BDO2011

Say what you want about the “bring a friend for free” deal that BDO concocted in a way to recoup some money from the poor ticket sales of the Sydney second show. I will say this: it was fuckin awsome! There was no one at the festival, It was only 60% full, there were no bar lines, no toilet lines, you could get close too all the bands, less bogans, less groups of people rolling 30 deep wearing the same outfits etc etc. This makes for a much more enjoyable BDO, Especially with an extra $150 in my pocket from selling my second ticket. The day started pretty slow checking out some fun from Lupe Fiasco, CSS and just hanging round in the lillypad, Things get moving mid arvo for Plan B who kills it with some slippery soul music, even breaking into a beatbox soul singing dubstep interlude which had me foaming. Next up were the geeky Glee esk looking Matt & Kim, who put on a super fun set with plenty of hip hop and Baltimore club covers in between, Then bringing it home with Yeah Yeah and daylight. I tried to watch Reggie Watts but the sound wasn’t doing him justice so it was off too check out Edward Sharp and the magnetic Zeros. Mann this blew me away, Edward sharp was killing it on arrival and didn’t let up till the end. Finishing on the jjj hit home. It was an amazing set and was one of the highlights of the day.Iggy Pop who I might refer too as the new James Brown was ripping the main stage apart. So glad I got too see this, because it surpassed all expectations I had from the man and the stooges. I cruised into a semi private show with a handful of people for Black Mill. Then Lcd soundsytem was next in the boiler room. Um well what can you say, They are one of my favourite bands and due to minimal crowds I got pretty damn close with out having to rub up against any sweaty gurners. LCD killed it as always and played all the bombs finishing with Yeah and New York I love you. On the way through i checked out Ratatat and then Tools amazing light show/projections to a half full main stage. The night for me though belonged to the one and only GRINDERMAN. Fuck this was amazing, blazing through favourite like worm tamer, heathen child, no pussy blues, palaces of Montezuma, But absolutely killing the song “kitchenette” to the stage all I’ve got in my head is TIPPE TOE TIPPE TOE, It’s hard too relax, It’s hard too relax, PUT SOME FUCKING SHOES ON YOUR FEET

Fun day indeed..