Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Why can't music festivals come with zero crowds?

It's hard to pick the best things about summer. A long season of all your favourite artists, playing in the one location under a blue sky with the sun shining, would have to rate pretty highly. Advance planning is essential to make sure you get to see all the acts you want to. Synchronising your watches, preparing blueprints of the fastest route from the rock stage to the hip-hop stage to the uplifting house and garage stage, and a cattle prod to deal with the crowds, will make sure you have a successful day out. Of course, if your cattle prod gets confiscated at the gate you could be in for some trouble. So why can't music festivals come with zero crowds? Why can't you avoid sharing sweat with people you've never met as they press up against you in the blazing sun? And how good would it be if you could just stroll from one act to the next and take your place down the front against the stage? Your favourite bands playing just for you and your mates. Sure, admittedly the crowds do help provide atmosphere, and the screams of a sea of people, moving as one, as the acts play their hearts out is a bit of a rush. Alright, if not zero crowds, then how about VIP passes - no, make that Access All Areas passes - for you and your mates. Zero hassles, zero downside. Now that's a music festival as it should be!

POSTED BY THE ZERO MOVEMENT AT 10:01 PM

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