Friday, December 31, 2004

Tragedy in Buenos Aires - almost 200 died in rock show

I know that compared to the thousands that died in the tsunami seem to be a minor number but last night almost 200 kids died in a disco when some moron used fireworks and plastic caught fire. There were almost 5000 people at the place and around 200 were reported death, but there are hundred more hospitalized so the number of deceased increases every hour.

I must say that wood is never used in buildings arround here, always bricks and concrete so fire alarms and smoke detectors are not very common here. For whet I've read there was an emergency door that was closed because kids were trying to sneak into the concert. The band, Callejeros, was a typical teenage garage/ punk band with three chords songs and many of their followers are very young kids. Most of them are low class. inner city kids. Theband played close to my place a month ago and the neighbourhood looked invaded by so many strange looking kids that many shops closed fearing trubles. Now many of these kids are dead. It's a sad day for music.

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