Soloman Tump Posted February 1, 2012 Report Share Posted February 1, 2012 kinell, thats not half bad. If some parties spring up as something to do during saturday daytime im all over this. And i have got some mates who live at battersea who might be up for this. Couldnt afford it with hotels though. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide Soloman Tump's signature Hide all signatures https://intrusivesignals.blogspot.com/ Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1745832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted February 2, 2012 Report Share Posted February 2, 2012 On 2/1/2012 at 9:35 PM, oscillik said: ..both years i went, i saw people wheeling in their own sound systems into chalets. and i'm not talking small boomboxes either. Hahah, brilliant!! Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1746559 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 So Snoop Dogg? interesting choice. How does that go down...and is he bringing the Tupac hologram w/ him? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide eh Speedy's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1801167 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted April 17, 2012 Report Share Posted April 17, 2012 On 4/17/2012 at 6:39 PM, SPD² said: So Snoop Dogg? interesting choice. How does that go down...and is he bringing the Tupac hologram w/ him? Hope so. More targets, the better. Like this glorious English welcome to 50 Cent (he lasted about 4 mins), of which I watched by the side of the stage, pleased as punch. Dance festival crowds will be more kinder I wager. Shame. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1801233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 ^That was one of the funniest moments of my life. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide tec's signature Hide all signatures "They're about guns, lasers, robots with laser guns in space. Monsters from the future. Explosions. Sylvester Stallone doing a backflip on top of a spike while Robocop carries a ghost up a mountain. Bombs and swords and that... IDM is awesome." Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1803119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 On 4/20/2012 at 11:27 AM, tec said: ^That was one of the funniest moments of my life. Heheh, was you there tec? Cool. It was very funny indeed. Some dude launched a folding camping chair at him lol, how they got it the distance I have no idea. I was working backstage but had finished my shift so was chilling out at the side of the stage with a beer, awesome moment. I think Green Day was on afterwards.... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1803357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fondles the cat Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/homepage/ceephax-acid-waltzers/ looking forward to spewing on this Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1805979 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted May 6, 2012 Report Share Posted May 6, 2012 I was quite surprised how much it cost to get a room too. 3 Miles down the road we got a Travel Lodge/Inn for £30 each. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide spratters's signature Hide all signatures Jet fuel can't melt dank memes Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1812647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Wow, this really didn't pan out well did it? By now everyone will have heard that Bloc 2012 was closed due to crowd safety concerns. We are all absolutely devastated that this happened, but the safety of everyone on site was paramount. Given the situation on the ground, we feel that it was the right decision to end the show early. Bloc will not open on Saturday 7th July so please don’t come to the site. Stand by for full information on refunds. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/07/bloc-weekend-shut-down-police?INTCMP=SRCH Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaproy Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 On 7/7/2012 at 12:18 PM, Coalbucket PI said: Wow, this really didn't pan out well did it? By now everyone will have heard that Bloc 2012 was closed due to crowd safety concerns. We are all absolutely devastated that this happened, but the safety of everyone on site was paramount. Given the situation on the ground, we feel that it was the right decision to end the show early. Bloc will not open on Saturday 7th July so please don’t come to the site. Stand by for full information on refunds. http://www.guardian....ice?INTCMP=SRCH Some crzay stuff here for sure. The comments article in this section are an interesting read. Some account sfrom people who were there. RIP BLOC I guess, from the sounds of it they were lucky to not have any injuries. It'll be a difficult one to come back from I guess. Anyone from here go? Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845701 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 Fucking knew this would be a shit storm. Bloc was never meant for somewhere like London. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 I've never been to such a disaster in all my fucking life..... I know, it's overcrowded in all arenas so let's shut all but one and force thousands of people in one tent at the same time. One with a shit system may I add. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide spratters's signature Hide all signatures Jet fuel can't melt dank memes Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845705 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaproy Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 intersting read too http://www.factmag.com/2012/07/07/bloc-2012-and-why-speculative-coverage-of-last-nights-chaos-leaves-a-bad-taste/ Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters Posted July 7, 2012 Report Share Posted July 7, 2012 That is a nicely balanced article. It did remind me of 2 more things: 1) the bars were not a problem, plenty of staff etc and six quid for a double and mixer is not bad 2) I stood for 40 minutes waiting for DOOM to play. That's not queueing, that's simply standing in an overcrowded tent waiting for the start. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide spratters's signature Hide all signatures Jet fuel can't melt dank memes Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FuncRandm Posted July 8, 2012 Report Share Posted July 8, 2012 It was not good, looks like a host of errors from various parties: - The site wasn't complete. - The arenas were badly laid out on the site. - Possible overselling of tickets. - The festival itself was running late allowing the queue to back up outside for nearly two hours before people were let in. - People rushing the barriers at one point. - Massive queues to get in to any of the arenas. Really unfortunate given how amazing the lineup looked. Well done to the festival goers for keeping it civil so there were no injuries, it could have ended up pretty bad. I wrote up a blog piece earlier on this: http://shapejam.com/blog/bloc-2012-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-queues/ Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/69558-news-flash-dates-for-bloc2012/page/4/#findComment-1845908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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