Bookzboy
08-May-05, 04:51pm
Ah hello to all the kats and kittlings reading this. Its exciting that there are people going to the trouble of setting up and organising little doofs with no resources and little assistance around the nice land of OZ. Generally its only the BIG events that rate reviews but here is a review of one of the little guys. we hope it helps people find out more about the doof scene, get some info out about what crews are up to and provides (in this case much needed!) feedback.
Dark matter originated as a club (well pool hall actually) event that has mutated into an outdoor party. This was the dark matters 5th gig and 3rd outdoor doof and after doing that number of gigs u would think they would have been able to work out what was needed to make a good doof but they didnt quite seem to grasp it.. This event was placed at Mt Disappointment in VIC (30 mins down the highway from melb.) and the area is quite good - very bushy and up in the hills so a good choice. the directions to the place were good and there was good signage. 10 dollars got u in so not that expensive. all good things – give em some ticks.
unfortunately this is all the good things we can really say about this event because from here things get bad. there were just soooo many terrible issues. but all the kittlings must be told so here goes,,,
once in the gates - at about midnight - there were only about 10/15 people there and we the reviewer had the impression that they were all DJs that had played or were going to play and organisers/ crew. so what was going on? where was everyone?
one organizer we talked to told us that there had been no flyers made or press announcement and the only publicity was a few postings on websites (where we got our lead from) that catered to things doof. they said they didn’t want lots of people just maybe 100 to 200 people. well this is fine because it was billed at being an “underground event” but come on people there was NOBODY there! u need to TELL people if u want them to turn up. unfortunately the problem wasn’t just the bad turnout.
for many kids the doof is a special event outside the norms of the city life and city values - its a wonderful free space to be creative and express hidden talents. a place to show off and turn out energy which for the most part must be hidden in our day to day mundane lives, a chance to get out of the confines of the city on a nite under the light of stars and lumicient rays and mush up dancing in a communal free autonomous organic space. ie. its very special! but the organisers of dark matter didnt seem to be aware of that.
This crew were not just unfriendly but were plain rude. seeming to prefer to stand around like bogans slanging off with course guttural language. we felt that we might be in the car park of a suburban pub or mc Donald’s getting abuse from a carload of rednecks - and this we could not believe – for example the dark matter crew made mean comments about the stupid ness of the doofers who made the effort (and paid!) to come to their "party" and deriding the dress sense and style of party goers. (the organisers were all in jeans and t-shirts/ jumpers/ flannoz and not one of them seemed to have made any effort to dress up or get in the mood to a doof),they can look however they want but this look was carried over to the care taken to set up the whole party in general. the level of art at the doof was zero. if the vibe got off the ground it was pretty much shot down
there is no excuses to being unsocial at a doof and if ur the organiser its your job as a good host to put out the right vibes!
the sound system was tiny - what u might have in yer lounge room and there was only one dance floor light (red/green/blue strobe) and that was the one on top of the ute parked behind the twin decks (the spotlight place most commonly used to spot animals for shooting?!!?). the organisers told us that they had 2 more lights that they didnt bring up because of all the “dust”. yeah the dust! because while its nice not to have the doof place a long (long!) hike from the necessary car park its NOT nice to have the doof IN the car park. so what u had was a good inch layer of dust all around the site - please choose the doof site with some nice green area`s for sitting and setting up camp. a dusty car park is no place for kids to relax or party.
where was the good ol chai stall? had they made any special effort to create a good space? no tea light candles in those little paper holders? no VJ equipment? no art installations? So while the event was billed as a Doof it would better be described as a Piss-up in the Bush which just happened to have a sound system set up to play pretty ordinary doof music in order to get people to fund your beer run. the vibe was that terrible. all the "DJs" seemed to be drinking (or were drunk) and many of the guys were very macho and threatening (these were the organizers!) - u would think that they would be more welcoming and friendly and well more - doofish. we all love that feeling of unity and sharing and collective which is the defining essence of a good doof - this seemed to be lost on the louts running this party.
the party had 2 fires going and when we settled down to trance out looking into the fire (more to escape the embarrassing / threatenin vibes) we were upset to see people had thrown tin cans and bottles onto it - if u dont know how special fire is to a doof (or any happening) then dont go!
all in all my kittlings im sorry to have to bring on the flame. after all we made the effort to support u guys (and u have our cash now – use it well because domestic beer isn’t as good as import!). We love the little doof organisers – we all want more little doofs to go to and have fun at, we dont even care if there is no one there but the organisers and a few kats BUT u have to make it a doof and this means something. its not really a secret – event tho its often called the “secret of the doof” it doesnt have to be crazy or otherworldly like sharman an stuff – tho shaman and “share man” are pretty cool idea’s. it just has to have a nice vibe and be fun (for everyone).
Dark matter crew: do u want to know why no one showed up at ur 3rd dark matter doof? i will give u a hint with no cost in the exchange,,. ur crew give doof a bad name. ur greatest problem was that ur crew gave this “doof” the name dark matter 3 and any doofer who had made the effort to go to dark matter one or two (which we had not gone to) would well and truely be warned not to go to another! please dont hold dark matter 4 until u have studied up
review compiled by a student of the silver cities shadow forest secret do-jo. “exist in secret, to teach secrets, about secrets”.
ps. if any dark matter kats wanna give their side please let us know whats happening!
Dark matter originated as a club (well pool hall actually) event that has mutated into an outdoor party. This was the dark matters 5th gig and 3rd outdoor doof and after doing that number of gigs u would think they would have been able to work out what was needed to make a good doof but they didnt quite seem to grasp it.. This event was placed at Mt Disappointment in VIC (30 mins down the highway from melb.) and the area is quite good - very bushy and up in the hills so a good choice. the directions to the place were good and there was good signage. 10 dollars got u in so not that expensive. all good things – give em some ticks.
unfortunately this is all the good things we can really say about this event because from here things get bad. there were just soooo many terrible issues. but all the kittlings must be told so here goes,,,
once in the gates - at about midnight - there were only about 10/15 people there and we the reviewer had the impression that they were all DJs that had played or were going to play and organisers/ crew. so what was going on? where was everyone?
one organizer we talked to told us that there had been no flyers made or press announcement and the only publicity was a few postings on websites (where we got our lead from) that catered to things doof. they said they didn’t want lots of people just maybe 100 to 200 people. well this is fine because it was billed at being an “underground event” but come on people there was NOBODY there! u need to TELL people if u want them to turn up. unfortunately the problem wasn’t just the bad turnout.
for many kids the doof is a special event outside the norms of the city life and city values - its a wonderful free space to be creative and express hidden talents. a place to show off and turn out energy which for the most part must be hidden in our day to day mundane lives, a chance to get out of the confines of the city on a nite under the light of stars and lumicient rays and mush up dancing in a communal free autonomous organic space. ie. its very special! but the organisers of dark matter didnt seem to be aware of that.
This crew were not just unfriendly but were plain rude. seeming to prefer to stand around like bogans slanging off with course guttural language. we felt that we might be in the car park of a suburban pub or mc Donald’s getting abuse from a carload of rednecks - and this we could not believe – for example the dark matter crew made mean comments about the stupid ness of the doofers who made the effort (and paid!) to come to their "party" and deriding the dress sense and style of party goers. (the organisers were all in jeans and t-shirts/ jumpers/ flannoz and not one of them seemed to have made any effort to dress up or get in the mood to a doof),they can look however they want but this look was carried over to the care taken to set up the whole party in general. the level of art at the doof was zero. if the vibe got off the ground it was pretty much shot down
there is no excuses to being unsocial at a doof and if ur the organiser its your job as a good host to put out the right vibes!
the sound system was tiny - what u might have in yer lounge room and there was only one dance floor light (red/green/blue strobe) and that was the one on top of the ute parked behind the twin decks (the spotlight place most commonly used to spot animals for shooting?!!?). the organisers told us that they had 2 more lights that they didnt bring up because of all the “dust”. yeah the dust! because while its nice not to have the doof place a long (long!) hike from the necessary car park its NOT nice to have the doof IN the car park. so what u had was a good inch layer of dust all around the site - please choose the doof site with some nice green area`s for sitting and setting up camp. a dusty car park is no place for kids to relax or party.
where was the good ol chai stall? had they made any special effort to create a good space? no tea light candles in those little paper holders? no VJ equipment? no art installations? So while the event was billed as a Doof it would better be described as a Piss-up in the Bush which just happened to have a sound system set up to play pretty ordinary doof music in order to get people to fund your beer run. the vibe was that terrible. all the "DJs" seemed to be drinking (or were drunk) and many of the guys were very macho and threatening (these were the organizers!) - u would think that they would be more welcoming and friendly and well more - doofish. we all love that feeling of unity and sharing and collective which is the defining essence of a good doof - this seemed to be lost on the louts running this party.
the party had 2 fires going and when we settled down to trance out looking into the fire (more to escape the embarrassing / threatenin vibes) we were upset to see people had thrown tin cans and bottles onto it - if u dont know how special fire is to a doof (or any happening) then dont go!
all in all my kittlings im sorry to have to bring on the flame. after all we made the effort to support u guys (and u have our cash now – use it well because domestic beer isn’t as good as import!). We love the little doof organisers – we all want more little doofs to go to and have fun at, we dont even care if there is no one there but the organisers and a few kats BUT u have to make it a doof and this means something. its not really a secret – event tho its often called the “secret of the doof” it doesnt have to be crazy or otherworldly like sharman an stuff – tho shaman and “share man” are pretty cool idea’s. it just has to have a nice vibe and be fun (for everyone).
Dark matter crew: do u want to know why no one showed up at ur 3rd dark matter doof? i will give u a hint with no cost in the exchange,,. ur crew give doof a bad name. ur greatest problem was that ur crew gave this “doof” the name dark matter 3 and any doofer who had made the effort to go to dark matter one or two (which we had not gone to) would well and truely be warned not to go to another! please dont hold dark matter 4 until u have studied up
review compiled by a student of the silver cities shadow forest secret do-jo. “exist in secret, to teach secrets, about secrets”.
ps. if any dark matter kats wanna give their side please let us know whats happening!