Monday, March 24, 2008

Back in time

My housemate’s sister had a theme party for her birthday the other week. Usually themed parties celebrate/mock bygone eras. Her bygone era was the ‘90s. Surely that wasn’t that long ago? And then you realise that 1990 was nearly 20 years ago!
I’m a bit of a hoarder and I’ve found some old ticket stubs from the 90’s. Here are some of the events I witnessed that I still have physical evidence for. I’m disappointed that I didn’t keep more stuff from that time.

Big Day Out, 22/1/95, Showgrounds, $49.10
Australian Track and Field Championships, 7/8/9/10 March 1996, Sydney (Competitor)
Melbourne International Film Festival - Unmade Beds, 2/8/98, Capitol Cinema
Stereolab, 4/2/98, Prince of Wales, $20
Ed Kuepper, 9/9/99, The Continental, $15
Oktoberfest, 23/10/99, Showgrounds, $3
TISM, 17/5/98, Hi Fi Bar, $15
Hoodoo Gurus-Final Tour (Ha!), 28/11/97, The Palace, $26.50
Vans Warped Tour, 24/1/98, Showgrounds, $36
Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes, 7/7/96, The Continental, $15
Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Hoot, 13/4/96, Napier St Theatre
Victoria v West Ham United, 21/5/95, Olympic Park (Freebee)
Australia v Iran, 29/11/97, MCG, $41 (Devastation)
Bledisloe Cup, 11/7/98, MCG, $64.75
U22 World Basketball Final – Australia defeat Argentina, 10/8/97, Melbourne Park, $22.50
North Melbourne v Sydney Grand Final, 28/9/96, MCG, $62 (Jubilation)
North Melbourne v Adelaide Grand Final, 28/9/98, MCG, $42.50 (Concession – Terrible day)
North Melbourne v Carlton Grand Final, 25/9/99, MCG, $45 (Student cards are great)

Some of the events that no physical evidence exists for but I know I was part of:
Anthrax gig, 1990, Entertainment Centre, (now Lexus Centre)
England v Pakistan Cricket World Cup Final, 1992, MCG
Living Colour gig, 1992, Festival Hall
Big Day Out, 1993, Showgrounds
Carlton v Geelong Grand Final, 30/9/95, MCG
FIFA World Youth Championships, Semi final Australia v Brazil, 17/3/93, Olympic Park
Countless TISM gigs
Countless Australia v …….. Soccer matches held at Olympic park

What things did you get up to in the 90’s?
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2 comments:

A-Man said...

I never keep track of my gigs, sometimes I wish I did.

I can't remember much from the 90s, but some of the music highlights included:

FESTIVALS -
Summersault 95 (Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Beck, Rancid and others)
Big Day Out 97 (Prodigy, Soundgarden, Aphex Twin, Supergrass, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion)
Big Day Out 99 (Ash, Underworld, Roni Size, Luke Slater, Fatboy Slim)

GIGS -
Soundgarden, You Am I, The Living End @ Festival Hall
Beck @ the Forum
Pavement @ the Forum
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion @ the Palace

A bunch of my first "pub" gigs with bands like Even, Pollyanna, Snout, Rail.

And assorted dance parties with Jeff Mills, Space DJZ, Derrick Carter and others.

9:38 pm
redmag said...

I'm lost for words - all i can say is MY GOD!!

$45 for a Grand final ticket!! In my case the 99 one was watched from the kitchen at the Yarraville club - and I was glad I didnt pay the $45!

But $49.10 for BDO tix! What are they worth now ~$1mil?

10:16 am

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