Has The Darlingtons Up On Their Feet

Another year, another Rocking The Daisies festival in Darling. Since it’s inaugural event all those years… er… wait…. since it’s inaugural event last year, the rock festival has quickly become a compulsory event, one of those things you just have to be a part of, like joining Facebook or signing up for the official Kurt Darren fan club.

I myself was not there, having already made plans to save the world on this particular weekend, but I proceeded to send through a reconnaissance team to provide all of us with feedback on the event. Here with some pics and random commentary.

Darling would play host to the event for the second year running. “Why Darling?” you may ask?

I think this has something to do with the name, Rocking the Daisies, as Darling are well known for their daisies. They are also well known for their dassies, which are irritable rodent-like creatures.

Rocking the Dassies doesn’t quite have the same ring to it though.

Thousands of people attended this year’s weekend of rock music, stand up comedy and excessive drinking. Mainstream media made mention (note the alliteration) of the eco-friendly nature of the event.

This could be seen by the lack of paper used for tickets – sms technology was used to scan reference numbers. People were also encouraged to bury their poo in the soil, as this would further enrich it and result in more daisies blooming.

A win win situation for all.

A wide variety of bands were on show during the weekend, including the likes of the Dirty Skirts as well as Taxi Violence. Taxi Violence are well known for their radio hit “Round and round and round it goes”, which 5fm played every 32 minutes at one stage a few months back.

The Dirty Skirts are famous for their smash single “Feeling the Pressure (What will I do?)” which touched on feeling pressured and not knowing what to do.

As the above pic shows, people were encouraged to bring their own haystacks from home and find a space to watch the proceedings.

This pic is identical to the one above. Or is it?

Send me an email showing me 10 differences and you may win yourself a mystery prize.

Besides the sensational cheese Nik Naks on offer, there were also food stalls by the likes of Rafiki’s, Noodle Bar as well as Gourmet Burger.

All in all, the event was described by numerous sources as “awesome”, “a blast”, “very cool” and “kiff”.

The person who said it was “kiff” was then publicly flogged, for using such a shocking and outdated term of description.

I’ve rearranged my calendar and will definitely be there next year, and I’d suggest you do the same too.

Till next time then. Take care of yourself….aaaand each other.

Yes, you too.

Oh by the way, I was joking about getting a prize for spotting the differences with pics 3 and 4. Please don’t be an arsehole and send me anything, I was clearly taking shit.

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