7Am: Feels like 21 °C
1 layer of clothing is recommended to remain comfortable in these conditions.

So what happens when it gets to the promised 25 °C?

So what happens when it gets to the promised 25 °C?

That's down from last night's forecast of 27º.

I'm expecting jungle weather this evening.

And behave yourselves!

Awww, mum ...

Do not miss the Fire. From all accounts they were the absolute highlight of the UK summer festivals this past 2 years.

Other tip – Operator Please. Very young poppy/punky kids from Brisbane. Saw them supporting the Arctic Monkeys and they were?

1. Dr Octagon – Dr. Octagonecologyst is a stone cold classic of warped hiphop. 'I'm Dangerous' still gets regular airplay in our house. Not sure how?

depending on crowd Lady Saw over Arcade Fire... tis going to be hard moving around today I reckon

I predict rain and I am blaming Rage Against The Machine as it pissed down last time they were?

I predict rain and I am blaming Rage Against The Machine as it pissed down last time they were here... watching the crowd for them from the immortals lounge should be a sight to remember

That wasn't Rage's fault, that was Elastica. I was in the stand when they started?

I was in the stand when they started playing that song with the great guitar at the beginning.

Is that the one that sounds like a Wire number? :)

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Is that the one that sounds like a Wire number? :)

Connection is the name of the song. Guitar/synth it is.

Never having heard the Wire, I couldn't say, but that's what the Wire claimed. There was an out-of-court settlement not involving money, so I suspect it does somewhat sound?

Connection is the name of the song.

Have a listen to this remix – up until the obviously clubby bits that's basically the original of Wire's "Three Girl Rhumba" – and try to stop yourself thinking that somehow the vital connection is made.

I think I remember hearing that when?

Though having listened to 30 seconds of the Wire version... Elastica made it much better for me.

You'd have to have a heart of stone or be too cool for school surely not be seduced by passion like this.

Have front row seats at the Enmore Tuesday night and am jumping out?

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Congratulations Grasshopper. You have done well. But to reach the next level you must master this:

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Though having listened to 30 seconds of the Wire version... Elastica made it much better for me.

I always thought everything about Elastica apart from their musical influences was completely appalling. They sure could nick a good tune though.

If anyone's tragic enough to be reading about the BDO online, the Stuff blog is much, much better than the Herald one.

Apart from the young whippersnapper on the Stuff blog going on about Kool Keith "Whoever he is..."

Aaaargh!

Well! Took a rather circuitous route home (taxi drivers, I feel, should know how to get to major arterials like Mt Eden Road from Mt Smart. But perhaps that's just me).

Especially seeing as it's just a matter of pointing the car in the right direction and driving ...

I'd?

Impressions?

LCD soundsystem sounded like a Depeche Mode for our times.

Rage against the machine rocked.

Just got in after some solid after partying.

Respect!

We went over to Billy Bragg, who was a bit lacking.

Were you there right at the beginning of his set? Cos he said that he'd left his backing music at the hotel and he wasn't sure how it was going to work. It did come across as being more?

Yes, even if I did wish she'd played more of a pop show, it was remarkable art.

You might be interested in this New Yorker profile by Alex Ross – it's long (consider where it was published) but fascinating.

Though she now spends much of her time in New York,?

Billy Bragg (the line about his backing tapes was a JOKE about other bands' over reliance on them!)

Heh, I'm a live Bragg virgin, so I didn't know what to expect (or not expect). I was standing nearer the back, so I suspect the joke was taken at face value?

I saw Billy Bragg at the SFBH warm-up gig on Wednesday. He was excellent – was making jokes about opening for RATM?

But what I'm maybe even more excited about [camera nerdery starts here] are the photos I took. I brought along my new?

Why does the first BDO worth going to for ages have to be scheduled while I'm out of the country. Arcade Fire! LCD Soundsystem! Spoon! I'm living in Canada and its impossible to get tickets to an Arcade Fire gig. Gah. Ah well, I shall comfort myself with the?

I never know who most of the bands are, and if I do, they're too loud for me.

The first BDO had two stages and it was all rock. Now there are seven stages and a greater variety of music. You can stick to the smaller stages, totally avoid the?

And we watched Bjork and then went home. Hurray for being old enough to realise that you don't have to stick around all day if you're not that interested in any other bands.

Fair enogh, but that meant you missed possibly the best band at the whole show ...

Some, uh, older BDO-goers do it with the air-conditioned comfort of a hospitality room, but that's cheating.

And I believe you when you say that you'd turn down one of those invites on principle ...

As a BDO-goer of 14 years' standing, I have no shame in saying it's?

And I believe you when you say that you'd turn down one of those invites on principle ...

Well, I'm yet to be invited to a hospitality room, but I'm more than happy to be ethically challenged by such an invite next year!

Fair enogh, but that meant you missed possibly the best band at the whole show ...

No, didn't you hear me when I said that I did most definitely see the Arcade Fire?
*sticks her tongue out petulantly*

Some, uh, older BDO-goers do it with the air-conditioned comfort of a?

Apart from the young whippersnapper on the Stuff blog going on about Kool Keith "Whoever he is..."

The Herald went one better, with their award to some guy called "DJ Octagon" praising his fake beard.