Glastonbury 2007 pt2: the festie!
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madamv
Oi! With the poodle already
I remember being given bags and asked to pic up all around me in previous Glastos. Obviously that doesnt happen anymore. Also, where has the turbine to power the pyramid stage gone, and when???William of Walworth said:Well the clear up message keeps getting pushed, but to unsuccessful effect.
The afterpick this year must be a nightmare with the mud .... but most years they aim to clear up every last fag butt, every last Rizla packet ... every last little bag of weed and quid coin and abandoned unopened beer can and lost fiver ...
Some say the afterpick is a top job!
Must be backbreaking work though ...
I left plenty too, but knew that it would be sold on again as it was all perfectly good nick.
Doesnt something in the small guide say 'Consume, consume, consume'? Ah, well.......
The Guardian Guide is a piece of shit isn't it though eh?
First time I've seen it and it's crap. All the really interesting stuff (smaller dance stages etc) is left out and the previews... good fucking grief. For dance music they just wibbled on about that nu-rave shite and ignored all the really good, interesting stuff.
Keeps all the fannies away from the interesting things though I suppose.
First time I've seen it and it's crap. All the really interesting stuff (smaller dance stages etc) is left out and the previews... good fucking grief. For dance music they just wibbled on about that nu-rave shite and ignored all the really good, interesting stuff.
Keeps all the fannies away from the interesting things though I suppose.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
JTG said:
It leaves out the Leftfield stuff too, despite Leftfield being a big stage. They do mention a Leftfield act as one of their highlights, but then don't include it in the timetable.
I wish I'd printed up a cheat sheet so that I could have gone to see Madness. Oh well - I probably have been up for trekking over there after work finished at midnight anyway.
And at least I saw the Specials
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
JTG said:It's true, there isn't actually a comprehensive guide to the whole lot that I knew of.
There was a separate Leftfield guide on a lanyard but didn't see where you got them from (Leftfield I suppose
Yep, I got one of those from a guy at Leftfield.
@madamv - I saw Duke Special, having never heard of him/them before. Real crowd-pleasing, roistabout stuff. If it had been possible to move without falling over, I'm sure there would have been lots of dancing.
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That reminds me: I met my mate who's the NME live editor backstage and we were chatting about the acts coming up.paolo999 said:
He went to show me what bands he was seeing later on, and what does he pull out of his pocket? Crispy's legendary u75 Glasto cheat sheet!
What's more, he said that all the NME staff were using it too.
Nice one, Crispy!
Probably the worst Glasto ive been too, but still some good moments.
Was surprised at how many people arrived early wednesday (first time weve hit queues to get in) and how many were leaving at 6am monday (took 6 hours to get off site).
I didnt think there was too many ppl on site, but obviously with that kind of weather and mud, more ppl stick to the main paths which made them crowded.
Few of my m8s reckon its the last one they are going but goddammit I just want at least one more sunny glasto under my belt!
Was surprised at how many people arrived early wednesday (first time weve hit queues to get in) and how many were leaving at 6am monday (took 6 hours to get off site).
I didnt think there was too many ppl on site, but obviously with that kind of weather and mud, more ppl stick to the main paths which made them crowded.
Few of my m8s reckon its the last one they are going but goddammit I just want at least one more sunny glasto under my belt!
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Aw, I'm so proud!editor said:
As for leaving things behind, the only thing I left behind was my waterproof jacket, which I'm actually pissed off about because it was totally by accident at the buses, and I actually wanted to keep it!
It was really upsetting seeing so much useful, intact stuff being dumped at the end of the festie. Anyway, a day later, and I have somewhat recovered from the glasto extravaganza. It wasn't my "first glastonbury", from what others have said you never get that back, but despite the rain and the mud (and sleeping most of Sunday
) it's was absolutely wicked!Tbh I didn't really find the crowds so bad, but perhaps that was because I was only at one of the main stage headliners, and we left a couple of songs early to avoid the crushes. I have to admit I was using minor dehydration as a technique to avoid queuing for the toilets Saturday onwards so that certainly avoided some walking about (not big, not clever, I know). I don't understand how people can do festivals just on vast quantities of booze, and still manage to see anything without constantly queuing for the bogs!
Rather boringly my list of remembered highlights is very similar to Crispy's - good to hear Gogol Bordelo and Arcade Fire for the first time, Bjork was amazing, G stage was a great place to spend Saturday evening, and was good seeing our mate Rob play at one of the cafes on Sunday. Went back for a nap Sunday early evening and woke up at 11.30pm in time to realise we had missed seeing any headliners
And to amuse you all, myself and another nameless urbanite got fecking IDed at the Solidarity Bar (I turned 28 in May)
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Why is this a bad thing?Agent Sparrow said:And to amuse you all, myself and another nameless urbanite got fecking IDed at the Solidarity Bar (I turned 28 in May)
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The more and more I think about it now, the more and more I feel that Glastonbury has died as a social and poltical event. Other than at the Urban meet I am struggling to think of conversations I had with people about politics and society. Its stand on issues like poverty and climate change seem to be written in a language that would now be comfortable to a party political broadcast by the conservatives or the faux labour.
It does sterling work in raising funds for charity and so on, but beyond that Im not really seeing what its positive impact is anymore.
Anyone else find this a major change? Or was it just that I was not in the left field enough?
It does sterling work in raising funds for charity and so on, but beyond that Im not really seeing what its positive impact is anymore.
Anyone else find this a major change? Or was it just that I was not in the left field enough?
Agent Sparrow
the age of slippers and migraines
Becausedavid dissadent said:
a) it's been happening (with admittedly decreasing regularity) for 10 years and frankly it's getting a bit irritating now
b) I wanted a bloody drink and they wouldn't serve me
c) who on earth aged 28 brings ID to glastonbury?
So aqua had to buy my beer in the end. They asked her whether she was getting it for me too.
was it ever really that political anyway? seems to be that in 'the old days', attending was somehow seen as 'oppositional' and now it's not. That's the only real political shift i can see
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It is a very hard thing for me to put my finger on, but there did seem to have more of an air of politics about it. Even in '05 there were stickers in the pissers and leaflets getting handed round.Dubversion said:
edited to add a decade
but there were stickers in the toilets this time, a lot more political or campaign stalls in the main markets rather than tucked away in the Greenfields, a massive increase year on year for Leftfield etc etc etc
Stig
Condimentalist
Right, finally settled in front of the laptop, after having done more laundry than I ever want to see again in my lifetime.
It's odd, but after getting back last night (thanks to Sunray!) and having one day off today to do shitloads of housework, it seems like Glastonbury was weeks ago!
We had a mixed experience, starting off really well (we won't mention wednesday were I got all overexcited as usual and was in a dribbling alcoholic heap by 6pm)
Anyway moving swiftly on - Thursday was a tromp round the entire site, which I've never ever done before, ('Ooh look a cinema, I'd heard there was one of those' etc)
Friday was band-tastic, and we felt very proud of ourselves for having packed so many in to so little time,
Saturday was a bit too muddy and difficult and it was down to the main things we wanted to see and then Trash City,
and Sunday was just 'oh i can't really be bothered, if it's not on while I happen to be walking past, I 'aint going to see it.' (still made it to trash City though, which was excellent and had to be done.)
Had a bit of a boot crisis. I've been looking for a pair for a while to replace mine which are getting on a bit, and found a great pair almost exactly the same, so when I got a bit of water in one of mine I thought it would be a great idea to wear the new ones the next day in stead.
Sunday morning I had a blister the size of my big toe. Really frightening looking. (Still have.)
so walking through that really gluey 10-inch high gloop was excruciatingly painful. Particularly that whole bit between the circus field and the acoustic field.
My own fault entirely, i should have put up with the slightly damp boot.
*hobbles off to pub*
It's odd, but after getting back last night (thanks to Sunray!) and having one day off today to do shitloads of housework, it seems like Glastonbury was weeks ago!
We had a mixed experience, starting off really well (we won't mention wednesday were I got all overexcited as usual and was in a dribbling alcoholic heap by 6pm)
Anyway moving swiftly on - Thursday was a tromp round the entire site, which I've never ever done before, ('Ooh look a cinema, I'd heard there was one of those' etc)
Friday was band-tastic, and we felt very proud of ourselves for having packed so many in to so little time,
Saturday was a bit too muddy and difficult and it was down to the main things we wanted to see and then Trash City,
and Sunday was just 'oh i can't really be bothered, if it's not on while I happen to be walking past, I 'aint going to see it.' (still made it to trash City though, which was excellent and had to be done.)
Had a bit of a boot crisis. I've been looking for a pair for a while to replace mine which are getting on a bit, and found a great pair almost exactly the same, so when I got a bit of water in one of mine I thought it would be a great idea to wear the new ones the next day in stead.
Sunday morning I had a blister the size of my big toe. Really frightening looking. (Still have.)
so walking through that really gluey 10-inch high gloop was excruciatingly painful. Particularly that whole bit between the circus field and the acoustic field.
My own fault entirely, i should have put up with the slightly damp boot. *hobbles off to pub*
pagan said:
... and 50,000 a LOT MORE breathing space
(I actually agree it was a lot more crowded this year
but I think in a dry years the extra numbers will be no problem at all. Even this year, I never encountered too many problems -- apart from Lost Vagueness very late Saturday night/Sunday morning, but there was a reason for that ).
aqua
made of cheese and gin
I had a fucking ball, it was my best yet, but it was too crowded for me to feel comfy
I met some people, missed more people, felt more secure in myself and consequently got more mashed than I've ever been in years and had a ball
lost my phone, which in hindsight made the festival so fucking fantastic for me, I didn't feel I *had* to answer texts, to tell people where I was, what I was doing etc, we bimbled into people more, we had a laugh, I stole skim as my playmate and she rocked
the music was shit as far as I'm concerned, my highlight was Dreadzone, I fucking love them, but I see them often so they don't count. The rest of the weekend my music highlight was that Bjork wasn't as shit as i thought she was, she's just merely bad
I also echo what people have said about LV, I've never liked it, this year just again left me cold, I always thought it was just me but its not, its just shit
also the mess and the general attitude of some people on site was just a fucking pain, but as we didn't spend too much time around the main areas it didn't get me down
bees' brother fucking his ankle over sucked, but the decision to leave site on Sunday afternoon was possibly the best decision we could have made (esp since ive been in hull since we got back sorting my dads house out thats flooded) but..
all things considered it was my fave ever, it's made me happy
I met some people, missed more people, felt more secure in myself and consequently got more mashed than I've ever been in years and had a ball
lost my phone, which in hindsight made the festival so fucking fantastic for me, I didn't feel I *had* to answer texts, to tell people where I was, what I was doing etc, we bimbled into people more, we had a laugh, I stole skim as my playmate and she rocked
the music was shit as far as I'm concerned, my highlight was Dreadzone, I fucking love them, but I see them often so they don't count. The rest of the weekend my music highlight was that Bjork wasn't as shit as i thought she was, she's just merely bad
I also echo what people have said about LV, I've never liked it, this year just again left me cold, I always thought it was just me but its not, its just shit
also the mess and the general attitude of some people on site was just a fucking pain, but as we didn't spend too much time around the main areas it didn't get me down
bees' brother fucking his ankle over sucked, but the decision to leave site on Sunday afternoon was possibly the best decision we could have made (esp since ive been in hull since we got back sorting my dads house out thats flooded) but..
all things considered it was my fave ever, it's made me happy
JTG said:
It's a crowd control exercise!
Be grateful, Mr Steward!!
JTG said:
Even the official guide (which I was fairly unimpressed with this year) left details out.
aqua said:
things like this make me feel better about not having that great a time, 'cos I know other people who I care about were having a brilliant time
fwiw my real festival highlight was spending loads of time with my good mates aqua and beesonthewhatnow
*throws up*
