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Last weekend I’ve attended my first festival down here. Yeah! The ‘Big Day Out‘ in the north of the city. I’ve the seen performances of

• Cut Copy
• Mudvayne
• Soulwax
• Henry Rolins (spoken word)
• Franz Ferdinand
• The Mars Volta
• The White Stripes

But it felt really different than the festivals in Europe. Of course I missed my usual festival buddies but this also was the first festival that I have been to (ever!) where all guys actually went to the slasher! Which of course has the nice side effect that not every corner stinks like a toilet. One thing that was really annoying though: you were only allowed to drink alcohol in dedicated areas. I WANT MY BEER! No matter where! Sorry, I will never understand this “it’s in a paper bag! …no one knows!” thing that is happening here as well as in the US.

1. February 2006 | australia, melbourne, music | DiggIt!