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p.pete

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  1. Awesome - will try to rally some people and get it sorted sooner rather than later.
  2. Thinking about giving this a go - are these prices 'early bird' or are they just this is what it costs? Fairly local, so a disgrace to have not been yet!
  3. I think I advised someone to 'just pick one' pre-fest when they were trying to prioritise headline clashes. Now that I've been one of the things that I loved was that genuinely you could watch a decent chunk of lots of different things. Despite Biig Piig ending as KGLW were starting I got from one to the other with barely any time lost - then after 45 minutes of that I had a decent spot for the second half of Ezra Furman. Similarly, psychologically I never want to just pop back to the tent, but here it was literally just that, so quick and easy to do. So I loved the site's scale. I loved the variety of music, I thought having something like Arooj Aftab on as a garden headliner was wonderful, and then popped out and saw some of Future Islands too, which was great as it meant I understood Bridgette Christie's references to them later. I enjoyed the Mary Wallopers too, I'm rethinking my patriotism now however - I get that they are a bit Kilinaskully-ish, and the contrary Irishman is something to try to move away from - but I found them fun, twice. Showers, only used them once, were great. This was Saturday afternoon - they weren't working in the main camping field, we were then refused entry to the posh people's ones, which were essentially the other side of the same hedge and not being much-used (cynical side of me was wondering whether they were being kept functional at the expense of main camping field's?) Eventually found ones back out by the wristbanding / entry point - and it was a good shower. wifi was shocking - pro to that is that I look at my phone less, but it'd be nice to be able to coordinate with people a bit better. Made it all the more lovely when you do bump into people. Not much non-music stuff, though I get that it's primarily a music festival (which I thought it was brilliantly curated and I've discovered lots of great stuff). I did a yoga class one morning, and I caught most of the comedy lineup (which also was almost all fantastic), but these types of things didn't exist after 2/3pm until after the headliners finished when there was a small bit more comedy. Flip side of that was that I thought the were incredibly efficient with how they spread the resources of the festival - sure they could have comedians or a circus or, or, or, all on all the time - but 90% of the crowd are at the music later in the day so that'd mean lots of half-empty stuff. A bit of an under-developed point from me, I was happy, but I know others wished there was other things than music going on. Realise I've discounted cinema, but what the f**k was on in there most of the time anyway? Food was great. I try to not visit the same place twice - unless it's a bar or ice-cream - and by the end there weren't too many extra places that I was itching to try. Probably about as good a variety as I could have hoped for though. To have more food places they'd have to have more people eating, meaning a busier festival and less easy to pop back to my tent - so they can't win but did an excellent job anyway. I found having the one main area selling food not great - I like finding different food options as I'm in different parts of a site - but I got over that. Arriving and getting set up was a breeze. Tons of space by us all weekend. Leaving, 11am Monday, was nearly a breeze but took about 30 minutes to get out of the car park. Disgraceful, right? My main festival reference for the last ten years is Glastonbury - I'd expect that to be an unfair comparison, but now I'm trying to think which festival it would be unfair on.
  4. All that nonsense about the tour ending, and what could anyone possibly do sticking round London / Europe for a week?
  5. Yeah, I keep reloading Met Office's rain chart and scrolling forward to 1pm Thurs - it's not actually updated in the last few hours so I'm starting to learn the pattern. Currently all I know is that I want to get stuff in the car on Wednesday evening or I'll get wet doing it on Thursday morning...
  6. Hiding in your tent 3-4 (6.3mm, yikes!) and hopefully not emerging too pissed 4-5
  7. https://chat.whatsapp.com/LTCl8nodgR7JcjDmiDtwiX Try this, posted a while ago so fingers crossed <EDIT> looks the same as the one above, sorry, that's the most recent
  8. If not, clashfinder can be downloaded as an app for offline use
  9. That's amazing - really nicely designed site. I knew they have lots of albums and they tried to do stuff with lots of different instruments, but my mind is blown.
  10. The Nal's response is helpful - and although I say it's a terrible idea it doesn't mean that I've learnt my lesson 😄 Presuming KGLW start first, last year's timings suggesting they'll have an extra 15 minutes, that's at least a 12 minute clash-free window right there!
  11. I assume this is easier at EotR than at other festivals, but in general a terrible idea. You invest mentally in one band but not fully because you're watching the crowd and thinking when is a good time to leave, what song am I just about to miss etc - then you lose time moving between stages, and finding a spot you're happy with at the second act, disturbing people around you. Then you're wondering what songs you've just missed etc - sure you can get into it and enjoy a few songs of each, but you're giving yourself a poorer experience of both. If it's random bands earlier in the day, or you're not feeling something then it's great to have a backup plan - but if you actually like both then I'd say try to pick one.
  12. Really glad to see Saint Jude in one of these lists - not sure what to expect but has definitely grown on me
  13. Is that speaking as a vegan, best you can get, or just incredible regardless? Sorry, cynical question - I will be partaking either way!
  14. There has been a comedy lineup announcement, but names not added to clashfinder.com yet
  15. I seem to remember Gabriels being one of the very first names suggested when ??? first got listed. If it is them they presumably would have panicked at being rumbled so quick - excellent job spreading rumors in every conceivable direction since then. I'll be very happy if it is them!
  16. Has nobody thought of asking? I think we have exhausted that topic now if there's a common sense way out of it
  17. Would they ever admit it? Would be interesting to know afterwards
  18. Just got the sold out email too - some people were hoping that ??? might be revealed with that email, but no such luck. Good on them for doing a decent job of creating a bit of mystery!
  19. Followed next by Deerhoof - so a bit of a Thursday effect for Wilco? How does Thursday usually play out, doe most people come in for a really nice relaxed atmosphere at the one stage, are people still spread wandering / exploring across the site, or are a sizeable chunk of people at the campsites relaxing & catching up?
  20. What's the relative size of Garden vs Woods? Clashfinder suggests angel olsen will pull about 63% of the crowd, does anything else get added onto the lineup around that time (eg I could be persuaded to go to comedy / eat food) In terms of what's on directly before on those stages cass mccombs on garden looking more popular than greentea peng, but wunderhose & bodega looking v popular too, so will be movement in from quite a few stages...
  21. I'm going to assume that you're bigging it up too much, and lower my expectations - but that's what I'm really hoping for 😄 Any of the big acts at Glastonbury that I usually watch from half a mile away, they're on tv when I get home; everywhere is a short walk away; EotR doesn't allow me to sleep overnight in the queue, so I can have a normal nights sleep with no FOMO about camping spots; and I'm enjoying exploring this lineup (nearly) as much as any glastonbury lineup. Looking forward to it!
  22. 😄 was wondering why there was a PP song on the (@bravesirrobin?) spotify playlist - cheers
  23. Any chance Jeffrey Lewis could be one of the surprise shows on Sunday night? No idea what to expect from these slots, but it seems ??? gets a lot of attention when there are multiple other surprises on the lineup... Would mean JL going Kent to Manchester to Somerset over the weekend. Rough few days regardless of how likely he'd otherwise fit any of the spaces.
  24. Change the map would be a good start? Exeter Chiefs decided that 'chief' was an old Devonian term of reference / title and rebranded to some Norman-looking headgear - but then they keep the bloody wigwam bar. It's the little details.
  25. Lovely stuff - and that answers another question that I hadn't asked - I see tipi stage on the map but not the lineup. Cultural misappropriation I assume, Folly's are far more local 😄
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