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Well! The big day out was fun. It would have been more fun if I wasn't (a)Utterly buggered from lack of sleep and (b) Unable to stand very long (let alone dance) due to my stupid knees. So I spent most acts sitting at the back in the shade (where there was any), and if it was really rocking I swayed slightly from a cross legged position :)
For anyone who hasn't been: they take up like half the Claremont showgrounds, four of the grass areas being turned into stages with the two biggest on the Really Big oval (only one of the two was used at a time). There was also this fenced off area called LilyWorld which looked intriguing (the entrance was two giant eyes on stalks) but it needed I.D. Most of the food outlets are opened (complete with crazy showground prices), along with lots of stalls all aimed at the young-rock-fan crowd. Not as many free samples as I would have liked, but I managed not to spend a cent with my packed lunch and 1 litre bottle of frozen water.
I didn't get much out of any of the Headline Acts on the two big stages since with the exception of Faker at the begining sitting down meant being waaaay back in the stands. The only time this made me Very Sad was the White Stripes, since by this time I was a few steps shy of Sudden Catastrophic Failure so sat there barely able to hear them over "Tainted Love" coming from Lilyworld for like two songs then went home :( Someone needs to lend me one of their albums so I can play it Very Loudly and pretend like I'm at a concert.
On the other hand the smaller stages were pretty cool. The perth bands one was so empty the "mosh pit" up by the stage was like 1 person thick, so I "moshed" (stood and swayed slightly) to Red Jezebel just because I could :)
My absolute favourites were Youth Group and Sarah Blasko (who I hadn't really heard of before looking her up for the BDO, and now I'm pondering getting an album!). Henry Rollins spoken word was pretty cool too, and it's nice to say I've seen Iggy Pop and the Beasts of Bourbon, even if I didn't actually get that much out of them. (I know, heretic, I did try)
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For anyone who hasn't been: they take up like half the Claremont showgrounds, four of the grass areas being turned into stages with the two biggest on the Really Big oval (only one of the two was used at a time). There was also this fenced off area called LilyWorld which looked intriguing (the entrance was two giant eyes on stalks) but it needed I.D. Most of the food outlets are opened (complete with crazy showground prices), along with lots of stalls all aimed at the young-rock-fan crowd. Not as many free samples as I would have liked, but I managed not to spend a cent with my packed lunch and 1 litre bottle of frozen water.
I didn't get much out of any of the Headline Acts on the two big stages since with the exception of Faker at the begining sitting down meant being waaaay back in the stands. The only time this made me Very Sad was the White Stripes, since by this time I was a few steps shy of Sudden Catastrophic Failure so sat there barely able to hear them over "Tainted Love" coming from Lilyworld for like two songs then went home :( Someone needs to lend me one of their albums so I can play it Very Loudly and pretend like I'm at a concert.
On the other hand the smaller stages were pretty cool. The perth bands one was so empty the "mosh pit" up by the stage was like 1 person thick, so I "moshed" (stood and swayed slightly) to Red Jezebel just because I could :)
My absolute favourites were Youth Group and Sarah Blasko (who I hadn't really heard of before looking her up for the BDO, and now I'm pondering getting an album!). Henry Rollins spoken word was pretty cool too, and it's nice to say I've seen Iggy Pop and the Beasts of Bourbon, even if I didn't actually get that much out of them. (I know, heretic, I did try)
Saw a bunch of people which was fun, but not
gyges_ring because he wasn't really there.