Just vlogged as I documented the popular phenomenon of 'fence jumping', a new authentic way to enter a music festival to see some of today's most relevant buzzbands (without purchasing an official ticket/wristband/7 day pass). Wanted to give yall an 'organic feel', utilizing modern 'guerrilla journalism' techniques to bring yall along as I jumped the fence at a relevant music festival. Feeling kinda like an 'embedded reporter' during Desert Storm: The Quest for Osama Hussein [via Geraldo Rivera].

As you can see, I was kinda a 'coward' since I waited til the fence fell + the security guards were busy chasing other bros when I 'rushed that shit', seeking the soft rock crowds watching Chromeo as my 'Underground Railroad' 2 freedom. For once in my life, it felt good to 'disappear into a crowd of people who all looked the same as me.'

Music Festivals are so expensive these days that hardcore authentic alts can't see their favourite buzzbands while chilling with a social_network of likeminded bros. Festivals seem to be catering more towards 'rich kids' who get 3 day passes as their high school graduation gift + young adults who still want to feel like they are 'young.' Really prices me out, since I am an authentic buzzband fan without a real job (mainly because I spend all day researching buzzbands for the sake of my own iTunes collection and I am waiting to one day have my own job in 'the industry').

Fence jumping is really my only option for experiencing a music festival. Here is footage of me 'fence jumping' in some sort of basketball arena during a California electro rave event/Lakers game.

Honestly feel like I've always hated 'fences' ever since I was a maisntreamer living in suburbia, and my parents had one around our backyard. It seemed like it was meant to 'guard' our house, making sure bad ppl didn't come in during the middle of the night and kill us. After living in an mixed media art residency & organic farming commune for the past 2 months, I feel like I realize that people are inherently 'chill' and aren't looking to steal ur flat screen TVs. Thing fences hold back society.

Is fence jumping a 'common occurrence?' Has it been around 'since Woodstock'/Woodstock 99?
Should music festivals just be 'free'?
Are authentic fans 'being priced out' or are there plenty of great ways to get into a music festival for free, like 'calling into a radio station to try to win tickets'?

Feel like maybe music fans feel like they are entitled to see bands for free since they steal mp3s for free 'on the reg.' Maybe artists should start some sort of model where mp3s + merch + admission are 'free' if they pay an annual subscription rate.

Seems like fence jumping is probably a 'huge safety hazard.' Always go back to this video of Californian tweens trampling one another as they try to 'hop the fence' at the Electric Daisy Carnival Music Festival at the Rose Bowl. U can see a few lil electro fans 'honestly convinced that they are about to die.'

Not sure if this type of chaos happens everywhere, or just in the rave-centric environment of California. Feel like traditional fence jumping is a series of isolated incidences by strategic bros who have circumnavigated the festival grounds multiple times looking for 'weak points' in the security line, kinda like  modern, alt version of 'Normandy: Saving Private Alt.'

What elements do you have to evaluate when you consider fence jumping ur way in2 a festival?

• How high is the fence + your athletic ability
• If you really have the right 'gear' to jump fences. Tennis shoes / utility boots / no loose clothes + purses that could get caught in the fence
• Always safe to not take any form of identification, so u can claim ur an insane homeless person if ur caught
• If you run in a 'pack' do you have a better chance of getting thru? Usually there are only 2 to 4 security guards in a certain area
• Level of security (you don't want to end up being tackled by a huge black dude with a taser)
• Is there only one line of fences between your jump point and the crowd space?
• How quickly can u make it into the safety of the crowd?
• Does the security guard look like he'll 'put a boot in ur ass' if he catches you?

Might just watch some youtube tutorials to make sure I have good 'fence jumping technique.'

What can music festivals do to combat fence jumpers?

• Barbwire fences
• Electric fences
• Pit bulls / guard dogs
• laser fences
• Building moats around music festivals
• Increasing police force + pay-as-you-go security guards
• Working with local government officials to press serious charges against captured fence jumpers, making sure they see jail time so u can 'set an example'
• Paying police force 'by commission' for the number of fence jumpers they catch. This will be fueled by 'reverse racism' if the security guards are black, and they have the opportunity to tackle + beat
• Also white middle aged security guards are effective because they will take out their dissatisfaction with their lives' on a fence jumper  bc they represent 'wasted youth'.
• Hiring some sort of army/militia from a 3rd World country, paying them 'above market wages' based on their country's GDP

Whose side are yall on?
Do you think every1 should be able to see/steal art for free, or do u think music festivals deserve to make money?
Can music festivals make enough money off exclusive sponsorship that the 'price of admission' isn't even necessary any more?
Are John C. Coachella (founder of Coachella) and Jeffrey Lollapalooza 'rolling around' in piles of money?
Should fence jumpers be 'thrown in jail?

Are 'fences' just societal constructs that oppress us / create an illusion of 'property' which doesn't really even exist?
Are fences 'unchill bottlenecks' that harsh community vibes?

Worried that 1 day festival security guards will have the 'go-ahead' to 'shoot-to-kill' all fence jumpers.

Do u have any good advice for people who run music festivals + fence jumpers to broker some sort of peace?
Should I start some sort of 'crowd control consulting service' since there are so many music festivals these days?
Do people rlly need to jump fences since bands play so much/there are so many goddamn music festivals these days?