Glastonbury 2007 pt2: the festie!
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scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
rich! said:Not your fault , but, as someone who paid for a ticket, and hence financed the whole backstage area, can anyone else see why spending the weekend drinking Wherry while there were other beers "for backstage" REALLY FUCKS ME OFF????
My mate who was also backstage was gloating about the free drinks being given out on Sunday night too. Also saying how it wasn't that hard or that muddy. Yes, in the centre of the site with extremely good facilities and (for her) no need to work (she was with her doctor GF) I'm sure I can understand why you don't get why some people were unhappy!
I'm enjoying Glastonbury more in retrospect, but I have actually had nightmares about being stuck in a muddy prison, so don't think I'd suit it again!
Stig
Condimentalist
rich! said:Not your fault , but, as someone who paid for a ticket, and hence financed the whole backstage area, can anyone else see why spending the weekend drinking Wherry while there were other beers "for backstage" REALLY FUCKS ME OFF????
Can't disagree, that is a fucking awful state of affairs.
Any kinds of reasons in the vicinity of saving the nice beer for the backstage because the punters don't care etc would ensure i never bother going again.
mr steev
magic thought wizard
moose said:We're having an "Eeeeeeeh, this time last week!" moment, except we can't actually remember where we were this time last week
Since I've been back I've realised that there is quite a large bit (ok, quite a few days) where my memory is sketchy to say the least. Nice that some of the memories come back when prompted though
We've been um-ming and ah-ing (don't think I've ever put that in writing
) about next year... but it turns out it's my mates 40th, so just for him I guess It's gonna be sunshine or snow next year I reckon.
rich! said:Not your fault , but, as someone who paid for a ticket, and hence financed the whole backstage area, can anyone else see why spending the weekend drinking Wherry while there were other beers "for backstage" REALLY FUCKS ME OFF
It's infuriating all right, and I would certainly have shared your reaction (and still do in principle) if I'd been aware of the additional beer thing from the outside. I had been aware from previous years that this was the case -- that additional supplies were ferried to various backstage bars.
The answer is not to ban the backstages from doing this, but to supply lots more beer to the main tents ...
Still, the person who kindly gave me the guest pass was a fellow old schooler who's been going as long as I have, probably longer .... no way could I turn that perk down!!
Apart from borrowing Stig's pass when she was last litterpicking, this was the first blag I've ever had at Glasto -- quite a minor one really ...
Explaining, not excusing!!
I discussed this whole business with my guest pass benefactor (who's heavily involved in running the security hut where I was), and found out something interesting about this year.
The Bath Ale backstage at Jazz was supplied totally separately along a completely different supply line from the supplies to/through Carlsberg/Workers Beer Company.
In fact, some senior security bod in authority (not sure who) tried to stop this separately ordered beer (in a blue Bath Ales van) getting through, on the grounds that Bath Ales were not part of the Carlsberg network of contracts and was contrary to the agreed list of beers on sale at the festival (this is also true of the beer that goes to the Bimble Inn, but they're independent and sort themselves out). They got the beer (two barrels) through in an erm 'different' vehicle in the end but top security would not have liked that .. or so I was told!
It's all a bit dodgy alright, but the beer was not diverted from the public beer tents in any way, it was either going backstage or nowhere. Not sure that'll make beer deprived people feel any better, but them's the facts ...
Stig said:
I discussed this whole business with my guest pass benefactor (who's heavily involved in running the security hut where I was), and found out something interesting about this year.
The Bath Ale backstage at Jazz was supplied totally separately along a completely different supply line from the supplies to/through Carlsberg/Workers Beer Company.
In fact, some senior security bod in authority (not sure who) tried to stop this separately ordered beer (in a blue Bath Ales van) getting through, on the grounds that Bath Ales were not part of the Carlsberg network of contracts and was contrary to the agreed list of beers on sale at the festival (this is also true of the beer that goes to the Bimble Inn, but they're independent and sort themselves out). They got the beer (two barrels) through in an erm 'different' vehicle in the end but top security would not have liked that .. or so I was told!
It's all a bit dodgy alright, but the beer was not diverted from the public beer tents in any way, it was either going backstage or nowhere. Not sure that'll make beer deprived people feel any better, but them's the facts ...
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
rich! said:Not your fault , but, as someone who paid for a ticket, and hence financed the whole backstage area, can anyone else see why spending the weekend drinking Wherry while there were other beers "for backstage" REALLY FUCKS ME OFF????
The main backstage bar ran out of beer on Saturday if that makes you feel any better...
Stayed away from this thread too long!
We had an absolute blast. Got a bit crowded in Row Mead but we had the internal space of our MA-HOO-SIVE big tent, which was an absolute godsend in the shite weather conditions. Spent the whole time off our little heads & having a larf. Dressing up for Shirley was superb fun & we got into the front bit. Apparently Mrs Ape's head was spotted on TV
Such a shame about the weather, we would have loved to have explored more but it was just too energy sapping, & by the end my legs were screaming "YOU'RE TOO FUCKING OLD FOR THIS". No major car park trauma, and we were off site in an hour from joining a queue.
Personal highlights for me were seeing Suggs doing 'Love is in the air' at Guilty Pleasures, being touched by the hand of Eavis during the same gig & having Emily take my photo with him (a dream come true), Arctic Monkeys' Mardy Bum - a wonderul singalong, Kasabian (who I thought were awesome), Lily Allen bringing on Terry Hall & Linval Golding for some old Specials stuff, hash truffles by the bucketload, Damien Marley's Jamrock', SHIRLEY FUCKING BASSEY ladies & gentlemen, and generally spending some quality time with the wife. Some minor niggles, but overall the only thing that spoiled it was the rain, and afterwards people bitching about how shit it all was. it wasn't. I loved it. Stroll on next year.
Photos (if anyone missed the post in the photo thread) are here:
http://www.axqv67.dsl.pipex.com/music/jpeg/index.html
and if anyone has any downloads for Shirley Bassey (or anything else) I'd hugely appreciate it.
Wickerman next up!!
We had an absolute blast. Got a bit crowded in Row Mead but we had the internal space of our MA-HOO-SIVE big tent, which was an absolute godsend in the shite weather conditions. Spent the whole time off our little heads & having a larf. Dressing up for Shirley was superb fun & we got into the front bit. Apparently Mrs Ape's head was spotted on TV
Such a shame about the weather, we would have loved to have explored more but it was just too energy sapping, & by the end my legs were screaming "YOU'RE TOO FUCKING OLD FOR THIS". No major car park trauma, and we were off site in an hour from joining a queue.
Personal highlights for me were seeing Suggs doing 'Love is in the air' at Guilty Pleasures, being touched by the hand of Eavis during the same gig & having Emily take my photo with him (a dream come true), Arctic Monkeys' Mardy Bum - a wonderul singalong, Kasabian (who I thought were awesome), Lily Allen bringing on Terry Hall & Linval Golding for some old Specials stuff, hash truffles by the bucketload, Damien Marley's Jamrock', SHIRLEY FUCKING BASSEY ladies & gentlemen, and generally spending some quality time with the wife. Some minor niggles, but overall the only thing that spoiled it was the rain, and afterwards people bitching about how shit it all was. it wasn't. I loved it. Stroll on next year.
Photos (if anyone missed the post in the photo thread) are here:
http://www.axqv67.dsl.pipex.com/music/jpeg/index.html
and if anyone has any downloads for Shirley Bassey (or anything else) I'd hugely appreciate it.
Wickerman next up!!
moose said:Managed to miss you completely, as usual. See you in the Belhaven tent
Aye lass! We did wander past the piss bus on the way to the sacred pear on Wednesday but it was way too crowded to spot anyone.
We shall share drinkies at Wickerman
Come round to our new palace (if we ever get it clean again!) for some booze &, er, stuff!Really pleased for William getting his blag too
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
Right, I’ve finally got time to do a proper write up
First off – big hugs and stuff to Skim, JTG, Dervish and Dr RingDing – You’re all top people, and the two nights up at the stone circle with myself and aqua getting wasted were the highlights of the festie for me.
Moose and MrMoose – You’re fab, and the t-shirt you got me is now my favourite item of clothing
To everyone else I met – hello, you were all lovely, but I’m fucked if I can remember, I was in quite a state for most of the weekend
As for bands/music, because of the mud I didn’t really see as much as usual but those I remember are:
Gogol Bordello – OK, but wtf where they doing on the Pyramid? No atmosphere whatsoever, which for a band whose main selling point is the atmosphere is a pretty big cockup.
Arcade Fire – Really really good, but again I think the stage wasn’t quite right. I fucking hate the other stage at the best of times, but I feel they are the sort of band that needs a more intimate environment to fully appreciate them. And the mix was bloody awful, but with so much gear on stage and no proper soundcheck I’ll forgive them.
Dreadzone – As brilliant as ever, can’t really say any more than that.
Broken Family Band – I’m glad I gave them a second chance, as I enjoyed them a lot more than the first time. Will be getting some albums soon and investigating further.
Oi Va Voi – Shite. I think I thought they were a different band, coz the one I remembered from a couple of years back were great, the one on stage this time was rubbish.
Rodrigo y Gabriella – Jaw droppingly good. How two guitars can sound like a 909 is beyond me. Just two stunningly talented people. When they played “Wish You Were Here” and every single person in the crowd sang along I had a lump in my throat. They would have been the highlight of the festie if it hadn’t been for…..
Bjork – She’s the closest thing I’ve got to a musical idol, so I had very high hopes and she didn’t disappoint one little bit. Just flawless from start to finish, with brilliant visuals to boot. Quite simply she is the most dynamic, groundbreaking, visionary, challenging and complete musical performer on the planet at the moment for my money.
As for the rest of the festival – well, the mud was bonkers, and made it really hard work, but since when has Glasto ever been easy? I agree with everyone saying that the extra numbers didn’t work – if it had been dry I think it would have been different, but it wasn’t, and the crush/queues did get me down after a while.
There did seem to be quite a high “wanker” contingent as well – I appreciate that the rain gets people down a bit, but I still don’t think that’s any excuse for acting like a twat.
I still get really fucking depressed by the amount of crap left everywhere – supposed “hippies” don’t half need to learn how to clean up after themselves. In particular, the sheer volume of spent NOS cartridges you saw everywhere was a fucking disgrace. Take them to a bin you lazy fucking bastards. I totally understand Wiskeys “consumer” comments as well, there is an overwhelming sense of people wanting to have everything handed to them on a plate at times.
It was a shame about my brothers ankle, but on reflection getting off site on Sunday was a very good thing indeed – I’ve heard some horror stories about cars getting stuck, and “real life” events caught up with us on Monday - if we’d still been there it would have been a nightmare.
As for next year? Nah, probably not. Even after the break of 2006 a lot of it felt like the “same old same old” (LV in particular, talk about flogging a dead horse, when will they try something new ffs?), and the prospect of spending the cash on some festies I haven’t been to before (abroad maybe) is pretty appealing.
Still, I’d rate it as my best Glasto ever, a combination of Bjork and the two nights up at the circle around 5am saw to that – cheers to those who made it what it was
First off – big hugs and stuff to Skim, JTG, Dervish and Dr RingDing – You’re all top people, and the two nights up at the stone circle with myself and aqua getting wasted were the highlights of the festie for me.
Moose and MrMoose – You’re fab, and the t-shirt you got me is now my favourite item of clothing
To everyone else I met – hello, you were all lovely, but I’m fucked if I can remember, I was in quite a state for most of the weekend
As for bands/music, because of the mud I didn’t really see as much as usual but those I remember are:
Gogol Bordello – OK, but wtf where they doing on the Pyramid? No atmosphere whatsoever, which for a band whose main selling point is the atmosphere is a pretty big cockup.
Arcade Fire – Really really good, but again I think the stage wasn’t quite right. I fucking hate the other stage at the best of times, but I feel they are the sort of band that needs a more intimate environment to fully appreciate them. And the mix was bloody awful, but with so much gear on stage and no proper soundcheck I’ll forgive them.
Dreadzone – As brilliant as ever, can’t really say any more than that.
Broken Family Band – I’m glad I gave them a second chance, as I enjoyed them a lot more than the first time. Will be getting some albums soon and investigating further.
Oi Va Voi – Shite. I think I thought they were a different band, coz the one I remembered from a couple of years back were great, the one on stage this time was rubbish.
Rodrigo y Gabriella – Jaw droppingly good. How two guitars can sound like a 909 is beyond me. Just two stunningly talented people. When they played “Wish You Were Here” and every single person in the crowd sang along I had a lump in my throat. They would have been the highlight of the festie if it hadn’t been for…..
Bjork – She’s the closest thing I’ve got to a musical idol, so I had very high hopes and she didn’t disappoint one little bit. Just flawless from start to finish, with brilliant visuals to boot. Quite simply she is the most dynamic, groundbreaking, visionary, challenging and complete musical performer on the planet at the moment for my money.
As for the rest of the festival – well, the mud was bonkers, and made it really hard work, but since when has Glasto ever been easy? I agree with everyone saying that the extra numbers didn’t work – if it had been dry I think it would have been different, but it wasn’t, and the crush/queues did get me down after a while.
There did seem to be quite a high “wanker” contingent as well – I appreciate that the rain gets people down a bit, but I still don’t think that’s any excuse for acting like a twat.
I still get really fucking depressed by the amount of crap left everywhere – supposed “hippies” don’t half need to learn how to clean up after themselves. In particular, the sheer volume of spent NOS cartridges you saw everywhere was a fucking disgrace. Take them to a bin you lazy fucking bastards. I totally understand Wiskeys “consumer” comments as well, there is an overwhelming sense of people wanting to have everything handed to them on a plate at times.
It was a shame about my brothers ankle, but on reflection getting off site on Sunday was a very good thing indeed – I’ve heard some horror stories about cars getting stuck, and “real life” events caught up with us on Monday - if we’d still been there it would have been a nightmare.
As for next year? Nah, probably not. Even after the break of 2006 a lot of it felt like the “same old same old” (LV in particular, talk about flogging a dead horse, when will they try something new ffs?), and the prospect of spending the cash on some festies I haven’t been to before (abroad maybe) is pretty appealing.
Still, I’d rate it as my best Glasto ever, a combination of Bjork and the two nights up at the circle around 5am saw to that – cheers to those who made it what it was
tbh, at both free parties and festivals etc, I find there's an awful lot of 'alternative' types who are in fact selfish wankers with no regard for other people or the environment generally.
You'd like to believe otherwise but it's true sadly.
You'd like to believe otherwise but it's true sadly.
JTG said:
There are a lot of these types who are so far up their own arses they have no respect whatsoever for other people's lifestyle choices or opinions, & cannot conceive of the concept that they might actually be wrong, or that their contemptuous sneering at other people and constant preaching at them might just get them a punch in the nose.
They're just Daily Mail readers in dreadlocks.
Superape said:
yep, alternative lifestylists who sneer at everyone else for being too mainstream or whatever wind me up as much as their opposite numbers do.
reading threads on other boards slagging off Glasto for precisely this fault (ie being too 'mainstream') have made me realise how much I actually do like the festival whatever its faults. There really is room for everyone there
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
One thing I think that would make it a lot better is mixing things up a bit - I know the stages are kinda stuck where they are, but surely the stalls could move around a bit? It gets boring seeing the same things in the same spots every time, swapping everything around would at least bring back some of the "explore" factor.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
That would be fucking awesomeJTG said:especially if they moved it all around mid festival
Can you imagine the looks on peoples faces?
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
The look on a blokes face who was about to piss in the hedge up there when aqua shouted at him in her best "mum/schoolteacher" voice was pricelessCrispy said:
LDR
kiwitanga
Well said.JTG said:yep, alternative lifestylists who sneer at everyone else for being too mainstream or whatever wind me up as much as their opposite numbers do.
reading threads on other boards slagging off Glasto for precisely this fault (ie being too 'mainstream') have made me realise how much I actually do like the festival whatever its faults. There really is room for everyone there
moose
like some cat from Japan
God, that idea makes me want to go again next year! I reckon we could do it between us. We could spend Wednesday sneaking round putting castors under everything, then Friday night, just swap it all aboutJTG said:especially if they moved it all around mid festival
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Crispy said:
*applauds*
