It's mostly luck
Well what can I say, Baybeats 2007 was quite a blast. Although I still think my first visit in 2004 was the most enjoyable, this year was definitely better than last year in most regards, with exception to the general commercialisation creeping into the festival, which brought new and terrible little things like over-trippy student emcees who obviously knew nothing about Baybeats, live gigs, moshing, or the people who participate in these things. Something also should have been done to scheduling to make up for the double distance we had to walk between the two arenas (since after tearing down the outdoor theatre they've built a large stage just beside the Esplanade Bridge, and interestingly, on a slope) because this new arrangement meant that unless you wanted to forgo listening to the last couple of songs for one band's set, you'd have to miss the first couple of another's (apparently the emcees were also somehow unaware that there were two venues, either that or they were actively trying to mislead people, cue lame NDP preview crowd coaxing) With most acts playing just five to six numbers depending on length, this was quite an unacceptable compromise. Regardless of that, I did manage to check out a good number of bands on my two nights, most notable being The Lovesong (anything to do with Whence He Came and Hong Kong at the same time must be something good), B-quartet, Blindside, The Fire Fight (promising bunch they are, don't think we've had a good pop rock band made up of people this young and talented yet) , Bismuth, TooKoo, Intone, Everybody Loves Irene, The City on Film and Giants Must Fall. And you are right in thinking that there must be pictures too because surely you didn't expect me to be dissecting the intricacies of live indie rock performances in musical terms.
Deux Mille Sept
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Would've posted more but as the title suggests, my principle philosophy towards "serious" photography does not quite suffice and for a few bands the pictures captured turned out to be little or nothing good (A Vacant Affair, Aloha, Bismuth et cetera). Still I was rather pleased with how many of the shots came out, perhaps after further honing my sensitivity towards the relationship between the shutter and f-stop, and the purchase of a zoom lens, I'll try to get my hands on a backstage pass next year! Perhaps.