By Wendy Oakes
In between the music and the din of the crowd at Outside Lands, some pretty hilarious and often intriguing bits of conversation can sometimes be overheard. The Bold Italic headed out to the three-day festival with the intent of capturing some of the quirkiest snippets that came our way.
Of course, there were the usual discussions about bands, dinner decisions, rendezvous plans and friend introductions, but once in a while, TBI overheard something a little more unusual as we eavesdropped our way across the fields of Outside Lands 2017.
Sitting at the picnic tables next to Wine Lands:
“You can have a piece of the pie!”
Running across the Polo Field at the Lands End Stage:
“Hey, guys, wait! It’ll be OK! All we need is more pills.”
Hanging out in the media tent:
“Seven hot dogs will make me feel shitty, but seven beers will make me feel…good.”
Walking home from Outside Lands on JFK Drive by the Conservatory of Flowers:
“Oh, you’re from the Czech Republic? My dad’s Greek.”
Walking from McLaren Pass to the Sutro Stage:
“A cocktail is probably the best idea if we don’t reach our destination pretty soon.”
Having a snack near Wine Lands:
“My eyes are blue—or green.”
“My eyes are yellow. Look at my yellow eyes.”
Sitting by the fence in the VIP area of the Twin Peaks Stage during Empire of the Sun’s set:
“Hey!”
“Yeah?”
“You were falling on top of me.”
“I was? I didn’t even feel it.”
Walking home from Outside Lands on JFK Drive by the Stow Lake entrance:
“You are really human. That’s amazing.”
Standing in the crowd in the Barbary during Jeff Goldblum’s set:
“Did you get Jeff Goldblum underwear?”
Watching Metallica in the Polo Field at the Lands End Stage:
“They should call it Metallica Lands.”
BONUS: overheard by another editor of “The Bold Italic”
The cutest meet-cute:
“WHAT? I ALSO FUCKING WORK AT TRADER JOE’S!”
Comparing notes on security:
“I lost $15 of weed. The scrotum tape didn’t hold.”
