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Maurice Mecca

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  1. I can definitely recommend ‘Fight the Power: How Hip Hop changed the World’. Four part documentary on BBC iPlayer now.
  2. Over the past half a dozen festivals we’ve had to get people tickets in the resale and I don’t recall us ever being unsuccessful.
  3. Maurice Mecca

    Happy New year

    Happy new year you wonderful people. Make it special.
  4. Maurice Mecca

    Brixton Crush

    It is of course tragic. I’ve been to Brixton Academy scores of times as well as many other venues in London and I would say the potential for situations like this is possible at every single one of them. I am not sure you can completely make any venue 100% safe. Same with sports arenas, Boxing Day sales openings at large stores etc.
  5. I volunteered last year working the bars for Shelter. I can wholeheartedly recommend it. Yeah it's hard work at time (3 x 8 hour shifts during the event) and you WILL miss stuff you might want to see but I had a blast. Made friends, got fed everyday, hot showers everyday and you get to use the crew only bars!
  6. Dynamic pricing is a terrible development. Imagine going to the supermarket and let's say they were nearly down to their last block of cheese and ramped the price up on it. Or you go to McDonalds and their Big Macs were selling like mad so they upped the price on them. Unfortunately unless bands decide to boycott them and fans stop paying the prices it will continue to be a thing (also any idea what impact these dynamic prices have on the various spurios fees TM charges on tickets already? Do they increase in line?) The other element is what happens to the likes of Twickets, how can they police face value resale for anyone honest enough just to want to sell to another fan when the pricing will be so random. It's driving me to stop going to the larger gigs/venues and back to supporting upcoming/lesser known artists with appropriately priced gigs (whcih may not be a bad thing).
  7. Power Banks 75 +1 Hats/Hats 65 -4 Pillows 36 -5
  8. This ^ Why on earth isn't every new home or property built to be at least carbon neutral, where possible carbon positive, using sustainable materials, fitted with heat pumps instead of boilers etc. etc. NOW! Change the legislation right now if you are serious about this. Of course we know why, big businesses and their government cronies protecting their slice of the pie. Haven't heard a single thing from the Tory leadership contenders on climate. Unfortunately the human race will never do enough to combat climate change and sadly the least affluent will suffer the most but as Mrs Mecca has said maybe this is what is meant to be for us (and sadly a lot of other species cuaght in the crossfire).
  9. Walking Boots 90Fresh and black tent 85 +5 (those one or two extra hours without blistering heat in the morning are important for...)Power Bank 89 Lenor Bottle 49 Air bed 45 +5 (...a comfy sleep to energise you for the next day)She Wee 21Hats/Hat 82 Pillow 69
  10. yep excellent episode, agony to wait another 7 days to see how it pans out
  11. Walking Boots 95 Fresh and Black tent 90 Power Bank 69 Camp Shower 40 Kettle / stove 9 -10 Lenor Bottles 69 Airbeds 69 Torches 40 She Wee 35 Hat/Hats 69 Camping Chairs 15 Pillows 69
  12. Walking Boots 89 Fresh and Black tent 89 Power Bank 75 Camp Shower 40 Kettle / stove 29 Lenor Bottle 69 (-10) i'm with StuartBert proper uriwell way better Torch 40 She Wee 40 Hat/Hats 69 Camping Chair 45 Pillow 69
  13. Walking Boots 85 Fresh and Black tent 90 Power Bank 70 Camp Shower 40 kettle/stove 30 Lenor Bottle 65 Torch 55 -10 (Use your mobile phone) Flannel 30 She Wee 40 Hat/Hats 75 Camping Chair 45 Pillow 70 Airbed 70
  14. Walking Boots 80 Fresh and Black tent 80 Power Bank 65 Camp Shower 40 Kettle/ stove 40 Lenor Bottle 55 Torch 65 Paper Soap 30 Wet Wipes 20 (-10) Flannel 45 She Wee 40 Hat/Hats 70 Camping Chair 55 Pillow 50 Airbed 60
  15. Wellies 25 Walking Boots 65 (+5) Fresh and Black tent 70 (+5) Power Bank 60 Camp Shower 50 Kettle 50 Lenor Bottle 50 Torch 50 Paper Soap 50 Wet wipes 40 Flannel 50 She We 50 Hat/Hats 60 Camping Chair 50 Pillow 50 Airbed 60 Travel John 50
  16. Even the thread is suffering in this heat!
  17. perfectly put. totally agree
  18. This was my first time using by F&B and have to say it’s a game changer. Managed to sleep in until nearly 10am one morning. Never at any stage did I get in the tent and think I was stepping into a furnace. Brilliant investment.
  19. Me and 3 friends have all tested positive since returning. Thankfully it feels like the general fatigue you get after 5 heavy days but sleep doesn’t fix it. Yet.
  20. I have called into work on Monday. As I am volunteering I am heading to Bristol Monday night so I will going into the office in London fully laden with rucksack, tent, chair, bed, booze the works. Definitely not how I planned it!
  21. working with shelter this year. First time volunteering am excited to do the festival in a different way. Anyway got a question, how strict are they in crew camping about the size of your tent? Lots of comments in the online training and also in the newsletter about not bringing a 6 man tent for two people. Spending 6 nights in a tent I don’t want to be squeezed in a small tent or willing to go and buy another tent to make this work. Would a 3/4 man tent for one be acceptable? Where do they draw the line or do they even check? Also does crew camping get very crowded too due to limited space? Thanks
  22. This has hit me for six. I’m speechless
  23. just re-subscribed. Thanks @Neil and to everyone on this forum thanks for keeping it alive and a joyful place to visit.
  24. someone needs to create like an old Shoot! magazine league ladder table for bands and stages like this...
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