End of Year Awards 2019

[Crazyfool01]

Maybe next year Jim apologies that you didnt make the shortlist this year .. probably came about as close as me voting tory/ukip ... a bit of work needed 

[Padjeq]

Album:

amo - Bring Me The Horizon

Song:

Gone by Charli XCX/Christine and the Queens. Song convinced me Charli can be great, and Christine could be the biggest star on the planet.

Glastonbury Set:

The Cure. Absolutely rapt throughout.

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

The 1975 @ Birmingham Arena. Maybe best arena audience I've ever been in. People jumping all the way to the back of the floor. There was a proposal in the crowd which Matty brought attention to and then had to abandon so he could get the seas to part and retrieve a crowd member with a suspect broken leg from the pit.

Film:

Midsommar. Gather the family and put it on xmas day afternoon if you haven't seen it.

TV Show:

Succession

Book:

This Storm by James Ellroy

Game: (For those who play them)

Call of Duty Modern Warfare

eFester of the Year 2019:

I'm new here. I'll just say everyone.

[TheBoz]

Album:

Dogrel - Fontaines DC

Song:

Lesley by Dave

Glastonbury Set:

Christine &TQ

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

Foals

 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, Padjeq said:

This Storm by James Ellroy

Interesting. How would you rate it vs  Perfidia?

[eastynh]

8 hours ago, priest17 said:

You nearly got my vote for your valiant City defending in the football thread. Can't bring myself to wade into that debate.

I'll fight the good fight mate. I was pretty much the only blue in my village growing up and that was when we were shit. Efests is pretty tame compared to the shit I have had to put up with ?

[Padjeq]

17 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Interesting. How would you rate it vs  Perfidia?

Both took me about 2 months to get through. Both had some great moments but could feel like a slog at times. I want Ellroy to go back to the style he had in The Cold Six Thousand, where the words popped, and the clipped nature of his sentences meant he could convey story and character quicker without getting bogged down in description.

It's worth reading but doesn't compare to American Tabloid or the LA Quartet. Only put it as my favourite because I only read about 6 books from 2019 in 2019. Although I remember now that Book Of Dust 2 was actually better.

[baggie92]

Album:

Lana Del Rey - Norman F****** Rodwell

Song:

The Chemical Brothers - No Geography 

Glastonbury Set:

The Cure, was in awe at how good they sounded.

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

Foals @ Digbeth Arena in Birmingham. Such a cool venue, not massive either. Band were so good.

Film:

Avengers End Game

TV Show:

Line of Duty

Book:

Glastonbury 50

eFester of the Year 2019:

@deebeedoobee For being brilliant in the state of the ground thread

[philipsteak]

Album:

Yola - Walk Through Fire

Song:

Too hard to choose

Glastonbury Set:

Kylie

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

London Hughes at Latitude. Genuinely in pain from laughing. Both at her, and the constant horrified look on the face of the mother with two young daughters sat near us

Film:

The Farewell

TV Show:

Chernobyl. Although if Watchmen sticks the landing, it might be that

Book:

Glastonbury 50

[HeyPorter]

Album:

Sharon Van Etten - Remind Me Tomorrow

Song:

Vampire Weekend- Harmony Hall (Seventeen a close No:2)

Glastonbury Set:

Sharon Van Etten 

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

Idles @ Albert Hall Manchester

Film:

Joker

TV Show:

Watchmen (would’ve been Chernobyl but am finding Watchmen mind blowing right now)

Book:

The Walking Dead (does a comic count? It finally ended)

eFester of the Year 2019:

@Wooderson Seems a sound fella and his posts are often worded beautifully. 

Edited December 14, 2019 by HeyPorter

[Wooderson]

39 minutes ago, HeyPorter said:

 

eFester of the Year 2019:

@Wooderson Seems a sound fella and his posts are often worded beautifully. 

Hey youre far too kind. ?

[Bennykill]

On 12/12/2019 at 12:05 PM, Little Andy said:

In regards to the necessary knowledge of history, I left the film with no idea that Charles Manson was anything to do with it whatsoever. Certain scenes seemed so out of the blue, it left me bamboozled. I therefore recommend to people reading about The Manson Murders before viewing.

I found knowing the history it was set helped with the viewing. I found I spent the whole film expecting one thing to happen and it then everything is thrown on its head at the end much like Inglorious Bastards. 

[Little Andy]

6 hours ago, Bennykill said:

I found knowing the history it was set helped with the viewing. I found I spent the whole film expecting one thing to happen and it then everything is thrown on its head at the end much like Inglorious Bastards. 

Yup, I believe that's exactly what Tarantino intended.

[Dronx]

Album:

Fontaines DC - Dogrel

Song:

Sam Fender - dead boys

Glastonbury Set:

The Killers

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

Two Door Cimema Club- Tramlines

Film

once upon a time in Hollywood 

TV Show:

Chernobyl 

 

[Badlands]

Album:

Compliments Please - Self Esteem

Song:

Juice - Lizzo

Glastonbury Set:

Janelle Monae

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

The National - Leeds

Film:

Rocketman

TV Show:

Succession

Book:

Glastonbury 50

eFester of the Year 2019:

Loads of good uns on here. Cali's one liners, The Nal's doom and gloom on the weather thread, deebeedoobee's well, DP's unparalleled knowledge.... it's a great forum and I've probably spent hundreds of hours this year on it.

[Woffy]

Album(s):
Cate Le Bon - Fallen
FKA Twigs - MAGDALENE
Ibibio Sound Machine - Doko Mien

Song:
Fontaines DC - Boys in the Better Land

Glastonbury Set:
Friday’s John Peel Stage run of:
Pip Blom > Mahalia > Goat Girl > Fontaines DC > Pond > Rosalía > Aurora. Wow. 

Non-Glastonbury Gig:
Gig? Ummm. Not quite, but I LOVED this:
Rebecca Rideal, Winchester Heritage Open Day, ‘To Kill A King: The Regicide of Charles I'

Film:
Captain Marvel (watched it at Glastonbury on the Thursday). 
Slight cheat, in that it came out in the last 12 months but not quite in 2019:
Operator, starring (the bloody incredible) Kate Dickie. 

TV Show:
Fleabag / Killing Eve
(Starting Chernobyl this week now I’ve finished  work for Xmas)

Book:
Hardest one.
Fiction: The Last - Hanna Nina Jameson
Non-Fiction: Frank McDonough - The Hitler Years (Triumph 1933-1939)

eFester of the Year 2019:
Too many to pick one, so:
@GETOFFAMYLAWN
@SwedgeAntilles
@Gnomicide
@Phoenix Girl
@Mardy
@Wooderson
@CaledonianGonzo
@HMV
@yeti
@MetaKate
@Brave Sir Robin

Apologies if I’ve inevitably forgotten someone. 

But ultimately it’s gotta be Neil / @eFestivals

Edited December 15, 2019 by Woffy
Dunno why HMV and Yeti’s @s don’t work. I’ve probs fucked it up. Soz!

[MetaKate]

@Woffy it's an honour just to be nominated

[Phoenix Girl]

Ah well I haven’t been on here since Glastonbury but had to pop on to say cheers for the mention @Woffy. It’s been a blast! Right back atcha ? 

[Woffy]

29 minutes ago, MetaKate said:

@Woffy it's an honour just to be nominated

I mean, if nothing else you were a shoe-in for tweet of the year, what with the animatronic fucking whatever thingies prediction for Glastonbury On Sea. Prescient and hilarious AF!

25 minutes ago, Phoenix Girl said:

Ah well I haven’t been on here since Glastonbury but had to pop on to say cheers for the mention @Woffy. It’s been a blast! Right back atcha ? 

Glad yer back dude ?

[Woffy]

Fuck. I forgot @Hugh Jass

Eek. Soz dude. ? 

[Gnomicide]

1 hour ago, Woffy said:

eFester of the Year 2019:
Too many to pick one, so:
@GETOFFAMYLAWN
@SwedgeAntilles
@Gnomicide
@Phoenix Girl
@Mardy
@Wooderson
@CaledonianGonzo
@HMV
@yeti
@MetaKate
@Brave Sir Robin

Apologies if I’ve inevitably forgotten someone. 

But ultimately it’s gotta be Neil / @eFestivals

It's @H.M.V and @fatyeti24 and it's your inability to figure that out that means you didn't get my vote.

No offense, like.

[Jack The Stripper]

On 12/12/2019 at 9:29 AM, maelzoid said:

Curiously, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle was the one book I abandoned before completion this year. Pretentious, directionless and dull. I hated it.

I couldn’t get through that either. Kafka On The Shore and Dance Dance Dance were great though.

[H.M.V]

1 hour ago, Gnomicide said:

It's @H.M.V and @fatyeti24 and it's your inability to figure that out that means you didn't get my vote.

No offense, like.

At least he nominated us 'pal'  ?

Love you Woffstar ?

[bamber]

On 12/12/2019 at 9:36 AM, Quark said:

It's @Matt42 has it in his signature. Original quote from @bamber

And yep, always makes me chuckle

He He He He. ?

[lukethekid]

Album:

Danny Brown - Uknowhatimsayin¿

Song:

Anderson .Paak (Feat. Sonyae) - Chosen One

Glastonbury Set:

Wasn’t there this year

Non-Glastonbury Gig:

Chemical Brothers - Manchester Arena 

Film:

Joker 

TV Show:

Line of Duty (Season 5)

Book:

Glastonbury 50

Game:  

 ??‍♂️ FIFA?

eFester of the Year 2019:

@eFestivals obviously

Enjoyed chatting to loads on here though. 

@Digi Me Cuz

@FuzzyDunlop For the North West clubbing chat

@crazyfool1 For the dedication and hat making.

@Yoghurt on a Stick For the split pin advice

Thank you to everyone who makes this place what it is, ya’s are all sound. Peace out guys ✌?

Edited December 16, 2019 by lukethekid

[bamber]

Anderson .Paak (Feat. Sonyae) - Chosen One

 

6 minutes ago, lukethekid said:

Song:

 

Anderson .Paak (Feat. Sonyae) - Chosen One