Comments on: Laneway 2010 http://thecorner.co.nz/2010/02/02/review-the-xx-florence-and-the-machine-and-more-at-aucklands-laneways-festival/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:26:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nancy http://thecorner.co.nz/2010/02/02/review-the-xx-florence-and-the-machine-and-more-at-aucklands-laneways-festival/#comment-166 Nancy Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:04:53 +0000 http://thecorner.co.nz/?p=3845#comment-166 It was incredible to see Daniel Johnston; I've worried that I wouldn't ever get to see him (in case he got too sick to travel or something), so it was really fulfilling for me. But it was a fucking outrage to have him drowned out by Cut Off Your Hands. I was right at the front and still struggled to hear him. It was so disrespectful. He handled it with so much grace. Apparently the set up in Sydney is even worse than what we got, because they literally put the bands on tracks and everything gets bottlenecked. Maybe organisers find it impossible to have a good taste in music and a head for logistics at the same time? :P I took photos of people's shoes - documented about 40 pairs of black converse just from one spot. It was incredible to see Daniel Johnston; I’ve worried that I wouldn’t ever get to see him (in case he got too sick to travel or something), so it was really fulfilling for me. But it was a fucking outrage to have him drowned out by Cut Off Your Hands. I was right at the front and still struggled to hear him. It was so disrespectful. He handled it with so much grace.

Apparently the set up in Sydney is even worse than what we got, because they literally put the bands on tracks and everything gets bottlenecked. Maybe organisers find it impossible to have a good taste in music and a head for logistics at the same time? :P

I took photos of people’s shoes – documented about 40 pairs of black converse just from one spot.

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