colinzealuk

bamos: 8.2
meths: 6.2
sean: 1.1

http://www.halvin.co.uk/pages/clashfinder09/

*sigh*

syndicate it onto the website already.

I only came down here to complain!

45 quid is a bit steep, but can't say it surprises me, and worth it to see the four playing together again.

Masses of people only know them for that.

No wait... you're quite right. Fortunately Bontcho hasn't actually played in over 12 months now.

what with being unable to organise
- water
- toilets
- security/stewards
- money to pay the bands they'd booked
- a safe marquee for their second biggest stage
- money to pay their local crews
- getting x thousand people onsite

Your version would make sense, if the zoo wasn't now left out of pocket and with a reputation quite possibly in tatters and the promoters had been capable of sorting out the basic things that a festival of any size would need before even thinking about bands and stuff.

why would they then fork out their own money just so that some of the bands actually did play when they were going to pack up and leave without doing so?

It amazes me that promoters usually seem incapable of admitting that it's been a shambles after these kinds of events.

It's the general organisation. There's too many cowboy outfits/well meaning people who don't appreciate how much organisation needs to go into holding a successful event. At least the shambles that was Fflam last year and Wild in the Country were cancelled (albeit at the last minute and pretty shoddily) rather than going ahead with an even worse experience for everyone.

You can't expect them to have any idea of how the real world actually works. Trading Standards probably a better bet though, yes.

I'd actually go with average rather than shit personally.

I've got a hunch it might be Peter Kember.

I like the mushy peas analogy :)

surely an "unremarkable" album that "occasionally veers" into worse areas should be a solid 4 or 5 out of 10? In fact, an album that "(nails) mediocrity right between the eyes" should be a 5 and nothing else.

it was news back in November. There was a reasonable amount of (unfair) outrage in the running community about it at the time since it came out at the same time as people were getting their ballot acceptance/rejections.

PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOAD AREN'T PEOPLE WHO BUY. THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. NO MORE MUSIC FOREVER!

Just acoustic sets played in an open field.