THE GOOD:

WHAT A SHOW! Kudos to Lerping and LIME and ALL the bands that played and everybody who helped make it what it was- a brilliant show with amazing atmosphere and great music!

Caught The Pinholes for the first time and loved it! Very fun band!

Ivy’s Vendetta delivered well, tasteful lead guitars and brilliant drumming!

Enjoyed every second of Allura (yay Limbo!). I noticed Matthew adding more and more tapping into his bass playing, the Sheehan influence is there and it’s pretty awesome!

West Grand Boulevard delivered as always, and I managed to catch a surf during DKNY! =D What do you call a stupid boat!

The Fire Fight was awesome, and for the first time I really heard Chris’s playing and it definitely adds to their sound. (woah-oh-oh-oh, woah-oh-oo-woah, oo-woah-oh!)

Caracal was amazingly tight and intense! Was digging KC and Chris’ vocal harmonies. Astroninja (Gyahahaha the blowup doll).

Johnny Shameless brought on the WTF factor. Hahaha. Most meaningful songs of the night. ;P

Great Spy Experiment stole the show with the most amazing crowd of the night. You had to be there to feel it. The power of hundreds of people jumping and clapping in unison is mindblowing.

THE FUNNY:

I won two things that day- I got called up along with Ahmad for a round of air guitar. I WON! \m/ Thankew, thankew very much.

The second time I got asked to sing a verse of any song. GSE came to mind with “Dance With Me”, though on retrospect I should have sung Johnny Shameless’ “I Wanna Date A Porno Star”.

DJ Soo Wei mentioned Armchair Critic on stage for some reason I can’t remember, and me and Ahmad were so amused we started yelling “ARMCHAIR SUCKS LA!” and “IF ARMCHAIR PLAYS I’M NOT GONNA WATCH!” That was hella amusing.

THE BAD:

I had to miss Plainsunset’s set because of what happened to Ary- a friend of mine. Small sized girl with a big heart. She fell in the pit because of some violent moshers, and somebody stepped on her back. I don’t know if it was intentional, and I do agree that she ought to start avoiding the pits. She could have been paralysed, and we feared the worse, but she told me this morning that she’s been treated at hospital and she’s going to be okay.

What I want to say is-

Sure, we can use the “if you can’t stand the heat, don’t stay in the kitchen” argument. But to follow that analogy, why are we bringing flamethrowers to prepare ice kachang?

Can we all be a little more responsible? I don’t want to target anybody in particular, but some antics were completely uncalled for. Slingshotting people into the front, slamming into people’s heads? Stepping on people who are on the floor? Throwing out our elbows and fists?

Why do we do that? Does it make us feel better? Do we feel more masculine, hurting people we don’t know when their backs are turned or they’re unable to retaliate?

We can have a good time without hurting one another, can’t we? If we want to crowdsurf, ask the people around us politely to help us up and down so that we don’t come crashing down onto other people or hit people with your hands and feet. (I honestly believe that crowdsurfing can be carried out pleasantly and safely- RFW and Rampage The Durian were beautiful!)Throwing sand? Why?! I see no logic at all.

Please, everybody, be more responsible.

LIME Sonic Bang was a BRILLIANT show and event.

What makes a show? A show is a collective- everybody has a part to play. The organizers, the bands, the emcees, the sound crew, the security, the crowd. We can have the perfect stage, the perfect sound and the perfect bands playing, but what’s the point if the crowd is going to be irresponsible?

I can only imagine how many people who had never seen a local band before might have been inspired on that day by what they saw. But we seriously don’t need people to be turned away or discouraged just as much by any ugly behavior.

We always point at other people saying “oh the sound was bad” or “oh, so and so bands were crap” or “the organizers should do this, should do that”. Ask ourselves first, did we do our part?

If we want bigger, better and more meaningful, fruitful shows, we have to play a role too. And if we see ugly behavior, we have a collective responsibility to stop it. And please don’t blame the organizers. Do a better job if you can.

All in all, we need to think before we act or speak, about how our actions will affect other people and the scene in general. Together we have a big responsibility, and together we can make a difference. Positive or negative, is up to us.