WHAT? Were they just sound checking? They better do another good show the cunts.

Looks like the main show is Saturday 10 January at 13.45 at Ampitheatre

Yeah they better not get too fucked up on the friday night so they can play in the morning, though this might just make them play better

I think at ATP it's not unusual for some bands to play more than one set, or do a 'surprise' set on one of the other days?

Yeah, the Stabs played another show Thursday night in Mt Buller. They're playing again for everyone on Saturday. Relax, yo!

it's not unusual to be loved, by anyone.

i'm still packing, almost time to go.
latest forecast:

Forecast for the rest of Friday
Mostly sunny. Light winds. Temperatures between 14 and 19 during the day.

Mount Buller Sunny day. Max 14
Mount Hotham Mostly sunny. Max 12

Maximum Fire Danger: Moderate
UV Alert from 9:10 am to 5:30 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]

Forecast for Saturday
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers in the afternoon and evening. Winds north to
northeasterly averaging 20 to 30 km/h tending north to northwesterly up to 20
km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to around 5 with
daytime temperatures reaching the lower 20s.

Mount Buller Shower or two developing. Min 4 Max 17
Mount Hotham Shower or two developing. Min 3 Max 16

Forecast for Sunday
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms from the late morning. Winds
north to northwesterly averaging 15 to 25 km/h tending southwesterly up to 20
km/h during the afternoon. Overnight temperatures falling to around 9 with
daytime temperatures reaching the lower 20s.

Mount Buller Storms and shower or two. Min 7 Max 18
Mount Hotham Storms and shower or two. Min 6 Max 16

getting ready in funswick!

this is Sydney related (sorry) but one of the things I'm most looking forward to is getting to the Island at 10:30 and cracking my first beer at 11:30 for the Stabs' opening set.

Stabs4eva

i'm looking for a saturday ticket or a weekend ticket at saturday prices

pm me

I'm wagging from working at it right now i was supposed to be there at 12pm but became stuck at regular work.

dosen't sound like anyone gives a shit anyway, awesome.

I've packed my BB gun watch out warren ellis

Bring your tazer.

Anyone got any updates via text or phone?

Grinderman are playing now, and apparently are awesome!

so is this the mystery act spot? of course it is......the not so mysterious act. anyway, im jealous.

SO FUCKING COLD

I got some text messages from andyr and anon recently, something along the lines of:

andyr: I'm standing right next to Michael Gira

anon: I'm standing right next to Michael Gira

I sobbed, but y'know, sideshow and sydney ATP next week should make me feel a bit better.

Grinderman were fucking amazing! Great set. Bill callahan was soulful, dirty three took the mood to a whole new level. I was worried for the saints headlining the first day following some very credible acts. But they held their own nicely. More to come. This iPhone posting is laborous and I have been neglecting my beer.

from nony last night:

holy crap, i'm watching a sixty year old dude play 60's inspired oompa-rave tunes on the top of a mountain! it's awesome!

I saw them in SF and Portland in September.

It was so rad.

I saw them supporting Jebediah with the Get Up Kids at RMIT's Storey Hall in the 90's. It was ace.

By the time Jebediah were on, I was so drunk I picked a fight with the entire Living End, Stevo from Area 7 and a groupie. That was ace, too.

and a groupie

Archers did that tour as well? Damn

Archers supported Magic Dirt in the 90's

I saw them three nights in a row, October 1st,2nd,3rd 1996. Amazing.

Back on topic - it's nice to have this thread bumped for a good reason. Still not getting hopes up too much though.

when's the Barry interview? has it been yet?

was last night wasn't it?

tonight.

it's on now

so we're all just waiting for the last 10 minutes I assume.

...I'm just waiting for some to post the info here.

They just mentioned the 'upcoming' Jeff Mangum ATP so I suppose this is at least a few weeks old. Makes any big announcement seem less likely.

$10 says they'll be asked and they'll say something along the lines of ''we want to very much but we're still looking at options as we want to do it right if we bring it back again'' :(

close, they wanna do it again and loved mt buller, but they need more interest from people to go, so err, email them and let em know.

that's bullshit though. suck my dick. seriously. it's been three years since mt buller and in that time they've made bullshit statements going ''yeah we plan on coming back'' NOW when pressed ''email us and tell us you're coming''. of course the first year wasn't going to be a huge sellout, i get they lost money, then why not spend extra timing planning a new one for 2012? it means we won't se ATP at least til 2014 given it takes a year of planning (as they said).

yeah, but if they think they're gonna lose more money if they do it again, they'll be hesitant.

sure everyone said it was great, and the legend has passed on through time, but if people don't pony up the cash when it matters, all the talk in the world is worth naught. Especially when festivals are falling over left and right as it is (and the market in australia is as oversaturated as it is)

The longer they wait, the more they'll lose money because the people like us who went will not bother/find another commitment. Also, it takes time to build these things, no business makes a profit in the first year. If they at least said it was every second year in oz then they'd have two years lead for punters to get into it, scrap the mirror shows in brisbane and sydney so that everyone had to go to Mt Buller (or some bands did single side shows). It's way more expensive for us to fly to the UK/NY ones.

It was the first weekend of Jan IIRC..that's still three months before golden plains. The type of people who went to ATP would be meredith/GP types.

Looks like MoFo in Hobart next year wil be my summer music festival

said it heaps, but they should've just gone for the one event that year. make everyone make the effort to get to Buller or wherever, build it up that way. it was too diluted the way it was. I went to the Brisbane event, it was so sparsely attended

also, that year BDO had Neil Young