DIY Wotz on Guide for the weekend of 2-Feb-08

It’s just quiet. No new articles, but plenty of comments on existing stories.

What’s with the ZERO updates on the site since yesterday morning? What’s going on?

About $54 too much – MY personal opinion. Ash Grunwald is very talented but the other two acts are rubbish.

Tix for Helmet and Sonic Youth (real international acts), who will both flying out from the US are costing me $54 and $57 respectively IIRC.

Anyways (and I realise this is now well off topic), but the point I was trying to make was, while these guys might play music for the love of it, they make diddley squat from CD Sales, and they gotta make a living somehow. Hence $74 for a show of last nights size seems reasonable to me.

I’d say $30 is about $20 to much for Cog and Dead Letter Circus…..

personal opinion 🙂

$74 is steep for two mediocre bands. I saw Cog and Dead Letter Circus for almost half that amount at UC

I have to admit, I was originally of the same opinion as justbands and el – $74 for an Aussie group – tell ’em they are dreaming. But then I cast my mind back to some mates of mine in a ska band a few years back – it’s pretty hard to get a booking when there is 6 people in the band – even if they pub is just gonna put some cash over the bar for ya – it becomes very expensive for the venue..
Then you need to consider that The Cat Empire brought with them a 12 piece band (including a strings section for the first time), there were 2 support acts, there were food and drinks vans at Commonwealth Park, and they are now very much an international act.
Given they are hard working and tour frequently – this could almost be their full time jobs and they have to make some money somehow.

Anyway, for all those that missed out – it was quiet possibly the best concert I’ve ever seen, and easily one of the best from an Aussie group.
In hindsight, I reckon it would almost have been worth an extra $10-$20.

Apparently puppetry of the penis was on last night.

The Cat Empire, supported by The Beautiful Girls and Ash Grunwald – tonight at Stage 88, tix $74 from mothershipmusic.

Comment by caf — 1 February, 2008 @ 12:34 pm

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What was happening at Commonwealth Park last night? The traffic lights were in operation, car park was full and plenty of people were crossing Commonwealth Ave.