ooh coooool!!! sounds gr8.....i'm going!!!..........

Go and see 1QA. Rock and fuckin Roll

Now this is gona be chaos

is there somewhere in/around/near nelson where we can camp for free? and light fires?
either legally or well hidden is fine.

The Cusp was heaps of fun, and it was great to meet everyone.
I had a horrible flu/cold and didnt drink anything except for lemsip and herbal tea.
Thanks aka for being so hospitable :-)

yeah cusp was awesome, it was totally worth the 7 hour bus ride, shame on any nelson locals who didnt go! Meeting all the other nzm members was so sweet!otherwise id have been a total loner. you guys rock!i am so going back next year! oh and of course seeing all those bands rocked! betchadupa get beter each time i see them!

well heres my ramble. its only vaguely relevant. we hit the road on the 28th in the red rocket for the rockin' red rocket road trip and called through timagroove. no one there was up for a roadtrip so we hit the caroline bay carnie. the only ride worth our dollars was the hurricane. didnt mix too well with the big feed of chips though. back on the road and it was dark by the time we got to ashburton. tried to get some more people in the car, but again they sucked. so we went to town because drunk people are easier to convince. that undid my years of trying to forget everything i left behind, but we signed up some numbers. best fire of the trip was here (what kind of gas station lets a drunk dude fill up an empty vodka bottle with diesel at 4am?). unfortunately by the time we woke up in the afternoon, the people had figured we had left without them, so they left, and we were looking for them. gutted... absolutely gutted. so we dropped it down a few cogs, fed it the fat and cruised north (after buying a toothbrush and a cowboy hat). over the lewis pass and saw the first crash at springs junction. another crash at the first bridge after springs junction. got to maruia falls and found a dodgy place to camp and cooked up noodles and tuna. wicked. had an early night then rocketed through to nelsun. did some laps, got some coffee, went to the beach. maximum props to that beach. saw a posse we knew from high school so laughed at them. found the other crew we hooked up so crashed their place to cook tea (noodles, salmon, tomatoes). hit the town in nelson. the "djs" repeatedly denied our requests for nirvana. ran into half of ashburton in one bar, so we ran out. finally at closing time we got some nirvana and some pearl jam. got a taxi to the camping ground, got busted by security, got a taxi back again. got another pie, then a free taxi 'home'. slept in the car. woke up cooking, drove to the beach. did some laps of town, fresh fm is the best radio station ever - what a wonderful world followed up with nirvana, scoped out some quiet parks to sleep in, bought some supplies, went to the cusp (why is it called the cusp?). set up camp at the back of the stadium. enjoyed the sounds of hikoikoi. got sick of the dude between sets who wouldnt shut up. moved closer for 1qa, who sounded very nice. checked in to the nzm tent (which wasnt really much of a tent). degrees k didnt really suit the outside daylight thing. clowndog might have had some alright songs but the dude wouldnt shutup. had a go on the roundup, didnt live up to the hurricane. mother guru fulfilled the dread quota and played some nice tunes even. betchadupa played the best set i have ever seen from them, crazy drum fills and guitar solos everywhere, rocking up songs in new ways. the fireworks werent very well coordinated though - one lot would go off, then they would be nothing, then the next lot would come. the whole countdown thing sucks anyway so i dont care. BUT I DIDNT GET A KISS!!!! i was gutted... absolutely gutted. wheres the love nelsun? rhombus could have been ok, but the dude wouldnt shutup. drove to the beach, got breath tested. the dude told me to count to ten but then he cut me off halfway through. pretty damn rude. no wonder no one respects the police. there were more cops at the beach then people so we drove back. got another breath test. i ripped through the 1-to-10 this time so that i didnt get cut off. wicked. our number one campsite was full of people, so we checked out the map and found a nice spot on the side of the road somewhere. got up in the morning and went to the beach for a swim. then went to the carnie beside the beach. some dude who sold belt buckles told me i look like ozzy. so i threw him a few metal salutes and gave him a massive props. if the kareoke there was any guide, then the future of new zealand music is doomed. it was apalling. i got some wicked aviators for ten dollars so i was stoked. some mc was giving some shouts to the massive and he said someone was blowing the biggest bubbles in new zealand. we looked but could not find so we did a drive by and took him out. took a drive to aka's castle. had an awesome feed to last for days. massive props and respect etc to the local crew who kept it real for us. the fruit was a blessing. and the rest of the team, its crazy reading your posts now that ive met you. nzm represent. then we hit the road till we saw a tunnel so we camped there. got slayed by the sandflys in the morning so we bailed out of there. did some laps of westport, found a nice place by the beach to camp. played some frisbee in the sea. cooked some noodles and salmon and tomatoes for tea. the fancy pink salmon made us sick. but all was right in the morning so we headed to freckles cafe to have THE BEST PIES OF THE TRIP. cheers abbie. good coffee too, followed by a thickshake with a shot of coffee. wicked. did the token tourist thing at punakaki, they have a wicked track for skateboarding, so next time ill bring some wheels. did a lap of greymouth, got the best ice cream there. hit the roundabout south of greymouth with the train tracks through the middle, but there was too much traffic to take 'alternate routes' around it this time... gutted... absolutely gutted. went back country driving on "minor road, unsealed" type roads. stopped at the viaduct basin to wash our dishes. back to the road. ignored the "private property no trespassing signs" to drive to the entrance of the otira tunnel. hung round there till the workers came for us. up and over the pass, cut through lake lyndon. the road was so dodgy the wires fell out the back of the radio. took a while to fix without a screwdriver. was getting late so we snuck into ashburton under the cover of darkness. first shower in a week. wicked. nice to wash my hair as the dreads were setting in. last day of the trip, almost became car no. 6 in a seven car pile-up. went to radiant records in timagroove. good store - found abbasolutely on vinyl and 12 inches of hard flesh. went back to the carnie for another ride on the hurricane. it gets better everytime. THE HURRICANE IS THE BEST RIDE OF THE TRIP. then we continued south. first rain of the trip happened just south of timaru. what a good day to finish the trip - 1636.5km later, many repeats of nirvana (in utero, singles), shihad (churn, killjoy, general electric), metallica (ride the lightning, industrial tributes), pantera (reinventing the steel, live), foo fighters (color and the shape) and grinspoon (easy). with token appearances from class of 99 and probot. go the tapes. its good to be home.

You guys sound like you had such an awsome time. I wish i coulda made it. I stayed home eating grapes and watching the south park marathon.... man.

oh yeah. it was a good time.
my full review with many choice photos will be revealed very soon. get ready.
for now check out this link. I will take photo down soon, so check it now!
it might give some of you fools who didn't come an insight into just how betchadupa fucking owned that night.

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