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  1. 10-08-2019 #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by alucard View Post
    Wow, you have been to the famous 2001 Freakshow with Magma, Present, Anekdoten. How was it ?
    I didn't know it was famous, but it was very good
    Magma actually gave a better show the day before in Burg Herzberg (it was my first Magma concert and still after almost 20 years is one of the best concerts I ever saw)
    Not a huge Anekdoten fan so it was just OK, and Present were fantastic (I think some of our footage was featured in the Barbaro dvd bonus, at least I know my recording is on it )
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    This fest was a dream come true
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    And I never got to go. I'd stuffed away money for two trips - 2014 and 2017 - but had to cancel at the very last minute on both occasions.

    And now it's too late. And I seriously don't believe it's only a matter of the RIO fest; it's the whole thing - the entire idea of 'advancing' rock as a point of cultural commitment. Rock music as such is in its deathbed to begin with.

    It's still sad, of course. Those festival lineups were amazing for the most part.
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    Never had a chance to attend. I was seriously considering going next year. Now sadly that won't happen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scrotum Scissor View Post

    And now it's too late. And I seriously don't believe it's only a matter of the RIO fest; it's the whole thing - the entire idea of 'advancing' rock as a point of cultural commitment. .
    It's really hard to advance rock when your potential audience is taking photos of themselves with tonight's expensive dinner....
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    Rock is dead....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve F. View Post
    It's really hard to advance rock when your potential audience is taking photos of themselves with tonight's expensive dinner....
    I suppose you're right at that.

    Well, then. It was a good run. Right up until folks got so fed up that a fancy meal somehow ironically became more important to them. A kind of Weimar Republic decadence thing, I guess - and remember what came after that weariness.
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    ^ Oh, it's already here. It just hasn't cast off all restraint... yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by moecurlythanu View Post
    ^ Oh, it's already here. It just hasn't cast off all restraint... yet.
    Oh come on, Moe! We're still gonna have some ol' timers play Relayer on half speed!
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