05 August 2008

03 August 2008

splendour in the grass

splendour was this past weekend. it's a music festival in byron bay. 



i have never seen so many drunk 18 year olds wearing wayfarers in my life. 

despite the crowds, the cold, the long walk to the field from garrett's, it was really a lovely festival. 

highlights:
delta spirit



band of horses
the polyphonic spree



cold war kids would have been a highlight if it wasn't so crowded that garrett and i actually left to watch band of horses because we couldn't even enjoy watching them. too many annoying drunk youths. 

sigur ros. seriously, go seem them if you haven't already. they were amazing. 



other surprisingly notable acts/moments/things:
wolfmother
vampire weekend
nimbin chai tent
guzman y gomez burritos
byron bay organic donuts (as always)
drinking at the beachie with adam in between festival time. 
randomly running into people we know in the midst of the 20,000 others we didn't know.
watching people (like ellie) scramble to collect cans on the ground to recycle them and get free drink tickets. brilliant idea splendour. brilliant. 

now i'm back at uni. tired, but really pleased with the weekend. 


...i tried to upload a couple videos and post them on youtube so i can put them on here, but i haven't quite been able to convert them. i'll figure it out and post them later...