2018 in review

[baggie92]

Album

IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance.

Song

Arctic Monkeys - Four out of Five

Gig

Arcade Fire - Genting Arena, Birmingham

Festival

All Points East

Movie

Avengers: Infinity War

Book

Who has time for that?!

Favourite eFester

jj200

Did you miss Glastonbury?

With the weather being so good and the World Cup being on I didn't miss it too much at all.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Dry

2. Watching a non pyramid headliner 

3. Wheel of four tunes

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glastonbury and Reading for definite. APE and Citadel depending on line ups. 

[Gucci Piggy]

38 minutes ago, baggie92 said:

Did you miss Glastonbury?

With the weather being so good and the World Cup being on I didn't miss it too much at all.

That's a point. Completely forgot about the World Cup, but that definitely made not being at Glasto easier.

[reflekting]

Album

Arctic Monkeys - TBH&C

Song

Love It If We Made It - 1975

Gig

Arctic Monkeys - O2

Festival

All Points East

Movie

First Man

Favourite eFester

Martin Ashford

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Not as much as I did in 2012 during that fallow year. The World Cup was pretty great as a substitute this time.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. The Park to be better late at night (not just the silent discos), It's already the best area during the day

2. Loads of good beer (more IPAs & APAs)

3. Improve the area around the Other Stage and the Dance Village

Festivals lined up for 2019

All Points East probably, maybe the Bon Iver or Chris & The Queens day

[Superunknown]

Album

Hop Along - Bark Your Head Off, Dog

Song

Ariana Grande - thank u, next

Gig

The Gaslight Anthem, Manchester 

Festival

Mad Cool, Madrid

Movie

A Quiet Place

Book

Not 2018 but haven't read that much so Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

Favourite eFester

@Quark

Did you miss Glastonbury?

A little bit, Mad Cool was a nice alternative and allowed me to afford some other decent trips but wouldn't fancy another fallow, ready for Glasto again now. 

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Dry

2. Return of the yeo valley frozen yoghurt

3. Cage the Elephant, only band I seem to continually miss on every tour

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glastonbury and Download.

[dccool]

Album

Slaves - Acts of fear and loathing 

Song

Arctic Monkeys - Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. 

Gig

Baxter Dury - SWX Bristol. Not seen many this year but this was the stand out. 

Festival

The downs festival in Bristol. 

Movie

The shape of water.

Favourite eFester

All of us. 

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Not really as it was a fallow year didn't really think about it. The world Cup and loads of sun made for a great summer regardless. 

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Decent weather. 

2. My mates to get tickets in resale. 

3. To survive and get home safetly - that goes for everybody not just me personally! 

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glasto plus probably love saves the day and the downs festival (both Bristol). 

[Woffy]

Album

Confidence Man (not the ‘best’ album I’ve listened to, but the most enjoyable by far. As my almost 3 year old daughter is smitten with it, she sings along and dances like crazy to it. It’s been an utter hilarious joy. It’s her gateway to music that isn’t the bingly bongly boo Pepoa Pig song. And she’s coming to the festival next year, so I hope they play)  

Song

Out the Window - Confidence Man (see above, mini-Woffling’s favourite)

Gig

Interpol - RAH  

Festival

None

Movie

Lady Bird

Books

Apparently I have no life and don’t watch much TV:

David Olusuga - First Contact - The Cult of Progress (BBC Civilisations series)

Emma J Wells - Pilgrim Routes Of the British Isles

Tim Marshall - Prisoners of Geography

Haruki Murakami - What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

Scott Jurek - Eat & Run

Jessica J Lee - Turning

Mischa Glenny - McMafia / The Balkans

Janina Ramirez - Julian of Norwich

Laurie Penny - The Bitch Doctrine

Finished the Edinburgh History of Rome series: 

Guy Bradley - Early Rome to 290

Clifford Ando - Imperial Rome 193 - 284

Jill Harries - Imperial Rome 284-363

AD Lee - From Rome to Byzantium 363 - 565

Stephen Inwood - History Of London (still reading it)

Rebecca Rideal - 1666: Plague, War & Hellfire

Edward St Aubyn - The Patrick Melrose Novels (Thanks @Mardy amazing recommendation)

Diarmaid MacCulloch - History of Christianity

Favourite eFester

FR too many to mention  

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Not so much. Bought a new house / moved. Didn’t miss the stress of T-Day either.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Dry

2. Confidence Man

3. Stereolab

Festivals lined up for 2019

Hopefully HistFest will return this time next year (the inaugural one is happening right now, organised by the divine Rebecca Rideal ?)

Edited December 9, 2018 by Woffy

[HS94]

Album

Wet will Always Dry – Blawan

Song

Talking straight – rolling blackouts coastal fever

Gig

Arcade Fire at Wembley or The Streets at Brixton, or The Chemical Brothers at Ally Pally (it’s been a very very good year for my gig going)

Festival

LCD Soundsystem at All Points East.

Movie

Hereditary

Book

Normal People – Sally Rooney

Favourite eFester

I’m a long time lurker, newly registered member, so I can’t possibly nail my colours to the mast just yet.

Did you miss Glastonbury?

I missed being able to go to a proper festival and have some time away with friends, but I was in a really bad place in my life in June so it wouldn’t have been a good one for me, so mixed emotions here.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. better clash management (I missed so much good stuff due to being a bit disorganised/off my tits all weekend, it was my first glastonbury as well so didn’t quite know the best way to approach things.)

2. Better camping spot than 2017 (we arrived very late on the Wednesday and were way out the way by the Johnny Depp Car field)

3. something to really surprise me on the lineup poster (remember grinning ear to ear seeing the national on the 2017 poster, would love for something like Frank Ocean to be there on the poster, but I know its unlikely)

Festivals lined up for 2019

Just Glastonbury at the moment, will probably try and get some All Points East tickets, maybe Florence and The National at BST, but waiting to see all the lineups before I commit to anything.

 

 

 

[The Real HJ]

On 12/7/2018 at 7:01 PM, reflekting said:

Album

Arctic Monkeys - TBH&C

Song

Love It If We Made It - 1975

Gig

Arctic Monkeys - O2

Festival

All Points East

Movie

First Man

Favourite eFester

Martin Ashford

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Not as much as I did in 2012 during that fallow year. The World Cup was pretty great as a substitute this time.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. The Park to be better late at night (not just the silent discos), It's already the best area during the day

2. Loads of good beer (more IPAs & APAs)

3. Improve the area around the Other Stage and the Dance Village

Festivals lined up for 2019

All Points East probably, maybe the Bon Iver or Chris & The Queens day

I agree with a lot of this!

[guypjfreak]

Album

Courtney Barnett

 

Song 

Solara.. Pumpkins not been out long but love it

 

Gig

Pearl jam second show O2 

Festival

On the bus 

Movie

American animals 

Book

The tunnel... True story about a man in a concentration camp and how he survived. 

Favourite eFester

No fair.... Not creeping but has anyone mentioned the person who runs this here little internet world of ours.... 

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Stupid question 

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1 I get a ticket 

2  it's dry 

3 if I don't get tix those that do have a great time 

Festivals lined up for 2019

Hopefully Glastonbury 

Camp bestival 

Boomtown 

May be beautiful days and black deer festival 

Edited December 9, 2018 by guypjfreak

[Woffy]

2 hours ago, HS94 said:

Album

Wet will Always Dry – Blawan

Song

Talking straight – rolling blackouts coastal fever

Gig

Arcade Fire at Wembley or The Streets at Brixton, or The Chemical Brothers at Ally Pally (it’s been a very very good year for my gig going)

Festival

LCD Soundsystem at All Points East.

Movie

Hereditary

Book

Normal People – Sally Rooney

Favourite eFester

I’m a long time lurker, newly registered member, so I can’t possibly nail my colours to the mast just yet.

Did you miss Glastonbury?

I missed being able to go to a proper festival and have some time away with friends, but I was in a really bad place in my life in June so it wouldn’t have been a good one for me, so mixed emotions here.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. better clash management (I missed so much good stuff due to being a bit disorganised/off my tits all weekend, it was my first glastonbury as well so didn’t quite know the best way to approach things.)

2. Better camping spot than 2017 (we arrived very late on the Wednesday and were way out the way by the Johnny Depp Car field)

3. something to really surprise me on the lineup poster (remember grinning ear to ear seeing the national on the 2017 poster, would love for something like Frank Ocean to be there on the poster, but I know its unlikely)

Festivals lined up for 2019

Just Glastonbury at the moment, will probably try and get some All Points East tickets, maybe Florence and The National at BST, but waiting to see all the lineups before I commit to anything.

 

 

 

Welcome to you, as a long time lurker, now a poster. 

And can I just put it out there to the wider eFests community that ‘the Johnny Depp Car Field’ should now be added to the lexicon. Perjoratively. 

[Callum_96]

Album

Joy As An Act Of Resistance - IDLES 

Song

Starstruck - Sorry

Gig

Shame - Institute Birmingham 

Festival

APE - thought they nailed it for their first year  

Movie

Only went once to the cinema to see Infinity War and was amazing so... 

Book

Haven't read any new books released this year so it's either Meet Me In The Bathroom or the Mr Mercedes trilogy by Stephen King

Favourite eFester

If you ain't voting for @jj200 then you're just wrong 

Did you miss Glastonbury?

As others have said with the World Cup and the amazing weather it helped but I did miss being there and missed all the excitement leading up to it  

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Dry and the lovely mix of clouds and sun 

2. A run of Shame - Idles - Doves in the John Peel tent on Friday night

3. The Park to become more of a late night area

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glastonbury, Green Man and Chemical Brothers at APE, potentially a European one depending on line ups 

[SomeoneListeningIn]

Album

Cocoa Sugar - Young Fathers

Song

Reborn - Kids See Ghosts

Gig

Car Seat Headrest - SWX, Bristol

Festival

Lovebox, London

Movie

Dunno, probably Hereditary

Book

Dunno

Favourite eFester

@jj200

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Never been.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. To get tickets in the resales

2. Stormzy to smash it

3. Young Fathers to play

Festivals lined up for 2019

Nothing confirmed but Primavera is looking likely. Hopefully Glasto.

[Quark]

Album

Hard to call, but at the moment I'd say Hope Downs - Rolling Blackouts CF

Song

Can't narrow it down to one, so:

Happy Unhappy - The Beths

Arps n Crafts - Spencer Brown

Lunatic - The Slow Readers Club

Gig

Toss up between Magic Gang at Concorde 2 and Teleman at Lightbox

Festival

Beautiful Days (only one I did this year )

Movie

Avengers: Infinity War

Book

Not released this year, but All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Favourite eFester

Pass

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Surprisingly not.  BDs gave me something different to do, and it's nice to have a break.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Dry (obvs)

2. A properly unexpected big announcement, even if not necessarily a Pyramid headliner.  Could be a smaller stage act or a support act, but something with an element of "fuck me I didn't see that coming" about it.

3. Changes to SE corner.  Just something to shake it up a bit that makes me want to go and explore it again.

Festivals lined up for 2019

Only Glastonbury.  We'll be doing a proper holiday next summer so combination of time off and cash means that'll probably be it.

[Henrik]

Album

Joy as an Act of Resistance - IDLES

Song

Ghost Town - Kanye

Gig

The Hold Steady - Electric Ballroom, Camden

Festival

First year I have not been to a festival since I started going to festivals 

Book

12 Rules For Life - Jordan Peterson 

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Yeah

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Me to have a ticket

2. IDLES in the JP

3. Less mud than my last visit (2016)

Festivals lined up for 2019

Boomtown, Slam Dunk, IOW and fingers crossed for Glasto

[bexj]

Album

This is Eggland - The Lovely Eggs

Song

Deportation blues - BC Camplight

Gig

Really hard to choose! King Gizzard at the Trades club for raw sweaty intimate energy,  The Lovely Eggs at the Brud, Ride at The Plug and Brix and the Extricated also at the Trades

Festival

Green man totally blew me away for superb music and chilled out vibe

Book

Coal black mornings by Brett Anderson 

Did you miss Glastonbury 

I miss Glastonbury every day I'm not there

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

Tickets in the resale for me n 3 friends

Tickets in the resale for 4 more friends

Tickets in the resale for the remainder of our group of 12 that failed to get a sniff of a ticket in October 

Festivals lined up

Bearded Theory for my 50th, hopefully Glastonbury and if not then Green Man again

[AAlex]

Album

Isaac Gracie (self titled) - Not many 2018 releases jump to mind, this has had a fair few plays.

Song

Arctic Monkeys - Batphone (same as above)

Gig

Rolling Stones at Murrayfield (If I can count a festival performance, Curtis Harding in The Barn at Rock Werchter)

Festival

Rock Werchter, Mad Cool had the best line up I've ever been to but I can't fault anything about RW... other than it clashes with Glastonbury next year!

Movie

A Quiet Place

Favourite eFester

Thought I was being original putting jj200 but I guess not

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Managed to fill the void with a busy Summer but I'm definitely ready to go back.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. To have excuses to visit stages I missed in 2017, poor effort didn't see anyone on The Park, West Holts, Arcadia or Silver Hayes. Particularly regret The Park, and will go even if it's not someone I'm massively bothered about.

2. Moby

3. Head into the South East corner at least one night after a headliner, even if it changes me as a person.

Festivals lined up for 2019

This is Tomorrow, Glastonbury, Fleetwood Mac in Dublin... didn't realise Primavera Porto was the same weekend as the Nations League until we'd booked flights, so hopefully a day ticket there and a European one once more of the line ups are out (probably NOS Alive)

[Splonk]

Album
Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo

Honourable mention:
Art Brut - Wham Bang Pow! Let’s Rock out!

Song
Parquet Courts - Almost Had to Start a Fight/ In & Out of Patience

Gig
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Manchester Academy.

Honourable mentions:
Slug - Soup Kitchen, Manchester.
Crazy P - Bluedot Festival.
Henge - Bluedot Festival.
Khruangbin - Albert Hall. Manchester.
Julia Holter - Gorilla, Manchester.
The Orielles - Gorilla, Manchester.

Festival
Bluedot Festival - really enjoyed it. 8/10

Movie
-
Book
-
Favourite eFester
Glasto-Worker

Did you miss Glastonbury?
Obvs.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019
1. Everyone that goes to the festival returns home safely.
2. Johnny Marr gets a decent Pyramid/ Other Stage slot.
3. I don’t lose my stash/ people clean up their shit.

Festivals lined up for 2019
Glastonbury

Edited December 10, 2018 by Splonk

[Sasperella]

Album
IDLES - Joy as an Act of Resistance

Song
Childish Gambino - This is America

Gig
Nine Inch Nails - Royal Albert Hall

Festival
Boomtown (by a country mile - sorry Tramlines/Shambala)

Movie

I'm not sure I've watched anything that came out this year...movies 'aint my thing

Book
God, probably something about Peruvian gold miners. 

Favourite eFester
@Yoghurt on a Stick due to his wonderful stories. I'm kinda surprised he's not everyones favourite tbh

Did you miss Glastonbury?
Hell yes! Although I did drink a lot of cider, hung out in the sun and watched NIN twice that weekend, so I guess it was quite similar

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019
1. That my two Glasto besties will eventually decide to sack of the wedding and come to Glastonbury and we'll see the bride-to-be the previous weekend

2. That my newbies will love it as much as I did on my first time

3. That I finally make it into the Underground Piano Bar and the people who run it aren't pricks

Festivals lined up for 2019
Glastonbury, Boomtown 

[jackarmy]

Album

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - Hope Downs

Song

Young Fathers - Toy

Gig

Rolling Stones - Principality Stadium, Cardiff/ Arcade Fire - Genting Arena, Birmingham

Festival

Mad Cool for lineup, Green Man for overall experience

Movie

Haven't been to the cinema in years...

Book

I only got round to reading Renegade after Mark E Smith died, so it's got to be that.

Favourite eFester

Neil

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Yes. But it allowed me to do more festivals than I would usually do to compensate.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. Good weather

2. No queues to get on site

3. Macca

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glastonbury, Sziget, Green Man. Probably Nozstock, and maybe Primavera.

[justanothername]

Album
Daughters - You Won't Get What You Want

Song
JPEGMAFIA - Baby I'm Bleeding or Camp Cope - The Opener (can't decide)

Gig
Turnstile - Rebellion, Manchester

Festival
2000trees

Movie
Annihilation (I only watched like 5 films from year and this was the only one worth talking about tbh)

Favourite eFester
@UndergroundSound just for that final night of Trees

Did you miss Glastonbury?
Never been

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019
1. I get a ticket

2. Fugazi reunion

3. I get a ticket

Festivals lined up for 2019
None at the moment but almost certainly 2000trees and I'm thinking about APE Bon Iver day, Outbreak Festival & Slam Dunk as well.

Edited December 11, 2018 by justanothername

[FuzzyDunlop]

Album

Deportation blues - B C Camplight

Song

Let There Be Dark - Beico & MT93

Gig

Incredibly... U2 at the Manchester Arena. I was shocked how much I enjoyed that.

Festival

Boomtown

Movie

 

Book

 I can't say I have read one.... I read blogs & websites

Favourite eFester

@lucyginger  @bennyhana22 @Wellyboot helped me greatly at Boomtown this year.

Did you miss Glastonbury?

I missed it, but did a lot of other things. Found Boomtown for one.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. The rest of our group get tickets in April

2. A Pyramid Headliner I want to see

3. Not too hot

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glastonbury & Boomtown

[dccool]

A lot of love for Boomtown might look into that for next year

[UndergroundSound]

Album
Denzel Curry - TA1300

Song
Shame - Lampoon

Gig
Strange Bones at 229 The Venue

Festival
2000 Trees

Favourite eFester

@TheWaters finally got to meet for a great Reading and @justanothername sick times at Trees.

Did you miss Glastonbury?
never been 

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

to get a ticket

to convince enough of my mates to come

for them to get tickets

Festivals lined up for 2019

None right now but probably 2000 Trees, probably Reading then maybe boomtown/glasto/anywhere with a good lineup
 

[ourkid1984]

Album - IDLES

Song - Jack in Titanic by Bodega

Gig - Courtney Barnett in Bristol

Festival - Sziget festival (best festival apart from Glastonbury)

Movie - haven't watched any new films this year

Book - Colour of time

Favourite efester - I'm impressed by the dedication of many regular posters

Did you miss Glastonbury? Yeah but I miss every good festival that I don't manage to go to

Three wishes for Glastonbury - 

See more of the site late at night/early morning

For the weather to be decent

To make the most of the Wednesday

Festivals lined up for 2019 - Glastonbury but may also sneak in a small festival at the end of the festival season

 

 

[Watergirl]

Album

Be more kind - Frank Turner

Song

Be more kind - Frank Turner

Gig

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds / Patti Smith - Kilmainham, Dublin

Festival

Cambridge Folk Festival

Movie

Bohemian Rhapsody

Book

Don’t you leave me here - Wilko Johnson

(not from 2018, but best I read this year)

Favourite eFester

@alibear

(got through for me in the coach sale)

Did you miss Glastonbury?

Yes. I did other festivals but it seemed to take ages for the first one to come around, especially with all the nice weather.

Three wishes for Glastonbury 2019

1. That other friends get sorted for tickets

2. Frank Turner on the Pyramid

3. Fleetwood Mac, Pearl Jam, the Cure

Festivals lined up for 2019

Glastonbury and Cambridge

 

 

Edited December 27, 2018 by Watergirl
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