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Top 5 Things About Splendour in the Grass!

Since I'm having trouble finding the time to post anything, I thought it might be quicker to do a top five type post rather than ramble and bore people.

1. The Music

Ok, so that should be obvious, but if I did a top five and didn't bunch all the music into one item, there'd be nothing but music. The stand out act for me was Scissor Sisters who put on an awesome show. Grinspoon came second and other acts I really enjoyed include The Grates, The Avalanches, Something for Kate1, The Presets and Brian Wilson.

Sarah blowing bubbles

2. The Coincidences2

The number of coincidences we encountered was increadible. We ran into a long lost friend from high school, Sarah. That's coincidental because I had brought her up in conversation earlier in the day, after not thinking or talking about her for maybe two years! It was awesome to catch up with here and find out that her boyfriend (get ready for the next coincidence) is none other than Mike D, who Browny and I did a huge assignment with at uni a couple years back. On top of all that, on the first night we dropped into the movie shed they had set up only to find I [Heart] Huckabees playing, which for the uninitiated, is all about coincidences.

3. Running into Sarah

That was just way cool, we spent a bunch of time hanging out with her, Mike and all their friends at their most awesome Mexican themed camp.

4. Possibly being on Channel V

Mid way through Sunday, a Channel V crew came through the Mexican themed camp and did an interview with Sarah and checked it all out. I don't know if any of it actually went to air (it was supposed to have on Friday) but if anyone recorded it I'd like to see.

5. Hanging out with Aidan for the weekend

It's always fun hanging out with Aidan, but combine that with music and fun (two things we both love) and it makes for a great weekend.

If this had been a top ten, vikings and mud would both definitely have made the list.

  1. I'm not really a fan of Something for Kate, but they put on a great live show. [↩]
  2. Thanks to Aidan for the pictures. [↩]

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31 July 2006 — Simon Elvery — Permalink