19 Things I Learned About Foo Fighters, Grape Margarita, and Hipster Headdresses' Second Act*, Friday at Sasquatch! 2011

Renee McMahon

Kids doing kid things inside the Sasquatch! Banana Tent, which features DJs, hip-hop, and electronic music through Monday.

The 10th annual Sasquatch! Music Festival opened with a half day on Friday, May 27, 2011. Here's what we learned. Check back for lessons learned the hard way all weekend.

1. The price of cigarettes is climbing toward $9 a pack. This twice-a-year habit is getting expensive.

2. Yes, leaving your ID at the courtesy counter at North Bend's Safeway is just as inconvenient as it sounds.

3. Friday felt like the first day of summer camp: You come with some friends, see a few people you only see once a year, tell a few dirty jokes, and every tries to avoid getting gonorrhea (some more than others).

4. There are two types of Sasquatch! attendees: Those who dress for a trip to Miami Beach and those who pack for a day at Alki. The realistic set wins every time. It's cold even before the sun goes down.

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Doing kid things on the Gorge's lawn.

5. That doesn't mean your lips won't burn before you pass through the gates. Guard your kisser during the hour wait between the exit for the Gorge and the turnstile.

6. Packing Friday with the fest's most aggressive rock acts was a genius move on the part of Adam Zacks and the Sasquatch! crew. The crowd was positively electric at 7 p.m., and ready to party. Iron & Wine would not have gone over nearly as well as Death From Above 1979's punishing two-man synth-rock.

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Death From Above 1979.

7. Friday felt like the best day of the year for everyone in attendance.

8. There was a general feeling of: Oh, hey, let's get there early and set up camp, drink the first case of High Life, and wander down and catch the Foo Fighters. It doesn't feel so much like day one of the festival, but like entertainment after the campers pitched their tents.

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9. Yes, House of Pain's "Jump Around" is as instantly recognizable to the teens and 20somethings in the Banana Shack on Friday as it would have been at the fest's debut in 2002.