Laibach & brand new festival
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Last night I saw "Laibach":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laibach_%28band%29 live. They are a Slovenian experimental - industrial music group, and the ones that inspired all of "Rammstein's":http://mog.com/Anna/blog_post/44027#write-comment music. "They have been accused for being members of neonationalism movement which reincarnates modern idea of nationalism. Laibach always denied this strongly, pointing out that, as fascism needs a scapegoat, they had become their own scapegoat in the name of satire. Milan Fras, vocalist, is quoted as saying "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter" when confronted with such accusations." (erm, weren't Hitler's paintings recently auctioned? I'm just sayin'...)Music: for the first half of the show they performed songs from their album Volk, which is collection of 14 national anthem-inspired songs. I didn't care much for that part of the show, I found it to be childishly political, not to mention that I don't adopt or agree their political beliefs. For the other half of the show they performed normal songs of theirs, in German (??), and I found those to be quite powerful \m/.Crowd: goths goths everywhere and not an eye-liner to erm, drink.Surrealistic touch: we have a carnival going on here now, which is something like your Halloween; costumes, parties & alcohol, but no trick or treating. There was a woman at the show, who wore a white bunny outfit from head to toes; she was the only one in a costume and stood out from a mile's radiance. The group, unaware of the carnival, must have been shocked as hell, to see a white bunny glowing in the black sea of goths. ahahhahhhah
Now.....very few people in Greece know this, but a new festival has been organized. It will take place June 12-14 (dates may slightly change) and the line up for one day is: *Killers* & *Manic Street Preachers*. The concert organizers also contacted for this day *Arctic Monkeys*, who were, unfortunately booked (bollocks!), and *Interpol* & *Bloc Party* (waiting to hear from the last two...). If it shapes up to be like that, my head will implode multiple times. I honestly don't stand a chance.
Now.....very few people in Greece know this, but a new festival has been organized. It will take place June 12-14 (dates may slightly change) and the line up for one day is: *Killers* & *Manic Street Preachers*. The concert organizers also contacted for this day *Arctic Monkeys*, who were, unfortunately booked (bollocks!), and *Interpol* & *Bloc Party* (waiting to hear from the last two...). If it shapes up to be like that, my head will implode multiple times. I honestly don't stand a chance.
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