Glastonbury

posi "shake in your boots bureacrat......."
Posts: 501 Joined: 24-09-05 Location: London
Submitted by posi on 8 June, 2007 - 14:35.

Any other libcommers gonna be there? Will be down with workers' beer, pullin pints.

Any reccomendations on the arguably not particularly exciting lineup?

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ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
8 June, 2007 - 15:13

i'm going.

not too incredible i agree, but here's my pick all the same:

thursday

seasick steve - three-string slide guitar from a genuine ex-hobo who wears dungarees a lot. fucking ace music too.

friday

amy winehouse - ding-dong!
bloc party are okay i guess.
chas n dave - proper cockney workin class fellas, me ol' china!
the cat empire - ska/salsa combo; good for dancing.
martha wainwright - very cool folk
the klaxons embarrassed - probably see some of john's mates there wink
B-J-O-R-K!!!!!!!

saturday

the killers are okay
the editors " "
guillemots
rodrigo y gabriela - ace spanish guitarists who sometimes do covers of thrash metal tunes cool
ed harcourt [family trivia mode] is my girlfriend's second cousin [/family trivia mode]
steven and damien marley, cos you've got to haven't you.

saturday

burley chassis
babyhead - proper cool bouncy ska
tinariwen - can't beat a bit of that desert blues cool
corrine bailey rae - just cos she's well sweet and cute
MICAH P HINSON - this guy is my god beardiest

the rest of the time i think i'll hang around the leftfield tent and throw stuff at monbiot and other celebrity pseudo-radicals.

cantdocartwheels "in the aeroplane over the sea"
Posts: 1853 Joined: 15-03-04 Location: London then off to Brighton
8 June, 2007 - 15:40

i hope it rains

madashell "KSW, LOL"
Posts: 3114 Joined: 19-06-06 Location: Merseyside
8 June, 2007 - 16:05

I'm there with workers' beer as well. You'll know me because I'll be the pissed up one shouting abuse at the young Greens wink

Ned's Atomic Dustbin are playing Leftfield stage 1 on Friday, which should be pretty good.

Tacks "in it to win it"
Posts: 4723 Joined: 08-11-05
8 June, 2007 - 16:11

oh fuck i wanna do it now.

should have got my skates on.

Anarchist selling beer is the festival within the festival.

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
8 June, 2007 - 17:57
cantdocartwheels wrote:
i hope it rains

i hope someone slashes your car/bike tyres then steals all your shoes

posi "shake in your boots bureacrat......."
Posts: 501 Joined: 24-09-05 Location: London
9 June, 2007 - 10:49

cool. Anyone else?

I'm quite into checking out Gogol Bordello and Arcade Fire. And the Chemical Brothers.

Tacks "in it to win it"
Posts: 4723 Joined: 08-11-05
9 June, 2007 - 11:15
posi wrote:
cool. Anyone else?

I'm well into The Klaxons and Brandon Flowers out of the killers is dreeeeeeamy

fix'd

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10827 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
9 June, 2007 - 11:23

Fuck me, Glastonbury looks likes the biggest pile of shite ever.
Standing in a field, with 10000 morons, listening to utter ballicks and smelling like shit.

Joseph K. "the thinking man's idiot"
Posts: 8618 Joined: 14-03-06 Location: Brighton
9 June, 2007 - 12:03
xConorx wrote:
Standing in a field, with 10000 morons, listening to utter ballicks and smelling like shit.

and this is why, whatever oisleep and revol's differences, we CANNOT allow hippies to dictate post-revolutionary policy

ftony "crews are for boats"
Posts: 3705 Joined: 26-05-04 Location: East London
9 June, 2007 - 22:08
xconorx wrote:
Standing in a field, with 10000 morons, listening to utter ballicks and smelling like shit.

if i was a grumpy old cynic like some other people who post here i could say some snide/witty comments about this week's events in germany wink

Refused "wee fuck'n' strings"
Posts: 6393 Joined: 28-09-04 Location: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
9 June, 2007 - 22:51
xConorx wrote:
Fuck me, Glastonbury looks likes the biggest pile of shite ever.
Standing in a field, with 10000 morons, listening to utter ballicks and smelling like shit.

True, although I went there once (2000) and saw Idlewild perform their best gig ever, so it wasn't all bad.

madashell "KSW, LOL"
Posts: 3114 Joined: 19-06-06 Location: Merseyside
10 June, 2007 - 14:15
xConorx wrote:
Fuck me, Glastonbury looks likes the biggest pile of shite ever.
Standing in a field, with 10000 morons, listening to utter ballicks and smelling like shit.

Bah, crack a smile, you miserable old curmudgeon tongue

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1899 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
12 June, 2007 - 08:59

hmmm it doesn't look great. but looking again there is a lot of good stuff there. if i was there the main things I'd want to see would be:

Modest Mouse
Arcade Fire
Bjork
Live Buraka Som Sisteema
Trentemoller
K'Naan
The Black Ghosts
Bonde Do Role
Chemical Brothers
The Gossip
Kissy Sellout

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10827 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
25 June, 2007 - 15:24

Charlie Brooker enjoys Glastonbury, sellout ;)

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1899 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
25 June, 2007 - 15:46
xConorx wrote:
Charlie Brooker enjoys Glastonbury, sellout ;)

Quote:
Mind you, I had a flouncey cottage with hot running water. The people in tents must be idiots.

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10827 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
25 June, 2007 - 15:50

I take it you didn't bother reading to the end then? Last few paragraphs.

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10827 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
25 June, 2007 - 16:04

But for now, at the time of writing, here in the Guardian Portakabin, I'm enjoying the Glastonbury festival. Something, somewhere, has gone terribly wrong in my universe.

Alan "Getting drunk, playing punk on a stylophone"
Posts: 5173 Joined: 28-09-04 Location: SE4
25 June, 2007 - 16:56

Fuck, Charlie Brooker's gone way down in my estimations. Glastonbury's for cunts. Even the hippies (I mean, the actual ones, not the trustafarians who don't like to take medicine or shave their pubes) hate it now cos of the change in atmosphere.

In fact, music festivals tend to suck anyway. I remember how underwhelmed I was with Reading when I camped there. Why don't you back to nature types take your camping and drugs to a forest or something? That said, I am going to a one day festival in New York next month, but that's definitely cos a certain left wing band who I guaruntee every poster on here under the age of 30 liked at some point are reforming for it.

Bob Savage "brrrapatista."
Posts: 1312 Joined: 15-01-07 Location: Bristol
25 June, 2007 - 19:18

Rock the Bells? I would fucking love to go to that.

zobag "eurocrunk"
Posts: 2896 Joined: 19-09-03 Location: London
25 June, 2007 - 20:34

I've been enjoying the Glasto weekend, cos my entire household have all gone away for the weekend leaving an oasis of calm behind them smile

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
Posts: 10827 Joined: 09-12-04 Location: Belfast
25 June, 2007 - 22:34
zobag wrote:
I've been enjoying the Glasto weekend, cos my entire household have all gone away for the weekend leaving an oasis of calm behind them :)

at least it served one social function

Alan "Getting drunk, playing punk on a stylophone"
Posts: 5173 Joined: 28-09-04 Location: SE4
26 June, 2007 - 00:27
Bob Savage wrote:
Rock the Bells? I would fucking love to go to that.

You bet.

MJ "tastes like gym socks, orchards and godhead"
Posts: 1892 Joined: 05-01-06 Location: Massachusetts
26 June, 2007 - 01:17

gogol bordello are terrible. why do the british have such terrible taste in american music?
i just looked at the whole lineup and these are the only acts i would have been remotely interested in:

toumani diabate
coldcut
hot chip :embarassed:
beirut
!!! (although i only saw them put on a good set once, the other times were crap)
bjork BUT JUST TO SEE CHRIS CORSANO FINALLY GETTING PAID

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
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26 June, 2007 - 08:00

Thursday: P.R.O.D

posi "shake in your boots bureacrat......."
Posts: 501 Joined: 24-09-05 Location: London
26 June, 2007 - 08:08

Toumani Diabate was ace. Though somehow the guy managed to injur his leg between walking off set on the Jazz stage, and ending up on the Other stage with Bjork an hour and a half later...

I know what you're saying with Beirut, but unfortunately he was a bit rubbish.

Alan wrote:
Glastonbury's for cunts. ... In fact, music festivals tend to suck anyway.

MJ "tastes like gym socks, orchards and godhead"
Posts: 1892 Joined: 05-01-06 Location: Massachusetts
26 June, 2007 - 15:30
Quote:
I know what you're saying with Beirut, but unfortunately he was a bit rubbish.

Ah that's too bad, the LP is so good.

Steven. ""Best hair at Unison conference""
Posts: 1899 Joined: 27-06-06 Location: London
26 June, 2007 - 16:59
MJ wrote:
hot chip :embarassed:


Apart from one great song they suck balls.

MJ "tastes like gym socks, orchards and godhead"
Posts: 1892 Joined: 05-01-06 Location: Massachusetts
26 June, 2007 - 17:03

I heard one and a half good songs... I'll take your word on that.

Alan "Getting drunk, playing punk on a stylophone"
Posts: 5173 Joined: 28-09-04 Location: SE4
26 June, 2007 - 18:40
posi wrote:
Alan wrote:
Glastonbury's for cunts. ... In fact, music festivals tend to suck anyway.

Well if the choice is between hippy or Scrooge, I'll go with looking after my money as opposed to burning it or something.

madashell "KSW, LOL"
Posts: 3114 Joined: 19-06-06 Location: Merseyside
26 June, 2007 - 18:48
posi wrote:
http://www.pellowtalk.com/chuck/scrooge.jpeg

I've always seen Alan as more of a:

wink

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