If you follow this blog at all, you know how much fun we had at Bonnaroo 2007 over in lovely Manchester, Tennessee. Well, it’s just about time for the official lineup for Bonnaroo 2008 to be announced, and the natives are restless everywhere. BONNAROOOOOOOOOO!

It appears that for the last several days on Radio Bonnaroo, the DJ’s have been sporadically spitting out some clues as to who the various participants might be. On websites like Idolator and Stereogum, and of course over at the Official Bonnaroo Forums, people are all hedging their bets and crossing their fingers as to whom these clues represent. We love a mystery here at Loudersoft, so we will follow the excitement by jumping on to the list of “websites who started covering Bonnaroo in February” by throwing the clues at you and letting you have a stab at it.

In the meantime, attempts to connect to the official Bonnaroo website have been met with a repeated Service Unavailable message. Something is definitely going on over there, and we’re all pretty sure they’re preparing for the big announcement. I am told that the official Bonnaroo lineup will be announced on Wednesday, February 6th at around 12PM. So, be sure to check back then. In the meantime, what do these clues mean to you?

1. “There is more than one Manchester”

2. “Memphis isn’t Albany”

3. “Clouds taste this way”

4. “Some Herrings are red, Jimmy”

5. “Hard Substance, Soft Substance”

6. “Janis Joplin’s reserves will be preserved”

7. “Rumors are just rumors, but twist them sideways, grow your humor hair and they become a more yen reality. No, this is not about Fleetwood Mac”

8. “It’s not sour, what is sowed in the earth”

9. “Three certain birds, add one”

10. “Look to the center of Europe to get the sound, but the band comes form all around.”

11. “Here is another clue for you message board people. Open up the church and you will see the steeple. Some of your guesses have been way off but correct for the wrong clues. Now I must cough.”

EDIT: 12. Charlie’s imaginary band will not be playing and don’t believe what he wrote on his hand and the last few things he was not saying. (thanks to a Stereogum reader)