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Archive for July, 2005

Splendor in the Grass, 05

Tuesday, July 26th, 2005

Venue: Byron Bay, NSW
Date: 23rd/24th of July, 2005
I count myself fortunate that I jumped on the Splendor In The Grass bandwagon so hastily this year, as I can say that it was one of the best festivals I’ve had the priviledge to attend. While I was really only going for two or three acts, the [...]

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Soobiesta 2005

Sunday, July 10th, 2005

Venue: Jubilee Hotel
Date: 08/07/2005
Its Valley fiesta time and that means music, specifically of the Brisbane variety. Soobiesta is a ‘Straight Out of Brisbane’ event, promoting over 40 Australian acts over four stages, and nine hours. Amongsts the ones I was fortunate to see included Flamingo Crash, Bit By Bats,Spod and Sekiden.
I had caught the enigmatic [...]

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Faker/Speedstar/Flamingo Crash

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

Venue: The Zoo
Date: 01/07/2005
After a brief sojourn at Rics Cafe, me and my two Cremin compatriots, Taz and Gez, hit the Zoo for a night that promises to be, well, interesting at least. This week its Sydney band, Faker, to grace this excellent venue. A few years back, a few Faker tunes had been floating [...]

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