So I got this idea... I'm in summer school, bored off my ass, and pretty much all alone in a tiny little room that is honestly smaller than my car. I wish I was joking. I've been in prison cells are bigger than this blue-walled hell hole, so fitting my guitar... let alone my organ, in this glorified broom closet is already asking too much... With this being my currently pathetic situation, I thought "Hey, when life gives you lemons... who the hell says you gotta make lemonade? Fuck that shit, I'll throw those bitches back in life's face!" Anyways... Here's my idea: I'm sick of being alone here, and I want to do something amazing... monumental.... INSPIRING!!! I'm 21 years old... I've got my whole life ahead of me, and I want to look back one day and realize that I fucking did something good for the world in this age of evangelical crusades and spun-out press. So, let's all get together... here, in Clinton, SC, and let's have a "Freedom-Fest" along the same lines as Woodstock, but made for the eclectic and under-represented folk, blues, and all other "progressive" musicians who still thrive here in our nation. Our artistic value has been diminished for far too long, and we have been ignored by the press and mainstream media in exchange for a pop culture that has been shoved down our throats and enforced with the penalty of being cast into a plethora of individuals who are regarded as "social delinquents" - for lack of a better way of saying this. So, instead of allowing our very essence... our worth, and our lives to be determined by a pool of financially and politically elite individuals, let's take a stand and come together in order to show that the pulse of THIS generation of artists, dreamers, and inspiring musicians is INDEED thumping below the surface of "popular culture." Let's show that both our collective and individual integrity, value, and right to disagree with our government go far deeper than any pop-culture media network can possibly "spin" for their own advantage. Damnit, let's take control of our destiny, and let's take control of our freedom! Did the French country-folk not rise up and assert themselves when they found themselves in a similar situation? Did our forefathers not boldly sieze their liberty from the oppressive and manipulative government of their time? This, my friends is OUR time! It's time to pay our dues on the ticket of freedom that we're told we are riding on! It's time to end the stagnation of the present and insure the progression of tomorrow! IT'S TIME FOR US TO LIVE!!!!! So, are you in?