Definitely go next year.
No more shouting others tickets & not going myself.
Heard it was BANGING..Next year, hopefully they'll get some other cats on board for our genre style people..how about DA BRAT...or EMINEM...I dont think so..I so wish so.
Why is that L Sam? curious... this being a music site, and you being pretty large livin member, and yet you avoid going to a premiere line up of bands playing live? makes me curious...
If I may answer the same question,
Events like BD0 are just too large.
The cost is huge factor, tickets, transport, housing would leave me very little change out of $1000, for what.. a hot sweaty day fighting with huge numbers of people to maybe see bands I like, playing on stages that may or may not have good sound?
$1000 will buy me a hell of a lot of music over a year, which I would enjoy a heck of a lot more than the pressure cooker atmosphere Of BDO
Thanks AKA, good thinking... the question is open to anyone who feels like avaoiding BDO by default. Forgive me for prodding this out into the open...
So for you it's
1. cost of travel and accommodation, and ticket
2. the size of the event - the old 'too many people' factor
I would debate that as long as the gigs are equal to the best gigs you'll see in the the coming year that those two reasons are now not enough. I believe you might be missing out due to having a negative perceptions? I'm really interested in debunking the myths around this event - and I have nod idea why, other than you *might* be missing great music, which pains me!
a three day festival would be really sweet - coachella and glastonbury come to mind. the BDOs tend to be quite intense. three dayers would represent more bang for your buck and would make it worth the trip for some people.
speaking of which, this years coachella lineup kicks serious arse.
Saturday:
Radiohead
The Pixies
Kraftwerk
Electric Six
LCD Soundsystem
Sahara Hotnights
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Sunday:
The Cure
The Thrills
Prefuse 73
Sidestepper
T. Raumschmiere
Other Confirmed:
Air
Flaming Lips
Basement Jaxx
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Shins
Bright Eyes
Death Cab for Cutie
The Sleepy Jackson
The Crystal Method
Moving Units
The Stills
Rumoured:
Morrissey
British Sea Power
The Hidden Cameras
Dizzee Rascal
Damien Rice
The Chemical Brothers
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Outkast
The Kills
Dan The Automator
311
Kings Of Leon
Jet
Felix Da Housecat
Ed Harcourt
James Lavelle
Cat Power
The Coral
i easily clocked a grand over the weekend, but a lot of that is/was really peripheral to the BDO. Meeting old friends in auckland who decide you're going to go out cocktailing in parnell... picking Real Groovy clean of anything you might ever need. Getting really drunk and hanging out in turkish cafes with those shisha (sp?) things. all of this must be factored into my BDO budget.
then there's the mo'foking casino to worry about :)
I could have , were it not for the fact that I am a giant baby about going to stuff on my own . So really it's my own fault that I missed out and I will discontinue my whining...
//please explain how you can make it cost that much
you forgot the times 2 factor carl
so air fares $400
tickets to BDO $200
leaving me with $400 to cover the housing and food and transport about the city....
and if this year is anything to go by you can't really go just for the day you have to be there for the gigs on the nights before and after...
> you can't really go just for the day you have to be there for the gigs on the nights before and after...
that's exactly what i did. personally, i can't stand auckland. so on the saturday we jumped in the car, found a camping ground in a remote part of the north island and slummed it for a few days. had a great fucking time.
well I was trying to avoid the whole i hate auckland thing, but as someone else said if it was in welly..... totally different story, or even one in each Island
I would have gone to the BDO (despite living in a provincial shit hole in the south island and having to pay heaps for transport etc. ) but none of my friends wanted/could afford to go. So I was forced to sit at home starved of good music , only getting local radio stations and my cd collection having been stolen at new years . I need some new friends methinks.
geez, thats a pretty primo lineup....I'd be beside myself trying to decide who to go watch on the Saturday (Radiohead would be firstplaced), and then beside myself to catch Prefuse 73 on the Sunday....mmmmm, glitch goodness.....
It should be more but I'm rarely in the country at that time of the year. My first BDO was the year with Rage Against the Machine and the famous down pour of rain.
4.. 1997 (soundgarden/ prodigy), 1999 (hole, marylin hanson, korn, although i saw none of the above.. highlights were sparklehorse and FLC) 2003 (quotsa etc) and this one...
money never seems to be a factor, im always broke anyway, (i just get to be broke in auckland, instead of wellington,) so however much cash i managed to scrape up between the christmas debt-fest, and BDO is exactly how much my holiday costs ;-)
// Liked last better because there were more bands I liked
i think i like this year better because there was only one band i really wanted to see. last year was too much for me and it ended up disapointing me. maybe the band helped as well...
Randomly, I find the timing of the BDO really inconvenient. If it was some other month I'd probably go (but I suspect I'm in the minority finding Jan hell busy). The logistics can be pretty daunting as well. The one time I went we travelled overland (in my case from Dunedin). I also dislike spending time in Auckland (and this year, I've often been to Auckland in the month or two leading up to the BDO, so I didn't want to go back so soon -- I'd rather go to welly). I'm also a fan of multi-day events (favs that spring to mind include Moutain Rock and The Gathering, both R.I.P.). Maybe next year??
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hmm interesting only 60% of the sample ...
hmm interesting only 60% of the sample so far did not attend...
come on! everyone vote on this. I want ...
come on! everyone vote on this. I want to know exactly how many NZMers went!!!
Definitely go next year. No more ...
Definitely go next year.
No more shouting others tickets & not going myself.
Heard it was BANGING..Next year, hopefully they'll get some other cats on board for our genre style people..how about DA BRAT...or EMINEM...I dont think so..I so wish so.
Hmm....The BDO is something i will stay ...
Hmm....The BDO is something i will stay away from, thank u very much.
Yeah, those bloody prep-magnets ...
Yeah, those bloody prep-magnets Metallica just attract the wrong crowd.
true...
true
Why is that L Sam? curious... this ...
Why is that L Sam? curious... this being a music site, and you being pretty large livin member, and yet you avoid going to a premiere line up of bands playing live? makes me curious...
If I may answer the same question, ...
If I may answer the same question,
Events like BD0 are just too large.
The cost is huge factor, tickets, transport, housing would leave me very little change out of $1000, for what.. a hot sweaty day fighting with huge numbers of people to maybe see bands I like, playing on stages that may or may not have good sound?
$1000 will buy me a hell of a lot of music over a year, which I would enjoy a heck of a lot more than the pressure cooker atmosphere Of BDO
Thanks AKA, good thinking... the ...
Thanks AKA, good thinking... the question is open to anyone who feels like avaoiding BDO by default. Forgive me for prodding this out into the open...
So for you it's
1. cost of travel and accommodation, and ticket
2. the size of the event - the old 'too many people' factor
I would debate that as long as the gigs are equal to the best gigs you'll see in the the coming year that those two reasons are now not enough. I believe you might be missing out due to having a negative perceptions? I'm really interested in debunking the myths around this event - and I have nod idea why, other than you *might* be missing great music, which pains me!
a three day festival would be really ...
a three day festival would be really sweet - coachella and glastonbury come to mind. the BDOs tend to be quite intense. three dayers would represent more bang for your buck and would make it worth the trip for some people.
speaking of which, this years coachella lineup kicks serious arse.
Saturday:
Radiohead
The Pixies
Kraftwerk
Electric Six
LCD Soundsystem
Sahara Hotnights
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
Sunday:
The Cure
The Thrills
Prefuse 73
Sidestepper
T. Raumschmiere
Other Confirmed:
Air
Flaming Lips
Basement Jaxx
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Shins
Bright Eyes
Death Cab for Cutie
The Sleepy Jackson
The Crystal Method
Moving Units
The Stills
Rumoured:
Morrissey
British Sea Power
The Hidden Cameras
Dizzee Rascal
Damien Rice
The Chemical Brothers
Pretty Girls Make Graves
Outkast
The Kills
Dan The Automator
311
Kings Of Leon
Jet
Felix Da Housecat
Ed Harcourt
James Lavelle
Cat Power
The Coral
<i>The Pixies</i>! I say ...
The Pixies!
I say again...
The Pixies!
Get them here. For BDO 2005. Or even better, a tour. Someone organise it. Now.
// The cost is huge factor, tickets, ...
// The cost is huge factor, tickets, transport, housing would leave me very little change out of $1000
please explain how you can make it cost that much without buying a whole lot of donuts. those donuts are damn fine though.
$100 for ticket. maybe a couple of hundred for transport. accomodation free to a hundred or so?
i easily clocked a grand over the ...
i easily clocked a grand over the weekend, but a lot of that is/was really peripheral to the BDO. Meeting old friends in auckland who decide you're going to go out cocktailing in parnell... picking Real Groovy clean of anything you might ever need. Getting really drunk and hanging out in turkish cafes with those shisha (sp?) things. all of this must be factored into my BDO budget.
then there's the mo'foking casino to worry about :)
I could have , were it not for the fact ...
I could have , were it not for the fact that I am a giant baby about going to stuff on my own . So really it's my own fault that I missed out and I will discontinue my whining...
</i> better stop that italic shit from ...
better stop that italic shit from spewing down the entire page.....
do it then...
do it then
um..... how? oh crap, I broke ...
um..... how?
oh crap, I broke nzmusic.com.... or at least slanted it for eternity :)
phew.... why didn't that work the ...
phew.... why didn't that work the first couple of times?
//please explain how you can make it ...
//please explain how you can make it cost that much
you forgot the times 2 factor carl
so air fares $400
tickets to BDO $200
leaving me with $400 to cover the housing and food and transport about the city....
and if this year is anything to go by you can't really go just for the day you have to be there for the gigs on the nights before and after...
dust, if u can read heathers answer ...
dust, if u can read heathers answer (minus the metallica part) you will know why.
> you can't really go just for the day ...
> you can't really go just for the day you have to be there for the gigs on the nights before and after...
that's exactly what i did. personally, i can't stand auckland. so on the saturday we jumped in the car, found a camping ground in a remote part of the north island and slummed it for a few days. had a great fucking time.
well I was trying to avoid the whole i ...
well I was trying to avoid the whole i hate auckland thing, but as someone else said if it was in welly..... totally different story, or even one in each Island
$100 ticket $40 gas $10 donuts $300 ...
$100 ticket
$40 gas
$10 donuts
$300 @ rockshop (optional)
i do need to get a new handbrake after the trip though so that might cost a bit...
$100 ticket $50 Mars Volta ...
$100 ticket
$50 Mars Volta ticket
$400 plane ticket
free hotel room
$100 food
$100 on misc shit
not sure where all of my money spent
I would have gone to the BDO (despite ...
I would have gone to the BDO (despite living in a provincial shit hole in the south island and having to pay heaps for transport etc. ) but none of my friends wanted/could afford to go. So I was forced to sit at home starved of good music , only getting local radio stations and my cd collection having been stolen at new years . I need some new friends methinks.
you could've still gone up, I went up ...
you could've still gone up, I went up by myself & I'm from Invers
geez, thats a pretty primo ...
geez, thats a pretty primo lineup....I'd be beside myself trying to decide who to go watch on the Saturday (Radiohead would be firstplaced), and then beside myself to catch Prefuse 73 on the Sunday....mmmmm, glitch goodness.....
<b>Open question:</b> How many BDO's ...
Open question: How many BDO's have you been to?
Only 4. It should be more but I'm ...
Only 4.
It should be more but I'm rarely in the country at that time of the year. My first BDO was the year with Rage Against the Machine and the famous down pour of rain.
3.5 first year same...
3.5
first year same
2. Last year and this. Two years ...
2. Last year and this.
Two years before that I was probably too housebound with young child, and before that, too poor a student to make it up.
me 3 years. This year Last year ...
me 3 years.
This year
Last year (3times)
The 1st or second BDO - Soundgarden headlined
I've been to all of them except for ...
I've been to all of them except for the Limp Bizkit one (for obvious reasons).
That means I'm more punk than all of you!
(shit, I'd better get to Parachute!!!)
how many is that?...
how many is that?
//how many is that? this year was the ...
//how many is that?
this year was the 11th
// except for the Limp Bizkit one (for ...
// except for the Limp Bizkit one (for obvious reasons).
whaddya mean? RAMMSTEIN was playing goddamnit!!
twice, this year & last year. Liked ...
twice, this year & last year. Liked last better because there were more bands I liked
4.. 1997 (soundgarden/ prodigy), 1999 ...
4.. 1997 (soundgarden/ prodigy), 1999 (hole, marylin hanson, korn, although i saw none of the above.. highlights were sparklehorse and FLC) 2003 (quotsa etc) and this one...
money never seems to be a factor, im always broke anyway, (i just get to be broke in auckland, instead of wellington,) so however much cash i managed to scrape up between the christmas debt-fest, and BDO is exactly how much my holiday costs ;-)
2...
2
just this year's and last. Dust; I ...
just this year's and last.
Dust; I realise you managed not to cause a power outage this time :)
// Liked last better because there were ...
// Liked last better because there were more bands I liked
i think i like this year better because there was only one band i really wanted to see. last year was too much for me and it ended up disapointing me. maybe the band helped as well...
3 1996, 97, and 1999 - before it ...
3
1996, 97, and 1999 - before it became a Prep-Fest.
three. '99, '03, '04....
three.
'99, '03, '04.
I think I'm up to 4. 2001, 2002, ...
I think I'm up to 4.
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.
Limp Bizkit were wonderful.
2 the rammstein one and metallica...
2 the rammstein one and metallica
Four - '01, '02, '03 & '04...
Four - '01, '02, '03 & '04
3. 00, 03, 04 01 & 02 lineups did ...
3.
00, 03, 04
01 & 02 lineups did not get close to the 00 lineup. the chilis were the shit. that is why i didn't return til last year when it got a lot closer.
2...
2
2; this and last....
2; this and last.
Only 1 (2000) Randomly, I find the ...
Only 1 (2000)
Randomly, I find the timing of the BDO really inconvenient. If it was some other month I'd probably go (but I suspect I'm in the minority finding Jan hell busy). The logistics can be pretty daunting as well. The one time I went we travelled overland (in my case from Dunedin). I also dislike spending time in Auckland (and this year, I've often been to Auckland in the month or two leading up to the BDO, so I didn't want to go back so soon -- I'd rather go to welly). I'm also a fan of multi-day events (favs that spring to mind include Moutain Rock and The Gathering, both R.I.P.). Maybe next year??