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Ken Double

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 18:01:16 +1300

Tinashe was there? She's pretty hot poop right now. A bit urban for Splore I'd have thought but that's no bad thing. All we get down here is Ciara.

andin

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:21:51 +1300

Earl Gateshead, a mad, brilliant, chatty old white guy steeped in sound system culture.
A visiting English friend found his "yeah yeah" refrain really annoying, didnt bother me tho.At Ruapuke highlights were Jungle Fari, Table Suede(yay funk!) Jonathon Crayford Trio who was joined on stage by Brian guitarist from Cornerstone…

Myles Thomas

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:59:47 +1300

Can't say I agree with ANY of that but hey, there was enough other stuff to keep me happy.

Most ironic moment for me was getting sick of innocuous but clever mixing from Mr Scruff so headed up to the gypsy caravan only to hear his actual song Get a…

llew40

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:36:43 +1300

Forgot to mention, Mr Scruff is offering a download of his Splore set via his Facebook page.

llew40

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:38:19 +1300

Oh, and Roy Ayers, was in front of that and someone shouted at me "its like being at a Commodores concert". Ten minutes later, "its more like a James Brown concert". etc etc, He sure fits in a lot of references.

Alan Perrott

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:38:02 +1300

and Earl's salemanship – this one’s eight minutes long, you might find it boring…yeah yeah, that’s it, that’s all there is…is it boring? yeah yeah.

Russell Brown

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:36:20 +1300

Our teenagers were totally enthralled by Tinashe. Not quite my thing, but they were all completely buzzing and grinning from ear to ear after spending the whole gig right up against the front barrier.

I wish I'd seen her! Heard lots of good things.

Russell Brown

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:35:54 +1300

Also enjoyed Earl Gateshead’s banter “heavy yeah yeah, this one is warrior reggae, but dont see too many warriors out there”

His rewind style was a laugh — just push the needle back across the record to roughly where that "amazing" bit was.

llew40

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:31:06 +1300

Trinity Roots were very very fine. Warren Maxwell is some kind of serious muso, I'd imagine he and Roy Ayers would have a lot in common. He certainly seems to have jazz sensibilities.

Missed Phoenix Foundation alas (in fact, part of the challenge of Splore is the impossibility of trying…

Alan Perrott

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:29:18 +1300

so on board with you re Cat Empire, utter utter kak. and (boo) I missed Roy, was busy threading LEDs through some angel wings, bloody Splore, which promptly fell out when the missus shrugged them on. I was well happy.
my best time was catching MC Slave's DJ set at…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:28:48 +1300

Dismission creep…?
Too bloody zany for me, mate.
and
What even are they? I don’t get it.
Careful Russell, that way lies Mike Hosking / Paul Henry territory…
;- )

Russell Brown

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:16:10 +1300

It was pretty cool swimming in the ocean with Mr Scruff playing tunes through a giant PA on the beach. Great festival.

It was a shame our little public conversation couldn't go ahead, but apart from that, Sunday was a sunny, happy day for me.

Cat Empire were terrible!

What…

Samuel Scott

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:04:58 +1300

It was pretty cool swimming in the ocean with Mr Scruff playing tunes through a giant PA on the beach. Great festival. Cat Empire were terrible!

Trinity Roots were great, the new lineup with Ben Woods taking over the drums and Ed Zuccollo adding extra keys works great.

Public Address

Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:04:58 +1300

Discussion from blog post.