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Alternative Trinity Ball
After this years radically disappointing Trinity Ball line-up, it’s time to re-evaluate the bands we get to play the event. Lets imagine, with a new Ents officer, arguably less in the pocket of philistine event management companies, the best ball we could possibly have next year. What do you suggest?
Here’s one idea for a line up, this isn’t a ‘My Favourite Bands’ list, it’s a group of folk, all excellent, mostly upbeat, many of whom have a large student following. Most importantly none of the acts listed are too big to play the ball. Check out the list and suggest your own.
Main Stage
Go! Team
Sigur Ros
Portishead
The Knife
Dance Tent
Squarepusher
Girl Talk
Zero 7
Boards of Canada
Thievery Corporation
Kompressor
Alternative Tent
Magnetic Fields
Final Fantasy
Strip Squad
Jens Lekman
TV On the Radio
Front Square Stage
Fight like Apes
Decemberists
Deerhoof
Regina Spektor
M.I.A
Realistically, nothing’s likely to change. No Ent’s officer, however decent, can wrest control of the ball from corporate interests. Word is, when tickets sold out in record time this year, Trinity got shafted for the unannounced ‘good’ Oxygen acts (sic). The ball’s become an event, not about the music, but about the socialising. That’s not the worst thing in the world. Trinity Ball is like a great big wedding, filled with mediocre bands and friends you haven’t seen in ages, all dolled up in tails and top-hats. But can you imagine, if they really tried, the night we’d have?
Gareth Stack is the webmaster of Analogue. He is currently co-writing a novel, Jackdaw Fool.
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