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Which we lost...

usernick wrote:Thankfully, I was at Glastonbury that day, watching the football in a big crowd!

a big crowd? the biggest football crowd ever, apparently

Nah, it's only Soccer in America - football everywhere else in the world!

Actually Nick that's not strictly true. Anywhere association football is not the major field sport it is called soccer. Here and Australia spring instantly to mind. We have Gaelic Football and to us we drop the Gaelic. Australia has Aussie Rules, or footie in the vernacular. I have a feeling tis' the same in Sth Africa where thanks to apartheid, rugby until recently was the predominant field game.

legspin wrote:

Nah, it's only Soccer in America - football everywhere else in the world!

Actually Nick that's not strictly true. Anywhere association football is not the major field sport it is called soccer. Here and Australia spring instantly to mind. We have Gaelic Football and to us we drop the Gaelic. Australia has Aussie Rules, or footie in the vernacular. I have a feeling tis' the same in Sth Africa where thanks to apartheid, rugby until recently was the predominant field game.

Very true! Everywhere else in Europe, it's known as football, though?

Ah well, doesn't matter - we still lost that day, but it was a good crowd!

Voetbal!

well, i actually watched that game to in brixton on thursday...
and i'm not even a voetbal fan!

Speaking of Meltdown, this year's event (as curated by Patti Smith) has just been announced:

Yoko Ono (Queen Elizabeth Hall, June 17)
Rachid Taha with special guest Patti Smith (Royal Festival Hall, 17)
Songs Of Innocence, Protest Songs and Lullabies, Feat. Patti Smith, Beth Orton, Sinead O’Connor, Kristin Hersh plus more (Royal Festival Hall, 18 )
Billy Bragg (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 18 )
Steve Earle and Patti Smith (Royal Festival Hall, 19)
The Coral Sea 0 Text: Patti Smith Music: Patti Smith, Kevin Shields, Cat Power (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 22)
A homage to Bertolt Brecht. Feat. Patti Smith, Antony, Dresdon Dolls, Marc Almond, Neil Finn, Tim Finn, London Sinfonietta and more (Royal Festival Hall, 23)
Antony And The Johnsons (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 24)
Patti Smith performs Horses with Special Guest John Cale (Royal Festival Hall, 25.)
SONGS OF EXPERIENCE The work of Jimi Hendrix and the music that inspired him Feat. Patti Smith, Jeff Beck, Flea, John Frusciante and more (26)

That Jimi Hendrix one sounds good, as well as The Coral one (featuing Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine)

Yes nick, kevin shields is indeed a bit of a legend.

Great memories of a fantastic band.
Actually, they seem to have spawned a few clones in recent years.