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It's very, very good. Buy a ticket!
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It can't work like the previous right to buy. There's no decent stock left that lots of people would want to buy, they sold all of that and then banned local authorities from replacing it.
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I left Apple yesterday and got an SII. It's still early days, but I really like Android and this phone is lightning fast. However I'm a geeky bastard who likes tinkering with stuff so it's nice to be out of the locked down Apple environment.
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Yeah I get like that as well
I only remember where I was as my memory was jogged from your post aboveWe walked past BAD and I thought, "that's a very small crowd", then past Noah and the Whale, prompting a massive rant from my mate about how shit he thinks they are, then we got to GLC, which was absolutely rammed but lots of fun.
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No I didn't see Big Audio Dynamite - they were on Sunday at the same time as Noah and the Whale, although I didn't really remember seeing them either.
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Shhhhhhhhhhhh...
(Yes)
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Are you ShockTK on the Bestival forum? I think I've been having 2 separate conversations with you on 2 different boards. Either that or you've a twin with exactly the same profile pic
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Bit of sound bleed from the main stage to Big Top (especially with Mogwai) but I agree when you say they're in close proximity to each other.
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The ferry was a killer cost though this year. Taking 2 cars over with 6 people cost us £250. I'm booking the ferries on payday this friday so hopefully we won't get stung so much next time
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The only bad thing is their booze policy, no booze in the arena and you have to pay 4 quid for a Gaymers Pear, £4.50 for a vodka redbull and it's £4.70 if you want a Jagerbomb.
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We had about 15 peeps in our camp this year and 9 are already sorted to come back next year
2011 was my first Bestival and it was ace, I don't mind so much that there is no Glasto in 2012 now.
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We must have been running late
all we saw when we arrived was golf umbrellas and a DJ (decent tunes though, enjoyed the metallica mashup)Great pics
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How the fuck can you sleep through a subgiant set????
I've seen them twice before and it's been loud and they've got the place moving big time. We're they on at 11am or something?Did they play at all then on sunday? We left as it didn't look like it was happening at all and went to a bit of ModeseleKtor on the way to Fat Boy Slim
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"There's just time to see dash up to see"
Thought I'd just point it out
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I put my Bestival comments on another site, but forgot to post here doh! Sorry about the crap posting structure, but I was still broken when I wrote them, and I'm not writing them out again.
I had the best time ever. It was my first time there and I'll definitely be going back, it was one of the best festivals I've ever been to
The wind on Monday morning was hilarious, I was hit by 3 flying tents and had near misses with a fair few more. We camped were down near tent heaven at the bottom of black camping.
Good Bits:
Sniffer dogs at the gates being shit at their job
Having a really good group of up for it folks camped with us
The general party atmosphere and little or no aggro or dicks anywhere; everyone I met was up for shits and giggles.
Full on raving - Andy C follwed by SL2 on the afterburner in the rain was so fucking cool and took me back to my teenage rave days. Oh. My. Gosh!
Fatboy on Sunday night was rammed, but a mental atmosphere and tunes.Rizlab in the daytime - Banging tunes in Ibeefa type outdoor setup
Hip Hop - Didn't come here for this but seemed to see loads, my fave being Dr Syntax on the bandstand on sat night.
Sound levels - generally LOUD!
The funny acts - Beardyman was a great way to get the fest going in the sun, Mr B on the afterburner was the best, GLC were good, but it was really busy and hard to get in the tent.
Starting Friday morning off with a massive bang with the correspondents followed straight away with Beardyman. There was no easing into the day there.
Wall of Death!
Security - Actually freindly and didn't seem to enforce the bullshit no alcohol rule.
Bad Bits:
Sniffer dogs at the gates
Bjork being fucking dull
Not feeling love for PJ or the Cure due to the contrast with all the other music I was enjoying on Saturday
Mrs N1 somewhat overdoing it on saturday and writing off sunday
Flava Flave's bloody book
Subgiant not being able to do thier afterburner set due to the rain (enjoyed the DJ though). I hope their equipment was OK though.
My biggest gripe though is the Isle of wight ferries upping the prices so much for festival time. It cost us an absolute fortune to travel there.
I think everyone in our group of 15+ will probably be back next year
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shangri la
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Hope they pull it off, it's a great site for this sort of thing. In my previous work I had lots of day to day experience with the land owner and a couple of the major partners in this and collectively they are a shower of control freaks that I'm glad I never have to work with again. I hope things have changed in the time I've been gone.
This looks really exciting. Although part of the reason why the area is derelict is its proximity to London City Airport and the fact that a Public Safety Zone for the runway covers a (small) part of the site - generally development within a Public Safety Zone that will increase the number of people in the area is refused.
Will be interesting to see if this gets through planning.
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I forgot the smiley. Was only joking about
The 1 way system was rubbish though. On the saturday we got in the back way when Orbital were doing their thing in Arcadia and the side of the field we entered from was more or less empty. I heard that there were big queues to get in at that time.
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Was in ther eevery night without quing!
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That's a lovely van. Sorry to hear about your loss, there's some scummers about. I live in Walthamstow and will keep an eye out in the event that the bastards are driving it in the local area.
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TOP SHELF JAZZ! Absolutely phenomenal! Funny, Witty, Silly and awesome musicians! The spoons solo was brilliant! Had a smile on my face the whole time
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I've worked in the park in the last 2 years spending at least 21 hrs there for each festival. I can assure you it wasn't moved this year.
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It was a brilliant set though. Kind of felt like he was giving the two fingers to those who were looking for a 'folk' heavy evening with Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons coming up after. The Calendar Hung Itself was brilliant.
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Messaged you. Cheers!
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