Latitude, where posh people go.

[Onket]

Luckily you have many other ways of achieving that

Well spotted. Keep up the good work. Glass houses.

Etc.

 

[DotCommunist]

Well spotted. Keep up the good work. Glass houses.

Etc.

had to be done, apols

 

[Yelkcub]

Another vote for who cares here. It's a bit like complaining there's no rap at the opera

 

[ItWillNeverWork]

Another vote for who cares here. It's a bit like complaining there's no rap at the opera

I think you'll find R Kelly has cornered that market with his groundbreaking 'hip hopera', Trapped in the Closet.

 

[Yelkcub]

I think you'll find R Kelly has cornered that market with his groundbreaking 'hip hopera', Trapped in the Closet.

I'd forgotten that.

 

[Cheesypoof]

TBH I'm all for it. If Latitude attracts all the middle class beans and social worker reggae enthusiasts then good! There's less chance of them spoiling other 'good' festivals and Latitude isn't all that different to a large demographic of posters on this forum if you're honest.

wise words.

 

[Sunray]

Me and trashpony were at it on a blag and were actually v impressed. Yes it is a bit middle class/glamping/yummy mummy, but it was really nice. As 2 adults sans kids we found plenty to do and see, but the kids provision was also good. V friendly and prices for food & booze no more horrific than any other festival.

I don't have kids but I think trashy said she's tempted to take the foal next year.

That makes 2 people at this festival I didn't know were there, would have come said hello Trashy. I did a bit of volunteering with Oxfam.

Glad to leave, too many children, need Boomtown now.

 

[trashpony]

That makes 2 people at this festival I didn't know were there, would have come said hello Trashy. I did a bit of volunteering with Oxfam.

Glad to leave, too many children, need Boomtown now.

colacubes said she thought you were there. We did look for you - I peered at every person in an Oxfam vest - but didn't spot you.

 

[isvicthere?]

Now you can get "Message to love" (Isle of Wight, 1970) or "Glastonbury Fayre" (1971, the second one) on youtube, it's painful to observe how far the "festival" has travelled from the counter-cultural fringes to the absolute mainstream in four short decades. "Never mind the revolution, sign up for a credit card at this desk"........

 

[TopCat]

I have been to Latitude twice. The first time was great. The second was full of Tarquin teenagers. Someone stole my gas bottle which irked. I loved the poetry on both occasions.

 

[Sunray]

colacubes said she thought you were there. We did look for you - I peered at every person in an Oxfam vest - but didn't spot you.

Far easier to just text me.

 

[trashpony]

Far easier to just text me.

If I'd had your number, I would have (my phone was so hopeless though I couldn't even text the people I had planned to meet)

 

[Sunray]

I had no problem as long as you stood in the right place. Its a radio/phone nightmare as its rolling hills, lots of dead spots.

 

[isvicthere?]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/new-festival-aimed-directly-at-twats-201203285064

 

[fractionMan]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/new-festival-aimed-directly-at-twats-201203285064

“There will be deerstalker hats, depressingly nostalgic 90s dance acts – we’ll probably go with Faithless, who are now old enough to be considered ironic – and some fucking thing called The Mystic Dell.
“We’ve got people with moustaches playing gypsy jazz records on a gramophone while the Wombles perform a burlesque routine, stupid fucking food stalls where you can buy a ‘hand-raised’ pie with an infantile name, and luxury woodland play areas where horrible designer-clad infants can kick frogs while giggling.

That is camp bestival

 

[Gromit]

I remember some group doing midsummer's night up by the woods at Bestival. I rolled my eyes and kept going.

 

[isvicthere?]

Also.....

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/...-be-worst-experience-imaginable-2012062732111

 

[William of Walworth]

Now you can get "Message to love" (Isle of Wight, 1970) or "Glastonbury Fayre" (1971, the second one) on youtube, it's painful to observe how far the "festival" has travelled from the counter-cultural fringes to the absolute mainstream in four short decades. "Never mind the revolution, sign up for a credit card at this desk"........

Vic, I recognise a LARGE part of what you're saying, but not all festivals are like that**, not even nowagrumpydays. And being an old festie-veteran git, like you, I know of what I drivel!

**Certainly not all parts of multiple festivals within one

 

[WBC-WORKER]

I had no problem as long as you stood in the right place. Its a radio/phone nightmare as its rolling hills, lots of dead spots.

Fully agree about the radio as I have always had reception problems at Latitude but I hook my DAB aerial up to a long line of metal fencing and that solved the problem .

That is our crew camp and the Police were directly behind the blue fence.