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  1. strange letter

    in End of the Road

    Posted

    I love End of the Road; I pretty much despise Scientology.

    This affair doesn't make me change my views of the festival one bit. It'd be hard to find an organisation that wasn't owned or organised by people who followed a religion or philosophy that I didn't view as a shameful scam, since most religions are exactly that. I don't wholly agree with the point that "philosophical inclinations are personal and have nothing to do with a music festival", however - but can't state clearly why without overtly invoking Godwin's Law.

    I think it's important to say that the festival has always been quite open about having made losses in its first two years.

  3. Glastonbury bookers naming songs for Storm the Charts tomorrow night

    in Chat

    Posted

    I don't know what sort of response this will get but if we pick up a few new members it's worth it :P

    I'm the founder of the Storm the Charts thing (website here, facebook here) which has the ambitious/absurd aim of getting lots of new music in the top 40 at the same time.

    The reason this has anything to do with this forum is that we're picking half of the 40 songs to do it with by a panel selection as well as public vote, and tomorrow night's guest panelists are Steve Henwood (who books the bands for the Babylon Bandstand at Glastonbury) and Emily Eavis (who... er, I think you lot know who Emily Eavis is).

    I used to work for the Emerging Talent Competition before Q magazine took it over. This project is a totally voluntary thing though, it's not a business and I'm not employed by anyone, it's just a big fun group effort.

    You can also help pick the songs and it'd be cool if any eFestivalers wanted to get stuck in - all of the bands and musicians who applied for this (which is nearly 600) will come up in random polls at http://stormthecharts.com/poll.php, if you listen to the 5 who come up and pick your favourite you've played a part, and the next public winners are also announced tomorrow night. Hope you find someone you like if you give it a go.

  9. Your 5 Highlights / 5 Lowlights

    in Chat

    Posted

    Highs

    1. For the first time in years, headliners! - Neil Young and Blur, especially the crowd in Blur's set.

    2. Trash City and particularly the Drag Strip bar on Saturday night. Finding myself sort of swept in there as it opened and watching Bishi and then the cabaret acts. An absolute dream.

    3. Major Major at the Queen's Head - they were the band that won the Rockstar competition this year which I listen for, and I was worried that at 12 noon on Sunday on a new stage they might struggle to get a crowd for their prize slot. But the tent filled up as they played and they got a great reception.

    4. Tunng and Tinariwen on the Park Stage. Had been kicking myself for missing their collaborative tour as I really admire both acts, so it was fantastic to get to see them reprise it there.

    5. Shlomo and his Vocal Orchestra plus guests. Possibly grinned more than in any other set of the weekend. Bellatrix and Marcus Brigstocke's face-off was priceless.

    Lows

    1. The smell of the ground outside Brothers Bar when it got quiet - ugh!

    2. The girl talking at the top of her voice throughout Blur right behind me, apparently oblivious to dirty looks, not to mention one of the great headline slots of modern times!! I kept thinking "these Pyramid speakers are quite loud, how the hell are you talking over them. And more to the point why?!". I finally found somewhere to move to during Tender and am so glad I did.

    3. The guy who asked me to hold his cider for him - it turned out to be so that he could leave a great big bit of plastic on the ground more easily. Dick.

    4. Sadness at seeing how the JazzWorld crowds have dwindled for anyone who isn't a household name. I think they're going to have to find a way to revitalise that field.

    5. Picking an overcomplicated, unsuitable-for-a-festival piece to read at my own slot at the Fluffy Rock - I was the worst thing I saw all weekend : p

    Not enough spaces in a top 5 for all the highs, and struggling to think of 5 lows. Brilliant.

  14. 2000

    in Chat

    Posted

    Well, as you say, this year wasn't at all intimidating, so yes!

    But 2000 was a 'mare.

    I had my tent turned over every single day in Pennards (though there was nothing of any possible resaleable value left after the first day, unless used pants were your thing). You'd pass blanket sales on the walkways - stop too long to work out if any of it was your gear on offer and you'd have a knife pulled on you.

    Given the ridiculous overcrowding, goodwill was in scant supply on the walkways / bridges too. It was really quite unpleasant.

  16. Glasto 09 Honesty Thread

    in Chat

    Posted

    Lots of people ranting about things that annoyed them at glasto this year,

    But everyone does stuff that other people hate, so I thought we could just get it all out in the open.

    So, I'll go first, (only small excuses)

    My name is LostRiot and at Glastonbury 2009...

    • I pissed in a bush at the side of the stone circe (I was really desperate and I think if I'd run to the toilets it would have probably ended up on the ground anyway)

    • I cordoned off our camp to try to stop people setting up a tent in the middle, but it was a bit antisocial.

    • I dropped a can of beer in the crowd at the other stage and a cup at neil young.

    Ok, who's next (I feel much better btw)

  19. Was anyone stalking me?

    in Chat

    Posted

    My own went something like this

    Mik Artistik

    Rachael Dadd

    Ralfe Band

    Liz Green

    The Hand

    Lay Low

    Bishi

    Blackbud

    wandering Shangri La

    Liz Green again

    Emiliana Torrini

    Travelling Band

    Simon Munnery

    Neil Young

    Rolf Harris

    Mik Artistik again

    Kevin Eldon

    Shlomo

    wandering Trash City

    Baaba Maal

    Black Swan Effect

    back to Trash City for vehicle parade and Bishi again and gorgeous goth ballet poledancers on the bar

    Shitmat

    Good Books

    Major Major

    a couple of poets on before me at Fluffy Rock

    being onstage myself at Fluffy Rock

    Nick Clegg

    The Capitol Years

    [can't remember]

    Tunng and Tinariwen

    Amadou et Mariam

    Blur

    It was a pretty good weekend... :lol:

  20. Was anyone stalking me?

    in Chat

    Posted

    I guess everyones experience is unique and the chance of any 2 people seeing the exact same list of performers is extremely low (unless they're together permanently), so did anyone come even close to seeing all my choices?

    In chronological order,

    Gabrielle Cilmi - No

    Regina Spektor - No

    Hugh Cornwall - No

    Lamb - No

    Specials - No

    Neil Young - Yes!

    Warsaw Village Band - No

    Rolf Harris - Yes!

    Spinal Tap - No

    La Roux - No

    Kasabian - No

    Bruce Springsteen - No

    Status Quo - No

    Tony Christie - No

    Amadou and Mariam - Yes! wait, No, I saw their JazzWorld set, you must mean the Pyramid one.

    Tom Jones - No

    Madness (start) - No

    Bat for Lashes (end) - No (sadly)

    Dodgy - No (happily)

    Steve Hillage Band - No

    Gong - No.

  21. Sorry to bring this subject up again but

    in Chat

    Posted

    I think what's happened is that someone's made a list of facts, the first one being that 3 million gallons of water are used over the festival (which I can believe) - then they've just typo'd "million gallons" instead of just "gallons" after the 800,000.... and lots of people have copied them, including our quiz writer last night, and so are repeating all over the place this horrific nightmare image of an impossibly large ocean of nastiness!!

  22. Sorry to bring this subject up again but

    in Chat

    Posted · Edited by cartilage

    Sorry for the unpleasant topic but it lost us a quiz question last night in a Glastonbury Festival special pub quiz!

    We were asked "how many hundreds of thousands of millions of gallons of human waste were produced at the festival last year".

    We were somewhat incredulous that it could be such an amount and initially wrote "0", but then were told it had to have at least six noughts after it so amended to 6,000,000 on the basis of absolutely nothing.

    When the answers were read out we were told that EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND MILLION GALLONS had been produced in the one festival. Curious to know where this bizarre figure had come from, I've just done a search online and found it being repeated all over the place! Have a look:

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...mp;aq=f&oq=

    To put it in perspective, this would mean each *individual* festival goer was producing on average... wait for it... MORE THAN 4 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTE over the weekend. Per person.

    I mean, I know some people have a bad time in the loos, but...

    Still won the quiz, though. :lol:

  23. Shangri-La

    in Chat

    Posted

    I didn't know about the glasses - I have to say although I understand the cost issues I think charging for experiences like that inside the festival is a real no-no. Deposit system sounds like a good one possibly?

  24. Shangri-La

    in Chat

    Posted

    The changing names of Club Dada were very confusing, myself and a friend went up on Friday night to see Robyn Hitchcock and no stewards could tell us where "Last Man Standing" was, even the ones there on the tent. It's fun to have quirky things to find out but this was very frustrating. So I think you need to make sure there is a big sign displaying the name outside the tent each night.

    I thought the stage designs were extremely impressive and the whole place had a good atmosphere, I did feel a little unsure about what different tents were though.

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