BIG DAY OUT
Sydney, 23rd January 1999
by BUG

The transport to the BDO was good and it wasn't far from the station.  Upon arriving there was a canon thingy going off.  The bloody thing went off right when we were underneath it.  It was so loud I could hear it ringing in my ear.

We started by walking around to all the rooms/stages to find out where everything was.  We arrived for the end of jebediah and got in a good position for the living end (right in the mosh) - only about 10 rows back and it went off.  I'm not a huge fan of tle but the vibe was great. 

Staying around for the beginning of soulfly was not as good a tle.  We left after the first song and headed for a little more wondering around.   We kept going back to the boiler room for some of the earlier acts.  It was looking like the boiler room would be the place to be later in the night.  The tents outside the boiler room were a great place to chill.

At the boiler room we bopped to some deejay punk roc.  The set up in the boiler room was good.  The roof was high enough not to trap in the heat and it was big enough to hold a good-sized crowd.

Once again, back in the main stage for a little moshing for the gurge.  They played all the favs like polyester girl, blubber boy and I sucked a lot of cock to get where I am.  It was getting quite hot and the rain that came was very welcome.  It stopped raining when their set was over - perfect timing.   The weather for the day was awesome.

After this mosh we had another break and went for food.  The food was a bit pricy, but what can you expect.  We checked out some of the stuff on at the lilypad and what is music.  Once again we sat outside the boiler room observing how little clothes some of the females had on.  Just a note: there were too many bloody fairies!!

Having fully recovered, we decided on getting in the mosh for korn.  I know that's asking for trouble, but you only live once.  I was only 5 rows back and was getting nailed.  I got kicked in the face, the groin and in the shins.  When I finally got out, they started playing got the life.  I was cut that I missed the mosh for that.  I met up with friends up in the bar at the top of the stadium and from there you could see how big the mosh was.  It went past the scaffolding thing in the middle of the stadium - it was massive.

We stayed there to get a glimpse of marilyn manson, but couldn't hear a word.  We left before the first song was over.  We had a look at the skate museum and then went for food again.  I had a dodgy kabab that would plague me later in the night.

For the rest of the night we were in the boiler room.  Roni size was good but not my style of music, but I stayed anyway.   However, fat boy slim was f@#king unreal.  He was mixing up some of the best dance music I have heard.  Just watching fat boy slim and underworld was worth the $65.  So we danced for about three hours and got pretty dehydrated (but didn't care).   I was about two rows back for the whole of underworld's set.  There wasn't much room to dance but it went off.  Words fail me.

When we were leaving we were glad the canon thing was turned off.  The trains home were pretty disorganised.

The things I liked most about the bdo were the flooring they put in the main stadium and the tents they set up so you could chill out.   The speakers outside the boiler room were a good idea when everyone couldn't fit in.  We met a few friends there and the whole day was ACE!