Guest Writer: Le Chook
I can feel it down in my plums, the resurrection is coming. Although the light may only be shining briefly over this town next weekend, it’s going to be bright as hell.
Firstly if anyone is in the dark about next weekend, still trapped in their tombs waiting for someone to move some big ass rock, some of the happenings of next weekend are as follows:
Firstly if anyone is in the dark about next weekend, still trapped in their tombs waiting for someone to move some big ass rock, some of the happenings of next weekend are as follows:
Thursday:
Good Friday Eve @ The Dog (Generik + Chardy)
Dress Up for Jesus @ the Nash (1 Fish, Two Fish + Divide & Disolve)
Jelly Wrestling @ Bended (BodyMachine + Baby Goggles)
Good Friday:
Yacht Club DJ’s @ The Nash
Good Friday Folk Dance @ Lefties (Circus Circus)
Easter Saturday:
Hip Hop @ Bar Pizza (Kid's Table & Yuen)
Bone Thugs & Harmony @ Rush
Dress Up for Jesus @ the Nash (1 Fish, Two Fish + Divide & Disolve)
Jelly Wrestling @ Bended (BodyMachine + Baby Goggles)
Good Friday:
Yacht Club DJ’s @ The Nash
Good Friday Folk Dance @ Lefties (Circus Circus)
Easter Saturday:
Hip Hop @ Bar Pizza (Kid's Table & Yuen)
Bone Thugs & Harmony @ Rush
Easter Sunday:
Festivus @ Carlton Hotel (Children Collide, Little Red, Bag Raiders, Muscles, Ajax, Vasco Era + more)
We Make Party @ Eureka (TRek, Naysayer & Gilsun, Sleeves vs. 1928)
Official Festivus Afterparty @ The Nash (Ok Sure, Mat Cant)
Easter Monday:
Free Range @ Barwon Heads Pub (Many Amazing Locals)
ADD TO THAT YOU ALL GET TUESDAY OFF TO RECOVER & PLAY TWO UP!
Now it would be safe to assume that everyone is going to go out for probably 2-3 of these days minimum and if you subscribe to this Getting Tropical you will more then likely be smashing all 5 followed by a Pot & Parmi at your local RSL on Tuesday.
So now we know all of Town will be packed with a lot of people with drunken smiles on their wee faces, having a good time, going to see/hear a lot of music and generally being enthusiastic all weekend long. As much as seeing this makes me really happy, it also shits me to tears. Because we all know the next week 80% of these people will go back to being a sour puss and saying those same two words ‘Geelong’s Shit’. Well I’ve got news for you buddy: ‘You’re Shit!’. (Note that there are always exceptions to every rule, for example some people may not be in fact ‘shit’, they may have just been born with absolutely no scrotum/soul/joy in their lives etc.) This lot needs to realise that amazing events happen nearly every other weekend, and for some fucked reason only 30 people turn up, all of whom have a killer time. From that you would have to assume the problem isn’t with the event, it’s probably with attitude of a large part of the community to local music.
Rants aside, you will notice that ¾ of the acts playing over this colossal weekend are local, so turn up early or listen to someone in a side-room for 15 minutes you might even enjoy yourself. And if you do, check out another show with some of these acts without a big name headliner. Who knows? One day you may even start heading out fortnightly to see some live music and having a really good time.
In summary it’s an amazing weekend, go out have a great time, hear some music, get a smile on your face and for fucks sake keep it on for years to come.
Rants aside, you will notice that ¾ of the acts playing over this colossal weekend are local, so turn up early or listen to someone in a side-room for 15 minutes you might even enjoy yourself. And if you do, check out another show with some of these acts without a big name headliner. Who knows? One day you may even start heading out fortnightly to see some live music and having a really good time.
In summary it’s an amazing weekend, go out have a great time, hear some music, get a smile on your face and for fucks sake keep it on for years to come.
Guest Writer: Le Chook
