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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
Tickets themselves will be personalised to prevent reselling -

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
Lord, I never knew you were such a toff, Stevie. I feel like I should doff my cap, or tug my forelock.

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Sorry, this comes from my aversion to fests over the last couple of years, on the grounds of my not really enjoying the whole bonhomie of getting dirty.

I take a lot of stick for this from my rock and roll friends, including accusations that I am just a blatant snob.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Perhaps I should have wanky-ed. You probably think that I'm picking on you today - I promise you that wasn't intentional.
 

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Posted by StevieX (Member # 91) on :
 
Not at all H! It was more in case someone reading this suddenly developed the idea that I sit here at my computer like some latterday Little Lord Fauntleroy
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
I'm tired of festivals after a mere three years. It came to a head last year when some ***** opened up the tent at night while me and my gf were in it and stole her shoes. Completely unecessary!

Plus I do not have 100 pounds any more. And I think glastonburys not publishing the people who will play is pretty mean.

But I hope you have fun
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
I'll go if the Pixies will go.
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
I'll be there! Last year I had an full body Thai massage which lasted over an hour for £15.
I just hope those rumours about Eavis wanting Paul McCartney to headline prove false!
 

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Posted by zara (Member # 614) on :
 

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
I'll go if the Pixies will go.

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Originally posted by zara:

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Originally posted by MiscellaneousFiles:
I'll go if the Pixies will go.

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I'll second that.

Have they started touring the US yet? If not, my hope for such an occurence runs low - more likely Glasto 2005.

I can wait.

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No. There's still nothing official - just rumours so far. This is probably the best place for official news, as Frank Black occasionally visits the forums with news of gigs, new releases and other stuff.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Despite what NME has said, Frank hasn't confirmed that the Pixies will even get back together this year.
 

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Posted by zara (Member # 614) on :
 
Pixies Interlude
sorry H1ppy

From what I can gather, it's sorta-almost-nearly-gonna-happen. No official confirmation, and I can't explain properly without sounding like some pretentious 'my friend knows Frank Black' arse.

Incidentally the story goes, whether you believe it or not, that a friend of a friend helps run Twisted Nerve records and so has on a few occasions met and is green-room buddies with the Frank. At his last Catholics gig he told said friend-once-removed that reunion was nigh on definite. The only near-proof I have that this story is true is the .jpg of Frank's AAA pass autographed 'with love' to said friend.

"It must be true because a friend of a friend of my aunt's husband's sister-in-law said so!"
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
zara =

[/PIXIES INTERLUDE]
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
I'll be there. Glastonbury is always an amazing atmosphere regardless of who's playing or not. I urge anyone thinking about going for the first time to go - you'll never regret it. It gets safer by the year and much safer than any other big festival I've been to.

As for rumours about the line up, eFestivals.co.uk is the best website I've found and is normally 99% correct with it's listings before the official line up is revealed.

H1ppy (and anyone else for that matter) - if you do make it this year we'll have to have our own little GlastoMeat™ to celebrate.

I'll be going in a hired motorhome again (pause for the usual barrage of "It's not the same!" and "You don't get the same atmosphere in the caravan field" - I disagree). We'll be there for 6 days so a few creature comforts are needed, ok?

That two tickets per person or whatever it is is going to be a bit of a bugger though. I hope they'll allow more than two per address in that case.


 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Has anyone got a motorhome for hire? They're all booked up for some football competition in Portugal this summer.


 

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Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
 

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Originally posted by Keef:
Has anyone got a motorhome for hire? They're all booked up for some football competition in Portugal this summer.

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Can I just say: Bwhahahahaha? Thanks.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
on your marks...

get set...

Go!
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
Sorry there is a fault... please try again...

www.aloud.com... operation timed out...
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
The connection was refused when attempting to contact wayahead-secure.co.uk
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Story of my life...

no connection...

engaged...

this response has timed out...
 

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Posted by Gav (Member # 23) on :
 
can't get on, frustrated.
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
I CAN'T GET ON AND I AM GETTING PISSED OFF!!!
2 hours of pressing redial and refresh and redial and refresh...
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
After a lot of refreshing I've got two tickets on the way. I never got as far as the confirmation page, just a confirmation email. It may be buckling under the pressure as it managed to ignore my request for caravan and parking tickets I'm sure I can get that sorted though. By the way, you can try the international ticket line (they are accepting bookings from the uk too) the number is 01159 934170 (+44 1159 934170 from overseas)

Good luck!
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
After an hour spent with the booking page apparently failing to complete, I get an email confirmation for me and bessie mate! Yay! (I hope). No idea if my mates have managed to book the other 4 tickets needed for our group though.

That's the crappest booking process that I have ever been through.
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
4 hours solid last night and fuck all. I'm so pissed off.
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
Reading anyone????

 

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Posted by Lucid (Member # 531) on :
 
this may be worth a shot - I got through easily, think it's a mirror site?

https://freya.wayahead-secure.co.uk/glastonbury2004/orderform.asp?showcode=110000&pricetype=7&pricetype2=9&pricetype3=10&filler1=glastonbury

think it's Kosher, just got this confirmation through:

Many thanks for ordering with Aloud.com and we hope you enjoy the
event. For your reference we have summarised the details of your order.
Please retain it for reference, particularly the order number, as it will
enable us to check the details of your order should you have any
queries.

**Booking Details**

Your order is to attend GLASTONBURY at Worthy Farm Pilton-Somerset on
25th-27th June

You have ordered the following tickets

Reference 7966098 - 2 ADULT 17+ INTERNET at £ 115.00.
Reference 7966099 - 1 CAR PARK INTERNET at £ 5.00.

Plus Postage and Packing of £ 4.00

You will be charged £ 239.00 and this will appear on your statement as
'GLASTONBURY'

UK CUSTOMERS

You will receive a further email notifying you when your ticket(s) have
been posted to you.

All our orders must be signed for upon delivery, if you are not able to
sign when they arrive please follow the instructions that the Royal
Mail should leave for you.

If your tickets do not arrive within two days of them being posted to
you - please go to http://www.aloud.com/track.shtml to obtain your
postal reference number. You can then follow the link to the Royal Mail's
website which will inform you of your order's location.

Alternatively you can contact the Glastonbury customer services
department on 0871 22 00 260.

[ 02.04.2004, 01:35: Message edited by: Lucid ]
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
Lucid - are you my boyfriend? He's just told me about that as well, and ordered two tickets off it. Seems too good to be true, but I hope not!
 

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Posted by fish (Member # 22) on :
 

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
After an hour spent with the booking page apparently failing to complete, I get an email confirmation for me and bessie mate!

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I just got my "confirmation" email from that mirror site, but I'm still not 100% convinced I haven't handed £240 over for nothing.

Hippy, what email address was your official confirmation from?
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Mine was from helpme@seetickets.com

But, I never got confirmation from the website, I just kept on pressing Confirm & Back buttons when the transaction didin't appear to have completed. So, I'm like Keef in that I still have that "not quite sure" feeling about whether I've been successful or not.
 

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Posted by Lucid (Member # 531) on :
 
just read this on another board..

I've had a word with the tech's in my place(an IT company) and they said it's OK.

Freya is a sub domain of www.wayahead. Whoever registers the main domain creates the sub domain and only they can do that.
In essence it's another page of the main domain, a duplicate.

They reckon it's 100% OK cos it runs off the same IP address as the main wayahead domain.


Hope that helps
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
In the olden days, right, we used to have to queue round the block, several times, for several days to get tickets for anything. Now there's a whole page on the BBC website dedicated to people moaning about how they had to curl up on the sofa in their pyjamas for a couple of hours on the phone last night And we had to sit through a solid hour of Jimi Hendrix soloing with his toenails, assuming we did actually manage to get tickets after all that.

Mind you, you poor bastards have got Muse to put up with. *shudder*
 

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Posted by fish (Member # 22) on :
 

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
Mine was from helpme@seetickets.com

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That's all I needed - the exact same email address as I got my confirmation from...from the mirror site.

Big relief.

Also, I've since checked it with our entertainment editor, who's put in some calls to check its authenticity. She has since bought her tickets from the mirror site!
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
Back to the grindstone. Am constantly redailing (only to be told "Sorry, there is a fault") and have got as far as the order page on the mirror site. Keeps getting "timed out" though.

Any tips gratefully accepted.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 

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Thank You for booking online with Aloud.com for your Glastonbury 2004 tickets

Thank you for your order

You have ordered:
2 ADULT 17+
1 CAR PARK
for Glastonbury 2004

Your reference number will be emailed to you along with confirmation of your order
Please allow at least 2 hours for this to be delivered.

To receive additional Glastonbury approved information direct from Aloud.com, please sign up to the free Glastonbury Info Mail Service, click here to enter your details.

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He [Eavis] blamed the heavy demand on the fact that details of headline acts - including Oasis and Sir Paul McCartney - had been leaked.

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Really? I'm not sure you can attribute 300,000 people trying to get tickets at once down to those two acts. It's not the bands causing the demand, it's because it's Glastonbury and you'll get the demand no matter who plays.

[ 02.04.2004, 09:17: Message edited by: Keef ]
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
Yep, looks like me and C will be there, and you can add Sky to that list as well please!

huzzah for the mirror site.
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
I've just been trying to get tickets for a friend and when I got through to the page it said...

GENERAL ADMISSION : SOLD OUT

If anyone hears of a couple for sale, you know where to find me.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
"Sold out".

Am that D and I have tickets but that none of the other people we were going to go with have.

Check out this cocksucker. "Have decided that McCartney sucks." Yeah right, you piece of shit; like you spent then entire night up redialing and refreshing only to decide you didn't care for Fab Macca.

I think the weasley attempt to appear non-mercenary makes me even more angry than if it had just been a bare-faced tout.
 

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Posted by StevieX (Member # 91) on :
 

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Originally posted by ben:
Check out this cocksucker. "Have decided that McCartney sucks." Yeah right, you piece of shit; like you spent then entire night up redialing and refreshing only to decide you didn't care for Fab Macca.

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Originally posted by ben:
Am that D and I have tickets...

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
Tickets go on sale 8pm Thursday 1 April 2004. Cost is £112 plus booking fee and P&P.

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I can't understand why anyone would want to pay £112 to go to a festival. Then you have got to pay for your food on top. What happened to free festivals? There used to be a few of them many years ago and not just one day events either like the forthcoming legalise cannabis event. I know the Stonehenge one got stopped, but what happened to the others?
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
lol @ Misc - hey, maybe you and that other hipster Thorn Davies can give me coolness lessons or something.
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
LOL-at-the-loser. That's a festival I'd like to attend.

At least you're on the right track - my dad never asks me for tips on coolness.
 

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Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
 
I have been to enough festivals to last me a lifetime (i.e., 1). Never again.

Last August, there was Reading Festival. That was my adventure. It made me think things. Like: I am not a festival lover. I spent more time watching grey scenery rattle past train windows than I saw bands playing on stages. That was ok: the bands, on the whole, were distinctly missable. I was determined only to fight for Placebo; and fight I did, almost to the front, and through a two-rows-thick wall of arms I managed to see Molko fall over onstage half-through the very first riff of the very first song. It felt momentous. I pointed and laughed and mocked and then felt guilty. Bravely they played on. Soon I fell down in the churny mud and got my fingers trod on and the crowd swung over me like a wave and I had to climb up someone's legs to save my life. I concentrated so hard on not being crushed that I don't even know which songs were played. Moshing is overrated.

So are tents. Tent life is fragile and mucky, like a mucus bubble you blow. You feel as though at any moment the world might burst, or rip open, and you might fall out; or, worse, in. You make bandages of your surroundings: your body all knotted inside the sleeping-bag which you've pulled up over your eyes like gauze; and the canvas arc of the tent rippling and rustling and seeming to unravel around your head. Yes: very like bandaging. You imagine being mistaken for a knife wound, and your lips peel back a smile. Now your mouth could be a gash someone has torn in your face. You giggle. Then you hear the voices, deep and drunken, they are looping and looming louder and closer, you have to draw yourself in like string, tucking your head into your knees, away from the edges of the tent in case the drunk boys stamp on you as they pass. Now their hips are rustling on the walls and you're thinking if they slip in the mud and fall onto your tent it will rip and the boys and the noise and the whole wide world will fall clean in through the rent tent and you just will not know what to say. And then the boys are past and fading, and you are breathing again.

Sometimes, I left my tent. I ventured out. Even though my breath was all brewy from drinking, my jaw stubble-spiky. Even though my hair was thin with grease, and lank strips of fringe triangled my eyes. Even though my t-shirt smelled of smoked salmon and my jeans had a muddy bum. I went out.

Morning. In tent city ... Intensity! Ha. No one had told me it was going to be intense. I had expected to float through the weekend. It was going to be hazy and loose and sort of drifty. I had imagined lots of smoke. Or water: it would be like living under the sea. I had not thought it would be raucous and swarming and choked with gangs of people. I had not thought this through.

I put on my brave face, secured my bag to my hip, and I walked, forwards, trying to look like I was going somewhere. All the boys had bright colours in their hair, or wore face-jewellery or black t-shirts printed with names of nu-metal bands I hated. All the girls wore chunky studded belts in black or white. And everywhere I looked: couples. Couples couples couples. Holdsy-handsy, kissy-fondly, puppy-eyed, pink-cheeked goddamn couples. I felt the loneliness rising, the dangerous kind, insidious as a germ; and then the envy, like fish-hooks in my chest. I walked, single-file, along the metal walkway, weaving between the chaos of conversation and smiles and meshed hands, and I felt like a frayed thread coming undone. I looked up at the signs above the shopping stalls to see what was being sold. Hats. T-shirts. Studded belts. Pipes and bongs. I searched all over but I could not find the stall that sold boyfriends. It must have been in a secret place.

Nights were better than the afternoons. John made a campfire and I lay half-in, half-out of my tent, talking to him and his girlfriend and the people we'd camped beside. A girl called Sammy took a tantrum because the fire was too close to her tent, but then she seemed to change her mind and threw lighter fluid in the flames. She was full of shit and her own importance, but she had drugs, so I didn't mind. I smoked until my belly filled up with a big helium bubble and my limbs felt disconnected and weightless. I went to bed.

The web of firelight shifting on the canvas, the distant popping of fireworks, the English-shaped sounds of vowels and the occasional lager-flavoured laugh, and I realised that maybe I just wasn't a festival-minded kind of person, and maybe that was ok. Maybe I would find my group somewhere else; I just had to figure out where to look. Three little boxes appeared in my head, a question beside each. Spent time with John? Experienced festival culture? Witnessed Brian Molko falling on ass? And, still queasy from the smoking, I grinned against the sleeping bag and thought, Tick. Tick. Tick.
 

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Posted by philomel (Member # 586) on :
 


I have never done the festival thang. Although I did used to camping, lots, and can relate to many of your points. But in a good way, weirdly. I went in big groups, innit, and we had campfires and running through woods and lying on our backs mashed out of our brains seeing giant penguins in the stars. Marshmallows on sticks. One time I filled my water bottle up with gin from my parents' drink cupboard instead of water. That was actually a bad idea. Spin the bottle. Endless cards. Waking up as the sun dappled the tent-canvas and blinksquinting in the glare of country sun. Gas lamps and torches and 'oh fuck you've killed my night vision!' Clambering into sleeping bags cold and shivering and wet and miserable. Getting down the wrong end and humping round the tent like loons. Fight! Glow-worms. Bats. Rolling down impossibly steep slopes. Someone went down in a tyre and almost broke their neck. Endless cigarettes.

I love camping, even though it can be the shittest thing in the world. Mmm, nostalgia. I wanna go again!

Sorry, festival diversion.
 

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Posted by Fionnula the Cooler (Member # 453) on :
 
You make camping sound fun! How did you do that? I think the thing about camping is that it is only fun after the event. When reminiscing. But during? In the thick of it? I just want to wash the grease out of my hair.
 

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Posted by philomel (Member # 586) on :
 
Hmm, hair washing in tubs or braving cold shower consisting of hose (if lucky). Modern campsites have proper wash facilities! But they are full of families and flower borders and aren't half so fun.
 

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Posted by Lucid (Member # 531) on :
 
I had a dream about Glastonbury. I didn't enjoy it. I have just sold my tickets. To two mates at face value + £20 to charidee.

I spent my entire dream trying to get backstage, or meet up with people, find my tent, avoid trench foot, or attempting to 'enjoy' seeing 4 stick figures (or a large telly version thereof) from 300 paces and hear poor quality sound version of something I can listen to crisply at home whilst very tall young people mill about in litter, step on my toes and chatter in front of me.
I'm not good in crowds. I like to sit down on a sofa once in a while. I don't mind sprawling on a blanket on the grass, weather permitting. Tents are for mountains or anywhere where the merits of being damp and either a)woken at dawn panting like a doginacaratasummerfete in searing heat or b) forced to endure 14 hours of tedium and darkness, are outweighed by scenery, ice climbing or astonishing sunrises.
 

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Posted by Boy Racer (Member # 498) on :
 

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Originally posted by Lucid:
outweighed by scenery, ice climbing or astonishing sunrises.

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Originally posted by Boy Racer:
Dude I'm not going to Glastonbury this year, but you can get two of those three there.

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also, they have sofas! last time i went they were giving away free flavoured smirnoff vodka, and we sat on a selection of sofa coming up on jefferies and talkingveryquickly for an hour before going to throw monkeyshapes at shut up and dance! at 4.30 in the afternoon. you are so going to regret that sale, stupidlucid.
 

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Posted by Lucid (Member # 531) on :
 
possibly. but I guess I'll never know.
Additionally, I am a renown rain god with an aversion to flapping canvas and mud bordering on the pathological, inculcated (hey, reader's digest expand your word power fans) by family holidays in Scotland.
I have checked my Farmers Almanac and it's a bad month for peas and throwing shapes in the church of dance apparantly. Besides I am old and have frightful lumbago.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Just thought I'd refresh this thread to remind people that Glasto 2005 tickets are on sale from 9am on Sunday, and to basically grovel to Lucid (if he's still lurking) and anyone who found out about the mirror site last year to post the URL here if there's a similar set up this year?

Thank you very much.
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
I'm going \o\ Well I will be when I get tickets, I'm sure my internet minions and message boards will make their way on here asap.
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
through first time, and second, booked some ofr my mum and her bf. anyone desperate lemme know and ill drop you phone number to put cc details in
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Similar good luck story here - my friend Richard went down to his office to use their big fat bandwidth and got tickets for himself and my other friend Richard within 5 minutes. He then phoned me up and ordered for me and my other other friend Richard (just don't ask) whilst I was on the phone to him.

So looks like I'm going to Glasto with three Dicks!

Fingers crossed for those email confirmations....
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Now I don't know what to do with myself - I'd girded my loins for a long drawn-out engagement with the enemy and it took all of 20 minutes!
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
Well it took me 50 minutes of F5 and redial, but suddenly got through on the net, entered details and SUCCESS! Then miraculously got through again to get Fish and Sky's tickets!

Hurrah, now I can spend the day just being happy!
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Me and Mrs Keef and several others have tickets!!

Yay for Glasto 2005!

Anyone else want tickets? I've got an empty ticket submission page going spare...

Seems the promises of bandwidth etc were kept.
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
11:05. www.aloud.com says...

GENERAL ADMISSION - SOLD OUT
CAR PARK TICKET - SOLD OUT
CAMPER VAN PASSES - SOLD OUT

Really? all tickets sold in 2 hours??
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
crimminy
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
I just had a can of woodpecker and gave myself a new sig to celebrate
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
So, what are the chances of a mini-meat at Glasto this year then? Who do we have...?

Me
Bailey
H1ppy
JnhoJ
Fish
Sky
3 random Dicks.

Last one to the Cider bus has to drink a shot of their apple brandy and remain blind for the weekend.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Well, I and Dick no. 1 have both received an email confirmation so a miniMeat could well be on the cards...

for line-up rumours look here... looks to be an excellent potential line-up this year!
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
Yup, bring on the mini-meat! Oh I'm so excited!
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
but none of you ever post any more you stupid *****
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
ugh

[ 04.04.2005, 04:04: Message edited by: jnhoj ]
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
lol nad my mum and her boyfriend too, so any beer requests, let me know!
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 

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Originally posted by jnhoj:
but none of you ever post any more you stupid *****

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quote:

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Originally posted by jnhoj:
"work"


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Originally posted by Bailey:
Really? That's good of them! At my work I get friendly ACCESS DENIED messages if I try to look at anything vaguely interesting. Hence all my evening net time now. Btw, Keef, whereabouts do you camp at Glastonbury?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Keef:
Pass me some pear cider.

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quote:

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Originally posted by jnhoj in Digits:
I'm on the slow path to 2. If that's any help.

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I expect jnhoj would.

Damn you all glastonbury goers.
I decided I was too skint to go this year, now regretting that decision of course.

I am on the reserve list to go and pick up litter after all you messy bastards though.

Line up looks pretty good.
Chas and Dave - does it get better than that?
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
My mate Judge and his band will be playing on the marketplace bandstand sometime over the weekend, so to the minimeat list add:

• highly excitable shortarse Indian bloke plus similar(s)

quote:

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Originally posted by Physic:
I'm currently highly tempted by Download 2005, but I doubt that's to most people round here's taste.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Physic:
Download 2005

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Hey. Mooney Suzuki and Mad Capsule Markets. Kewl.
 

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Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
 
I think SOAD are pretty big right now aren't they? Got a pretty glowing review in this weeks Kerrang for some gig they did recently. I think most of that lineup sounds rather good, Lordi and Apocalyptica are both playing, and having seen both of them live in the last few months I can tell you they both rocked my socks off, if Mikee was about I imagine he'd concur. What do you say Thorn, fancy a weekend of moshing and camping?
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
"Bump"

Just over 20 days to go!

How are the preparations going Glasto-goers?
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
That reminds me I need to ask my mate Dick No. 2 where he got his exce army surplus rain poncho.

We are currently thinking of taking black tie stuff with us as then we could get into the Casino after the bands stop.

I'm also thinking shit I didn't do anything to my tent last year after I packed it away soggy on the Sunday afternoon prior to our departure after Muse. It's probably full of mildew and/or rotten through .

Arse.
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Black tie. Yes, I've thought about doing that in the past but never got round to it. You can hire penguin suits at the casino though, I think?
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Do you have your tickets yet H1ppy? They tried to deliver mine on Friday when I wasn't here. No card through the door, no email or phone message. The only reason I know this in fact is because the ticket tracker on SeeTickets.co.uk told me. This SMS company who are delivering them are certainly living up to their reputation for being one of the worst couriers out there...
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Apparently they've tried to deliver mine twice now: Friday and yesterday. I didn't get a card but have had two emails instead.

Unfortunately when you ring the "24 hour" number to rearrange delivery you either get put in a holding queue (10 minutes yesterday afternoon till I gave up) or into the automated system which requires that you dictate the courier reference - and since it's about 20 digits long it's a bit of a farce getting an automated voice recognition system to work out the right number. I may try again now but will otherwise give up and ring tomorrow, alongside the other 60,000 people who will no doubt be doing the same thing.
 

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Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
 
SMS seemed okay to me when they delivered my bad religion tickets this week, didn't leave a card but sent me an email to tell me they'd tried to deliver, I arranged a re-delivery to my work 2 days later via their website and they turned up as promised mid-afternoon in reception, maybe I got lucky?
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
I tried the SMS phone line again at about 10 last night and instead of trying to dictate the reference I got the automated system to look me up by postcode/name/address. I have hopefully arranged for them to deliver the tickets direct into my hot sweaty palm at my work address on "the next available delivery date" which may be today (but is probably tomorrow.)

Fingers crossed! but it's quite hard to type that way.
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
Hey Hippy, if you want to speak to a real live person at SMS, you can call 0870 405 0314. I also had the email telling me they'd put an imaginary card through my door and when I tried to use that automated service I ended up throwing the phone across the room. According to SMS, they're going to "re"deliver my tickets to my boyfriend's work address tomorrow.

Here's hoping, hey?
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Check this... sounds like the usual litany of incompetence. I will see if they turn up to my work address tomorrow, if not I will try that number, thanks Bailey!
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
They are crap, aren't they.

I mean, who creates a web page with a space in the url? That's just poor programming if nothing else.

There's 12 pages of people complaining about tickets here (don't read it if you're slightly nervous about your tickets - lots of horror stories on there). There is also a web page you can fill in for redelivery here if you prefer to use that.

So, are people still up for a mini GlastoMeat™? Thursday afternoon perhaps? Behind the mixing desk at the Jazzworld/Oneworld stage? If you're interested, drop me a mail - keef at talbotk dot com - and we can swap moby numbers and the like.

And, just in case you hadn't heard, Basement Jaxx are standing in for Kylie.

[ 06.06.2005, 16:49: Message edited by: Keef ]
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
[Charlie & The Chocolate Factory] I've got my golden ticket! [/Charlie & The Chocolate Factory]
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Not yet. I phoned Bailey's helpful line yesterday to check since I had arranged for work delivery and was unexpectedly working from home, and was told by an almost incomprehensible Indian guy (call centre, anyone?) that they had scheduled to deliver to said work address tomorrow (i.e. today).

Have they turned up? Have they fuck.
 

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Posted by Bailey (Member # 261) on :
 
My rescheduled delivery for yesterday didn't happen either, Hippy. I rang them up last night and made them promise to deliver them today, and they did. You have to shout at them! Also, they don't seem very bothered about checking ID.
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 

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Also, they don't seem very bothered about checking ID.

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Originally posted by me, not OJ, honest:
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Originally posted by OJ:
Dear Ms. Slough (& Mr. Greenbury in copy)

No doubt you are getting used to ranting messages from customers who have been consistently failed by your company. Whilst I suspect that this message will go to the bottom of an ever-increasing pile and will never see the light of day, I felt that I owed it to myself and to any future customers of yours to add my voice to the list of dissatisfied customers.

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Dear H1ppychick,

It has come to my attention that you have erroneously attributed a hufty letter of complaint to me.

Whilst I am flattered that my reputation for righteous indignation in matters of consumer service has led you to this course of action, I have to inform you that I have no intention of ghostwriting hufty letters at any time in the future.

Yours Guardian-readingly

OJ
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Sorry OJ, I just did a quick quote off one of your posts to get then UBB tags and forgot to change the name to protect the innocent.

According to my 'man on the inside' they are going to move heaven and earth and deliver to me at home this evening.

Watch this space.

BM: you askin'?
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
I'll bring the quail's eggs.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Spiffing.

And: a smiley man has just delivered my tickets. Rah rah rah!
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

The postman had the last laugh after stealing the tickets, replacing them for Focus points and sealing the envelope with his helmet-marmalade.

eta: I am pleased you got them!

[ 09.06.2005, 16:34: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 

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Originally posted by Keef:
So Glasto is next week. Are we going to do the GlastoMeat™ thing?

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Originally posted by fish:
although, having said that, Bailey is the one "in charge".

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I love that you acknowledge that!

Oh and don't forget you're coming down WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

Yeah, mini meat sounds good. I am already going to another boards meet on the Thursday night - maybe we can intermingle?
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Fish, cyi.
 

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Posted by fish (Member # 22) on :
 
Keef cyi

Bailey, will head down straight after work. Any ideas if they close the gates for the night? it would be really shitty to get stuck outside overnight (although presumably we'd be fairly well equipped!).
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Fish, gates open 10am Wednesday and are open 24hrs until 6pm Monday.
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 

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Originally posted by Keef:
Fish, gates open 10am Wednesday

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Originally posted by Keef:
Fish, gates open 10am Wednesday and are open 24hrs until 6pm Monday.

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Cool

So by arriving after midnight, I'll cunningly miss the queues too!
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
You will be 'pitching a tent' in the dark, though.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

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You will be 'pitching a tent' in the dark, though.

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
You will be 'pitching a tent' in the dark, though.

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It pains me to say it, but for the second year in a row, Bailey and her boyfriend will be pitching my tent for me before I arrive.

I just turn up with pack of beers and a spare pair of pants... it's the camping equivalent of a TV dinner.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Is anyone still here who is going or have you all buggered off already? If anyone's there and wants to share details, try hippychickz at yahoo dot co dot uk.

Sorry for the following: it's by way of a rant so that I don't have a major strop at someone that I have to try and coexist civilly with all weekend.

My mates are driving me potty. We'd agreed when we ordered the tickets that we would all take the Thursday off and go down then, firstly to improve our camping options and secondly to be able to chill out before the music starts.

One of the three dicks, (for dicks they undoubtedly are) was apparently talking to the second dick a fortnight ago and expressed reservations about this plan (to which we all signed up 2 months ago). Following this conversation, second dick arranged a work meeting for tomorrow afternoon. I found out about this yesterday.

(Parenthetically, third dick fell over on Sunday and broke his elbow, so now has his arm in a sling and is unsure of attending at all.)

I thought - fine, first dick and I can go down tomorrow during the day and bag a site and second dick can join us later in the evening, coming directly from his (Exeter) meeting. No worries.

First dick now says no he wants to go down not tomorrow (apparently he's 'shopping'), but on Friday for the day only, go back home to Bristol Friday night and come back to Glastonbury on Saturday, camp Saturday night and leave on Sunday.

I managed to calm down after a couple of hours and thought, OK, second dick can come back up to Bristol after his meeting and pick me up and we can go down tomorrow early evening, ready for a full unstressed Friday.

Second dick now thinks why don't we all go down on Friday together.

I therefore am left with three options, none of which is satisfactory. We have two carpark tickets between us, by the way. Third dick, if he comes at all, will have to travel with someone else since he is unable to drive at present.

Crappy option #1: Go down by myself tomorrow and leave them to sort themselves out on Friday. I'd be by myself so that's a no-no.

Crappy option #2: Force the second dick to come back from his meeting, pick me up and we go down tomorrow evening. He will resent this.

Crappy option #3: We all go on Friday and I have to put my foot down to make them leave Bristol before 11 and without eating about 3 leisurely cooked breakfasts. Pick our way through the fields trying to find places to pitch our tents in isolation. I will resent this.

Not a good way to start a 'chillout' weekend :madannoyingfriendsarebastardsfaece:
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
That is annoying

Maybe you should go on ahead your own and meet lots of new friends who are better?
 

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Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
 
I quite like being on my own at festivals and gigs. It means I don't have to justify my behaviour and if I want to go to a different stage or to the bar, I don't have to tell all my mates. And one of them will say "can't you just hang on for 10 minutes". And I will and then when 15 minutes is up they won't want to come and we will have to arrange a meeting place and one of us will forget and we will try and call eachother but one of our phones will be out of battery and I will just wander around, neither watching bands nor getting lashed. No. Go on your own. Fuck them all.

[ 22.06.2005, 09:49: Message edited by: statist ]
 

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Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
 
That is the first time I have ever advised anybody to go to Glastonbury.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
You are a bloke. I am a girl. Despite what people say about pandering to the 'women as victims' culture and how we should be free to walk down an unlit sideroad at 3 in the morning in our underwear without fear of any sort of attack, it's still not quite the same thing being a lone female as being a lone man.

Otherwise I'd agree with you.
 

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Posted by OJ (Member # 752) on :
 
No, hippychick, it's not the same. Men are actually more likely to be attacked than women.

If that's what's stopping you, have you thought of getting one of those piercingly loud alarms for confidence and then going anyway?

Of course, if it were me I couldn't go because I can't drive, which is annoying. But I'm presuming that's not a problem.
 

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Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
 
O, the trump card. I guess I can't beat that

Anyway, I thought Glastonbury was all about peace and love and flowers and being excellent to one another.

Do people pay any more attention to those rape alarms than they do to, say, car alarms? I would hope so, but sadly, I would imagine not. It seems odd now that I think about it, that nobody seems to pay attention to alarms of any kind. Even when there's a fire alarm in the building you are in and there is the possibility that you will burn to death, you still just want the safety officer (i.e. the one that sat just didn't say no loud enough when they were looking for someone to sit through an afternoon of hell) to find the key and turn the damn thing off. And to punch the fucking idiot that set it off.
 

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Posted by fish (Member # 22) on :
 
Hippy CYI - but don't bother replying to it... because I wont be there. I'm heading down to Glastonbury in 30 minutes!!!!

[ 22.06.2005, 12:25: Message edited by: fish ]
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Still at work , but leaving shortly .

OJ, you may well be right that lone men are more likely to be attacked than lone women. However it doesn't feel like that. I can't answer for the men reading this but would postulate that an unaccompanied man walking down a well-lit street after dark doesn't have the same automatic wariness at the approach of another lone man as a woman does.

Because of social conditioning and Daily Mail style horror stories, women are probably more wary of, and made more nervous by, these sorts of threat situations than men and are probably more likely to act to minimise their occurrence as much as possible by voluntarily accepting restrictions on our freedoms and behaviour.

Thus saying that men are more likely to be attacked isn't really starting from a level playing field, is it? Also, it's not just fear of attack that makes women nervous, it's fear of unwanted attention of whichever variety it may be: intimidation, sexual advance, sexist humour.

Theoreticals aside, I'm just saying that personally I wouldn't feel comfortable sleeping in a field with however-many thousand people I don't know without at least one mate there to back me up in case one of those however-many people is a psycho or a mad drunk.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
I'm hoping H1ppy is happily on her way to Glastonbury, and so can't read my story of robbery when they [da robberz] unzipped his tent, stole his goods soundlessly and then just woke him up by stomping on his head.
 

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Posted by OJ (Member # 752) on :
 
I totally agree with you Hippychick - I didn't mean to be dismissive of your fear, just playing devil's advocate to try and encourage you to go. Anyway, I hope you did and are now wandering about searching for falafel stalls in the sunshine.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
You've probably gone already, Hippy, but I'm sure you'll have a great time, especially if you meet up with Bailey, Fish and the Park Home Cru - D and I did last year and it was fantastic.

Be safe and report back to those of us 'unable' to go!
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
lol
 

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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
If it's other people's weather related misfotune you want to sneer at, you could try this on for size.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 

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this

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Originally posted by Black Mask:
lol

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Originally posted by Vogon Poetess:
My friend saw Coldplay at some V festival. Apparently lots of people starting crying due to the "emotional intensity" and it was really embarrassing.

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Hahahahahhh. Personally, I just find Yellow makes me want to pee.
 

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Posted by Thorn Davis (Member # 65) on :
 
I imagine I would cry, if I found myself at a Coldplay gig.
 

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Posted by OJ (Member # 752) on :
 
So would I.

Accidentally heard a Coldplay single on the radio this morning at work in contravention of the strict No Dido/No Coldplay rule operated on all radios controlled by me.

Anyway, I realised that the intro is pretty much the same as the Hollyoaks theme tune . Suddenly the conspiracy all falls into place....

That is unless I'm really thinking of Family Affairs.
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 


From here.
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 

 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
Holy shit - hope those peeps are okay.
Rule 1 of festival camping: uphill is your friend.

 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
Another one for the album:


 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 

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Originally posted by ben:
Rule 1 of festival camping: uphill gardening is your friend.

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*churtleux*
 

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Posted by The Stoat (Member # 813) on :
 
I warned 'em. I told 'em God LIKED it when people could bunk the fence every year.

Wait till you see what he's got in line for when they try to stop people taking drugs on site...
 

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Posted by discodamage (Member # 66) on :
 
since 1993 every glastonbury i have been to has been hot and sunny hot and sunny with an extra paper plate full of hot and sunny served with soggy salad. when im not there the weather is ass on a salver. you can just call me piltonraya the sun goddess. watch me beam for you.

[ 25.06.2005, 09:00: Message edited by: discodamage ]
 

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Posted by Nina (Member # 800) on :
 
Dear BBC3, M.I.A. has many songs and she performs many of them live. All of her songs are not called Galang. Please sort out your coverage of Glastonbury so that you can name songs correctly, hours after they are performed. Love, Nina.
 

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Posted by His Life And Crimes (Member # 796) on :
 
The worst thing about that was smug Jo Wiley saying "That song was called 'Galang', it's great, I've been playing it loads..." Gah!
 

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Posted by Abby (Member # 582) on :
 
Someone I vaguely know came home today or yesterday because his tent and all his stuff got washed away. Apparently there are lots of security guys wading from tent to tent to check for dead people.


 

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Posted by Bamba (Member # 330) on :
 
This Glasto related story amused me. This is a really shit post isn't it? Apologies to Black Mask for chiefing his style.

[ 25.06.2005, 18:55: Message edited by: Bamba ]
 

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Posted by Gail (Member # 21) on :
 
I am waiting for someone to post from actual Glastonbury inna Vikram stylee. If they do we can hate them right?
 

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Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
 


[ 26.06.2005, 03:07: Message edited by: statist ]
 

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Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
 

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Originally posted by Gail:
I am waiting for someone to post from actual Glastonbury inna Vikram stylee. If they do we can hate them right?

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Originally posted by Bamba:
This Glasto related story amused me. This is a really shit post isn't it? Apologies to Black Mask for chiefing his style.

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Originally posted by statist:
That's it, isn't it. Right there. The future of all clubs.

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Originally posted by dang65:
It would also mean that you could take the 'phones off and have a nice quiet chat. And you could order drinks at the bar without having to learn special alcoholic deaf language.

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Originally posted by mimolette:
The band were tops though.

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Originally posted by mimolette:
Why does Brian Wilson need to be there at all? Just 'cos he wrote the songs isn't a good enough excuse to sit up on stage looking pained and, frankly, a danger to the community. His vocals were crap (doubled in one song by the blond guy), he never seemed to touch the black object in front of him, which I'm assuming was a keyboard.

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Originally posted by ben:


I was at an engagement/birthday party yesterday afternoon; when D went to feed Sam I tagged along and we switched on the TV to find Wilson being just totally captivating. At just the moment when God Only Knows What I'd Be Without You builds up an unstoppable head of emotional steam, Sam paused for a breather and did his best "I weally ruv my mummy and daddy" face, and I was on the verge of bursting into tears.

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It's moments like these you'll remember when you're driving him home from the remand centre, begging him to get off the heroin.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 

 

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Posted by Physic (Member # 195) on :
 

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Originally posted by ben:
"I weally ruv my mummy and daddy"

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By the way, what WAS that black thing in front of him? Did he play it at all?

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Originally posted by The Stoat:
I bet Eno's on the phone RIGHT NOW.

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• Kasabian - Clubfoot
• Brian Wilson - God Only Knows
• Baba Maul
• The Teh Killers

• lovely Lauren Laverne

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Originally posted by ben:
That's a difficult question NWoD - I mainly remember Marijne for her stint as an MTV VJ in the early 90s, when she gave even the rotten Ray Cokes and Davina McCall a run for their money in the raging unwatchability stakes

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You sir, are a liar. All Marijne did was introduce different shows and so we only saw her beautiful face and lips talking.

Besides, she makes Lauren look like a bag of horses cocks.
 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
so much so that I had to post it twice

[ 28.06.2005, 07:05: Message edited by: New Way Of Decay ]
 

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Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
 
NWOD - She does deseve a slap for 'SALAD' though you must admit. I have one of those albums somwhere and it ain't good.

I saw her a few times though, in t'flesh and upcloseandpersonal - she had something.

Eden, CAROLIJN LILIPALY (Now reads the news on Dutch TV), Marijne now that was GOOD MTV

(edit) I once spent a whole Kenickie concert sitting on stage looking up Marie's skirt and getting the evil eye off Lauren - Then I insulted Jamie Theakston.
Great !

[ 28.06.2005, 07:16: Message edited by: Darryn.R ]
 

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Posted by MiscellaneousFiles (Member # 60) on :
 
Still gorgeous, a decade on...


 

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Posted by New Way Of Decay (Member # 106) on :
 
Misc did a good job with that picture didn't he?

Ben has just won 50 Mikee fun points for insulting Jamie Deakhon. Well done.
 

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Posted by Darryn.R (Member # 1) on :
 
Good to see when you type in MARIJNE VAN DER VLUGT in Google that your site comes out on top Misc.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 

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Originally posted by New Way Of Decay:
All Marijne did was introduce different shows and so we only saw her beautiful face and lips talking.

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Good to see when you type in MARIJNE VAN DER VLUGT in Google that your site comes out on top Misc.

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Good to see when you type in MARIJNE VAN DER VLUGT in Google that your site comes out on top Misc.

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Misc, explain why that is.

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Lauren pwns Lamearijgne.

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I like Laverne as much as the next indieboy, but van der Vlugt obviously has the better voice.

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Arrived eventually Friday mid-morning after being directed around the outside of the site several times by parking stewards whilst the site was on lockdown. Pitched camp high on a hill (stood a lonely goatherd) thus avoiding the worst of the mud and knee-deep water that remained in some of the lower fields.

Bands/things wot I saw:

Friday
Paul Nathan in the Cabarent tent, quite amusing stand-up and magician, finale involved juggling. Then went to Circus tent and saw an act called (I think) Charles and Haggis, doing a (you guessed it) juggling act. Now have juggle overdose and must lie down in a dark place.
Having delayed going near the slurry in the lower regions, this could no longer be put off, so on to some bands:
The Zutons - knew more of their stuff than I thought. Lovely set. Bouncy saxgirl rules.
The Lovegods - lead singer very rock-chick, excellent performance in the Leftfield tent. Had to drag away my frankly ogling friends to go to:
The Killers - technically superb set and one that I had really looked forward to, however my enjoyment was slightly hindered by a loved-up space cadet bunch of people in front of me in the rather dense crowd who kept hugging each other and dancing on my feet.
The White Stripes - I just don't get the appeal. Dragged along against my will despite a marked preference to go and boogie in the swamp in front of the Other stage to Fatboy Slim.

Saturday
Started off in the Other field after breakfast, saw The Deadbeats, who were just what was required to get me jumping up and down, isasmuch as the mud was prepared to release my feet.
Then to the Pyramid stage for Hayseed Dixie, which I adored but which my friend hated.
Hopped over the the Acoustic set to catch the second half of Martha Wainwright, which I enjoyed although as we arrived she was wailing"got no children, got no husband" which I think inclined my male friends against her.
After sitting in the sun by the real ale tent and supping for a while, we pushed on downhill and along to the Jazzworld stage for The Levellers, where I got to stand behind a very small eccentrically dressed pixie blonde fairy and her equally bewinged small childe in buggy.
Raced back to the Pyramid for the Kaiser Chiefs, who unfortunately clashed with Athlete but won out on the day for us since we have tickets to see Athlete later in the year. (Ditto KT Tunstall who clashed with the Kaiser Chiefs).
My friends then decided they wanted to go and see Chas'n'Dave, so I worked my way to the front of the Pyramid stage to await the coming of Ash, stopping en route to hold hands with several strangers following direct exhortations to this effect from Sir Bob. Much moshing later and after a great set from Ash, I went back tentwards for a brief lie down and clothing adjustment.
Back out in time for Keane who were very heartfelt and overjoyed to be there but whose high girly vocals lent zero power to any blokes attempting a singalong and hence there seemed little crowd participation, at least where I was standing. Caught the beginning of New Order and then made my way through the market place, purchasing additional clothing and socks and a bag of doughnuts and rendezvousing with my friends by the Bandstand to see my friends Banghra (sp?) band called RSVP kick off and energise the shopping punters to some extreme dancing. Slipped away to go and see Coldplay but watched from high up on the field and the strong wind kept blowing the repeater speakers around so the sound kept wafting in and out. Still a great experience although I was so knackered I had to sit on my stool for a lot of it. Didn't see anyone crying.

Despite trying to persuade my mates to go and watch H2G2 in the cinema field, we bailed to bed after this.

Sunday...to follow later if I can be arsed and you're not dead from boredom at this point.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
I've glossed over my comedy bout of diarrhoea, by the way.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
Good skills Hippy - keep it up.

I know what you mean about the White Stripes: saw them last year at Leeds and their stripped-down schtick just gets lost on a big stage. They're very accomplished and all but there's something ghoulishly curatorial about the way in which White shows off his 'broad range of authentic musical influences'. And Meg is a fox and all (brunette London plus beehive) but it's a hella long 90 minutes if her drumming is all you have to look at. Morrissey, who was billed below them, kicked them into a cocked hat.

I note with interest that Seven Nation Army was again saved until very last. Think they realise that's the only way they'd get most of the crowd to stick around till the end.
 

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Posted by The Stoat (Member # 813) on :
 
Ah, Marijne... between her and Cokesy, they totally made MTV for me when I was dolescum. For different reasons, obviously.

Peter Purves Cargo Cult- was that that "Quiet Club" thing? That was cool- I was utterly baked when I went in there and it took me about twenty minutes to realise the patterns on the walls were actually changing.
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
was fun, took acid for the first time, which was immense. Friend had stream through tent, we however survived with waterside features. Incredible! Im going to turn into one of those sutpid ***** who winges on about how good the atmosphere is, and it was
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 

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Originally posted by ben:
Good skills Hippy - keep it up.

I know what you mean about the White Stripes: saw them last year at Leeds and their stripped-down schtick just gets lost on a big stage.

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
I've glossed over my comedy bout of diarrhoea, by the way.

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Originally posted by H1ppychick:
Hopped over the the Acoustic set to catch the second half of Martha Wainwright, which I enjoyed although as we arrived she was wailing"got no children, got no husband" which I think inclined my male friends against her.

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I can kind of understand that. I once heard some whinging bitch sing I need a man to replace my mother.

That put me right off, I can tell you.
 

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Posted by H1ppychick (Member # 529) on :
 
Thanks for the concern, statist, but the diarrhoea was behind me (ahem) by the time that Sunday came around. Speaking of which...

Sunday
Woke up early on Sunday, refreshed and feeling that the day ahead would be a good one. Opened tent to be confronted with a cloudless blue sky and the promise of a lovely sunny day.

Roused my comrades and tempted them from their dens with the lure of breakfast. Mad Cornish Richard decided he fancied a bowl of cornflakes so we traipsed all around the market place until we tracked down the one vendor providing such. I decided on a cheese and onion pasty from the next-door booth. I know which one of us had more energy later on, is all I'm saying. Strange Welsh Richard decided in favour of doughnuts.

Meandered down to Jazzworld in the sunshine just in time to catch the end of The Jaipur Kawa Brass Band. Bumped into my friend Judge of the bhangra band who had, I think, not yet been to bed. Settled on the grass to read the Q Daily paper and wait for the next band, the most excellent Ska Cubano - think Buena Vista Social Club meets Madness and you're about there. The most infectious band I saw all weekend in terms of bonkers crowd reaction and sheer joie de vivre.

As we were nearly there anyway we decided to make our annual pilgrimage to the Green Fields, stopping at Avalon to listen to Seize The Day, and hence gain our "right-on" credentials for the weekend. Peace, man.

Returned via marketplace and falafels to the Pyramid stage to listen to Jools Holland. Strange Welsh Richard decided to bail from the festival at this point, having agreed to be back home by 6pm. This left myself and Mad Cornish Richard to do our own thing.

On from Jools and time for a complete change of pace and style: The Dresden Dolls in the John Peel. Interesting punk piano/cabaret music with a very charismatic front woman. Will consider a purchase.

Returned to tent to lie on airbed outside (the inside having turned into a sauna in the blazing sunshine) for half an hour, before packing up all my associated stuff and bunging it into Mad Cornish Richard's tent till later.

Mad Cornish Richard having run off earlier to watch The Kills, whom he later said were "disappointing", I finished packing in time to catch the second half of Brian Wilson's set. This sounded superb floating over the campsite whilst I was packing up and wasn't a disappointment when I got closer in.

Stayed at the main stage for Garbage. Sat about 50 feet behind the sound stage and watched on screen, since the front of the field looked very busy. Shirley Manson worked extremely hard to try and build some crowd atmosphere and I couldn't work out why till I met up with MCR after the set and he told me that he had been at the front which was relatively empty and had little participation.

MCR and I decided against the main stages for the remainder of the evening and decided on the Acoustic stage as our parting shot. Arrived in plenty of time for Tori Amos, who performed completely solo and simultaneously on both organ and piano (total madskillz) and who was in superb voice. Just a shame I couldn't understand what she was singing most of the time.

And on to the finale: The Beautiful South. I must be getting old to prefer this as a wind-down from the festival to either Basement Jaxx or Ian Brown. In any event, it was a great ending to the weekend: huge levels of crowd singalong, excellent performances all round (with the exception of the male-singer-who's-not-Paul-I-think-he's-called-Dave, who wasn't really in great voice). Totally lovely.

After close of business, got back to MCR's tent, which he packed by moonlight; then spent what seemed like years walking back out to the overflow car park that they had flung the panicking punters into on Friday morning when the main car parks were in shutdown. Got home at 3am after avoiding a couple of car crashes on the motorway presumably caused by tired/emotional festival goers, got into the bath (in which I fell asleep) and finally to bed at about 4am.

Roll on two thousand and, er, seven.
 

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Posted by statist (Member # 806) on :
 
Yay!
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
Well H1ppy, you did far better than me. It wasn't a particularly strong line up IMO and so I didn't really see that much.

Wednesday
Drove from Norwich at 6am, stopped off for a nap while the M25 had rush hour and then again in Bristol for food and drink purchasing. Arrived on site at about 2pm and had camp set up by 6. Everyone had arrived by about 10pm and so just sat around a big fire.

Thursday
Others went walking round the site but as it was scorching hot I decided to sit under the gazebo and drink heavily. In the evening we went for a party at a friend's motorhome overlooking the site and then on to the market areas. We danced somewhere - I have pictures but I've no idea where it was.

Friday
I had seen the storm coming in the early hours so I had taken some precautions but nothing prepared us for Friday morning. Woke up at about 10am to find about 2 inches of water throughout our tent (allthough luckily the bedroom sections of the tent are plastic to about 6 inches from the floor). Some damage limitation for an hour or so and a trip to the car for brollies, wellies and coats meant we only got to see The Zutons in the afternoon. After some food it was off to Royksop and Fat Boy Slim both of which did fantastic sets. Then we had a wander round the dance village and a quick bop in the glade before more drinking round the fire at our camp.

Saturday
Over indulgence in a few naughty things on Friday night, well Saturday morning really, meant I didn't rise until 4pm. Gutted. Missed GLC, Kaiser Chiefs and Ash. All of which I really wanted to see (I also missed Ash in 2002 by my own stupidity). So heard Athlete from my tent and went and saw Hayseed Dixie on the Avalon stage. Next it was New Order on the Pyramid stage with Keith Allen joining them to do that football song they did. Then over to the East-Side Dance tent for Darren Emmerson who was ok but not as good as I was expecting/had been told. Watched the last 30 mins of HG2G and ended the night watching the sun rise over the stone circle field.

Sunday
Due to friends faffing about (this was starting to get annoying as they had been doing this all weekend) we got to the Jazz World stage in time to see the roadies changing the set after Ska Cubano had been on ( ) so just traipsed back to the Other stage to see Cake. Cake were a bit of a let down as they didn't do The Distance or I will survive. Then we met some other friends from Norwich who were getting married in the chapel in the Lost Vagueness field but found they had chickened out when we got there. A wander through the Circus/Cabaret/Theatre fields took us to the back of the Pyramid arena for most of Brian Wilson's set - Was someone surfing on the crowd at the front? Then we went for food and were back in time to see the last couple of songs by Garbage and found a good space for Primal Scream. That Bobby Gillespie - WTF? I had heard he was a bit out of it but that takes the biscuit. Oh how we laughed when they pulled the plug on them. I hear Jo Wiley interviewed him live on BBC3 and asked him if he was looking forward to Basement Jaxx, to which he replied with language to make a sailor blush, all at 7 in the evening. Good thinking Jo. Basement Jaxx finished off the festival for us and they put on a great show, culminating in a crowd pleasing rendition of Where's your head at?.

Monday
Watched lots of people rush about to 'beat the traffic' while we sat around drinking tea and eating chocolate. Packed everything up by 5pm, in the car by 6.30 and on the open road at 8pm. I had wanted to get home in one go but as the vehicle we borrowed was not as fast as I'd hoped I had to make a stop to kip for a couple of hours in Cambridgeshire otherwise I would have fallen asleep at the wheel. Back home at 5am and in bed until 4pm. I'm still knackered and my sleep is all out of sync. I'm getting to old for this I think, good job I have the rest of the week off work.

I should have some pictures online tomorrow afternoon, I'll post a link for you to clicky-clicky.
 

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Posted by ben (Member # 13) on :
 
lol - good old Keef. Excellent work, you guys.

 

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Posted by fish (Member # 22) on :
 
THURSDAY
Arrived just after lunchtime to find that Bailey and co had already pitched our tent, gazeebo etc. Was too hot to sit in the sun, so chilled out on a camper chair in the gazeebo sucking on a couple of beers. Went for a wander around, booked a massage for saturday morning, bought some mushrooms, sucked on a balloon of laughing gas (a bit disappointing), then headed back to the campsite to sit out in the sun for a bit. By late afternoon we decided to name as many ginger people as possible - and reached an amazing 101 (bailey - do you still have the list?). We then decided that it was time to ingest mushrooms.

Started off totally cool. There were giggles, there were tears of laughter. There was a beautiful sunset (I think) there were beautiful eyes in the grass that kept winking at me benevolently. Everything was cool. Everyone was happy. And then it all went a bit Salvador Dali on me...

I started to spiral into the mushroom equivalent of a K-hole. Head in hands. Laboured breathing. Hot. Sweaty. Judging from the looks I was getting, I didn't look good. or was I just being paranoid? is it possible to be paranoid about being paranoid? I was. I then proceeded to totally harsh Bailey's spiritual high and so banished myself from our little communal gazeebo gathering, to melt like hot marshmallow into the comforting cucoon of my sleeping bag and air matress. But alas, all was not well in the swirling Sodom and Gamorrah of my mind. Time switched from linear to cyclical and I slowly got sucked down into a suffocating and spiralling repetative trip. Every five minutes repeated itself again and again stretching out into infinity. Conversations floated around me, lulling and teasing all at once. I tried to reach out and grab one, but it slipped through my fingers and I could only clutch at the heavy and stifling air. I knew I was in trouble. I was sinking deeper. I started to panic but I couldn't move. I was stuck in a repetative trip. The same voices saying the same indistinct things swirled around over my head. I tried to go with it. To savour it. But the repetition was suffocating. boom boom, boom boom, boom boom. Even my heart beat against me, taunting me with its regularity. Now more voices started up. New ones. These weren't my friends, they were the voices of strangers. Excellent. something's changed. Someone come and help me please. But then the new voices changed themselves. They became sinister. Threatening. They were taunting me too. I closed my eyes, trying to blot them out, but they came stabbing through my eyelids and into my brain regardless. I reached out again, clutching for air. This time I found solid ground between my fingers. Earth. It was real. I could feel something real! I clawed with all my might, feeling my fingers slip into the cool firm soil, pulling grass up by its roots. If only someone would pull me in the same way, pull me up out of this dark hole I had slipped into. I can't stop screaming. Am I screaming out loud or just in my head? I bit down on my fingers to make myself stop, but my mouth wasn't even moving. I bit down anyway, savouring the reality of the pain. could I stand up? I stood up. I fell down. Try again? Stand up. Fall down. Stand up. Walk. Falldown. I'm stuck. help. Panic. Calm. Panic. Calm. Repetative. Everything's repetative. boom boom. boom boom. boom boom. "Shutup" someone shouts from deep down in my mind. Am I screaming again? Am I talking to myself out loud? Can people hear my thoughts? That's it. People can hear my thoughts. That's what all the noise is. People want me to stop screaming so they can get some sleep. i should sleep. It must be about 3 in the morning. Everyone can hear me screaming. It's not funny any more. They're getting fed up with me. Oh my god. I'm on TV. The TV cameras have picked me out for the start of their Glastonbury coverage and Colin and Edith are laughing at my writhing and wriggling plight. I try to stand up. Try to look composed. I collapse on the ground again. Sleep. Sleep. It's all in your head. You're still in your tent. Keep calm. When you wake up it will all be over. I'm cold. It's cold in this tent. Why is there grass on my face? Am I waking up? Not yet. What's that?... warmth. Hot, warm, lovely, glowing feeling spreading down my legs and up my belly. MMMmmmmm, that's nice. MMMM, yeah. Mmmmmm....


Oh shit. I've just pissed myself. Ummm, guys, where are we? Sky? yes, I've pissed myself. Embarrassed? No. Just pleased to be alive again. You won't believe the bad trip I just had. Where are we? The Stone Circle????! How the hell did I get here? Who the fuck let me leave the tent?

Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Saw some bands. Declined drugs.

[ 29.06.2005, 08:00: Message edited by: fish ]
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 
Fish and mushrooms. A recipe for top value entertainment. Have a Michelin Star. Or a Bridgestone one might be better.
 

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Posted by London (Member # 29) on :
 
Heh, that's excellent. A similar thing happened to my friend in Amsterdam. He was biting people in search of reality as well, and he pissed himself, several times. He did not know what his body was for any more. How scary!
 

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Posted by jnhoj (Member # 286) on :
 
I had to make sure my friends got to the toilet once on mushrooms, holding hands we trundled to the bushes

ali: have i wet myself

me: not yet

ali: where are we , this looks like leicester

me: plattfields park, manchester

ali: Have I wet myself?

Will: What is cold?

Ali: Have I wet myself

Will: What is cold

Ali: Have I wet myself

They seem to work best when you take a few, wait a few hours, few more, so it's nice and spaced out. and outside, no inside too many close textures. and dont eat before hand, throw uppppppp bad. insects in sick bad.

I think my favourite mushroom story was after a really nice time in the park going into the pub and getting my friend to get me a shandy. Thing is, I thought the bar staff were debating about whether it was too lame a drink to serve to someone, oh lol that was good. Then putting derek and Clyde on in the pub. In fact, i think derek and clyde were theo nly reason that trip stayed sane.

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IM A NIGGER AND I FUCKED A WHITE WOMAN

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And so finishes my time with mushrooms! Saying that, I bought some on friday and I was too tired for them to have any major effect so they just kind of dwindled on at the back of my mind, which was a nice lead into the acid, which imo is how mushrooms should[ happen.
 

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Posted by Keef (Member # 27) on :
 
That sounds like a nasty time you had there on Thursday Fish. At least it was Thursday and you were able to recover and see the bands.

I got me some pictures online -




And there's a some more here and here which my brother and his friend's took.

Edit to show this picture I found:



[ 29.06.2005, 13:57: Message edited by: Keef ]
 

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Posted by scrawny (Member # 113) on :
 
So were Primal Scream any good then? Apparently they can't remember any of it.
 

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Posted by Black Mask (Member # 185) on :
 
Sounds like a pretty shit weekend.
 

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Posted by dang65 (Member # 102) on :
 

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Originally posted by scrawny:
So were Primal Scream any good then? Apparently they can't remember any of it.

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