Corinbank Review

loose brown, read a little closer – it’s 3 actual comments about corinbank and about 50 comments of tripe and wankery. i want the last 15 mins back of my life you spammin’ bitches!

DEFINITIVE CORINBANK IN A NUTSHELL:
if anyone makes a better fest i’ll come over and eat yr girlfriend out while you’re gone.

Should hang yourself.

Shinigami-Gus = wacko. I vote for a public lynching.

wow – i was kind of bummed about missing out on corinbank before (i was up in syd for the mardi gras parade instead) – but if shini-whatever indicates the calibre of those in attendance at the festival….

😉

haha @ Thumper, mentally redundant.

hehe haha hooooo…

While redundant is a novel way of putting it, I think the word you were after was retarded, tard.

Yes thats right, I still have the tard brush, and you just got painted.

?? huh ??

I think that both the Federal and local ALP governments are doing a bloody good job. In regard to political riotact posting’s, the only whinging right now, is coming from the die-hard Fascists.

I appreciate the offer of posting Anti-Liberal threads, but I prefer not to. For I am interested in talking about non-politically related topics of the Canberra region. But, I do have an opinion, and I quite regularly voice it. Albeit, as a reaction, as apposed to a provocation. Sorry. :S

For the record. I think I have posted 2 topics on here. One was about the traffic lights on Adelaide Ave (whilst Floriade is on), and the other was about local international cricket matches.

I must admit that I do get a laugh when people refer to the Liberal Party as “The Libs”.

Anyway. Perhaps this is the wrong thread to be saying all this.

PS: I didn’t go to the Corin Bank thingy, as I never had enough money. It sounds like a great festival though. If I would have had transport and some dollars, I would probably have gone.

PSS: The Herd are a great mob!

Hey Shini – easy on the masses – they are quite amusing in time and you grow to love them.

RiotACT does have a particular style which is first off to knock whatever the original post is. Don’t take is to heart buddy. People tend to steer (kind of) clear of personal attacks and mindless ranting. If you are after conversation – check out MSN.

You’re.

thank god maelinar ’cause we’re all stupider for having listened to you so the less you say the better… yay loose brown i agree… Thumper you must be mentally redundant if your a liberal voter!

Yay 50 comments!!

triple post nutbag. Until you can state what you want to say in one post, I have nothing further to say.

Did you happen to go to corinbank barney?

hahaha. Don’t worry about it.
It’s the-riotact.com for god sakes.

Apparently it’s improper etiquette to post 3 times in a row so forgive my rudeness… I just wanted to wish all those people, including the ridiculously insecure maelinar, a nice day:) peace guys.

come on… taking sides on a message board maelinar!? grow up… you’re the one without validity of opinion.
All you’ve done is attack me for trying to strike up some conversation. you’re right, an ignore button would be good, that way i could ignore your critical and pointless comments which obviously stem from some personal insecurities you have (penis envy, lack of love or something, i don’t know)… You obviously need a good root! Wow, I can demean myself by being negative too, oh please accept me into your utopian/elitist club… Get over yourself. If you can’t help but get upset over superfluos stuff you’ve got a long way to come as a human being. Ignorant fool:)

Thanks barney.. glad to see we’re not all that way… But seriously Maelinar get over it and find something productive to do with your time, rather than picking apart people in an environment where they can’t really stand up for themselves… it’s sad man.

Doesn’t Thumper write all the Pro-Liberal crap on here?

I do agree with “Shinigami-Gus’s” comments about the whole “pube thing”. But don’t worry, we aren’t all boring, anal and pathetic. Perhaps some are pathetic (like me), but anal and pathetic, well, not all of us 🙂

An ignore button may come in handy for when Thumper brings up any story with SES involved in it, Barking Toad refers to Gore-bull warming, Ralph makes any sort of sycophantic Howard loving Liberal “Markets sort it out” message, Nyssa discusses house prices and that Pottsy real estate agent refers to anything…

I vote for a /ignore Shinigami-Gus function – you up for a challenge Jazz and the RA Admin support crew ?

Let me guess, you’re a pube aren’t you skid.. Bah… you’re boring anyway, that’s a big prob with canberra and that’s why it’s great we had a festival like Corin.. Relax all the wet blanket, uptight type’s that exist in canberra… Even if only for a weekend. Have a good day guys… you sound like you need it

Anyway skid… if you find it necessary to pick on a faceless entity.. well, it speaks loudly about the kind of person you are… did you get picked on at school alot?? or are you just unproductive and socially redundant?? Lighten up dude

Shini, the site does have moderators, who can put you into moderation queue limbo if you’re a pest\moron\lunatic\libelious prick… whats with the personal attacks?

I tire of this… Which is the fifth in a row and must mean i’m not only homicidal but genocidal… whatever will i do?? please enlighten me Maelinar..

Shini, the site does have moderators, who can put you into moderation queue limbo if you’re a pest\moron\lunatic\libelious prick…

wait… four in a row. I must be a homicidal maniac

sorry.. maelinar

Do you have anything interesting to say Maenar?

Well I’m o.k. with that… Who sets the standards anyway?

yes.

I can do fifty posts, does that make me a mentally deranged and highly unstable person or something?

“3 post nutbag” wtf? i’m just trying to illicit a response from someone….

“Ah, OK – you’re new here. I’m guessing you didn’t bother to lurk for a while before you started posting multiple (and consecutive) comments, right?

Most of us are actually able to deviate from a chosen topic. English pedantry seems to be quite popular here.

And you’re not a moderator.

HTH etc.

Oh, and PS – $80 for the Cat Empire is a rip-off by comparison with…well, pretty much anything”
Couldn’t help yourself could you El Cortina, It’s like goading a bull with a red flag sometimes on these posts, but it is amusing… you really did arc up. hehe and yes i’m new to this post but a veteran of others… to use your words, what’s it to you?

3 post nutbag

I’m back… Like your nickname neandarthalis :)… Coffee warming all the right places, brain again functioning… aaah

Good call… Think I may have Coffee #1.. Peace guys

P.S. it wasn’t just the Cat Empire anyway, included were Gotye, The Beautiful Girls and others… notably Katie Noonan who performed beautifully. As for camping, it’s true that in canberra after Feb, it gets a bit brisk for poorly planned camping… But you should always plan camping trips carefully, anywhere and at any point in the year. It also depends in which direction you head… It’s hard not to freeze your Googley’s off when your camped so close to the Brindabella’s. The wind off those mountains is nearly arctic!

Arctic, sorry, fingers are yet to feel the effects of coffee #1 for the morning

Unless your “throw in the car camping gear” consists of bivvy bag and an artic sleeping bag that once fell off the back of a Kiwi Gunner.

I’m a little surprised you guys didn’t pick up on “ark up” in one of my posts which is clearly incorrect… as it should be “arc up”. Oh well, I was only playing Dev’s advocate anyway not to moderate which essentially is impossible and very pointless. And if you don’t like the Cat Empire, fair enough… but what sort of music do you listen to? And, have you ever even seen them live? Because they’re considered by many to be one of the best live shows around.

I did comment on your article, not just hand out an english lesson.

But people getting fairly common usage words (ie: segue) confused with brand names (ie: segway) shits me. Its right up there on the shitlist, alongside sewerage\sewage, their\there, then\than, and effect\affect.

But as a Canberra resident of many years, a word of advice: Canberra takes its changes of season very seriously, so don’t rely your ‘just throw it in the back fo the car and off we go’ camping equipment after February.

Ah, OK – you’re new here. I’m guessing you didn’t bother to lurk for a while before you started posting multiple (and consecutive) comments, right?

Most of us are actually able to deviate from a chosen topic. English pedantry seems to be quite popular here.

And you’re not a moderator.

HTH etc.

Oh, and PS – $80 for the Cat Empire is a rip-off by comparison with…well, pretty much anything.

:Like I Said f’ing bored

Nothing really in fact we could change the whole post to an english lesson and I wouldn’t care, but if you wanna ark up about it, don’t let me stop you… justr saying the post is about corinbank.. s’all…

$80 for one night with Cat Empire, Beautiful Girls etc. in Commonwealth Park. Isn’t reaaly a bad thing though pippymoo is it?
P.S. if you can’t tell I’m really F’ing bored hence the plethora of after comments…

What’s it to you?

“El Cortina” and “Skid” Thanks for the english lesson, but do you have anything to add that has to do with the actual comment or are you just here to show of your vocab?

I also fully agree with MountainBoy on the X. Rudd thing, he played as always, an awesome set but it was the back up talent that made this festival intimate and unforgetable.

Skid: My favourite mis-use is ‘segue-way’ 🙂

Let me apologize now for the grammatical monster that is my post too.. Before anyone criticises it anyway..

the first brackets are meant to say (the latter especially)

I totally agree with pippymoo although,
I think it could have been better organised and advertised (the latter). Not that I’m criticising the festival planners too much,’cause I had an absolute ball! the setting was absolutely gorgeous, if a bit cold at night, but the days were lovely and you can’t put a price on how many more stars you can see out there than in the city… The people were,for the most part, really nice and thoughtful (both environmentally (( I volunteered as a garbologist)) and towards other festival goers)it was all together a great festival, even before the tremendous musical talent is added into the equation.
Another complaint stems from the lack of advertising, as there weren’t enough people, I think, to support the musicians enough… I saw acts on the billy billy stage where there was maybe two dozen people watching and they were really awesome musicians!! It’s just a bit sad really… 🙁
Also, they made me move my camp from next to may car after i’d set up due to “other” cars having to park there, but throughout the whole festival, not a single car parked there..
But every band or performer I saw played awesomely, notably the Cas-P, The Herd, The Andi & George Band, The Fuelers, Diafrix, The Latin Classics: who were watched by barely anyone on the billy billy stage at 12noon on the Sunday, DJ Perplex surprised me with some highly listenable electronic music,But I’d have to say my pick of the festival was the crooked fiddle band who played a infallible eargasm of a set regardless of the freezing cold conditions of their 12:30 start time on the billy billy’s saturday night line-up.. It seriously had me questioning whether they were Human it was so out of this world… The sheer technicality, grace and tightness of their playing was phenomenal.. And the fiddle player is a musical virtuoso/goddess/master of the strings who’s hands were moving so fast they were a blur and every note was perfect. The set ranged from Gypsy Folk to Thrash Metal, covering most everything in between.. I’m really surprised this band isn’t more famous! The billy billy stage really stood out to me, not that the main wasn’t awesome, but act after act thrilled me on the billy billy.. There was only one duo I didn’t really like on the billy billy,they were not feeling it by the sound of things and their songs lacked interest I thought, they play after the Latin Classics and had a much bigger crowd, but played a sloppy 4 songs and then walked off… Sometimes I just don’t get people! Oh well, each to their own. My final comment involves the sound guys whose performance i thought was inadequate as i know, from talkin to some of the performers and watching Xavier Rudd’s set, they cut into playing time for the musicians and just couldn’t get the fold back levels right right.. Xavier had to stop twice ’cause he couldn’t hear himself.. I think I might jump on board as a Sound Guy next time….

Corinbank was a wonderful experience, it brought out the best in Canberra. There was quality music with a great vibe in a truly beautiful environment. It’s a really exciting beginning.

While Xavier Rudd is always fantastic, the headliners don’t make a festival, it’s the impulsive, impromptu moments like Darren Hanlon on the grass or everybody grooving on the Andi & George Band that make it special. Nice and intimate.

It’s not even about the music though – the whole atmosphere is what’s really special. Next year I’m definitely taking Friday to settle into it.

I reckon the camping would be good even if you’re a local. At least you don’t have to drive home late at night after burning up all your energy at the event. From the website it sounded like the festival was meant to be an immersive experience, rather than a night out.

I am a Canberra resident and had a ball camping out at the site! Even if it was cold, just take a few extra layers Meconium you wuss.

Also, as if the ANU bar is a fun venue, the sound is crap, it’s always so awkward to fit a band and stage in there and it’s often full of drunk dickheads. Darren Hanlon played an acoustic set on the grass at Corinbank because him and his band had another festival to attend and the Xavier Rudd sound check was running late. There is no way you can get that sort of intimacy in a gig at any pub, bar or cafe. And if forking out $65 a day for 2 stages of music and camping all within a rad valley environment (about 20 minutes out of Tuggeranong actually) then go and pay your $80 for one night with Cat Empire, Beautiful Girls etc. in Commonwealth Park. Your bed wont be too far away then and you can retire to some trashy bar for drinks afterwards.

I was so proud to be involved in this inaugural event and will definitely be volunteering again next year. Big ups to all the people who made this magical event happen. It was honestly one of the best festivals I’ve ever been to.

Are you a Canberra resident? If I’d gone I wouldn’t have considered camping there, because it’s getting cold and I just got a comfy new bed. But Corinbank sounds better than I anticipated, so maybe I’ll go next year.

Having said that I’d be much happier to pay to see The Herd, Darren Hanlon and the others in a fun venue like the ANU bar rather than paying through the nose to go to some so-called festival in Tuggeranong. While summer festivals can be fun, the number of bands that have been playing the festival circuit in preference to the pub circuit is outrageous.

Thank god we still have places like Transit supporting music local, national and international – and for free no less.

This seems more a review of the festival grounds and infrastructure, than of the music and bands…

Also note: a Segway is a motorised two-wheeled thingy mostly driven by tools and fools. Illegal to put on Australian roads.

A segue (pron. “seg-way”) is a smooth and uninterrupted transition between two things.

What about the bands/music? How many people? I had a media pass myself & SHOULD have gone, but had an otherwise busy weekend & couldn’t make it.