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Big Day Out '08 - the verdict?

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est:
I am seriously considering day/two-day trips away from Sydney for future BDOs.  There are so many goddamn fucking bogans at the Sydney BDO and it's ruining the fuck out of it more and more each year.

Arwedda:
ohogoag battles battles battles

seriously

battles

bells:
Dude, Melbourne BDO sounds like the way to go. At Sydney its always so hot and crowded, with a whole lot of bogans and dumb chicks hurrying between the mainstages and the boiler room so they don't miss the bands they've been hearing on the radio that year. I honestly heard two girls having a conversation that went something like:

'So, like, what are dinosaurs?'
'Well, they're those big dead lizards, you know.'
'Right... so, what about those elephants with tusks?'
'Woolly mammoths?' -[they must be on the same retarded wavelength because at that point i was thinking 'yeah...elephants.']
'Are they dinosaurs?'

AGRNHGHHHH.

Sydney really must be the worst of the lot, as I've heard mostly good things about all the others. Well, in comparison anyway. And Melbourne got some wicked local acts too! Sydney got Bridezilla and Dappled Cities Fly. Repeat after me: hype is not alright.

Shadows Collide:
Well, we all know the formula for all things: Melbourne >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sydney

bells:
And a decent formula that thing is too. I live in Melbourne, but spend way too much time in Sydney so I get ongoing contrasts between the two cities and believe me, Melbs wins out with pretty much everything, Harbour Bridge or no.

It just struck me how much a part of the system the whole event has become, its sorta sad. I mean you have events like Festival of the Sun in Port Macquarie or High and Dry near St Albans where I spent new years, and they're both BYO events so you can camp for a couple of days and listen to some good music and have a genuinely relaxing and enjoyable time without hardly ever reaching for your wallet (I spent a grand total of $10 over 5 days when High and Dry was on). Then you have there big monolithic events like Big Day Out that had such a counter-cultural push when they started but slowly (and somewhat insidiously) became so much a part of the mainstream that I'm no longer fighting off goths and weirdos in the moshpit, I'm fighting off rugby players wearing headbands and lycra. They have sniffer dogs every year now (I guess that can't really be helped) and they make millions off the bars each tour, not to mention merchandise and the fees they charge so people can set up stalls...

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