Post by Barrow-wight aka MELLON on Mar 5, 2006 15:14:40 GMT
PKO Bratislava - March 4, 2006
I am back from the Bratislava trip ... it took some 5 hours and something on the train from Prague yesterday, just to be on time in Blava (as they abbreviate the city name), have some coffee and look around a bit.
It is actually funny, last time I was there was in mid-90s, after the split of Czechoslovakia, all was familiar and infamiliar at the same time (like getting used to the Slovak curency for instance, which otherwise is almost 1:1 to the Czech crown / koruna).
I am actually wondering whether Pryxfus and the Polish tribe were there : when coming for a drink to the restaurant next to the hall I had a feeling that there was a Polish group sitting just in the far corner ... I hope he / they made it over, because he / they always make the set list of the gig correct and I will need assistance in this respect for Bratislava gig anyway. ;D
Btw. Weather was shit - just on Friday we had blizzard in Prague and similar weather waited for us in Bratislava (at least it wasn already that strong).
Anyway, on entering the Bratislava PKO hall I was amazed how laid back it was in there ... just a couple of security guys, lots of drink places and thus no queues, and not many people. Which perhaps surprised me most. The PKO was built in the old times, I think, so in a way it felt a bit like coming back in years.
The hall was almost half-empty well up to the beginning of the concert, which amazed me most, plus I heard lot of Czech around (it is true that from places like Brno / border regions it takes some 2 hours and less to go to Blava) ... but apparently the place started to fill just before the Soulfly gig.
Anyway, there was one thing fairly strict : ban on the cameras ... well, people with mobile phones inbuilt cameras were safe and so were those not using flash, like myself (you will see the resulting shit soon :lol: ) ... I mean they were people using flash further in the audience, and that was ok. but in my part just in front of the PA tower (which on top of everything split my view and I could either see Max and Bobby, or Marc and Joe ... but not all in one time) the security were keeping eye on us .....
Meaning, sorry guys : the shots are even more shit than usual ... but then I got some rather psychedelic and mysterious shots which with some more editing work on them I will be able to use for special occasions, like for instance X-mas and Happy New Year cards. 8) See : i am trying to be positive here.
Right ... first came Slovak KONFLIKT : www.konflikt.sk/ ... they mark themselves as punk, though "by looks" they are more metal, and I myself mark them "anarcho-metal" - by lyrics they are punk / anarcho stuff, by sound they are more rock / metal. Be it as it may, I like them - last year gig at punk Antifest in Svojsice was really good, yesternight in Blava they seemed not to have enough space as it were, but in my view they still did very good.
See what I mean by psychedelic shots ? ;D If you wanna see how they actually look like, the Antifest shots turned out a bit better
To be cont.
I am back from the Bratislava trip ... it took some 5 hours and something on the train from Prague yesterday, just to be on time in Blava (as they abbreviate the city name), have some coffee and look around a bit.
It is actually funny, last time I was there was in mid-90s, after the split of Czechoslovakia, all was familiar and infamiliar at the same time (like getting used to the Slovak curency for instance, which otherwise is almost 1:1 to the Czech crown / koruna).
I am actually wondering whether Pryxfus and the Polish tribe were there : when coming for a drink to the restaurant next to the hall I had a feeling that there was a Polish group sitting just in the far corner ... I hope he / they made it over, because he / they always make the set list of the gig correct and I will need assistance in this respect for Bratislava gig anyway. ;D
Btw. Weather was shit - just on Friday we had blizzard in Prague and similar weather waited for us in Bratislava (at least it wasn already that strong).
Anyway, on entering the Bratislava PKO hall I was amazed how laid back it was in there ... just a couple of security guys, lots of drink places and thus no queues, and not many people. Which perhaps surprised me most. The PKO was built in the old times, I think, so in a way it felt a bit like coming back in years.
The hall was almost half-empty well up to the beginning of the concert, which amazed me most, plus I heard lot of Czech around (it is true that from places like Brno / border regions it takes some 2 hours and less to go to Blava) ... but apparently the place started to fill just before the Soulfly gig.
Anyway, there was one thing fairly strict : ban on the cameras ... well, people with mobile phones inbuilt cameras were safe and so were those not using flash, like myself (you will see the resulting shit soon :lol: ) ... I mean they were people using flash further in the audience, and that was ok. but in my part just in front of the PA tower (which on top of everything split my view and I could either see Max and Bobby, or Marc and Joe ... but not all in one time) the security were keeping eye on us .....
Meaning, sorry guys : the shots are even more shit than usual ... but then I got some rather psychedelic and mysterious shots which with some more editing work on them I will be able to use for special occasions, like for instance X-mas and Happy New Year cards. 8) See : i am trying to be positive here.
Right ... first came Slovak KONFLIKT : www.konflikt.sk/ ... they mark themselves as punk, though "by looks" they are more metal, and I myself mark them "anarcho-metal" - by lyrics they are punk / anarcho stuff, by sound they are more rock / metal. Be it as it may, I like them - last year gig at punk Antifest in Svojsice was really good, yesternight in Blava they seemed not to have enough space as it were, but in my view they still did very good.
See what I mean by psychedelic shots ? ;D If you wanna see how they actually look like, the Antifest shots turned out a bit better
To be cont.
