Great photo that! I’ve got a few corkers from Trash City including one of the surfer apparently riding on a fireball but nothing quite as panoramic as that one. The robot drummer was just the nuts!!
Glastonbury 2008
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Great photo that! I’ve got a few corkers from Trash City including one of the surfer apparently riding on a fireball but nothing quite as panoramic as that one. The robot drummer was just the nuts!!
Voley
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bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
wasn't it just tanky. the rev and i walked into one of those flocks having just done far too much k and it kind of did our heads in. ye gods, i'm going to be absolutely pointless today, i haven't a clue whatany of the stuff i'm raeding in work emails means but i know i used to...
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
and that was a bloody fine festival. i'm exhausted, sunburnt, achey, and my brain appears to be damaged, but i can't remember the last time i had so much fun!
Kanda
Diving wanker
A girl wee-ed on my foot. On thursday. In the Leftfield tent. There are toilets 20 feet away from that tent!!
I had a grand time.
Candi Staton and Leonard Cohen won for me and I really enjoyed Amy's set - she's a bit wobbly like but I still rate her. Would really like to hear some new material though!
I had a grand time.
Candi Staton and Leonard Cohen won for me and I really enjoyed Amy's set - she's a bit wobbly like but I still rate her. Would really like to hear some new material though!
I watched it ont telly last night, and I thought it was fucking great! Sure she looked a bit fucked, but so what? I rather liked the way she knocked corners off the words, and she managed to stay upright in that dress and those heels
Put a big smile on my face, have to say. She reminded me of Janis Joplin and the Divine Miss M at her peak - rock n roll!Saw them at Ashton Court around ten years ago and they bored the shit out of me tbh
Chester Copperpot
Triple stones
Anyone posted up any pictures yet?
Afraid I'm unlikely to have mine online before the middle of next week. Even after filtering the wheat from the chaff there's still about 400 to crop, touch up, load & label!
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
Im busy doing mine and uploading to photobucket. Ill have them up by tonight probably
I watched it ont telly last night, and I thought it was fucking great! Sure she looked a bit fucked, but so what? I rather liked the way she knocked corners off the words, and she managed to stay upright in that dress and those heels
Well exactly - she's not bloody Tony Bennett is she?
Well exactly - she's not bloody Tony Bennett is she?
Heh - reminded me of what Joe Strummer said about the Clash lyrics and Matt Monroe
Summat like 'people always complain that they can't make out our lyrics. but man, it's like, we aint, like, Matt Monroe, ya know? We're like, the old Jamaican acts, where you can't hear the words, but it's a feeling, ya know?'
obviously this is not verbatim, as it's been quite a while since I last heard this
bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
Right, so I've read through this thread now and I'm ready to provide my personal review.
what can I say, except that was the best Glastonbury in years. I saw some bands, got a dozen hours sleep the entire time, walked for miles, ingested quite frankly foolish amounts of substances, and enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Wednesday, camped up in the Dragon Field, which never got uncomfortably packed and is in a perfect location. Got really enthusiastic and texted everyone who wasn't there to laugh at them. Had a bimble, drank some cider, met a load of urbanites at the cider bus, took too much ket and was laughed at by meems and sunray. stumbled back to the tent and sat up until dawn grinning at the world.
Thursday. Collected a friend who had got her ticket that day, and wandered around blissed out and looking at all the cool stuff. Watched Pietasters and King Blues and when it started to rain we decided to go back to a friend's tent. However, he didn't know where it actually was, so actually walked around in the rain for two hours before giving up. I wonder if he ever found it. Returned to tent, caned all our stash, got a few hours sleep.
Friday. Ew, mud. Hobo Jones was jolly good fun. The Freestylers were a bit student-disco but had some great moments. Sinead O'Connor was lovely but far too quiet. Jimmy Cliff was pretty good, though I can see why people thought he was a bit cabaret. Finally off to the Glade for Hexstatic but I don't think it was them, same sort of think, less talent. Pleasant enough though. Wandered around Trash City and bought a startling variety of high quality chemicals, made new friends, partied til long after the sun came up. Got a few hours sleep.
Saturday. Sunshine! *dances* Slept through Shakey
but ate a damn fine breakfast and got across to the Park to see St. Vincent and Likke Li. SV was great, LL not so much so. Did some 2ce and wandered off to see Holy Fuck, who were great. Like others have said they should have had an evening slot somewhere. We sat there for a while, enjoying the spanneredness, but British Sea Power weren't doing it for us, so off we went again. It's a bit blank as to what happened but I think we went straight to the G Stage and saw Cantankerous, who fucking rocked and I'm going to try and get them to Offline, and then danced to some wicked dnb courtesy of Subfocus. Then Cassetteboy which made us laugh til we wept. We wanted to see Imagined Village but somehow missed it and decided instead to go and charge our phones. An hour later and still no phones have been charged, moods are testy, and warm clothes, food, and money essential. Thus we end up listening to Jay-Z from the farm and being distinctly unimpressed. Get to the Glade in time for the last quarter of Squarepusher, which sounds like it was fucking ace. Meems and I wandered up to the stone circle, chilled out, picked up, got munted, and danced in the Village Dance in Shangri-La until silly o'clock in the morning before returning to the tent for a few hours sleep.
Sunday: Cor, it's all a bit hazy now, my memory is bollocksed today. I wanted to go and visit Dub for Randy and Earl but somehow that one passed me by. I definitely spent a few hours in the comedy tent and remember Rocin Ince being particularly good. Leonard Cohen was superb, the act of the festival, and another life ambition achieved. Went back to the tent and faffed about so only caught the last few Verve tunes and was unimpressed. Then off to stumble happily around the festival, sit in the Stone Circle til seven, and then back to the tent to finish off all the drugs and laze in the sun till late afternoon monday.
Superb!
what can I say, except that was the best Glastonbury in years. I saw some bands, got a dozen hours sleep the entire time, walked for miles, ingested quite frankly foolish amounts of substances, and enjoyed almost every minute of it.
Wednesday, camped up in the Dragon Field, which never got uncomfortably packed and is in a perfect location. Got really enthusiastic and texted everyone who wasn't there to laugh at them. Had a bimble, drank some cider, met a load of urbanites at the cider bus, took too much ket and was laughed at by meems and sunray. stumbled back to the tent and sat up until dawn grinning at the world.
Thursday. Collected a friend who had got her ticket that day, and wandered around blissed out and looking at all the cool stuff. Watched Pietasters and King Blues and when it started to rain we decided to go back to a friend's tent. However, he didn't know where it actually was, so actually walked around in the rain for two hours before giving up. I wonder if he ever found it. Returned to tent, caned all our stash, got a few hours sleep.
Friday. Ew, mud. Hobo Jones was jolly good fun. The Freestylers were a bit student-disco but had some great moments. Sinead O'Connor was lovely but far too quiet. Jimmy Cliff was pretty good, though I can see why people thought he was a bit cabaret. Finally off to the Glade for Hexstatic but I don't think it was them, same sort of think, less talent. Pleasant enough though. Wandered around Trash City and bought a startling variety of high quality chemicals, made new friends, partied til long after the sun came up. Got a few hours sleep.
Saturday. Sunshine! *dances* Slept through Shakey
but ate a damn fine breakfast and got across to the Park to see St. Vincent and Likke Li. SV was great, LL not so much so. Did some 2ce and wandered off to see Holy Fuck, who were great. Like others have said they should have had an evening slot somewhere. We sat there for a while, enjoying the spanneredness, but British Sea Power weren't doing it for us, so off we went again. It's a bit blank as to what happened but I think we went straight to the G Stage and saw Cantankerous, who fucking rocked and I'm going to try and get them to Offline, and then danced to some wicked dnb courtesy of Subfocus. Then Cassetteboy which made us laugh til we wept. We wanted to see Imagined Village but somehow missed it and decided instead to go and charge our phones. An hour later and still no phones have been charged, moods are testy, and warm clothes, food, and money essential. Thus we end up listening to Jay-Z from the farm and being distinctly unimpressed. Get to the Glade in time for the last quarter of Squarepusher, which sounds like it was fucking ace. Meems and I wandered up to the stone circle, chilled out, picked up, got munted, and danced in the Village Dance in Shangri-La until silly o'clock in the morning before returning to the tent for a few hours sleep.Sunday: Cor, it's all a bit hazy now, my memory is bollocksed today. I wanted to go and visit Dub for Randy and Earl but somehow that one passed me by. I definitely spent a few hours in the comedy tent and remember Rocin Ince being particularly good. Leonard Cohen was superb, the act of the festival, and another life ambition achieved. Went back to the tent and faffed about so only caught the last few Verve tunes and was unimpressed. Then off to stumble happily around the festival, sit in the Stone Circle til seven, and then back to the tent to finish off all the drugs and laze in the sun till late afternoon monday.
Superb!
Loving the positivity! 
Glad so many many are agreeing that Leonard Cohen was fuckin ace ...
Glad so many many are agreeing that Leonard Cohen was fuckin ace ...
I was having a 'we can't stop here this bat country' moment when this was going on. I swear the sky was full of millions of tiny little bats.
I think the drugs got out hand towards the end of glastonbury for me this year. So paranoid. If anyone has pictures of a person wearing yellow M and M's lounge pants and a cheese hat can you please not sell them to any newspapers.
This was one of my Glasto moments weirdly enough. I was unbelievablt stoned, just sitting on a deckchair and staring at the ground, then I looked up and they were everywhere, the sun was shining, and life was good!
Thora
Differently Ethical
I spoke to another steward on the way home, who told me that during Amy Winehouse the girl standing next to her squatted down and did a shit on the floor while her boyfriend stroked her hair and took a photo of her. They then left and someone else covered the turd in paper cups and plates and set it on fire
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Hello again. Missed joining in on this one haven't i? Anyway, Glasto was ace, finally met another urbanite (*waves at W of W*), failed to meet any others despite efforts for the rest of the week, worked like a bastard, saw fuck all bands, and got really badly sunburned.
Best glasto in ages!
Best glasto in ages!
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
Mystergirl and I were at the cider bus but didnt spot any actual urbs, although we went "they could be urbs, and them, oh and them and errrr"
We tried to find W O W too and got talking to a poor bloke who had just lost his brother( as in that day) and he didnt know william and it was all a bit ERK.....
Maybe we should just have stood up at the cider bus and screamed for Urbanities to identify themselves but I for one didnt have the bottle!
We tried to find W O W too and got talking to a poor bloke who had just lost his brother( as in that day) and he didnt know william and it was all a bit ERK.....
Maybe we should just have stood up at the cider bus and screamed for Urbanities to identify themselves but I for one didnt have the bottle!
kained&able
Here for the football.
I had a fucking great time. Met some new people saw some that i hadn't seen in far to long and generally spent my days wondering around in a stoned haze. Saw some great bands that i wanted to see and missed shit loads that i really really should have seen but was far too busy doing fuck all at the time to care. Brillient.
I was saying just before we left that it was the cleanest glastonbury i have ever been too. By the time i left at about midday the jazz world stage was almost entirely rubbish free and the rest of the site was well on its way. It was also a lot more chilled then the last few i have been too.
Loved trash city and the green fields were amazing. Shangrala needs some serious work and i don't like the dance village. The segregation pisses me off i quite liked wondering around the place and suddenly hearing the g satge(i think) blaring mad dance music and i liked walking through the glade in the past something i never found a reason to do this year.
dave
I was saying just before we left that it was the cleanest glastonbury i have ever been too. By the time i left at about midday the jazz world stage was almost entirely rubbish free and the rest of the site was well on its way. It was also a lot more chilled then the last few i have been too.
Loved trash city and the green fields were amazing. Shangrala needs some serious work and i don't like the dance village. The segregation pisses me off i quite liked wondering around the place and suddenly hearing the g satge(i think) blaring mad dance music and i liked walking through the glade in the past something i never found a reason to do this year.
dave
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
I dont kn ow if yo0u post on E festials at all butthe organiser of Shangri- la has posted on there asking for feedback and suggestions for improvement.
Perhaps you could contribute? I did. He/she wants to make it better and better and the only way to do that is by letting them know what it is that was done wel/could be imrproved
Perhaps you could contribute? I did. He/she wants to make it better and better and the only way to do that is by letting them know what it is that was done wel/could be imrproved
