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Post by lazybones on Jun 20, 2022 10:59:17 GMT
The last music festival I went to was V98, starring Robbie Williams in his imperial phase. I did not enjoy it as it was a nightmare to get to, you had to queue for hours for either a beer or a piss, plus obvs I am really edgy. Was this in Chelmsford? I may have tried to go to that. I went with some friends from Southend who were convinced you could ‘jump the fence’ very easily. One of them tried to lift up the fence but it was weighed down with a concrete block. The weight of this, pulling down the wire, took the palm off his hand and we had to go to a medical tent outside. Pretty rubbish afternoon. The debacle was being watched and commented on by Peter Hook (apparently) who was sitting near the fence on a deck chair. |
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Post by crankcaller on Jun 20, 2022 11:00:45 GMT
OTTM; They're justified and they're ancient And they like to roam the land They're justified and they're ancient I hope you understand I totally forgot I bought a KLF documentary and it's sitting in my Google video account. Cheers! |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jun 20, 2022 11:01:26 GMT
Wordle 366 4/6
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COFFEE, ALL THE COFFEE.
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Post by RollingEscargot on Jun 20, 2022 11:04:20 GMT
The last music festival I went to was V98, starring Robbie Williams in his imperial phase. I did not enjoy it as it was a nightmare to get to, you had to queue for hours for either a beer or a piss, plus obvs I am really edgy. Was this in Chelmsford? I may have tried to go to that. I went with some friends from Southend who were convinced you could ‘jump the fence’ very easily. One of them tried to lift up the fence but it was weighed down with a concrete block. The weight of this, pulling down the wire, took the palm off his hand and we had to go to a medical tent outside. Pretty rubbish afternoon. The debacle was being watched and commented on by Peter Hook (apparently) who was sitting near the fence on a deck chair. Yes it was. Who knows, maybe I observed your attempts at ingress and discussed it with my companion? It took us hours to get back to London afterwards. Iirc I also received an abusive phonecall from an ex at 3 in the morning the same night. What a day. |
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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 11:04:46 GMT
The last music festival I went to was V98, starring Robbie Williams in his imperial phase. I did not enjoy it as it was a nightmare to get to, you had to queue for hours for either a beer or a piss, plus obvs I am really edgy. Chelmsford or Leeds? I'm pretty certain I went to V98 and V99 at Chelmsford. Mostly I remember it being a long walk back. The V99 line up was better. I remember wanting to see Manics/Suede/Beautiful South and also Jams Brown/Massive Attack/SFA. My friend was a big Beautiful South fan and did not like SFA So that pretty much settled things. I did not see Robbie Williams. |
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Post by crankcaller on Jun 20, 2022 11:06:18 GMT
got trapped in a field where Sting was playing. The first case of someone climbing the fence to get out |
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Post by MrTiddles on Jun 20, 2022 11:07:38 GMT
Wordle 366 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 F'd up on row three, didn't pay attention to my letters. COFFEE, ALL THE COFFEE. Pay attention to *this*. |
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Post by Ozymandias Kane on Jun 20, 2022 11:23:53 GMT
Wordle 366 4/6 ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟨🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 F'd up on row three, didn't pay attention to my letters. COFFEE, ALL THE COFFEE. Pay attention to *this*. I didn't think you were allowed to take *that* out during the day, should be a law against it. |
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Post by muffrat on Jun 20, 2022 11:31:21 GMT
Oh man I used to love Carter. We'd follow them round the North West when they were touring, anywhere you could get to within 70-80 minutes of South Manchester in a P-Reg Triumph Toledo. Saw them four nights in a row once (1992 or 1993) Manchester, Oldham, Blackburn and Hebden Bridge. I knew all the lyrics and the tour crew knew our names, at the slight expense of significantly underperforming in my A-Levels. (A combination of following that band, and mastering Speedball II on the Amiga probably cost me that scholarship place to the Sorbonne) And yep, they went badly off the boil about that time. When they fucked off the drum machine and got a drummer. The Love Album was mostly shit. |
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Post by lazybones on Jun 20, 2022 11:35:50 GMT
I think it’s possible that I don’t enjoy musical festivals.
I want to The Big Chill once. Not for me. I had all my dosh taken in the first night. I felt pretty misanthropic too ... I spent an afternoon furiously smoking cannabis but that didn’t help. Yes - I was a real curmudgeon. Venison ciabattas - that’s what they had there. It had a real Observer Food magazine atmosphere and for some reason I took against it …
All Tomorrow’s Parties was good.
Gah. What’s wrong with me?
The problem with music festivals is you feel there’s an expectation to go overboard. But if going overboard was great you’d do it more often. One night of light hedonism is all I can take. A two day hangover surrounded by strangers is grim.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 11:39:10 GMT
So Raab is currently in charge. I hope we don't start any wars today.
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Post by lazybones on Jun 20, 2022 11:39:24 GMT
But All Tomorrow’s Parties. I liked that. In large part down to there being chalets. No tents. No communal showers.
I’m being curmudgeonly. I don’t know why. Remembering that Sting field I think. It’s taken me to my bad place.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 11:41:12 GMT
I think it’s possible that I don’t enjoy musical festivals. I want to The Big Chill once. Not for me. Had all my dosh taken in the first night. I felt pretty misanthropic too. I spent an afternoon furiously smoking cannabis but it didn’t help. Yes - I was a real curmudgeon. Venison ciabattas. That’s what they had there. It had a real Observer Food magazine atmosphere. For some reason I took against it … All Tomorrow’s Parties was good. Gah. What’s wrong with me? The problem with music festivals is you feel there’s an expectation to go overboard. But if going overboard was great you’d do it more often. One night of light hedonism is all I can take. A two day hangover surrounded by strangers is grim. You should do a Crankcaller. Heroin flavoured sweets at home. All the hedonism while watching Apple+ TV and having a nice drinking chocolate before bed at a reasonable time. |
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 11:42:15 GMT
I've only been to one day festivals; Dylan at Blackbush, Led Zeppelin at Knebworth and Peter Gabriel at Reading plus a couple of smaller ones.
I'd absolutely hate Glastonbury.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jun 20, 2022 12:08:32 GMT
That Glastonbury looks awful. I've never been to a musical festival - they sound like a nightmare. Trapped in a field being hunted by Sting is one of my recurring dreams.
I did go to a musical event once, but had a hotel room booked and left early. It was tremendous:
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Post by muffrat on Jun 20, 2022 12:09:07 GMT
I've always thought I'd love to go to Glastonbury, but I think perhaps those days are gone. Just scrolling through that list of acts before was exhausting, I had RSI of the thumb before I'd got to 'C'. I don't doubt that there's something for everyone if you look hard enough, but it feels like contemplating a 60ft buffet table full of food you mostly hate. You know there's some sausage rolls in there somewhere, but you've got to sift through a fucking ton of quinoa salad to get to them. I'd rather stay home and have a sandwich, or watch edited highlights of the buffet on TV. Presented by Jo Whiley.
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Post by Felice Landry on Jun 20, 2022 12:13:27 GMT
I've always thought I'd love to go to Glastonbury, but I think perhaps those days are gone. Just scrolling through that list of acts before was exhausting, I had RSI of the thumb before I'd got to 'C'. I don't doubt that there's something for everyone if you look hard enough, but it feels like contemplating a 60ft buffet table full of food you mostly hate. You know there's some sausage rolls in there somewhere, but you've got to sift through a fucking ton of quinoa salad to get to them. I'd rather stay home and have a sandwich, or watch edited highlights of the buffet on TV. Presented by Jo Whiley. Try this link |
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Post by Shenguin on Jun 20, 2022 12:15:00 GMT
I lost interest in modern music around 1993. I'm sure I haven't missed anything important. AC:NH OST |
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Post by crankcaller on Jun 20, 2022 12:19:27 GMT
The problem with Glastonbury is getting there from Scotland. You can fly to Bristol, but you can't if you've a bag of festival favours. So you need to get the coach and or train.
The other thing is you used to be able to roll up Thurs lunchtime. Now you need to be there about the Tuesday PM/Wed AM to get a good spot. And so you have to pace yourself or you'll end up doing a Lazybones and buying things you shouldn't have needed to.
It's a minefield and I don't have a week's holiday to blow on it anymore.
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Post by dakylosaurus419 on Jun 20, 2022 12:20:37 GMT
Second attempt:
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Post by muffrat on Jun 20, 2022 12:27:16 GMT
I've always thought I'd love to go to Glastonbury, but I think perhaps those days are gone. Just scrolling through that list of acts before was exhausting, I had RSI of the thumb before I'd got to 'C'. I don't doubt that there's something for everyone if you look hard enough, but it feels like contemplating a 60ft buffet table full of food you mostly hate. You know there's some sausage rolls in there somewhere, but you've got to sift through a fucking ton of quinoa salad to get to them. I'd rather stay home and have a sandwich, or watch edited highlights of the buffet on TV. Presented by Jo Whiley. Try this linkEr, yep thanks - that's put the sausage rolls in laser sharp focus. Plenty there I'd be happy to see. Makes me feel like a right old prick that I'd probably be most excited to see the Pet Shop Boys though... And even then, I'd probably go home if it rained |
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Post by BabyfarkmcGeezak on Jun 20, 2022 12:28:38 GMT
The problem with Glastonbury is getting there from Scotland. You can fly to Bristol, but you can't if you've a bag of festival favours. So you need to get the coach and or train. The other thing is you used to be able to roll up Thurs lunchtime. Now you need to be there about the Tuesday PM/Wed AM to get a good spot. And so you have to pace yourself or you'll end up doing a Lazybones and buying things you shouldn't have needed to. It's a minefield and I don't have a week's holiday to blow on it anymore. I saw the cops busting a load of smokers on the first day when I went, certainly made me act cautiously for the remainder of the festival. |
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Post by crankcaller on Jun 20, 2022 12:30:09 GMT
Herbie Hancock, Roisin Murphy, Caribou, nightmares on wax, little dragon, Billie Eilish, four Tet, the avalanches, Patrick topping, crazy p, ltj bukem, Don Letts, Greg Wilson, Luke Una.
Or freakout at the sight of a sniffer dug; eat all my edibles and be in my tent for four days.
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Post by Sheep2 on Jun 20, 2022 12:46:30 GMT
I don't think anyone should need to buy worming tablets at a festival.
Make sure any burgers or hot dogs are cooked before you eat them. That is the sort of very basic advice you shouldn't need to be told.
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Post by Chumbles on Jun 20, 2022 13:00:33 GMT
That Glastonbury looks awful. I've never been to a musical festival - they sound like a nightmare. Trapped in a field being hunted by Sting is one of my recurring dreams. I did go to a musical event once, but had a hotel room booked and left early. It was tremendous: (video censored on the grounds that it's pretentious, self-indulgent bollocks) My idea of hell are large scale events where the only guys who are enjoying themselves are up front, utterly wrecked and showing their lack of interest in the outside world by spastically jerking around whilst screaming over the 'act', pissing where they stand and groping everything in sight. Garbage in, garbage out. |
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