Posts by Russell Brown
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Cracker: Gimme Shelter, in reply to recordari,
You really did have a different experience to me. Got stuck passing through under the stands to get my wrist band
Actually, yeah, we did have a bit of a jam the first time we passed through there. Blocking passage from the food stalls to the Boiler Room was a bad call made worse by the queue for wristbands. Only briefly a problem though.
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Ah. This is what M.I.A. was starting into as we were leaving:
'Boys'. Onstage madness:
And thereafter, she did play 'Paper Planes':
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Cracker: Gimme Shelter, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Ah, the sheep dip. I noticed this about three years back, the last time I attended the BDO, I commented to someone that the whole thing had turned into an A&P show and we were the cattle, herded around from sales point to sales point. The whole exercise was like a corporate monopoly state.
Moving around the site is a key feature of the event, but it wasn’t anywhere near as difficult as it has been some years – partly because it’s better organised now, but largely because it didn’t sell out. Getting in was a bore, but going between the tent and the top field was a breeze all day.
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Welcome, Craig!
I fixed one of your YouTube embeds, but I see the other one works now too, so I'm guessing Matt did so too. You need to use the HTML edit window for actual code.
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And now some LCD from Friday ...
1.38 of the 10-minute opener, 'Dance Yrself Clean':
And all of the inevitable closing number 'All My Friends', which just gave me goosebumps watching it again. Electrifying.
The Auckland crowd looks much bigger and much more up for it than the the Gold Coast crowd did a couple of nights later.
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A remarkably good montage of Primal Scream's set:
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This is how it is for the kids: half an hour from early to late by Daniel Palenski:
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Some videos from Friday:
Street Chant doing an unplugged 'Stoned Again' for Sir Vere and Balcony TV.
Rammstein. You know, if I'd been trapped in the stadium, I'd have been okay with this:
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Cracker: Gimme Shelter, in reply to andrew r,
Actually think the best thing about the immortals area is you can escape for a while and have a drink in s pleasant space.
I’ve talked to the local promoters and they sell or give away as many “pleasant space” tickets as they’re allowed to, which isn’t many. Also, the Australian promoters aren’t keen on exclusive spaces.
I recall the first bdo where you could grab a drink and take it anywhere and it was fine .
I recall pissed punters being a bit of a problem, but yeah, perhaps they could open up more grandstand space for bar use. But I can understand why they don’t. More booze = more problems for them.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if the promoters actually scouted around for a nicer venue full stop. I mean why not?
Did a story on this a while back. Basically, there really isn’t anywhere else suitable. And even if there was, the business case for a recurring festival like the BDO is that everyone knows the drill every year. There really is a manual for the show. That changes if the venue changes.
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Cracker: Gimme Shelter, in reply to Ana Simkiss,
Just to contrast, I’m mostly positive about the BDO experience this year. The new tent/Boiler Room is MUCH better (air!), I’m pretty positive the sound system has been similarly upgraded as the quality of sound seems to be mostly good wherever you happen to be.
Yes, I thought the production was up a notch this year. Although early on we did manage to find a spot (the grassy knoll near the bFM tent) where you could hear three stages at roughly equal volume, which was trying. But that’s the kind of thing you put up with.
The non-sellout crowd made things easier this year – and I was relieved the rain didn’t turn the tent into a nasty crush, even after Tool finished.
LCD Soundsystem were my total highlight
Yes. To me, they're what modern music sounds like. Damn shame this is their last tour.