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[Jackmypie]

rabid, on 20 July 2010 - 06:18 PM, said:

Glastonbury. Just a festival.

It's so much more then a festival

[siman]

I liked it and thought it made some decent points. Not sure it completely captured the feeling of Glastonbury Festival, but it was good

[tonyblair]

rabid, on 20 July 2010 - 06:18 PM, said:

Glastonbury. Just a festival.

rabid, on 20 July 2010 - 06:18 PM, said:

Glastonbury. Just a festival.

to some it's just a festival...
to some it's a lot more

what phillyharper says has a very strong resonance for me, and as John Lennon said in Imagine, and War Is Over (If You Want It), very often, the simplest sentiments ring the truest.
I mean, why not? 'We' stump up the £25,000,000 (£32,000,000 he states is probably based on the misconception that 177,000 punters pay, but - I think - it's closer to 135,000... but it's still a lot of money!) for a few days of entertainment. That amount could seriously make some kind of difference, if it was used constructively.
Are people really saying that if the opportunity arose, you wouldn't like to change your world in some signifficant way??

The whole idea that your liver wouldn't last, is a bit funny, but a bit silly too. If you 'lived' at Glastonbury, after a while reality would kick in...

I like his idea, and good on him for taking the time and effort to put it into words.

From small acorns, etc....

[llcoolphil]

Why is existence a privilege?

[tonyblair]

llcoolphil, on 20 July 2010 - 08:27 PM, said:

Why is existence a privilege?

?
I guess that's a reference to something in his article...

clarify?

[josephg]

grumpyhack, on 20 July 2010 - 04:57 PM, said:

Glasto moves people in different ways.  For many it can be a life changing experience and I think it's great that people feel moved to want to express themselves in writing and offer to share their thoughts and emotions with other Glasto goers.  You don't have to read it and responding with put down comments does nothing - except go against the whole spirit of Glasto.

please not another thread of this

[rabid]

Jackmypie, on 20 July 2010 - 07:43 PM, said:

It's so much more then a festival

Yeah I know and I had a fantastic time there again, but i had a fantastic time at Alchemy and Bearded and Thimbleberry and Solfest too.

tonyblair, on 20 July 2010 - 08:20 PM, said:

to some it's just a festival...
to some it's a lot more

what phillyharper says has a very strong resonance for me, and as John Lennon said in Imagine, and War Is Over (If You Want It), very often, the simplest sentiments ring the truest.
I mean, why not? 'We' stump up the £25,000,000 (£32,000,000 he states is probably based on the misconception that 177,000 punters pay, but - I think - it's closer to 135,000... but it's still a lot of money!) for a few days of entertainment. That amount could seriously make some kind of difference, if it was used constructively.
Are people really saying that if the opportunity arose, you wouldn't like to change your world in some signifficant way??

The whole idea that your liver wouldn't last, is a bit funny, but a bit silly too. If you 'lived' at Glastonbury, after a while reality would kick in...

I like his idea, and good on him for taking the time and effort to put it into words.

From small acorns, etc....

I often wonder why it has to cost anything.

[mandypants]

It's a thought provoking piece   I must say though, the problems for me are at home, not at Glastonbury.  Perhaps the basic survival skills are needed more when you are camping (although Glasto does have everything you need), but for me, Glastonbury is my escape.  I certainly can't say that I have no problems simply because my hunter gatherer instincts are suppressed by easy grocery shopping.  Being the parent of a disabled child is a pretty tough challenge, and nothing that I experience at a festival comes anything close to that.  But yeah, I can relate to the sentiment

[HarrisonJ]

I agree with the majority of this. Although to live, we need society and economy. We have strived to achieve a perfect society, now we are so close, that life has become rather pointless.

It kind of follows the idea, that if you had everything you wanted in life you would be bored. Now you have shelter, food, entertainment, relationship and the ability to reproduce, the key factors that you need in life, handed to you on a plate, we are not living for life, we are having life handed to us. We no longer have to reach out and grab life, it is simply given to us. Rather than preparing the food, it is simply put in our mouth.

Glastonbury does not run itself unfortionatly. If you live your life like a festival, youll turn to a homeless tramp, getting drunk in the streets, and thinking your having a whale of a time.

[saratink]

HarrisonJ, on 20 July 2010 - 11:30 PM, said:

If you live your life like a festival, youll turn to a homeless tramp, getting drunk in the streets, and thinking your having a whale of a time.

Best comment so far!!

[Pinhead]

An interesting dialog, somewhat naive and not without controversy, but at least it represents someone thinking - and largely as a direct result of their involvement with Glastonbury. I feel that Glastonbury can only exist and operate the way it does because it only lasts 5 days. Any longer and many of the less attractive realities that are mentioned here begin to surface.

However, the notion is not without precedence . . .

http://www.findhorn....sion/vision.php

[tonyblair]

HarrisonJ, on 20 July 2010 - 11:30 PM, said:

I agree with the majority of this. Although to live, we need society and economy. We have strived to achieve a perfect society, now we are so close, that life has become rather pointless.

that's the whole point. Our lives are meaningless because we don't do any of the basics anymore. We don't grow food, we don't do anything that directly impacts on us...
you think we're close to a perfect society..??  

HarrisonJ, on 20 July 2010 - 11:30 PM, said:

Glastonbury does not run itself unfortionatly. If you live your life like a festival, youll turn to a homeless tramp, getting drunk in the streets, and thinking your having a whale of a time.

that's just silly. It's not about living your life all year long as if it's a festival, it's taking 'some' of what Glastonbury means to some people, and taking it further

not totally connected, but quite good

Edited by tonyblair, 21 July 2010 - 09:23 AM.

[tonyblair]

rabid, on 20 July 2010 - 09:45 PM, said:

I often wonder why it has to cost anything.

why what has to cost anything?

[rabid]

tonyblair, on 21 July 2010 - 09:03 AM, said:

why what has to cost anything?

Anything. I may have had a couple last night.

[tonyblair]

rabid, on 21 July 2010 - 09:38 AM, said:

Anything. I may have had a couple last night.

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[Ponyegg]

+1 for the inclusion of the Dan Ashcroft/Nathan Barley 'Rise of the Idiots'.