Posts by Mark Easterbrook
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Having been to the grandparental refuge in question, there are far worse places to retreat too on a sunny Friday afternoon :)
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I was referring to Hot Chip, just a bit late.
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That. Rocks.
Well, more kind of grooves, but you know what I mean.
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Don't worry, I'm sure the new Government will get on with some anti-social engineering soon enough.
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2001 was an ugly BDO, from memory. Limp Bizkit headlining on the main stage and a surly crowd. It would be an interesting (if methodologically shonky) exercise to compare annual arrest numbers with headlining acts...
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Wow.
There's some REALLY angry people out there. I thought they cheered up when nice Mr Key promised them their ponies?
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Is Killer Ray still around ? He was the dude.
About 10 years ago, a female friend hired Killer Ray to play at her party. She caught him rifling through her underwear drawer later in the evening...he kind of lost his weird-but-coolness for me after that...
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(Mark, I wonder if I saw your lovely wife? There was a gorgeous pregnant person wandering around the main stage area at some point...)
If it was a gorgeous pregnant person with black 50s inspired hair, big white sunglasses and a long black floral sundress. Hey look! I'm a guy and I remember what my wife wore 3 days ago!
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I was blown away by the sense of reverence and respectfulness that descended once Neil Young was in full swing - up in the East Stand where we were sitting, it was like the whole crowd was leaning forward in their seats, hanging on every note. It was absolute magic, and I can die happy having seen Cortez the Killer performed live, and beautifully.
Not sure about the rest of the day. Having my lovely wife along, who is 6 1/2 months pregnant, we went later (4pm) and steered away from the crush of the Boiler Room. We stuck to the 4 main stages, and it was...okay. TV on the Radio was, sadly, like listening through a wall of porridge. My Morning Jacket seemed a bit all over the place, great moments here and there. The Mint Chicks sounded fun, but I think you needed to be right up the front. The popularity of The Living End, like Powderfinger, is one of the great enduring mysteries of the BDO. And The Arctic Monkeys never seemed to quite fire properly, and their cover of Red Right Hand probably seemed like a good idea in the rehearsal room, but...
Regardless, $130 for 90 minutes of classic Neil Young was worth every cent. Everyone, from the genuine old hippies, to the 30 something hipsters, to the cool kids, to my as-yet unborn son, was loving it. He kicked his way happily through the whole set.
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Of John Key?