Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Ace, do! Think my job's going to be a bit different next year, still same 'employer', but with a bit more of a focused role. Fingers crossed it results in an easier time!
Glastonbury 2014
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Just under 6 months now til we get on site .... 
Beats Xmas Day and New Year-time combined well into a cocked hat, that extensive-wait prospect
Beats Xmas Day and New Year-time combined well into a cocked hat, that extensive-wait prospect
WBC-WORKER
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I've not been following the rumours at all, but that's great news if reliable
A Update - 6Music and The Times are now claiming Dolly will play but its not clear where and when so its now moved to a strong rumour.
You know the score as it may all fizzle out but its a lot stronger than what it was.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
They've been trying to get her (and she's been saying yes) for years. My guess would be that the 'Glastonbury effect' on record sales they can now point to through the BBC coverage may nudge this into finally happening.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Had some more Glasto related news today, seems my job's just got even more interesting, in a very good way!
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
Fingers crossed to see if any of my apps come through!
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Who did you apply to out of interest?
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
Oasis, who I did last year. I also applied for litter picking as I would like to be in the main site. Stupidly only put my name down after the tickets sold out though. what will you be doing new this year?
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Ah cool, litter pickers are some of the greatest people on the entire site. They do a shit job in such a relentlessly cheery way it amazes me each year. Top, top people.
Can't say what I'm doing as it would make me immediately identifiable, but suffice to say it's the best job on site. Apart from being part of the litter picker crew. Or info crew tbf. Or the woman who worked at burning man for many years and now runs arcadia's fire tornado. Fuck, everyone who works there has a great job, it's the punters I feel sorry for.
Can't say what I'm doing as it would make me immediately identifiable, but suffice to say it's the best job on site. Apart from being part of the litter picker crew. Or info crew tbf. Or the woman who worked at burning man for many years and now runs arcadia's fire tornado. Fuck, everyone who works there has a great job, it's the punters I feel sorry for.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
They need you tbf. As you probably know, they used to have exactly those people doing exactly that job, called the Green Police. Last year, they replaced them with 'Gaia's Guardians', who went round persuading people not to drop litter through the medium of song. I'm not sure it entirely worked...
8ball
Decolonise colons!
Not been there since 2002. Main problem is that people think it's part of what they're paying for.
Gerry1time
Did a wee in Dirac's toilet
Yep, although I think the bigger problem is they've entirely shifted their demographic from a healthy representation of crusty / traveller / green types who gave a shit about the world around them, to just people who've seen it on the BBC and see it as a cooler version of Reading they can boast to their friends about. It's these people who couldn't give a fuck about the farm, and leave a ridiculous amount of trace.
I was there the week after it closed last year, and even after the tatters had given up, the place was a bombsite like I've never seen before.
I was there the week after it closed last year, and even after the tatters had given up, the place was a bombsite like I've never seen before.
A lot of you will have seen this but just in case you haven't, here's a link to an excellent 10 minute YouTube (from 2010) of a BBC timelapse sequence from late May to early July, showing the Pyramid Stage being built and a large chuck of the site in the background. Speeded up obviously ...
WBC-WORKER
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I spotted this yesterday - Inside Avalon
Oh yes, a friend of ours, Debs (a different one!) shared that with us on Facebook -- we actually appear in it (very briefly!)
It's a lovely sequence from last year, and it captures some of the proper Glastonbury spirit I think
It's a lovely sequence from last year, and it captures some of the proper Glastonbury spirit I think
WBC-WORKER
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Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox were making a film about their beer
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/neil-morrisseys-risky-business
http://www.beerreviews.co.uk/beer/morrissey-fox-blonde-and-brunette/
and somehow they got permission to film the two ' working ' in a WBC Bar at Glastonbury
The filming took all day and when it was showing on channel 4 we were suprised to see staff in the film ' who were not working in that bar that day ' and all the claimed Customers were WBC staff.
it turns out the director thought - the bar was a bit hectic and did not allow the stars time to chat to customers so they dumped all the real footage so it was all re staged early the next day so the whole thing was made up - I took a few screen shots and I recognise most of them.
We were promised the real footage but it never arrived.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/neil-morrisseys-risky-business
http://www.beerreviews.co.uk/beer/morrissey-fox-blonde-and-brunette/
and somehow they got permission to film the two ' working ' in a WBC Bar at Glastonbury
The filming took all day and when it was showing on channel 4 we were suprised to see staff in the film ' who were not working in that bar that day ' and all the claimed Customers were WBC staff.
it turns out the director thought - the bar was a bit hectic and did not allow the stars time to chat to customers so they dumped all the real footage so it was all re staged early the next day so the whole thing was made up - I took a few screen shots and I recognise most of them.
We were promised the real footage but it never arrived.
That beer of theirs is far from bad as it happens. I've tried it
WBC-WORKER
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I drink lager so would not know - they sold 1/2 a keg but not sure how much of that went to real customers.
That was in the Acoustic field where the WBC used to run the real ale bar - never did find out who set it up as none of the WBC Council knew - had to have been a friend of a friend .
We were all expecting to see us diving about working but none of it was used.
I think they are still going but their website address is not used by them any longer and I know the Pub they were trying to set up folded.
The film crew and stars camped overnight in our crew area - all 12 of them { I am not joking }
That was in the Acoustic field where the WBC used to run the real ale bar - never did find out who set it up as none of the WBC Council knew - had to have been a friend of a friend .
We were all expecting to see us diving about working but none of it was used.
I think they are still going but their website address is not used by them any longer and I know the Pub they were trying to set up folded.
The film crew and stars camped overnight in our crew area - all 12 of them { I am not joking }
alsoknownas
some bloke
Yep, me too. They sell it at Morrisey's beloved CPFC. Nice.That beer of theirs is far from bad as it happens. I've tried it
Glasto should really adopt a scheme that I saw at Kendal Calling. 10p surcharge for every drink which you get back if you return the cup. The stage areas were spotless because of this, you had gangs of gigs with binbags almost ripping empty cups from your hand so they could earn a bit of pocket money!
tbtommyb
Well-Known Member
The ecobond at boomtown worked pretty well too. though i missed out because i didn't get some kind of voucher on the way in. offering a few quid per rubbish bag seems a straightforward way to clean the site.
WBC-WORKER
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well the WBC did offer two suggestions 5/6 years ago
{ 1 } The scheme as used at Latitude - where a customer will pay £2 for a reusable cup - these can be washed and sterilised ' off site ' - each time you come to a bar you hand in a cup and get a new one.
No one in their right mind would dump a £2 cup.
{ 2 } The scheme as used at Reading - where a customer will pay a paper cup deposit - say twenty pence
scheme 1 is more expensive to operate due to the storage of used and new cups and at Glastonbury may not be practical due to the volume of sales.
GFL rejected both schemes so it has been looked at in the past.
newbie
undisambiguated
I went to a thing in the US in the 80s* that operated like your scheme {1} and wrote to the farm suggesting it then. I don't think they ever replied but can't really remember. I still have the (branded, strong plastic) cups from that as souvenirs.
1986 since you ask, late June.... so I missed that festival, something I regretted at the time and have done ever since.
e2a 'cups' is the wrong word. The larger ones are quart size.
1986 since you ask, late June.... so I missed that festival, something I regretted at the time and have done ever since.
e2a 'cups' is the wrong word. The larger ones are quart size.
WBC-WORKER
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Latitude cups are polypropylene biodegradable Eco cups
http://www.agreenerfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Reusable Pint Cups.pdf
its likley the cups in use in the 80's were made of low-density polyethylene
they may look the same but polypropylene can be better sterilised .
The Company that they are rented from uses the word cup and as its the UK they would be Pint Cups.
http://www.agreenerfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Reusable Pint Cups.pdf
its likley the cups in use in the 80's were made of low-density polyethylene
they may look the same but polypropylene can be better sterilised .
The Company that they are rented from uses the word cup and as its the UK they would be Pint Cups.
It's now 28th January, that is almost exactly five months until Glastonbury's busiest point ...
Oh yes, a friend of ours, Debs (a different one!) shared that with us on Facebook -- we actually appear in it (very briefly!)
It's a lovely sequence from last year, and it captures some of the proper Glastonbury spirit I think
I meant to tell you I spotted you in that video............. & then completely forgot!
A day over four months from now until festival opening day!
