Boomtown 2013 8th-11th August

[rutabowa]

I don't chuckle on demand.... i'm not a chuckler.

 

[JTG]

I don't chuckle on demand.... i'm not a chuckler.

I'll have one for you then

 

[Onket]

Get a room, FFS.



Just looking at wiskey's photos now. Nice one.

 

[wiskey]

Oh yeah and I washed a disconcerting amount of red/pink/purple powder paint out of my hair last night!!

 

[Tort]

Well yes there were a few hiccups and the news of the death put a downer on things a bit when we heard about it on Friday night. But it doesn't detract from the fact that Boomtown is the best festival in the UK at the moment by an absolute street. And what's more I'm the least broken I've been on the the first day back at work after a festival all year. Bonus!

Photos soon (ish) as I still haven't found the time to get my SGP ones up yet.

 

[editor]

...But it doesn't detract from the fact that Boomtown is the best festival in the UK at the moment by an absolute street. And what's more I'm the least broken I've been on the the first day back at work after a festival all year. Bonus!

Amen to that bro. I loved it.

 

[wiskey]

I'm still falling on the side of Shambala ... just!

 

[stuff_it]

anyone see or jump on our church? we were driving it round site after dark and during the art car parade on Saturday afternoon... had a nice little pile of Turbosound inside but we definitely need a bit more on the roof next year... it's was a great munter magnet, spent the weekend meeting weird and wonderful people and trying not to run them over.

probably the most fun you can have in a scaffolding truck

Were you in it on Friday? I was dancing on top of a double tandem in a red wig round the back near the main stage.

 

[sim667]

I'm still bouncing off the walls too tbh, unparalleled production levels at boomtown.

I didn't find the toilets too bad, but then I found a few secret ones, the kids field ones where always good and at the top of the hill, and then down behind the devils kick there were 2 lone portaloos which everyone said to ignore.

The magic carpet was a godsend for me, getting up that bastard hill with a broken toe was annoying, I only did it once though and used the magic carpet 6 other times.

I think I saw one time a girl got a bit pushy with another, it wasn't a full on fight just pushing, I guess if you're tired and coming down it gets a bit like that.

 

[pesh]

Were you in it on Friday? I was dancing on top of a double tandem in a red wig round the back near the main stage.

yep, it was during the fire show, i saw you guys

 

[wiskey]

I guess if you're tired and coming down it gets a bit like that.

On Monday morning we watched the camp next to us have a row about a camping cooker that under normal circumstances nobody would have batted an eye about but add drugs/lack of sleep/not enough food etc and it became a major issue

 

[Onket]

On Monday morning we watched the camp next to us have a row about a camping cooker that under normal circumstances nobody would have batted an eye about but add drugs/lack of sleep/not enough food etc and it because a major issue

We've all been there.

 

[editor]

I'm just starting to make sense of all my photos. Fuck that was a good festival.

 

[tbtommyb]

I just remembered being down the front of the main stage for the headline act. God that was a good sound system, I would have loved to have been the bassist with that power in the B string.

very tempted to work at it next year, seeing how much fun all the staff seemed to be having (at the Arcadia bar on Sunday I'm sure all the staff were fucked).

Oh and very nice to meet you all, albeit briefly!

 

[Tort]

I'm just starting to make sense of all my photos. Fuck that was a good festival.

The photo I've got of you doesn't make a lot of sense!

 

[editor]

I'm slowly posting up some more photos.

Here's a little feature in the Magic Carpet:

http://www.urban75.org/blog/boomtown-festivals-magic-carpet-a-godsend-or-whopping-comedy-fail/

 

[sim667]

I just remembered being down the front of the main stage for the headline act. God that was a good sound system, I would have loved to have been the bassist with that power in the B string.

very tempted to work at it next year, seeing how much fun all the staff seemed to be having (at the Arcadia bar on Sunday I'm sure all the staff were fucked).

Oh and very nice to meet you all, albeit briefly!

I think it depends who you work for.... i spotted a wicked job I might try and do next year.

 

[wiskey]

I think it depends who you work for.... i spotted a wicked job I might try and do next year.

I definitely had my eye on a job ... I saw two women solely employed to blow bubbles at the crowd

 

[tbtommyb]

I definitely had my eye on a job ... I saw two women solely employed to blow bubbles at the crowd

Stewarding at Arcadia involved standing in front of one of the stacks and dancing. I think I could manage that.

 

[JTG]

Stewarding at Arcadia involved standing in front of one of the stacks and dancing. I think I could manage that.

Yeah, I wasn't especially impressed with them when I urgently needed them to help

 

[wiskey]

Stewarding at Arcadia involved standing in front of one of the stacks and dancing. I think I could manage that.

I was completely underwhelmed by their professionalism tbh.

 

[JTG]

I was completely underwhelmed by their professionalism tbh.

Then there were the 'Zone Managers' apparently going round asking other workers if they had weed for sale

 

[Onket]

I doubt you'd see that up north, tbf.

 

[tbtommyb]

I was completely underwhelmed by their professionalism tbh.

(and JTG)

Yeah, they were rubbish when I asked for directions. But to fair I'd say that's the fault of management rather than the stewards. I did stewarding at glastonbury and just got dropped off at a random location in the middle of nowhere with absolutely no guidance, not even a map to help people with.

 

[wiskey]

Better stewarding companies are available kids.

But seriously, if soemthing went wrong I'd want someone who could see straight to come to my assistance.

 

[Ted Striker]

Everyone in a high viz was fucking useless! Peppered them with loads of q's over the few days, and hey couldn't help with anything

 

[sim667]

Better stewarding companies are available kids.

But seriously, if soemthing went wrong I'd want someone who could see straight to come to my assistance.

(((Oxfam student volunteers)))

I don't really volunteer for oxfam though because of the amount of studenty types, and I've found some of the supervisors they pick a bit jobs worthy etc. but you get all the same issues with all stewards.

Green stewards did boomtown once and it was a cluster fuck, but it was more due to the fact that there hadn't been enough stewards or (and especially) security places allocated by the festival. Stewards were being asked to do security jobs as best the could, I got punched by a festival goer and so did at least one other steward that I can recall.

 

[wiskey]

I don't really volunteer for oxfam though because of the amount of studenty types, and I've found some of the supervisors they pick a bit jobs worthy etc. but you get all the same issues with all stewards people.

fifu
Btw I also currently don't volunteer for Oxfam. I was just saying they run a better ship than the freelance boomtown ones.

 

[tbtommyb]

fifu
Btw I also currently don't volunteer for Oxfam. I was just saying they run a better ship than the freelance boomtown ones.

Boomtown was Oxfam?

 

[wiskey]

Boomtown was Oxfam?

not all of it, all the people in green (ie Arcadia which is what we were talking about earlier) weren't.