Overheard At BIGSOUND 2017: Day One

"Don't start the festival with two beers in your hands."

— Good advice, Mr mysterious ticketing company director.

"...Going to get darts, or going to see DARTS?"

— ...or both? Both is good (don't smoke, though).

"Finally, someone I can have a conversation with!"

— Relieved delegate upon seeing another attendee, wearing a Metallica T-shirt, enter the room.

"This is the night for running into people you don't want to run into."

— Ah, so that's why you're hanging out in the bathroom at the Woolly Mammoth.

"Who was the sick cunt?"
"Jeremy Neale. From Velociraptor."
"He's a sick cuuuunt."

— Two particularly happy punters discuss the eternal crowd-pleaser. 

"I wonder how much collective time is wasted at BIGSOUND waiting at traffic lights?"

— A frightening amount, Simon O'Leary (Hyperfest/WAM). A frightening amount.

"You don't remember me, do you?"
"I do not."
"You're an architect, right?"
"I am not."
"But your name is Tim, yeah?"
"It is not."

— Well-lubricated delegate after approaching, and hugging, a sober and slightly alarmed punter at The Brightside. 

ALSO:

• There was considerable buzz emerging from both Stella Donnelly and Willaris K's sets last night; expect both to be the subject of some intense bidding for industry attention coming out of this festival.
   
• Why is everyone tucking in their T-shirts now? Each to their own, but that's a weird thing to do. 
   
• BIGSOUND 2016 alumnus Alice Ivy made a cheeky trip to Brisbane to sign a new record deal with the good folks at Dew Process.
   
• Hope you caught Amyl & The Sniffers last night — lead singer Amy Taylor has suffered a knee injury and, while there's not any indication that their Thursday-night showcase won't go ahead just yet, if she needs to recover, Tuesday might have been your only chance.