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The Travels of Cardboard Jim: The Norman Music Festival

Published by
Patrick
 on May 1, 2008

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Last Sunday, I told you about the three of us going to the Norman Music Festival as “official” members of the media. It was kind of a neat experience to walk around the festival with a lanyard-clad press pass dangling around my neck, but what would really be cool is if next time we can get press credentials to something that isn’t “Free.” You know, like an OU football game or Nite Trips.

Anyway, I would say the advantages of having press credentials to a free Music Festival are:

• Security guards can be easily swayed to let you behind the road barriers

• George Lang will grant you an interview. And then cautiously laugh when your camcorder battery dies after the first question.

• People will be more prone to appear in a picture with our dear friend, Cardboard Jim Traber.

Oh yeah, I forgot that this was about Cardboard Jim Traber. He sure did cause a ruckus at the Norman Music Festival on Saturday.  As the photos after the jump clearly illustrate, wherever he goes, mischief follows.

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Cardboard Jim likes the ladies…

Published by
Patrick
 on April 27, 2008

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This past Saturday, Tony, Clark Matthews and I went to the Norman Music Festival. Not only did we get to go as official members of the media (which prompted George Lang to ask us “Why are you all here?”), but we also got to bring along our friend Cardboard Jim. Later this week, we will document his wimgoy Norman Music Festival experience in our second edition of the Travels of Cardboard Jim.

Other than a train roaring by every few minutes, the Norman Music Festival was pretty damn fun and pretty damn cool. We would like to give a big thanks to the organizers for letting people from the new viral, untraditional media cover this event. “Thank Yous” also go out to:

• The nice security guard who let us sneak two cases of Miller Lite into the festival.

• The WIMGO gals above for giving Jim a FREE t-shirt. Jim asked them WTF is Wimgo, but they couldn’t answer.

• Ibuprofen and Gatorade

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Get wasted this Saturday at the Norman Music Festival…

Published by
Patrick
 on April 23, 2008

As you surely know by now, the Norman Music Festival is taking place this Saturday somewhere along Main Street in downtown Norman. The concert should be pretty damn cool and you should go! But…if you don’t want to take my word for it, here are some reasons to go:

• You get to drive to Norman on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, get hammered, and then not have to watch OU destroy some terrible opponent. Seriously, when was the last time this happened. Usually when I find myself in downtown Norman on a Saturday afternoon, I’m at the Vista wondering if the waitress is flirting with me to get a bigger tip, or if she genuinely likes me. I’m also wondering why the hell I’m not at Campus Corner.

• See some weird ass bands. The Polyphonic Spree are headlining, The Chainsaw Kittens are reuniting and both Colourmusic and the Evangelicals will be playing. Even this weird band that I’ve never heard of will be there playing some strange instrument that I never knew existed.

• Wear a Lost Ogle T-shirt and get FREE admission!!! Yes, that’s right Ladies and Gentlemen, simple wear one of our “limited edition” Lost Ogle T-Shirts and you don’t have to pay a dime to get in the festival.

• Meet Cardboard Jim Traber. We heard from a good source that the Ultimate Cardboard Sports Mind will be on hand to take pictures with and interview the bands. This same source said he may even sign some autographs for a few lucky fans.

• Easily sneak in alcohol. This is actually more of a wish than a reason, but hopefully you can easily sneak alcohol into the festival. If not, bring your wallet.

Anyway, I hope the reasons above are good enough to convince you to go to the festival. If not, remember that if this one is a B.F.D, then next year’s festival will be bigger and better and maybe even weirder. If that doesn’t convince you, then you’re about as cool as Clark Matthews’ internet checkers tournament.

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