Superthread LXVIII: Honouring Sore Losers from Queensland

[Alba]

I get the feeling you really hate Melbourne haha

 

[dogslife]

Ouch

You can go with me. I know I'm not bunniesman, but still not a bad consolation prize

 

[Drew-Sta]

Morning.

ahh.. Yay for work dinners, nice red wine + cigars..

I'd kill for a cigar.

Such a happy day, everyone thank the Sharks for reviving LU's favourite documentary "Adventures of a Chinless Clown"!

Eh? Please explain good sir.

 

[muzby]

I'd kill for a cigar.

i had too many last night.

my mouth tastes like a sweaty sneaker & feels like i've been chewing kitty litter..



and in other news, sad to see the end of a tradition - big day out is no more

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...s-events-company-confirms-20140626-3auaf.html

 

[Jason Maher]

That awkward moment when you give your former assistant manager a bit of shit for wearing an England shirt and it turns out she has breast cancer...

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Eh? Please explain good sir.

The word on the street is Steve Price is set to sign on as Assistant Coach with Cronulla shortly.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

and in other news, sad to see the end of a tradition - big day out is no more

http://www.theage.com.au/entertainm...s-events-company-confirms-20140626-3auaf.html

My understanding was that BDO was off for 2015 only.

 

[Drew-Sta]

i had too many last night.

my mouth tastes like a sweaty sneaker & feels like i've been chewing kitty litter..

Agree there was always a limit to how many you could have. Still, nothing better than watching a fire in the back yard with a glass of wine / muscat and drawing back on some good tobacco.

The word on the street is Steve Price is set to sign on as Assistant Coach with Cronulla shortly.

 

[Skinner]

My understanding was that BDO was off for 2015 only.

They were saying that, but I don't it will happen again. Run it's race, jumped the shark...whatever.

 

[Twizzle]

They were saying that, but I don't it will happen again. Run it's race, jumped the shark...whatever.

Its only off for 2015.

AJ sold his 50% share to a Texas based company who will get it back up and running the following year. They wouldn't have paid all that money just to shelve it.

He lost between $8mill and $12mill last year and I'm not surprised. You could still get tickets up until the event as it didn't sell out mainly because of his crappy line ups.

 

[Jason Maher]

Soundwave >>>>>> Big Day Out

 

[dogslife]

BDO lineups have been crap for years. I went to my first one 10 years ago and and back then you had to buy your ticket within about 10 minutes of them going on sale. Some dude even offered me $500 at the gate for my $80 ticket :lol:

 

[Joker's Wild]

BDO lineups have been crap for years. I went to my first one 10 years ago and and back then you had to buy your ticket within about 10 minutes of them going on sale. Some dude even offered me $500 at the gate for my $80 ticket :lol:

Pretty much this

Last one I went to was in 2003 when Metallica headlined

There has been nothing but shit from then on

 

[Twizzle]

Soundwave >>>>>> Big Day Out

Agree, has been for about 5 years now

The last decent BDO was when Tool and Rhamstein headlined a while back.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Agree, has been for about 5 years now

The last decent BDO was when Tool and Rhamstein headlined a while back.

That was the last BDO I went to, recent ones have looked as exciting as watching grass grow.

 

[muzby]

the english football team visited an orphanage in brazil today..

"it's heartbreaking to see their sad little faces with no hope"

said 6 year-old jose...

 

[Skinner]

Its only off for 2015.

AJ sold his 50% share to a Texas based company who will get it back up and running the following year. They wouldn't have paid all that money just to shelve it.

He lost between $8mill and $12mill last year and I'm not surprised. You could still get tickets up until the event as it didn't sell out mainly because of his crappy line ups.

I'll lay good money it won't be back in 2016 either.

 

[Dani]

I've got a friend who's in event management. He told me for this year's BDO they struggles to sign contracts with a lot of food vendors ect because so many of them didn't think they'd get their money it was doing so poorly.

 

[Big Pete]

BDO had it's day unfortunately.

I prefer how they organise the day compared to Soundwave, but Soundwave just started putting way too many good bands on the one show to be ignored. By about 2009, they'd taken over as the premier rock festival.

Still, I enjoyed a lot of my BDOs. From watching Tool, Muse (and don't laugh) my favourite band at the time, The Killers to 2013 when I was making mad dashes through the Chilli Peppers, to Animal Collective to Sleigh Bells, it was a sweet time out.

I think people get it all wrong when they say the show 'isn't how it used to be'. While it never topped those early 2000 shows, for mine, it's biggest problem is that it stuck too close to the same formula and never really evolved. As sad as it is to say, festival goers would much rather see an international act over a local one.

 

[Misanthrope]

Am I the only person on earth who doesn't enjoy music festivals?