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Chubby Dude in a Tiny Car

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  1. also, meant to say - have a freaking brilliant time, you will absolutely love it.
  2. i've seen Bruce 47 times and it breaks my heart really for me to even be saying these things about him. except for occasional shows, there were no "gold circles". Bruce would basically charge the same price for tickets - in Europe you would queue for a day, sometimes more, to get in the pit (same as a gold circle)... it was part of the magic of following Bruce... being with other dedicated fans who put in the time and effort to get to the front - and didn't have to pay an extra tax on top of the GA price to be there. in the US you'd get a number throughout the day, then before showtime they'd draw a number to determine who got first entry. again, it took a bit of effort and dedication, it didn't take having to pay out extra. Bruce subscribing to all this gold / platinum / diamond bullshit is what makes me sick. that's before we even get onto fucking "dynamic pricing"... don't get me wrong - i do WANT to go. i just also want to make a stand. can't stand Blur so don't really care about what they charge. saw Pulp at Glasto in '95... which can never be beaten so have no wish to see them again.
  3. yeah we lost our Bruce tickets because of Festicket too - have to say i was absolutely amazed how straight forward it was to claim the money back (from bank not credit card). i dearly love Bruce, but even my beloved Bruce can fuck right off with the cost of tickets for next years shows.
  4. i have most of my tickets / wristbands / passes packed away - going all the way back to my first gig in 1991. every once in a while i get all nostalgic and have a look through them and reminisce about how life used to be. the only ones not packed away are all my New Model Army tickets from tours from 1994 through mid-2000s which i have displayed in picture frames. its strange to think back on the days when i used to pack a bag and follow a band round Europe - these days i could neither afford to do so or indeed be bothered to do so.
  5. Pronghorn Senser Levellers Ozrics Aba Shanti-I that'll do me... don't really like to have more than one act a day i feel like i have to see.
  6. so long as people keep paying it, the madness will continue. i very rarely go to gigs anymore, stadium or otherwise, as i refuse to pay the asking prices. the only shows i've been to this year (except for Glastonbury) are ones i've managed to blag it into. i love Bruce Springsteen - seen him 47 times, followed him round the globe. we lost our tickets for the London shows next year due to being caught up in the mess left behind by Festicket. all my Bruce crew are stressed about getting tickets back for the shows but you know what, i dont give a fuck - the price being asked is absolutely sickening and i refuse to pay it, even for the greatest showman on the planet. these really are fucked up times we're living in. mmm... shall i eat, or shall i heat? fuck it, neither, i'll go see blur instead.
  7. there is only 5 in our group this year - with all of us trying we managed to get ours just before 9.30 after last year, i was feeling a little flat about the festival really and was considering if i had a future there... but the pure joy, relief, excitement, relief, happiness, relief, ecstasy and relief of having bagged tickets shows me how much i still truly love the place and cannot wait to be back. freaking yeah man! 🙂
  8. seen Whitesnake and Foreigner over the years (both supporting Journey actually) - no idea of the current status of either band but i highly enjoyed both of them. and for both of them i remember thinking how i knew a lot more songs than i thought i did.
  9. i wouldn't bother walking down the hill to see them these days... but i have to say that friday in 2003 was one of my best days EVER at Glastonbury... The Darkness > Inspirals > Bunnymen then back to the pyramid later for Suede > David Gray > REM absolutely freaking brilliant.
  10. saw that program too, never really had any thoughts about Hans Zimmer either way but i came away from that program really liking him. also - i have recently gotten into hardware synthesizers after years of DAW production, i have a small collection of synths and it is my dream to have a wall of eurorack like Mr Zimmer!
  11. Watain in London last friday - absolutley fantastic. i first saw Watain in 2005, and i've not seen them in i think 5 or 6 years... its amazing seeing how their stage show has evolved - the stage set is incredible. and E. is one of the best frontmen out there. supports were up and down - never heard of either Bolzer or Tribulation before. Bolzer - really enjoyed their set, liked the music, bit odd seeing a death metal two-piece! Tribulation - unfortunately the best thing about them is their logo. note: if you are going to have a 7 minute intro tape, then you best have the goods to back it up.... Abbath - i saw Immortal back in the 90s, i never really liked Immortal and dont care for Abbath's solo stuff - he does what he does, its a good show i guess, but not for me. Watain - FUCKING AWESOME. Troxy - never been there before but really like the venue. but - £7.25 for a pint of Hells - you can fuck right off.
  12. had a great time on friday, really enjoyed all the bands - never particularly liked Elbow but i have to be honest i really enjoyed them and thought they were great. i have absolutely no idea how i got back to town... last thing i remember is dancing to ABBA, then i woke up the next morning... but it was brilliant. 🙂
  13. not been to Reading in a while, can't imagine any reason i would ever go back - but going to see a specific act is pretty much the only reason to go to Reading. last two times i have been were specifically to see Metallica and Iron Maiden & Dinosaur Jr. i cant say whether people would go to "a" festival just because of one act, but in the case of Reading, yes, absolutely. there's nothing else to do there, so why else would you go?
  14. really looking forward to Friday - can't wait to get back to the Farm! see ya'll there! 🙂
  15. i have never seen so many young families and kids at the festival before - and thats a good thing! the down side i guess is it all adds to the numbers. on friday i ended up in the arcadia field early evening, there was nothing going on except some dj playing on the back of the bug lorry thing and a bunch of kids dancing round having a great time which i thought was pretty cool. most of my crew from back in the day stopped going after they had kids, i'm trying to get them to come back again as i know they (the kids) would love it. (i am not a parent, i can barely look after myself at the festival so i am in admiration of those of you that do it with kids in tow).
  16. i've been to every one since '94 and the only time i've felt anything like those crowds before was in 2000 - that year the crowds were fanning out through campsites from stages as there was simply nowhere else to go, it was a great festival but felt scary at times. my favourite place on the whole site this year was the little cafe in the acoustic field next to Cockmill bar - for some weird reason it was a little oasis of calm and everytime i went there, no matter the time, there was sofas and cushions and space to chill and i lost count of the number of kimchi & sriracha toasties i had there! next year is the first time ever that i actually DO NOT even want to go on the Wednesday - it was so bad on the Wednesday this year that it just destroyed the magic and i felt there was no real point in being there. i have no idea what the solution is, i have nothing of any value to add to this i'm afraid. its just gotten too big, too successful (that doesn't sound right? but i think i know what i mean..) and theres no way back. this just sounds like me moaning again, i know, but i do truly love the festival more than any place on earth.
  17. Only really have one regret this year – it’s a bit embarrassing and pathetic, but maybe getting it off my chest will act like some kind of therapy… Basically – my new boss is something of a passive-aggressive micromanager, and even though at first we got on well, we had a falling out over the booking of holidays (yup, you know which holiday…) this happened a couple of months ago, and I have been unable to let it go (unfortunately i tend to hold onto grudges, pretty much forever) – to the extent that at the beginning of festival week I could feel my mood getting worse and worse, and it all ended with me spending Wednesday and Thursday at the festival basically hating everyone and everything. Its lucky actually that the trains were messed up because at one point I think I would have gone home. Thankfully, for whatever reason, I got up on Friday and felt so much better – from that point on I had a great festival. Bit of added info – I have OCD which over the years has morphed into depression and various anxieties (not looking for any pity, just for context). I just couldn’t let it go – it was just there gnawing away inside my head and I could not escape it, and for two days I was horrible to everyone and did my very best to sabotage my own festival. At one point I vowed I’d never go back, threatened to shave my head (I have dreads down to my waist) I knew very well I was talking shite, but I also knew very well there was nothing I could do about it. the side that can still see reason has no power over the side bent on self destruction, no matter how full of shit that side may be. I know that when the black cloud descends, I just have to hang on and ride it out, and sooner or later I will come out the other side (easier said than done). I don’t know why I woke up on Friday ready to enjoy it – maybe it was Jah guidance, I don’t know – but I do know that: a) I deeply regret my behavior for those days And b) I am deeply thankfully that it turned around (I have, in the past, not been so lucky) Anyways, that’s it really – apologies for the pity party. Aside from that, this year was a great one!
  18. wristband stays on my wrist til it falls off naturally - at the moment i still have the past six festivals plus worthy pastures, although one of them is barely hanging on by a thread... no idea about tickets... now and again i find one somewhere that i presumably put and just forgot about...
  19. its not how i choose to spend my festival - but who gives a fuck... if someone wants to spend all day at the Pyramid good luck to 'em.
  20. cant say as i'd really heard of her before - had IoW on telly in the background the other week thinking how utterly boring it all looked, then Sigrid came on and i just thought daaaaaaamn she's great! i hate the JP stage but i'm so glad i made the effort this time, was a really great show, would love to see her out on a bigger stage in the sun.
  21. there was nobody this year i REALLY wanted to see, so i guess therefore i didnt find anyone dissapointing. everyone i did see was great. with the single exception of one act - everyone else i was with had seen him support NIN the week before and so wanted to see Yves Tumor on JazzWorld... i had nothing better to do so tagged along... i wouldnt say i was dissapointed, just thought it was absolute shite. still - i did get some nice haloumi fries so not a total waste.
  22. dont have time to read through 6 pages before my boss gets in, so apologies if already said... but: Mr. Bombay, on that little row that goes round from the Glade to Other. i generally try to avoid curry at Glastonbury - but it smelt so damn good i couldnt resist and it was soooooo good... was back again the next day for more... absolutely delicious and maybe one of the best things i;ve ever eaten there. worst is the various boxes of shitty old dry manky chips i found myself munching on at various times.
  23. Sigrid - she was freaking awesome, definitely deserves a bigger slot next year.
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