slow and...

784
00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,410
Uh, take it easy.

785
00:38:07,535 --> 00:38:09,537
Then once we get past here,
we'll go down the road,

786
00:38:09,662 --> 00:38:12,123
you'll... it gets,
it's... it's all right.

787
00:38:12,248 --> 00:38:13,583
It's passable.

788
00:38:20,089 --> 00:38:21,758
The weather isn't gonna stop me.

789
00:38:21,883 --> 00:38:23,510
Like, nobody can control that.

790
00:38:23,635 --> 00:38:24,945
That's what they call
an "act of god," right there.

791
00:38:24,969 --> 00:38:26,137
You know what I mean?

792
00:38:29,933 --> 00:38:32,352
Well, I'll just
dump 'em some place else.

793
00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:33,677
What you're telling me, right?

794
00:38:37,106 --> 00:38:38,506
The more I watched Darren

795
00:38:38,608 --> 00:38:40,568
fight to see
this show through...

796
00:38:40,693 --> 00:38:43,321
My mind kept
bringing up the same question.

797
00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:46,699
"Why is this boomer
from Oklahoma so gung-ho

798
00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:49,035
to shell out millions
of dollars on a festival

799
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,788
filled with music
he doesn't even listen to?"

800
00:38:51,913 --> 00:38:54,165
Yeah, are there people
waiting to get in?

801
00:38:55,250 --> 00:38:56,793
Ah, okay. All right.

802
00:38:56,918 --> 00:38:59,254
This question
was driving me crazy

803
00:38:59,379 --> 00:39:01,005
so I sat down
with the only person

804
00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:02,799
willing to give me
a straight answer.

805
00:39:03,967 --> 00:39:07,136
We actually had
a class together.

806
00:39:12,851 --> 00:39:14,769
I was a sophomore.

807
00:39:14,894 --> 00:39:18,565
He was a junior,
and we had speech and drama.

808
00:39:19,315 --> 00:39:20,650
And so we met.

809
00:39:22,151 --> 00:39:25,029
Darren's always
been really directed.

810
00:39:25,154 --> 00:39:28,366
He has a goal, he sets a goal,
and he gets to that goal.

811
00:39:29,701 --> 00:39:31,995
But now he's
much more mellow about it.

812
00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:34,664
I wanted a baby,

813
00:39:34,789 --> 00:39:36,457
so I was like,
"we could go somewhere,

814
00:39:36,583 --> 00:39:38,463
we could adopt one,
we could get a little girl,"

815
00:39:38,501 --> 00:39:39,836
because we had three sons,

816
00:39:39,961 --> 00:39:41,641
and he was like
"uh, I don't..." You know,

817
00:39:41,754 --> 00:39:44,674
"I don't want to be
responsible for another life,

818
00:39:44,799 --> 00:39:45,925
I don't want to do it."

819
00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:47,302
And he was like, "get a dog.

820
00:39:47,427 --> 00:39:48,803
Go get that dog you want."

821
00:39:49,470 --> 00:39:53,266
So we got biscuit in 2003.

822
00:39:55,018 --> 00:39:56,227
Darren doesn't sit.

823
00:39:57,020 --> 00:39:58,855
Probably the hardest-working
person I know,

824
00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:01,858
but he always
has to be doing something.

825
00:40:01,983 --> 00:40:05,320
And with biscuit,
he could just sit.

826
00:40:06,821 --> 00:40:07,947
It was for me...

827
00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:12,118
But the dog did
so much more for Darren.

828
00:40:19,292 --> 00:40:22,211
He was getting older,
he was ten.

829
00:40:23,421 --> 00:40:25,798
He had really slowed down.

830
00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:29,469
But I hadn't really
noticed him being sick.

831
00:40:29,594 --> 00:40:31,930
Inoflced
that he slept a lot more.

832
00:40:34,849 --> 00:40:37,727
He was in bed with us,
and I kind of picked him up

833
00:40:37,852 --> 00:40:41,272
and brought him over to me,
and his belly was swollen.

834
00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:43,983
I was like, "what is up?"

835
00:40:44,108 --> 00:40:47,654
And then the next day,
he was super, super skinny.

836
00:40:48,738 --> 00:40:50,740
And so I took him
to the vet that day,

837
00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:54,327
and, um, she did an ultrasound,

838
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:56,704
and she said,
"I just am not seeing

839
00:40:56,829 --> 00:40:59,040
even that much of a liver left.

840
00:40:59,165 --> 00:41:02,502
He probably, maybe
could live another 30 days

841
00:41:02,627 --> 00:41:05,004
to three months,
if we did a feeding tube."

842
00:41:05,838 --> 00:41:07,423
So I did that.

843
00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:10,176
Our daughter-in-law, Becca,
bless her heart, she was,

844
00:41:10,301 --> 00:41:13,846
you know, in the living room,
and I'm just boo-hooing,

845
00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:17,016
and she's texting Darren
and her husband, Jake,

846
00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:19,894
and it was like,
"biscuit's really, really sick.

847
00:41:20,019 --> 00:41:21,872
You get Linda's, you know,
beside herself, you can..."

848
00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:23,982
And I mean, Darren was just as...

849
00:41:24,107 --> 00:41:25,775
He was like,
"what do we have to do?"

850
00:41:27,527 --> 00:41:29,529
A day or so later,
I got to bring him home,

851
00:41:29,654 --> 00:41:32,407
and our whole
family was mourning

852
00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:34,784
this little 17-pound dog.

853
00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:39,330
Darren went out and found a spot

854
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:41,958
where, you know,
we wanted him buried,

855
00:41:42,083 --> 00:41:45,086
and... so, you know,
he got that all fixed up,

856
00:41:45,211 --> 00:41:48,548
and he got built this
little rock bench out there.

857
00:41:56,347 --> 00:41:58,033
So that last day,
we were gonna have the vet

858
00:41:58,057 --> 00:42:00,685
come that day,
and he... he didn't need

859
00:42:00,810 --> 00:42:02,490
the vet, cause,
you know, we were all there

860
00:42:02,603 --> 00:42:04,665
in our... our bedroom,
and it was like, two of my sons

861
00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:06,458
were there and my wife and I,
and we... you know,

862
00:42:06,482 --> 00:42:08,402
he was just lying there
in our bed, and you know,

863
00:42:08,526 --> 00:42:11,571
he has that raspy
kind of sound that people make

864
00:42:11,696 --> 00:42:13,090
when they're
breathing as they're...

865
00:42:13,114 --> 00:42:14,657
As they're winding down.

866
00:42:14,782 --> 00:42:16,284
And we just
told him to, you know,

867
00:42:16,409 --> 00:42:19,996
to... to let go,
it... he was... he was okay.

868
00:42:21,539 --> 00:42:24,208
So anyway, he... he
passed away and we buried him.

869
00:42:32,216 --> 00:42:33,968
Biscuit was the catalyst.

870
00:42:34,093 --> 00:42:36,637
That's why I think
he wants to do the festivals.

871
00:42:49,317 --> 00:42:51,611
Biscuit thought
he was bigger than he was.

872
00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:54,113
He liked to chase butterflies.

873
00:42:54,947 --> 00:42:57,992
He would just go nuts
over a butterfly,

874
00:42:58,117 --> 00:42:59,827
and he would run,
and he would jump,

875
00:42:59,952 --> 00:43:02,955
and he would just
do this all the time.

876
00:43:03,081 --> 00:43:04,999
And so while he was dying,

877
00:43:05,124 --> 00:43:06,501
you know,
and I was loving on him

878
00:43:06,626 --> 00:43:08,186
and petting on him,
and you know, I say,

879
00:43:08,211 --> 00:43:09,962
you know,
"baby boy, you can just go.

880
00:43:10,088 --> 00:43:12,632
And then you can
chase all the butterflies...

881
00:43:14,092 --> 00:43:15,343
You want to chase."

882
00:43:16,219 --> 00:43:18,846
This, uh... it made me cry
and it will sound silly

883
00:43:18,971 --> 00:43:22,600
all at the same time,
but, um... so I told him,

884
00:43:22,725 --> 00:43:24,811
I said, "but let me know
that you're okay.

885
00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:28,523
Let me know that you're
chasing those butterflies."

886
00:43:28,648 --> 00:43:30,358
We Bury him,

887
00:43:30,483 --> 00:43:32,235
and I kind of
hang back a little bit.

888
00:43:32,360 --> 00:43:35,113
And this little white butterfly

889
00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:38,533
just started
flying all around me.

890
00:43:38,658 --> 00:43:40,868
This... this is
my dog telling me,

891
00:43:40,993 --> 00:43:42,954
"it's cool, I'm good.
Look, I'm happy, I'm free.

892
00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:44,372
I don't hurt anymore."

893
00:43:44,497 --> 00:43:45,998
And it stayed with me

894
00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:48,000
the whole time I was walking
back to the house,

895
00:43:48,126 --> 00:43:51,379
and I got
just past the tree line

896
00:43:51,504 --> 00:43:54,924
and it went back towards, um,

897
00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:56,134
where we had buried him.

898
00:43:56,259 --> 00:43:58,261
But after that,

899
00:43:58,386 --> 00:44:00,429
just about
every time I went out there,

900
00:44:00,555 --> 00:44:02,431
there would be
a white butterfly.

901
00:44:05,101 --> 00:44:08,604
Whether it's Darren's artwork,
or if you just see

902
00:44:08,729 --> 00:44:11,149
a little white butterfly
attached to something,

903
00:44:11,274 --> 00:44:13,460
well, you have butterflies
kind of scattered throughout,

904
00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:16,195
all of that
is tribute to biscuit.

905
00:44:16,320 --> 00:44:19,407
The hand statue, you know,
and some of this stuff

906
00:44:19,532 --> 00:44:23,369
is kind of evolved
with its own meanings as well,

907
00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:26,622
but the butterfly and the hand
was originally for biscuit.

908
00:44:30,293 --> 00:44:32,503
I don't think
he thought he could be

909
00:44:32,628 --> 00:44:36,090
that connected
to something that wasn't human,

910
00:44:36,215 --> 00:44:40,052
and biscuit let him...

911
00:44:40,761 --> 00:44:42,221
Let him experience that.

912
00:44:42,346 --> 00:44:44,432
Made him a better person,
made him a better father,

913
00:44:44,557 --> 00:44:46,142
made him a better husband.

914
00:44:46,267 --> 00:44:49,604
Saw that he could be
something other than this guy

915
00:44:49,729 --> 00:44:52,106
that his goal was to make money.

916
00:45:00,031 --> 00:45:02,783
There's a lot
to be taken from the hand,

917
00:45:02,909 --> 00:45:04,243
with the butterfly, you know,

918
00:45:04,368 --> 00:45:06,037
it... the...
The bottom of it, you know,

919
00:45:06,162 --> 00:45:08,706
there's the barbed wire
and all that, so the struggle

920
00:45:08,831 --> 00:45:11,375
and all of that,
and then the hand rising up.

921
00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,461
And the butterfly, and I think

922
00:45:13,586 --> 00:45:16,380
whether it was conscious
or whether it was unconscious,

923
00:45:16,505 --> 00:45:18,633
and he wanted biscuit
to be a part of it,

924
00:45:18,758 --> 00:45:20,593
I... the hand is opening up,

925
00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:22,511
and this butterfly is there,

926
00:45:22,637 --> 00:45:25,681
and so for me, symbolically,
sometimes I think,

927
00:45:25,806 --> 00:45:29,227
"that's Darren opening up,
and it's biscuit...

928
00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:33,105
That, you know,
brought him to that."

929
00:45:36,984 --> 00:45:39,987
The dog had
a profound impact on Darren

930
00:45:40,112 --> 00:45:43,866
that led to him wanting
for other people,

931
00:45:43,991 --> 00:45:45,409
I think, to feel...

932
00:45:46,244 --> 00:45:48,871
That connection with life.

933
00:45:48,996 --> 00:45:50,581
That... that living things,

934
00:45:50,706 --> 00:45:53,167
that we're all connected,
we're all in this together.

935
00:45:53,292 --> 00:45:54,585
We're... you know, we're one.

936
00:45:54,710 --> 00:45:55,962
It helps you see the importance

937
00:45:56,087 --> 00:45:58,506
of relationships, and, you know,

938
00:45:58,631 --> 00:46:01,050
that hasn't always
been my main goal.

939
00:46:03,302 --> 00:46:04,553
Frankly, it wasn't.

940
00:46:04,679 --> 00:46:05,989
It was to succeed
and all that stuff,

941
00:46:06,013 --> 00:46:08,015
all those trappings
and when you see

942
00:46:08,140 --> 00:46:09,725
how really
unimportant they really are,

943
00:46:09,850 --> 00:46:12,228
that, you know, we're here
today and gone tomorrow.

944
00:46:12,895 --> 00:46:14,313
You... you never know, you know?

945
00:46:14,438 --> 00:46:16,399
You need to... you need
to live... live each day,

946
00:46:16,524 --> 00:46:18,317
because it's... it's gonna end,

947
00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:20,278
and that you gotta
find the joy in living.

948
00:46:35,584 --> 00:46:36,961
As bad as it got,

949
00:46:37,086 --> 00:46:39,171
it was just, like,
"okay, well, this is just

950
00:46:39,297 --> 00:46:40,649
something new
we have to deal with."

951
00:46:40,673 --> 00:46:43,259
You know, it's...
It's just another element

952
00:46:43,384 --> 00:46:45,636
in this show that we're...
We're gonna have to overcome.

953
00:46:45,761 --> 00:46:48,014
Because we've had
such a non-stop rain event,

954
00:46:48,139 --> 00:46:49,724
and it keeps going, that, uh...

955
00:46:49,849 --> 00:46:52,226
State fire marshal said
that we can't use the cryo

956
00:46:52,351 --> 00:46:54,520
or the pyro for now,
until it dries up.

957
00:46:54,645 --> 00:46:56,480
So that's... that's one thing.

958
00:46:56,605 --> 00:46:59,984
The other thing is the lights,
because on the mainstage or so,

959
00:47:00,109 --> 00:47:01,420
uh, the... you know,
they're kind of subject

960
00:47:01,444 --> 00:47:02,796
to the elements,
I can't really keep

961
00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:04,739
the... the water out of it, uh,

962
00:47:04,864 --> 00:47:06,657
they can't be turned on
or else they'll fry.

963
00:47:06,782 --> 00:47:08,576
So we're gonna have to go
heavier on lasers,

964
00:47:08,701 --> 00:47:10,286
and do some
waterproof lights, so...

965
00:47:10,411 --> 00:47:12,131
It's not gonna
necessarily be up completely,

966
00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:14,290
the standards everybody
wanted to do for today,

967
00:47:14,415 --> 00:47:16,834
but you know,
uh, that's on the mainstage.

968
00:47:16,959 --> 00:47:18,627
Pyramid stage, uh, third stage

969
00:47:18,753 --> 00:47:20,546
and second stage
are all good to go fine.

970
00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:22,798
I felt like it would work,
and then it wouldn't,

971
00:47:22,923 --> 00:47:24,342
then it would work,
and it wouldn't.

972
00:47:24,467 --> 00:47:26,385
The... the loads
that I'm getting next,

973
00:47:26,510 --> 00:47:27,803
Tony doesn't want 'em.

974
00:47:27,928 --> 00:47:29,305
He's gonna keep
his trucks running,

975
00:47:29,430 --> 00:47:31,015
so he'll keep
coming out there with you.

976
00:47:31,140 --> 00:47:32,701
And I'm just gonna take...
Go up to there in a minute,

977
00:47:32,725 --> 00:47:34,643
and then we'll dump,
uh, when they get here.

978
00:47:34,769 --> 00:47:36,538
And you tell me where to...
Where to go with them.

979
00:47:36,562 --> 00:47:38,105
- Cool.
- All right, thank you.

980
00:47:38,230 --> 00:47:42,443
J“ I guess you're just broken j“

981
00:47:42,568 --> 00:47:46,655
j“ I guess
you're just hopin' for more j“

982
00:47:48,783 --> 00:47:53,245
j“ I guess
you're just reachin' j“

983
00:47:53,371 --> 00:47:57,583
j“ I guess
you're just in need of love j“

984
00:47:59,043 --> 00:48:01,670
j“ but you're not alone j“

985
00:48:02,671 --> 00:48:06,217
j“ you're not alone j“

986
00:48:07,218 --> 00:48:08,886
j“ in this j“

987
00:48:15,768 --> 00:48:19,146
J“ I guess I'm just broken j“

988
00:48:19,271 --> 00:48:21,440
ten minutes!
And we'll have some more rock.

989
00:48:21,565 --> 00:48:24,944
J“ I guess
I'm just hopin' for more j“

990
00:48:27,321 --> 00:48:28,864
where do I want to put the rock?

991
00:48:28,989 --> 00:48:30,634
You want the rock
to just keep coming up here?

992
00:48:30,658 --> 00:48:32,243
Well, we're gonna... okay.

993
00:48:32,368 --> 00:48:34,870
Invested a lot of money
in infrastructure, which...

994
00:48:34,995 --> 00:48:36,640
You know, you weren't gonna
get that back, but...

995
00:48:36,664 --> 00:48:38,541
You know, operationally,
you wanted to try

996
00:48:38,666 --> 00:48:41,061
to get close to breaking even,
or not be too far in the hole.

997
00:48:41,085 --> 00:48:43,754
I mean, this is a tremendous...
It was a big hole.

998
00:48:43,879 --> 00:48:45,399
You just want it in here, then?

999
00:48:45,423 --> 00:48:46,590
All the way over there?

1000
00:48:52,012 --> 00:48:54,682
J“ I'm not alone j“

1001
00:48:55,516 --> 00:48:57,935
j“ I'm not alone

1002
00:48:59,937 --> 00:49:01,063
j“ in this j“

1003
00:49:01,689 --> 00:49:03,566
so once it's wet,
it's wet, right?

1004
00:49:03,691 --> 00:49:05,411
- Just deal with it, it's...
- That's right.

1005
00:49:05,443 --> 00:49:07,363
We'll have more people
to deal with here shortly.

1006
00:49:08,779 --> 00:49:11,907
J“ I guess I'm just broken j“

1007
00:49:13,242 --> 00:49:17,455
j“ I guess
I'm just hopin' for more j“

1008
00:49:18,414 --> 00:49:19,975
the performers,
that they will, like, bail,

1009
00:49:19,999 --> 00:49:21,476
or they'll say
it's too wet, or whatever,

1010
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:22,900
or is that
not even really an issue?

1011
00:49:24,253 --> 00:49:28,632
J“ I guess
I'm just in need of love j“

1012
00:49:30,217 --> 00:49:32,094
j“ I'm not alone j“

1013
00:49:32,219 --> 00:49:33,762
we saw no one all day,

1014
00:49:33,888 --> 00:49:35,598
the people were
in their tents all day,

1015
00:49:35,723 --> 00:49:37,433
and... and I can remember

1016
00:49:37,558 --> 00:49:39,238
having the conversation
with the gentlemen,

1017
00:49:39,268 --> 00:49:40,828
and I was, like,
"here in a little bit."

1018
00:49:41,479 --> 00:49:42,897
Whenever it gets bright lights,

1019
00:49:43,022 --> 00:49:44,398
and lasers start going off,

1020
00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:45,816
and pyro starts going off,

1021
00:49:45,941 --> 00:49:47,067
people are gonna be dancing

1022
00:49:47,193 --> 00:49:48,444
in this knee-deep water.

1023
00:49:51,572 --> 00:49:53,572
Y'all plan that weather?
Did you book that weather?

1024
00:49:54,116 --> 00:49:55,927
Luckily, my shoes
are the same color as the mud,

1025
00:49:55,951 --> 00:49:58,204
so, the weather didn't stop me.

1026
00:49:58,329 --> 00:50:00,515
You see nothing when you come
through the gate up there.

1027
00:50:00,539 --> 00:50:02,666
But on top of the hill
it was, uh...

1028
00:50:02,791 --> 00:50:04,877
You seen all the tents,
and, you know, all the people

1029
00:50:05,002 --> 00:50:07,129
and, uh, it was overwhelming,

1030
00:50:07,254 --> 00:50:10,174
how many people were here
in the middle of the storm.

1031
00:50:10,299 --> 00:50:11,675
It's raining.

1032
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:13,719
You got staff frantic,
running around

1033
00:50:13,844 --> 00:50:15,513
trying to figure
everything out, you know?

1034
00:50:15,638 --> 00:50:17,014
Stage sound cuts out.

1035
00:50:17,139 --> 00:50:18,575
They're going out,
they're fixing it.

1036
00:50:18,599 --> 00:50:20,309
It's not...
There's no hesitation,

1037
00:50:20,434 --> 00:50:22,436
they're just on top of it,
the whole time.

1038
00:50:22,561 --> 00:50:24,271
They're figuring out
what the problem is

1039
00:50:24,396 --> 00:50:25,564
and they're fixing it.

1040
00:50:25,689 --> 00:50:27,024
Well, putting out fires,
you know,

1041
00:50:27,149 --> 00:50:28,469
trying to get
the road stabilized,

1042
00:50:28,526 --> 00:50:30,027
trying to get people unstuck.

1043
00:50:30,152 --> 00:50:31,463
And you know, there's
always a thousand things

1044
00:50:31,487 --> 00:50:32,905
that can be done,
need to be done.

1045
00:50:33,030 --> 00:50:35,115
And... uh, I did wander around

1046
00:50:35,241 --> 00:50:37,493
and... uh, uh,
I had a good experience

1047
00:50:37,618 --> 00:50:39,203
in the... in the other barn,

1048
00:50:39,328 --> 00:50:41,288
when we had
some of the artists in there

1049
00:50:41,413 --> 00:50:43,475
with their lights, and the...
Their music going inside.

1050
00:50:43,499 --> 00:50:45,143
And I thought
that was a special time, too.

1051
00:50:45,167 --> 00:50:47,461
I... it was really
something I really enjoyed.

1052
00:51:22,705 --> 00:51:24,623
The feeling
of walking around and seeing

1053
00:51:24,748 --> 00:51:26,834
the whole thing put together
was... was amazing.

1054
00:51:26,959 --> 00:51:28,544
I love this place.

1055
00:51:28,669 --> 00:51:30,605
I've never played on a stage
that big, regardless,

1056
00:51:30,629 --> 00:51:32,756
but I'm honored to be here
and I'm not expecting

1057
00:51:32,881 --> 00:51:34,441
anything other
than to have a good time.

1058
00:51:43,851 --> 00:51:46,562
It's not always fun
to work in the rain,

1059
00:51:46,687 --> 00:51:49,565
but sometimes you have to do
what you don't want to do.

1060
00:51:49,690 --> 00:51:51,334
It was good to see people
that were willing

1061
00:51:51,358 --> 00:51:53,038
to still be out there
enjoying their music.

1062
00:52:00,242 --> 00:52:01,702
We all have
dull parts of our life,

1063
00:52:01,827 --> 00:52:03,587
you know, work
that we have to do every week.

1064
00:52:03,662 --> 00:52:05,873
But it's always nice to have
something that's important,

1065
00:52:05,998 --> 00:52:08,208
that's outside
of our normal context,

1066
00:52:08,334 --> 00:52:12,796
that allows you to pull that
familiar person that you are,

1067
00:52:12,921 --> 00:52:15,049
put that... that outer skin off,
and, you know,

1068
00:52:15,174 --> 00:52:16,985
kind of try to be
something a little different.

1069
00:52:17,009 --> 00:52:18,689
Or... or... it's not...
That's not correct.

1070
00:52:18,802 --> 00:52:20,220
It's not you trying
to be different,

1071
00:52:20,346 --> 00:52:21,866
it's just you trying
to be who you are.

1072
00:52:31,315 --> 00:52:33,567
They were dancing
in water knee-deep,

1073
00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,361
and going hard at it,

1074
00:52:35,486 --> 00:52:38,781
and enjoying the time
and they were ready to rock.

1075
00:52:39,531 --> 00:52:40,658
They'd been cooped up.

1076
00:52:54,421 --> 00:52:57,591
I don't think I looked
in one spot in that field

1077
00:52:57,716 --> 00:52:59,259
that was covered
in knee-deep water

1078
00:52:59,385 --> 00:53:00,886
that people
weren'tjumping around,

1079
00:53:01,011 --> 00:53:03,305
and mud wasn't flying
six foot in the air.

1080
00:53:06,433 --> 00:53:08,102
Whenever I'd be able
to find the time,

1081
00:53:08,227 --> 00:53:09,827
I'd turn around
and look at the audience.

1082
00:53:09,895 --> 00:53:11,456
That's really the one
that you're here for.

1083
00:53:11,480 --> 00:53:12,648
To make them happy.

1084
00:53:28,414 --> 00:53:29,808
The weather ain't
stopping me, come on.

1085
00:53:29,832 --> 00:53:32,584
Some rain? I didn't shower.

1086
00:53:32,710 --> 00:53:33,794
Chilled in the rain.

1087
00:53:40,509 --> 00:53:43,262
It's like people were
picking up mud and flinging it,

1088
00:53:43,387 --> 00:53:45,222
but it was just them
jumping up and down.

1089
00:53:54,440 --> 00:53:56,900
The people out there,
those are the real legends.

1090
00:54:21,216 --> 00:54:22,926
I thought
we were gonna see an exodus,

1091
00:54:23,051 --> 00:54:24,428
but it wasn't.

1092
00:54:24,553 --> 00:54:28,182
You know, the bizarre
devotion to, uh...

1093
00:54:29,057 --> 00:54:30,851
Staying and... what,
seeing the show

1094
00:54:30,976 --> 00:54:32,269
was overwhelming to us.

1095
00:54:35,731 --> 00:54:38,942
People were staying for sure.

1096
00:54:44,406 --> 00:54:46,450
But we had the hope that,
you know,

1097
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:47,910
at least for the last day,

1098
00:54:48,035 --> 00:54:49,675
that... that maybe
the sun would come out.

1099
00:55:03,258 --> 00:55:06,053
So it was Saturday
when it finally broke apart,

1100
00:55:06,178 --> 00:55:08,222
the storms,
and allowed us to do a show.

1101
00:55:12,684 --> 00:55:14,829
That was, like,
the saving grace of everything.

1102
00:55:14,853 --> 00:55:17,213
You go through all the rain,
the whole time we've been here,

1103
00:55:17,314 --> 00:55:20,692
and then, sure enough,
Saturday shows up, clear skies.

1104
00:55:20,818 --> 00:55:21,860
Sunny

1105
00:55:25,656 --> 00:55:27,157
now that they experienced that,

1106
00:55:27,282 --> 00:55:29,368
it's just gonna be
a whole different vibe.

1107
00:55:30,369 --> 00:55:33,080
People are gonna be out in it,
getting crazy... you know,

1108
00:55:33,205 --> 00:55:35,541
they don't care about the mud
anymore, it's just sunny.

1109
00:55:35,666 --> 00:55:36,986
Everyone's gonna
have a good time.

1110
00:55:51,515 --> 00:55:54,893
Despite adversity,
humanity goes on, people go on,

1111
00:55:55,018 --> 00:55:56,687
but the human spirit survives

1112
00:55:56,812 --> 00:55:58,814
and it overcomes everything
it needs to overcome,

1113
00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:00,107
and we go on.

1114
00:56:17,165 --> 00:56:18,584
The artists
loved the experience,

1115
00:56:18,709 --> 00:56:20,127
for the most part.

1116
00:56:20,252 --> 00:56:22,296
They like the eclectic
nature of the buildings,

1117
00:56:22,421 --> 00:56:24,131
and how they were treated.

1118
00:56:24,256 --> 00:56:25,924
And we want to treat them right.

1119
00:56:26,049 --> 00:56:27,819
We want to treat them
like we want to be treated,

1120
00:56:27,843 --> 00:56:29,386
and I think
they appreciated that.

1121
00:56:29,511 --> 00:56:31,072
But we don't want to...
We don't... we don't...

1122
00:56:31,096 --> 00:56:32,681
I... they're...
They're not idols to us.

1123
00:56:33,307 --> 00:56:35,017
We try to treat
our guests the same way,

1124
00:56:35,142 --> 00:56:37,936
our vip, whatever... whatever
group is we're talking about

1125
00:56:38,061 --> 00:56:39,479
needs to be
treated respectfully.

1126
00:56:39,605 --> 00:56:41,106
Best part about the festival...

1127
00:56:41,857 --> 00:56:44,860
I would say,
is how hospitable they are.

1128
00:56:44,985 --> 00:56:47,821
They are so accommodating
to everyone. Everyone.

1129
00:56:47,946 --> 00:56:51,283
Artists, staff,
people that are actually here,

1130
00:56:51,408 --> 00:56:53,660
you know, the consumers,
the people that come,

1131
00:56:53,785 --> 00:56:55,913
miles away, fly here, you know.

1132
00:56:56,038 --> 00:56:58,141
They came here, it's raining.
Like, how would that feel?

1133
00:56:58,165 --> 00:56:59,875
"I spent a hundred,
two hundred bucks

1134
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:02,120
to get into this festival
and it's raining," you know?

1135
00:57:02,169 --> 00:57:03,563
And they're still out there,
like I said,

1136
00:57:03,587 --> 00:57:04,689
they're still out there,
fixing it,

1137
00:57:04,713 --> 00:57:06,089
doing everything they can

1138
00:57:06,214 --> 00:57:07,614
to make it a good time
for everyone.

1139
00:57:07,674 --> 00:57:09,009
And I think
that's the best thing,

1140
00:57:09,134 --> 00:57:10,344
is that they care so much.

1141
00:57:23,732 --> 00:57:25,492
The hospitality.
Everyone here cares.

1142
00:57:25,609 --> 00:57:27,378
Everyone's working so hard.
They're actually on top of it.

1143
00:57:27,402 --> 00:57:30,197
They don't care that there's
not 7000 people out there,

1144
00:57:30,322 --> 00:57:31,406
you know what I mean?

1145
00:57:31,531 --> 00:57:32,908
Like, I've played
festivals before

1146
00:57:33,033 --> 00:57:34,427
where I didn't get
a meal ticket because

1147
00:57:34,451 --> 00:57:35,851
I'm not playing
mainstage, you know?

1148
00:57:35,911 --> 00:57:37,287
And here, they...
They're straight

1149
00:57:37,412 --> 00:57:39,581
taking care of me,
like, hardcore.

1150
00:57:39,706 --> 00:57:41,792
80... and not just me, everyone.

1151
00:57:41,917 --> 00:57:43,710
And, like,
everyone from the staff,

1152
00:57:43,835 --> 00:57:46,463
to the stage,
to the sound, to the location.

1153
00:57:47,214 --> 00:57:48,924
Everything is ten out of ten.

1154
00:57:53,136 --> 00:57:55,097
If you've never been
to a music festival,

1155
00:57:55,222 --> 00:57:59,017
you're missing one of the most
impactful moments of your life.

1156
00:57:59,142 --> 00:58:01,186
There's so much
opportunity out there,

1157
00:58:01,311 --> 00:58:02,604
more than
just hearing the music.

1158
00:58:02,729 --> 00:58:04,314
It's... it's building
the camaraderie.

1159
00:58:04,439 --> 00:58:06,775
It's seeing things
you normally wouldn't see,

1160
00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:09,569
and it's... it's a feeling
of gratification inside,

1161
00:58:09,695 --> 00:58:11,697
of doing something
that is just...

1162
00:58:11,822 --> 00:58:12,990
It's phenomenal.

1163
00:58:13,699 --> 00:58:14,783
It's life-changing.

1164
00:58:20,372 --> 00:58:24,668
Darren's persistence
on basically every Avenue

1165
00:58:24,793 --> 00:58:26,294
is the reason
why it worked, you know.

1166
00:58:26,420 --> 00:58:27,754
He pushed us to the limits

1167
00:58:27,879 --> 00:58:29,359
to make sure
that it was gonna happen.

1168
00:58:47,774 --> 00:58:49,836
I think the... overall,
the success of the festival,

1169
00:58:49,860 --> 00:58:52,279
it... you know, financially,
it's not gonna be a success,

1170
00:58:52,404 --> 00:58:54,865
but ultimately, financially,
I think it will work out,

1171
00:58:54,990 --> 00:58:57,451
because it lays the groundwork
for the next steps.

1172
00:58:57,576 --> 00:59:00,370
And you have to go
through that process

1173
00:59:00,495 --> 00:59:02,622
to get credibility
to go to the next step.

1174
00:59:04,583 --> 00:59:06,418
Ekali finished his set.

1175
00:59:06,543 --> 00:59:08,086
The crowd grew silent

1176
00:59:08,211 --> 00:59:09,771
as we stood in the mud
at the mainstage.

1177
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:11,381
And I started thinking...

1178
00:59:11,506 --> 00:59:13,550
Darren built Bridges
for a living,

1179
00:59:13,675 --> 00:59:15,927
allowing people to get
from one place to another.

1180
00:59:16,762 --> 00:59:18,638
And the last few days,

1181
00:59:18,764 --> 00:59:20,223
I think he provided a way for us

1182
00:59:20,348 --> 00:59:21,628
to get to where we needed to be.

1183
00:59:27,272 --> 00:59:28,315
Together.

1184
01:00:20,659 --> 01:00:22,410
So the show must go on.

1185
01:00:22,536 --> 01:00:24,764
It's a term you hear, day in
and day out, in our industry.

1186
01:00:24,788 --> 01:00:26,588
Everyone kind of
showed up and made it happen.

1187
01:00:33,380 --> 01:00:35,090
It's the end of the world,

1188
01:00:35,215 --> 01:00:37,401
and everything is kind of
falling apart around it, and...

1189
01:00:37,425 --> 01:00:39,305
You kind of push through it,
and make it happen.

1190
01:01:03,118 --> 01:01:04,703
It's always frustrating,

1191
01:01:04,828 --> 01:01:06,597
but you can't allow it
to get the best of you.

1192
01:01:06,621 --> 01:01:08,874
You just have to figure it out
and keep moving forward.

1193
01:01:12,711 --> 01:01:14,296
Oh, it was overwhelming.

1194
01:01:14,421 --> 01:01:16,256
The turnout. With the weather.

1195
01:01:16,381 --> 01:01:17,841
Just can't imagine

1196
01:01:17,966 --> 01:01:20,844
many other venues
that would have stayed.

1197
01:01:27,058 --> 01:01:28,435
It was awesome.

1198
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:29,895
Seeing 2000 people there,

1199
01:01:30,020 --> 01:01:31,479
just having
the time of their lives,

1200
01:01:31,605 --> 01:01:34,024
despite the worst
possible conditions.

1201
01:01:34,149 --> 01:01:35,734
It's what gives you life.

1202
01:01:40,697 --> 01:01:42,133
For the most part,
I think everything was perfect.

1203
01:01:42,157 --> 01:01:43,491
I think it was a great venue,

1204
01:01:43,617 --> 01:01:45,410
and I think
a lot of people were happy

1205
01:01:45,535 --> 01:01:46,912
with the way
the venue turned out.

1206
01:02:02,510 --> 01:02:06,264
I think the biggest
thing was having

1207
01:02:06,389 --> 01:02:10,894
the owner of the property
and investor being so involved,

1208
01:02:11,019 --> 01:02:12,520
being all hands on deck

1209
01:02:12,646 --> 01:02:14,231
whenever he was
asked and needed,

1210
01:02:14,356 --> 01:02:15,815
or even whenever he wasn't.

1211
01:02:15,941 --> 01:02:18,026
I mean, the guy worked
night and day months,

1212
01:02:18,151 --> 01:02:20,195
preparing for just those
three days that we had

1213
01:02:20,320 --> 01:02:21,446
out at his property.

1214
01:02:33,667 --> 01:02:36,836
Darren wasn't gonna
allow the show not to happen.

1215
01:02:36,962 --> 01:02:38,356
You know,
Darren's the whole reason

1216
01:02:38,380 --> 01:02:39,547
that that still happened.

1217
01:02:40,340 --> 01:02:41,940
On that Sunday, when I drive up,

1218
01:02:42,050 --> 01:02:44,010
it wasn't any big deal,
but the people were happy.

1219
01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:45,553
But they weren't complaining,

1220
01:02:45,679 --> 01:02:47,180
and we were all in it together.

1221
01:02:47,305 --> 01:02:48,905
And they saw
that we were in it together,

1222
01:02:48,974 --> 01:02:50,534
because they saw
that we were trying to do

1223
01:02:50,558 --> 01:02:53,103
what we could to... to try
to get them in there.

1224
01:03:03,947 --> 01:03:07,200
Live music
in a festival scene is amazing.

1225
01:03:07,325 --> 01:03:09,786
And it... it'll change you.
It really will.

1226
01:03:09,911 --> 01:03:12,289
You make connections,
lifelong connections.

1227
01:03:12,414 --> 01:03:14,165
There's people
that I worked with,

1228
01:03:14,291 --> 01:03:16,459
that are now
lifelong friends, because

1229
01:03:16,584 --> 01:03:19,296
a music festival allowed us
to... to cross paths.

1230
01:03:22,549 --> 01:03:24,509
Building
the relationships with people,

1231
01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:26,074
that's what I was
most excited about.

1232
01:03:28,930 --> 01:03:30,650
We essentially
gave a free concert.

1233
01:03:31,433 --> 01:03:33,768
If I'd charged them what
it costs, maybe... you know,

1234
01:03:33,893 --> 01:03:35,613
we probably wouldn't
have sold many tickets.

1235
01:03:38,315 --> 01:03:40,084
I'm really
just excited for the future.

1236
01:03:40,108 --> 01:03:42,027
I think that
we've got something here.

1237
01:03:45,655 --> 01:03:47,365
We all have struggles in life.

1238
01:03:48,033 --> 01:03:52,078
It can be the end all, be all,
or you can overcome adversity.

1239
01:03:52,203 --> 01:03:54,622
You can take the struggle
that you're having

1240
01:03:54,748 --> 01:03:56,458
and figure out
a solution for it,

1241
01:03:56,583 --> 01:03:58,710
and run with it
and get a lesson out of life.

1242
01:03:59,252 --> 01:04:01,046
It makes us who we are.

1243
01:04:01,171 --> 01:04:03,298
It's what defines our character.

1244
01:04:18,980 --> 01:04:21,261
We are much easier
to conquer when we're divided.

1245
01:04:22,233 --> 01:04:23,860
You can have
a much better society

1246
01:04:23,985 --> 01:04:25,737
with just a pledge
to try to get along,

1247
01:04:25,862 --> 01:04:27,947
and not have wars
and try to be fair-minded.

1248
01:04:30,617 --> 01:04:32,285
We learn a lot more
from our failures

1249
01:04:32,410 --> 01:04:33,995
than we do from our successes.

1250
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:36,498
We just gotta let go
of our egos and quitjudging.

1251
01:04:37,665 --> 01:04:39,834
We judge everybody so harshly.

1252
01:04:41,753 --> 01:04:43,004
Don't prevent me from dancing

1253
01:04:43,129 --> 01:04:44,672
because
you can't hear the music.

1254
01:04:45,382 --> 01:04:47,217
I think
there's a lot of truth to that.

1255
01:04:47,342 --> 01:04:49,260
A lot of us are actually
dancing to the music,

1256
01:04:49,386 --> 01:04:51,221
and the other people
can't hear it.

1257
01:04:57,394 --> 01:05:00,814
As they worked together,
under horrible circumstances...

1258
01:05:01,940 --> 01:05:03,942
It was nine inches of rain

1259
01:05:04,067 --> 01:05:06,069
and the Sandy soil.

1260
01:05:09,656 --> 01:05:11,741
That, to him, I think,

1261
01:05:11,866 --> 01:05:15,954
solidified what he's thinking,

1262
01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:19,290
trying to get people
to listen to one another.

1263
01:05:27,382 --> 01:05:29,342
When people sacrifice together,

1264
01:05:29,467 --> 01:05:30,844
for whatever the cause is,

1265
01:05:30,969 --> 01:05:32,637
I mean...
It's easier to get things done.

1266
01:05:33,555 --> 01:05:36,307
The hardship,
the struggle and the suffering

1267
01:05:36,433 --> 01:05:38,309
actually makes
the experience grander.

1268
01:05:43,898 --> 01:05:45,984
We have to resolve
the spiritual crisis.

1269
01:05:46,693 --> 01:05:48,236
Whether we want
to call it that or not,

1270
01:05:48,361 --> 01:05:50,121
because it... who are
we and why are we here?

1271
01:06:04,627 --> 01:06:06,754
It's been
over a year since daybreak.

1272
01:06:09,507 --> 01:06:12,218
We've had to weather
a lot of storms since then.

1273
01:06:12,927 --> 01:06:15,054
With COVID-19...

1274
01:06:15,180 --> 01:06:18,641
Riots and the nation
fighting for political power.

1275
01:06:22,103 --> 01:06:24,147
I take hope, though,
when I think about daybreak.

1276
01:06:25,940 --> 01:06:28,401
Watching people charge
into the storm in the mud

1277
01:06:28,526 --> 01:06:29,777
to take care of each other.

1278
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:34,073
I like to believe
there was a force of life

1279
01:06:34,199 --> 01:06:35,283
behind that event.

1280
01:06:39,787 --> 01:06:41,080
A small dog dies.

1281
01:06:43,541 --> 01:06:44,918
A little farmer's enlightened.

1282
01:06:47,879 --> 01:06:49,756
And 2000 people
at daybreak learn

1283
01:06:49,881 --> 01:06:51,508
what it means to be human.

1284
01:06:53,676 --> 01:06:55,637
It really puts things
into perspective.

1285
01:06:56,971 --> 01:06:58,348
How a little
consideration and love

1286
01:06:58,473 --> 01:06:59,974
make a huge difference.

1287
01:07:01,851 --> 01:07:02,977
Darren knows that.

1288
01:07:06,564 --> 01:07:08,441
And that's why
he's dedicated his ranch

1289
01:07:08,566 --> 01:07:10,693
to creating events
that bring people together.

1290
01:07:14,822 --> 01:07:17,075
Darren...

1291
01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:20,036
Well, he's fighting
for a better tomorrow.

1292
01:07:23,456 --> 01:07:24,749
He's fighting for the daybreak.

1293
01:07:28,294 --> 01:07:32,257
J“ daybreak's in a single man j“

1294
01:07:32,382 --> 01:07:35,969
j“ with one hammer
and two hands j“

1295
01:07:36,094 --> 01:07:39,097
j“ he begins
with a nail and plank j“

1296
01:07:39,222 --> 01:07:42,183
j“ steel pushing
through the wood grain j“

1297
01:07:42,308 --> 01:07:45,937
j“ all the racket he makes
from his one-man crew j“

1298
01:07:46,062 --> 01:07:49,774
j“ that draws another man
seeking to build, too j“

1299
01:07:49,899 --> 01:07:53,861
j“ now with four strong arms
and one desire j“

1300
01:07:53,987 --> 01:07:56,656
j“ now it's moving along
in double time j“

1301
01:07:56,781 --> 01:08:02,078
j“ hey brother, it's time
to put your hands on j“

1302
01:08:02,203 --> 01:08:05,957
j“ cause we 're building
a stage to stand on j“

1303
01:08:06,082 --> 01:08:09,460
j“ oh, we're building
a stage to stand on j“

1304
01:08:10,670 --> 01:08:13,965
j“ getting taller and taller j“

1305
01:08:14,090 --> 01:08:16,843
j“ from the ground
it began on j“

1306
01:08:16,968 --> 01:08:20,638
j“ and we're building
a stage to stand on j“

1307
01:08:20,763 --> 01:08:24,309
j“ oh, we're building
a stage to stand on j“

1308
01:08:25,685 --> 01:08:28,187
j“ when the day breaks again j“

1309
01:08:29,606 --> 01:08:33,234
j“ the two men return
to where they've been j“

1310
01:08:33,359 --> 01:08:37,488
j“ to see
the crowd of people gathered j“

1311
01:08:37,614 --> 01:08:41,326
j“ with their saws
ropes and ladders j“

1312
01:08:41,451 --> 01:08:44,871
j“ the cast of workers
hoist and heave j“

1313
01:08:44,996 --> 01:08:47,665
j“ and their labor sounds
much like a symphony j“

1314
01:08:47,790 --> 01:08:52,128
j“ so many hands and heads
composing it j“

1315
01:08:52,253 --> 01:08:55,506
j“ the last dance closer,
closing in j“

1316
01:08:55,632 --> 01:09:00,762
j“ hey brother, it's time
to put your hands on j“

1317
01:09:00,887 --> 01:09:04,474
j“ cause we 're building
a stage to stand on j“

1318
01:09:04,599 --> 01:09:08,102
j“ oh, we're building
a stage to stand on j“

1319
01:09:09,228 --> 01:09:12,690
j“ getting taller and taller j“

1320
01:09:12,815 --> 01:09:15,568
j“ from the ground
it began on j“

1321
01:09:15,693 --> 01:09:19,238
j“ and we're building
a stage to stand on j“

1322
01:09:19,364 --> 01:09:23,076
j“ oh, we 're a building
a stage to stand on j“

1323
01:09:30,333 --> 01:09:33,961
J“ and we're building
a stage to stand on j“

1324
01:09:39,217 --> 01:09:41,636
J“ and it happens j“

1325
01:09:42,804 --> 01:09:44,972
j“ the pounding ceases j“

1326
01:09:46,557 --> 01:09:49,852
j“ and on the land
the structure stands j“

1327
01:09:49,977 --> 01:09:52,605
j“ made from
thousands of pieces j“

1328
01:09:53,856 --> 01:09:56,359
j“ illuminated j“

1329
01:09:57,193 --> 01:09:59,404
j“ standing strong j“

1330
01:10:01,072 --> 01:10:04,075
j“ the stage is finished now j“

1331
01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:07,412
j“ built for all to stand on j“

1332
01:10:08,955 --> 01:10:11,916
j“ whoo j“

1333
01:10:12,500 --> 01:10:15,169
j“ whoo j“

1334
01:10:16,087 --> 01:10:19,173
j“ whoo j“