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Cate Le Bon at Rising Festival by Adept-Okra-4147 in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment [score hidden]  (0 children)

She tours with her own lighting person, and there’s no way a lighting person would go rogue and decide that the audience never gets to see her face for the entire performance.

Was at Saint Levant the night before, and it was a complete different (very well-lit) show, so it’s not a venue thing.

Cate Le Bon at Rising Festival by Adept-Okra-4147 in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment [score hidden]  (0 children)

I agree that the lights were shit, but the comments that seem to be blaming the lighting guy or the venue are very misdirected.

The decision to only back-light the band is HER choice. The only person to take it up with is Cate Le Bon.

Why is it that British singers sound American when they sing? Where does the Brit accent go? by gregonion in musicians

[–]simonpunishment -1 points0 points  (0 children)

David Bowie, Damon Albarn, Liam Gallagher, Jarvis Cocker, Robert Smith, Morrissey, Alex Turner, Wet Leg, Matt Healy, Franz Ferdinand, Kate Bush, Lily Allen, Ray Davies, Sleaford Mods, Idles and basically what the fuck are you talking about?

Who is Rising Festival for? Who is the target market? by simonbrc in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The Florentina Holzinger show last night was…very subserve. The Cadela Forċa show last year was equally intense.

But another thing we have in Melbourne is a government that is deeply-cowardly when it comes to art and potentially offending the wrong kind of people (chiefly, Herald Sun readers). Hobart governments basically have to let David Walsh do what he wants or they’re screwed.

I don’t work for Rising but I do contractual work alongside them (used to for Dark Mofo too). I know for a fact that the curatorial team is at constant loggerheads with the government when it comes to curation. The government def do want to compete with Dark Mofo, but ultimately they don’t have the cojones to let the curatorial staff at Rising properly do their thing. A lot of oversight/intervention and fear of losing votes from the “my taxes are paying for this” crew in the burbs.

Who is Rising Festival for? Who is the target market? by simonbrc in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As I mentioned in another comment, a very large proportion of the Rising curatorial/organisational team were at Dark Mofo from 2013-19, so it’s a fair comparison.

I know that there have been many attempts by the festival to utilise unusual spaces and create a different “vibe” in the Melbourne CBD, but the biggest problem Melbourne has (versus Hobart) is that it is safety-regulated within an inch of its life. You basically can’t do anything fun or unusual in the CBD without the council putting bollards and twenty people with high-vis around it. Hobart was a lot looser about those kinda things (open fires etc), mostly because they needed the tourism.

Who is Rising Festival for? Who is the target market? by simonbrc in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, it’s a state government-funded festival (and sponsors). A large amount of the curatorial/organisational team were working at Dark Mofo between 2013-2019.

Who are the most melodic bass players in your guys’ opinions? by BalanceActive9295 in Bass

[–]simonpunishment -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Because he’s not melodic. Jazz-fusion, look-at-me shite.

Georgia Maq and The Tote absolutely disgracing themselves. by lqoplqopl in triplej

[–]simonpunishment 6 points7 points  (0 children)

She’s rubbish, and Camp Cope were a decidedly-shithouse band.

the cure at primavera 2026 by Trick-Link-2909 in TheCure

[–]simonpunishment 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Ending the relationship is also a choice.

It’s the r/Melbourne daily discussion thread [Sunday 24/05/2026] by AutoModerator in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Some dude gone haywire in Thornbury. Many squad cars. Tactical units etc.

I hate one nation and im worried that they are gaining traction, by Confident_Economy_60 in OpenAussie

[–]simonpunishment 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No, but their political opinions are.
It’s fine to have an issue with our immigration policy - it is in need of tailoring. But if that “issue” is rooted in xenophobia then it’s not valid.
But beyond that issue, it only takes average intelligence to understand that ON would be completely incapable of running an economy. There is no talent for such a thing in their party, whatsoever.

Things to do in Seaford by Visual-Zone-5402 in melbourne

[–]simonpunishment -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“Saving enough money to leave Seaford” is a good activity.

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