The ponies go buck wild for music festivals and the gathering.

On my first day at the Gathering, I ran into a Facebook friend named Jimmy who I believe I first met properly at the Juggalo March on Washington. I’m fascinated by his life because while his jobs are all on the soul-crushing and low-paying side his existence nevertheless seems defined by food, concerts, comedy, and friends. He’s a good-ass dude perpetually living his best life, representing all that is honorable and pure about Juggalo Nation. One of my biggest regrets of the Gathering is that I never made it to the Juggalo Wine Club Mixer where he was portraying the role of Bernie from the motion pictures Weekend at Bernie’s and Weekend at Bernie’s II because it was hard to find anything that wasn’t one of the main stages or the entrances.