How to get tickets to Splendor in the Grass. Hopefully.
May 21st 2008 04:16
It’s that time of year again. The time when come tomorrow, at 8.45, hundreds of eager idiots just like me will have called in sick to work, gone to their mate’s place with the fastest internet connection and will be sitting there refreshing the Splendor in the Grass tickets web page over and over.
(The actual web address is http://www.qjump.com.au/ if you want to start refreshing now.)
What is Splendor in the Grass?
Basically the annual HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE.
Not really. But it is an exceptionally rad music festival held in Byron Bay, Australia, that pulls some huge bands, huge crowds and a huge amount of the other kind of grass.
This year’s line up will include the fabulous Wolfmother, the hilarious Devo (Crack that whip!), The Wombats, The Grates, The Panics, Sigur Ros... and five billion other kickass bands.
Now if I got a ticket this event would be the highlight of my life. But sadly, I have never been to a Splendor in the Grass.
Last year, the tickets sold out in five hours. Or so the website says.
In reality, they sold out in four minutes. I know this because alongside about 40 other uni students packing out our campuses computer labs, I tired to buy tickets at 9am and couldn’t.
They were all gone.
So this is why I have come up with a foolproof plan to get tickets this year. Let me share it with you all.
1. Scalping at Splendor became so bad a few years ago that organisers had to put all ticket buyers names and date of birth on their ticket. And you can only buy four tickets at a time.
So make sure you have all your friends names and date of births tattooed onto your hand before you go to buy tickets.
This may seem extreme, but it’s Devo man! Just do it!
If you’re really stupid, tattoo your own name and date of birth too.
2. Familiarise your self with the site. Perhaps buy other tickets from it. Know the right buttons to click, the right fields to fill and wether you have to set up an account.
3. Get your credit card, your mum’s credit card and anybody else's credit card you can find and stick it next to your computer.
If one card falls in battle (damn credit limits, you only know your over until it’s too late) another must be ready to soldier on leaving it’s fallen comrade behind.
This is war people, remember Devo.
4. Strength in numbers. Get at least 10 of your mates to also try and buy tickets from their computers too.
Odds are one at least will make it through.
Last year I only had four people trying and I missed out.
5. Move fast! So many people are on this site trying to get the tix and your web will display that heart wrenching message - operation timed out - if you hesitate.
Didn’t follow my earlier advise of getting those names tattoed and now you can’t remember how to spell your mates last name?
Don’t freak out. Don’t call the mate. Just make up a new name and move on.
Later on your friend will have to legally change their name to whatever you picked to get into the festival but it will be worth it when you’re singing along to Devo.
Good luck people. We’ll all need it.
PS. There are no pictures. I’m sorry, I’ve failed. My hand was too sore from all the tattooing to go out and find some.
(The actual web address is http://www.qjump.com.au/ if you want to start refreshing now.)
What is Splendor in the Grass?
Basically the annual HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE.
Not really. But it is an exceptionally rad music festival held in Byron Bay, Australia, that pulls some huge bands, huge crowds and a huge amount of the other kind of grass.
This year’s line up will include the fabulous Wolfmother, the hilarious Devo (Crack that whip!), The Wombats, The Grates, The Panics, Sigur Ros... and five billion other kickass bands.
Now if I got a ticket this event would be the highlight of my life. But sadly, I have never been to a Splendor in the Grass.
Last year, the tickets sold out in five hours. Or so the website says.
In reality, they sold out in four minutes. I know this because alongside about 40 other uni students packing out our campuses computer labs, I tired to buy tickets at 9am and couldn’t.
They were all gone.
So this is why I have come up with a foolproof plan to get tickets this year. Let me share it with you all.
1. Scalping at Splendor became so bad a few years ago that organisers had to put all ticket buyers names and date of birth on their ticket. And you can only buy four tickets at a time.
So make sure you have all your friends names and date of births tattooed onto your hand before you go to buy tickets.
This may seem extreme, but it’s Devo man! Just do it!
If you’re really stupid, tattoo your own name and date of birth too.
2. Familiarise your self with the site. Perhaps buy other tickets from it. Know the right buttons to click, the right fields to fill and wether you have to set up an account.
3. Get your credit card, your mum’s credit card and anybody else's credit card you can find and stick it next to your computer.
If one card falls in battle (damn credit limits, you only know your over until it’s too late) another must be ready to soldier on leaving it’s fallen comrade behind.
This is war people, remember Devo.
4. Strength in numbers. Get at least 10 of your mates to also try and buy tickets from their computers too.
Odds are one at least will make it through.
Last year I only had four people trying and I missed out.
5. Move fast! So many people are on this site trying to get the tix and your web will display that heart wrenching message - operation timed out - if you hesitate.
Didn’t follow my earlier advise of getting those names tattoed and now you can’t remember how to spell your mates last name?
Don’t freak out. Don’t call the mate. Just make up a new name and move on.
Later on your friend will have to legally change their name to whatever you picked to get into the festival but it will be worth it when you’re singing along to Devo.
Good luck people. We’ll all need it.
PS. There are no pictures. I’m sorry, I’ve failed. My hand was too sore from all the tattooing to go out and find some.
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Comment by Kdthestrange
on Phantom Planet are suddenly lame. Boo!
Noise Voyage
So Jet, i admit I was overly harsh. After listening to it a few more times I've found I like it more. But the thing is, listening to and enjoying an album shouldn't be hard work (unless it's a pretty bloody amazing album). And this album just feels like hard work. You said it yourself: you have to get through the distortion to find the melody.
And about Alex's vocals- to me they just feel lazy. He's sluring, he's cracking and it's not adding to the piece. Remember 'Wishing Well' and 'The Guest' from the guest album? He was giving it his all, his voice was cracking, he was occasionally not quite getting notes and it sounded amazing. I agree he has to change his vocal style to suit the pieces- but why change it to crapness?
And Shwartzman - isn't Phantom Planet kind of huge? Wasn't he already ridiculously famous? And probably rich considering all the royalties he would have got from songwriting? Jason's released his own indie CD which I plan to review soon so I hope you read and post a rant.
Different opinions are great and it's good to be made to think. Thanks for commenting.