Over a million hippies in the same place. You could walk into the crowd sober, wearing a t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers and come out red-eyed stoned, wearing a poncho, a peace sign necklace and bell bottoms.
That was Woodstock 69. You weren’t there. But you were at ‘Better Living, Everyone!’
Melted Ice Cream’s streaming festival, ‘Better Living, Everyone!’, was shockingly good. Over the course of two days, 34 acts performed via their phone cameras on meltedicececream.co.nz to captive* audiences. It was a roaring success.
So shockingly good that, just like Woodstock had sequels Woodstock ‘79, ‘89, and Woodstock ‘99 (when the riots broke out during the Limp Bizkit set), Melted Ice Cream are planning on recreating the phenomenon by turning it into a weekly ‘TV show’ - an online gig, every Friday evening that you can stream and watch on your TV (or on any device of your choice).
Christchurch venue Space Academy’s Richard and Hamish have been tasked with curating the shows, continuing the tradition of quality gigs with excellent lineups their venue has gained an international reputation for.
Better Living TV. Every Friday night until the end of Lockdown (and maybe even after). Tune in from 7pm at http://meltedicecream.co.nz/.
*Literally captive. During Level 4 lockdown, audiences were by law required to watch Better Living, Everyone.
Better Living TV Episode 1.
Airs 7pm-11pm NZST Friday May 8, 2020 at meltedicecream.co.nz.
Featuring:
Yolanda Fagan (Bozo, Echo Ohs, Na Noise, Vincent H.L)
Motte
Kraus
Birdation (Death and the Maiden/Bad Sav)
Luke Wood
Centre Negative
Paul Kean & Kaye Woodward (The Bats/Minisnap)
Hannah PGX
Stef Animal
Petshop Ox
Jenny Ward & Greg Malcolm
