(Yes, Mom, I will buy those earplugs someday.)
I wish my job was always this easy, and this fun.
After the jump, I winnow that down into my top 10 whatevers.

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10.
Also the fact that the crowd ranged from newborn babies (at Tool!)
to older couples, from Woodstock refugees to shiny sophisticates.
For diversity and purity of focus, Bonnaroo is simply unbeatable.
Id kill for video of that.
Im looking at you,AT&T Blue Room.
Dont let me down.
6.The Superjam:Ben Harper, John Paul Jones, and ?uestlove.
I like imagining theyre all friends in real life.
Like maybe they have a summer share someplace in the Hamptons.
Now theres a reality show Id watch.
To quote Demetri Martin, I like the way she works with the crowd.
That stuff about the harmony, and the birds?
That was freakin awesome.
Nearly being crushed to death inthe White Stripes photo pit.
This, and all its friends.