Saturday, August 22, 2009

European Tour 2009 - index and conclusion

The full list of posts on this tour outran the front page, so this is an index to keep track of them.

European Tour 2009 part 1: intro, setup, landing
European Tour 2009 part 2: Helsingør/Kronborg
European Tour 2009 part 3: Øresund loop
European Tour 2009 part 4: København
European Tour 2009 part 5: Wacken warmup
European Tour 2009 part 6: Wacken day 2
European Tour 2009 part 6a: Swashbuckle in Germany - a photo essay
European Tour 2009 part 7: Wacken wrapup
European Tour 2009 part 8: Berlin
European Tour 2009 part 9: Party.San buildup
European Tour 2009 part 10: Party.San day 2
European Tour 2009 part 11: Party.San day 3
European Tour 2009 part 12: homeward bound


scores and stuff:

Wacken
--
bands seen, day 0: 1
average day 0: 4/7
total day 0: 4
bands seen, day 1: 6
average day 1: 5.25/7
total day 1: 26.5
bands seen, day 2: 11
average day 2: 5.73/7
total day 2: 63
bands seen, day 3: 8
average day 3: 5.13/7
total day 3: 41
average, full festival: 5.37/7
total, full festival: 139.5
total bands: 26

Party.San
--
bands seen, day 1: 5
average day 1: 5.5/7
total day 1: 27.5
bands seen, day 2: 12
average day 2: 5.21/7
total day 2: 62.5
bands seen, day 3: 9
average day 3: 6.17/7
total day 3: 55.5
average, full festival: 5.6/7
total, full festival: 145.5
total bands: 26

Weirdly, I saw exactly the same number of bands at each fest. By objective measures, Party.San was better, though an argument might be made for the Wacken experience as well. Toss a coin, and pick your poison: do you want easy cultural exchange and more mainstream bands, or will you take the hinterland and pure underground metal? Your decision; that guide on how to do Party.San even if you don't speak German is forthcoming, and I hope that this in addition to the scores above will convince people to hit up smaller fests in addition to the ones like Wacken that are more immediately accessible.

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