Welcome to the blog of Can Sar, a Stanford CS major. This blog is made up of my thoughts on Computer Science and the computer industry, as well as ever exciting tales from my life.
The next few days will feature lots of posts on yesterdays Dido concert. I will start it off with some rather sad news on the concerts location. According to the Austrian TV and Radio agency ORF residents of Schloss Schönbrunn (former residence of the Emperor's and now a huge tourist attraction and home to a few people who actually live there) filed a complaint against the concert operators, alleging that the events disturb their daily lives. Dido was not the first artist to play in this amazing location, AIR and REM are two of the the more famous bands who played there recently, and music fans throughout Vienna want this tradition to continue. While I can understand that loud music at late hours can be annoying (this is a frequent occurrence in the Lagunity Courtyard, where I live at Stanford, where large events are held all the time), Schönbrunn palace also belongs to the people of Austria and should therefore continue to be used for such exceptional events.
Concerts are held once or twice a month, and even though talks on setting stricter regulations on these concerts are supposed to start soon, I can only hope that this will not be the last concert held there. Everyone who was at the concert last night, will know what I mean, when I say that it is one of the most beautiful places for an Open Air concert in all of Europe.