Toop Toop

Good Vibrations, Centennial Parklands, Sydney,

Since last the last time I chatted, life has ground down to a situation I'd much less rather be in. I've been job hunting now for a couple of weeks and things have only just started to look positive.
Aside from this, I still find myself looking forward to weekends due to the fact I still get some time off from my current (sadly unpaid) full time occupation of trying to catch me some employment. However this Saturday was to be a little random and spontaneous.

I met with Aaron in the morning simply to pick up my football before he headed to a pre-festival party. Since I knew a few of the guys n gals there, I decided to go along to say hi... but of course, the vibe was a little infectious. As the gang departed Randwick for Centennial Park, I felt a little out of the loop, so I decided to see if I could get in the best way I can... for cheap or for free.

After the walk down there (first ever festival in walking distance of where I live!), I was asking people if they had any spare tickets, but alas, no yield. A tout/scalper was selling tickets for $30 above face value... which was still more than my budget oriented wallet could handle right now. The front gates had a box office, so decided to line up and see if there were any tikets available and for how much... though 1 minute of queueing and an Englishguy came up to me asking if I needed a ticket. He offered it to me for less than half face value, and after I'd eyeballed some other tickets to check for authenticity, I was soon through the front gate.

So, another day, another festival in the life and times of Luke Fonfara. The general vibe of Good Vibrations tends to lean to the current trend of electronic music, ranging from synthesiser machine backed guitar bands through to hip hop acts and DJs.

After dancing away to the Cut Copy and Sneaky Sound System (both highly recommended), I managed to catch a bit of Jurassic 5 before moving on down to the Laundry Tent to see Cassius - the French DJs that have been around for a bit. These were my most anticipated act of the day, and they didn't disappoint me. We danced hard and was eventually glad in my legs at least that they handed over the decks to the big Dutch guy Timo Maas, a trance master no less. However, he seemed to be in a pretty serious mood and his set didn't really do much to lift me up for the final slot of the evening... so off I went.

Next Stop, the Beastie Boys on the main stage. I arrived as Snoop Dogg was leaving the stage as a special guest, after this, the set remained, well, a bit dull as I chatted to some guy. Eventually it picked up a little but not enough to hold my attention and I walked away still unconvinced by the Beastie Boys in general. My final stop was Dirty Laundry - almost like 2 Many DJs, they make a habit of mashing up well known songs and beats together... The best of a pretty average bunch of headliners played on as I left the venue to catch up with some friends for a post festival chillout session... all in all a very enjoyable day, and a bargain too!