Festival Bits and Pieces By Amanda on March 20, 2008 6:50 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Fumes played the first Saturday morning slot in the big car park marquee where they had the headliners. They're a guitar and drum blues rock outfit and were LOUD. I was sitting way up the back, picking at my $5 plate of "breakfast" from the Asian buffet van and didn't hear much of the "groove and swagger" the programme promised so I drifted off but I was reliably infotmed that down the front they sounded great and indeed later that night I saw them in the sweaty little RSL room and they were pretty cool/ It's all about context I guess.
Where I drifted was to the "Guinness Stage" in the school quad. Katoomba primary makes a heap of money out this event -- Flop Eared Mule, proudly supporting public education. Karl Broadie has the entire skills set in the impressive singer-songwriter area except any songs that make my prick up my ears. I've seen him a few different places and times and I wouldn't rule out such killer songs existing, or being in the near future, but he never plays them when I'm here. He's quite listenable though.
I drifted again, to The Chipolatas. I usually do not seek out circus skills with my music but they were genuinely very funny and especially a hit with the ankle-biters and thier long suffering care-givers. I imagine a Chipolatas DVD would make a nice break from the endless loop oif Hi-5.
Hans Theessink was a nice shot of pure blues amongst all the "blue-ish." On YouTube.
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