2013 Lineup

[Chinaski_]

I'm disgracefully bad at actually going into book stores instead of just ordering off amazon. I manage to make the effort for indie music stores nowadays, but not with books.

[Com Truise]

I could see books stores being the next to go soon, with the rise of the Kindle and so on.

[Weloveyouneil]

Neil has seriously let us down this year, so much that Dizzie becoming SR is almost exciting.

[beni11]

Neil has seriously let us down this year, so much that Dizzie becoming SR is almost exciting.

[thelionsmouth]

It's getting harder to find good independent record stores now though, all the ones round my way seem to be shutting. It really is a sad state of affairs.

[Buko]

Blur just announced an Irish gig for August.. jus sayin.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

I saw a post mentioning "late night entertainment" at R&L in another thread and it made me think I'll be very surprised if there's not the development of actual late night entertainment in the near future, i.e not propaganda silent discos but Bestival/Glastonbury esque.

I think R&L have realised their greatest threat in their key demographic is somewhere like Bestival which offers actual late night stuff. Glastonbury is too stereotyped for many first time goers, but I think Bestival has built itself a reputation as a young peoples festival, and R&L will look to counter it.

[thelionsmouth]

also i don't think book stores will go for a good 20-30 years. Not many prefer an electronic book to the real thing.

[Bisque]

They haven't even bothered to correct the Dance/Lock Up stages...

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Blur just announced an Irish gig for August.. jus sayin.

[atomised]

Blur just announced an Irish gig for August.. jus sayin.

[PriiivateDonut]

Would be nice to see another shock act like Eminem announced as the 3rd headliner..

[Andre91]

Booooo, biophillia was never going to work on a big outdoor stage..

[dancelittleliar]

also i don't think book stores will go for a good 20-30 years. Not many prefer an electronic book to the real thing.

[thetime]

Bjork came up in one of my Education lectures the other day, the concept of Biophilia was brought up and the lecturer asked, "Does anybody know which singer brought out an album called Biophilia?" I was the only person in the lecture hall who knew. I owe my only lecture input to you, time

[kaosmark2]

Definitely not. Thing about books, is almost everyone is a customer, there's very few people who manage to get away in life (in the 1st world) without buying at least a couple of books a year. Also, there may be millions of people wanting digital books, in the same way millions of people buy MP3 singles but there's always going to be the big physical industry, i.e. CDs and the specialist, i.e. Vinyl. The music industry has proven that. People are always going to want something to hold.

[OllieBaker90]

I'm guessing your friend is a FOB fanboy. Tell him No. In fact, scream NO in his face.

Edited March 4, 2013 by OllieBaker90

[2rare2die]

I'm trying to resist the naggin urge to spend money I don't have on starting a vinyl collection duplicating my CDs.

[thelionsmouth]

Definitely not. Thing about books, is almost everyone is a customer, there's very few people who manage to get away in life (in the 1st world) without buying at least a couple of books a year. Also, there may be millions of people wanting digital books, in the same way millions of people buy MP3 singles but there's always going to be the big physical industry, i.e. CDs and the specialist, i.e. Vinyl. The music industry has proven that. People are always going to want something to hold.

[dart]

Would be nice to see another shock act like Eminem announced as the 3rd headliner..

[thetime]

I'm trying to resist the naggin urge to spend money I don't have on starting a vinyl collection duplicating my CDs.

[Yellow_Fellow]

are we having a shame the pirates thread?

go on then, avast me hearties

[jonodillieono]

are we having a shame the pirates thread?

go on then, avast me hearties

[kaosmark2]

I only ever buy vinyl now if it's a special edition/picture disc by a band I love, as it's quite an expensive habit unfortunately.

[kaosmark2]

A women I work with buys 2 cds of the same album, uses one and put the other one away unused.

Crazy.