There really are some great acts this year, just watched the Zutons
, roll on the White Stripes 
Glasto
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I am sitting indoors and enjoying Glasto on BBC3 (cant be done with all that camping shite) and I have just seen a Hartnoll Bro in the crowd watching Fat Boy Slim. Dont know which one it was tho, get them both mixed up.
There really are some great acts this year, just watched the Zutons , roll on the White Stripes
There really are some great acts this year, just watched the Zutons
, roll on the White Stripes You look real great.
In bloodstains.
In bloodstains.
Yeah, I thought I saw an Hartnoll as well as Chris Moyles. Enjoyed Royksopp but the sound wasn't as crisp as it could have been. Do you think we'll see Mylo??!! White Stripes just sound great. I love the fact that we can love programmed electronic music and raw guitar/drums of the Stripes as well.
And will we get to see the 'headphone disco' thing they said they would do after midnight?
Andy
And will we get to see the 'headphone disco' thing they said they would do after midnight?
Andy
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Adam and I had a great time at Fatboy Slim, right up at the front. They gave away these Palookavision glasses that made all the lights look like smiley faces...andyneilg wrote:And will we get to see the 'headphone disco' thing they said they would do after midnight?
The silent disco was fun in a cheesy laugh at it sort of a way, mainly due to the music that was on the night that we went. There was a mad crush to get in (limited numbers of headphones) so I didn't feel like checking it out a second time, really. Met one of the Chemical Brothers there.... and then was stupid enough to forget to ask if they were doing a second set as rumoured. Oops.
Ok, I should really keep my Glasto commentary to one thread!
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all the tv coverage is bound to end up on the net before too long (if it's not already). am looking forward to checking it out.
i never made it to the silent disco, would have liked to give it a go out of curiosity but not too fussed. i was loving the new dance village, plenty of choice within easy stumbling distance (rather than the usual half-hour hike between stages).
i ended up seeing fatboy slim, wasn't my first choice but i decided i wanted to go party with the mates who were already there rather than see someone else on my own... was good fun, i liked the big visuals with him in his booth in the middle, and there were some great tunes. i'd been in the pussy parlure (weird cheesy funny little place in the dance village) and they'd played walk like an egyptian, then fatboy played a remix of it later...
saturday headliner i saw dreadzone, didn't know their stuff before but from what i'd heard i really wanted to check them out - good choice, they were really wicked. the crowd went absolutely mental for them when they finished, and wouldn't stop asking for an encore - one of the guys from the band came back on stage and said something, but the sound system was off by this point so you couldn't hear him over the cheering, he went off again and the crowd kept right on screaming and whistling 'til eventually another band member managed to persuade the sound guys to turn the mic on, and he said they couldn't play any more 'cos of licensing
sunday headliner saw basement jaxx - was only really into a few of their tunes, but it was a good fun show and a nice way to round it off with mates. i thought their kylie cover was very well done.
i saw loads more fantastic bands and loads more weird and wonderful things, but for now i'm going back to bed
i never made it to the silent disco, would have liked to give it a go out of curiosity but not too fussed. i was loving the new dance village, plenty of choice within easy stumbling distance (rather than the usual half-hour hike between stages).
i ended up seeing fatboy slim, wasn't my first choice but i decided i wanted to go party with the mates who were already there rather than see someone else on my own... was good fun, i liked the big visuals with him in his booth in the middle, and there were some great tunes. i'd been in the pussy parlure (weird cheesy funny little place in the dance village) and they'd played walk like an egyptian, then fatboy played a remix of it later...
saturday headliner i saw dreadzone, didn't know their stuff before but from what i'd heard i really wanted to check them out - good choice, they were really wicked. the crowd went absolutely mental for them when they finished, and wouldn't stop asking for an encore - one of the guys from the band came back on stage and said something, but the sound system was off by this point so you couldn't hear him over the cheering, he went off again and the crowd kept right on screaming and whistling 'til eventually another band member managed to persuade the sound guys to turn the mic on, and he said they couldn't play any more 'cos of licensing
sunday headliner saw basement jaxx - was only really into a few of their tunes, but it was a good fun show and a nice way to round it off with mates. i thought their kylie cover was very well done.
i saw loads more fantastic bands and loads more weird and wonderful things, but for now i'm going back to bed
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Geography Group B! We survived!
Cider bottles littering the Jazzworld field
Kelvin propping up the stove
Dancing in the Glade
Looking down the path from our camp
Flooded market area
I think this guy had had enough
Beautiful evening at the Pyramid Stage
http://www.sullen.org/gallery/june2005 - more in there
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my photos are all up here if anyone fancies a look - i'm the one in the hat on the first page (i lost my hat on saturday 
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sorry i didn't meet up with the loopz crew, i already had about 4 different sets of people to coordinate between - also my geography skills were always more group c level
).sorry i didn't meet up with the loopz crew, i already had about 4 different sets of people to coordinate between - also my geography skills were always more group c level
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I've uploaded all of my photos here:
http://www.axeuk.com/photos/glastonbury/
There's some videos as well, of canoeing and mud wrestling. It was certainly the weather for it.
I'll be embellishing the photos with some kind of diary-type thing over the next few days, so I don't forget it all.
http://www.axeuk.com/photos/glastonbury/
There's some videos as well, of canoeing and mud wrestling. It was certainly the weather for it.
I'll be embellishing the photos with some kind of diary-type thing over the next few days, so I don't forget it all.
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The National Post, Canada, Saturday June 25, 2005 - page A13
Music fans make the best of it
Site of Glastonbury festival under a metre of water and mud
By Peter walker
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND
The Glastonbury festival began yesterday with its traditional mix of the very best in music and the very worst of British weather, as freak storms caused flooding and delayed the start of the three-day event.
Many of the nearly 150,000 people gathered on Worthy farm in Somerset, southwest England, where the festival has been held since 1970, arrived on Thursday dressed in skimpy summer wear following several weeks of hot weather.
They were then treated to a series of overnight thunderstorms that left much of the 320-hectare site under a metre of water and mud.
The inundation forced organizers to postpone the start of the music on a series of stages for several hours while water was mopped up and experts checked electrical connections.
A temporary bar housed in a large tent was struck by lightning, scorching a hole in the canvas. It was not in use at the time, and no one was hurt.
One entire area of the festival, housing the dance music field, was shut down completely for much of yesterday because of the severe flooding.
Around the site, revellers who had gone to bed late Thursday in balmy, dry weather awoke to find rivers of mud pouring through their tents. Others, arriving in the morning, desperately serached for dry spaces amid the puddles to make camp.
"Let me see: I've travelled all night, spent a fortune on the ticket, looked forward to it for months and now I've got to camp in a swamp. But that's Glastonbury, isn't it?" said one man, summing up the festival's famous spirit.
Others were having a better time of it.
"We love the rain. We sold out of wellies [boots] hours ago, and the raincoats will be gone soon," beamed the owner of a camping equipment stall, surrounded by crowds eager to stock up on wet weather gear.
The good news for those who spent $280 on tickets to see the likes of headliners Coldplay and the White Stripes was that the rest of the weekend was forecast to be dry.
"Two inches of rain in just a few hours mean that the festival will be a muddy one from now on, but the forecast is good," said Michael Eavis, 69, who has run the festival on his farm for 35 years.
Along with hundreds of rock and pop groups, Glastonbury, one of the biggest music festivals in the world and perhaps the best-known, is renowned for the breadth of alternative entertainment on offer.
In keeping with its hippy roots, other fields contain tents hosting comedy, poetry and cabaret, as well as political discussion, alternative remedies and even a pagan stone circle.
Agence France-Presse
Music fans make the best of it
Site of Glastonbury festival under a metre of water and mud
By Peter walker
GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND
The Glastonbury festival began yesterday with its traditional mix of the very best in music and the very worst of British weather, as freak storms caused flooding and delayed the start of the three-day event.
Many of the nearly 150,000 people gathered on Worthy farm in Somerset, southwest England, where the festival has been held since 1970, arrived on Thursday dressed in skimpy summer wear following several weeks of hot weather.
They were then treated to a series of overnight thunderstorms that left much of the 320-hectare site under a metre of water and mud.
The inundation forced organizers to postpone the start of the music on a series of stages for several hours while water was mopped up and experts checked electrical connections.
A temporary bar housed in a large tent was struck by lightning, scorching a hole in the canvas. It was not in use at the time, and no one was hurt.
One entire area of the festival, housing the dance music field, was shut down completely for much of yesterday because of the severe flooding.
Around the site, revellers who had gone to bed late Thursday in balmy, dry weather awoke to find rivers of mud pouring through their tents. Others, arriving in the morning, desperately serached for dry spaces amid the puddles to make camp.
"Let me see: I've travelled all night, spent a fortune on the ticket, looked forward to it for months and now I've got to camp in a swamp. But that's Glastonbury, isn't it?" said one man, summing up the festival's famous spirit.
Others were having a better time of it.
"We love the rain. We sold out of wellies [boots] hours ago, and the raincoats will be gone soon," beamed the owner of a camping equipment stall, surrounded by crowds eager to stock up on wet weather gear.
The good news for those who spent $280 on tickets to see the likes of headliners Coldplay and the White Stripes was that the rest of the weekend was forecast to be dry.
"Two inches of rain in just a few hours mean that the festival will be a muddy one from now on, but the forecast is good," said Michael Eavis, 69, who has run the festival on his farm for 35 years.
Along with hundreds of rock and pop groups, Glastonbury, one of the biggest music festivals in the world and perhaps the best-known, is renowned for the breadth of alternative entertainment on offer.
In keeping with its hippy roots, other fields contain tents hosting comedy, poetry and cabaret, as well as political discussion, alternative remedies and even a pagan stone circle.
Agence France-Presse
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I'm sorry I didnt get a chance to meet up with yowse this year. Had every intention to, but due to network connections and me being wasted throughout most of the event, oh yeh and the weather I just didnt get the chance (I think I spotted Trom in the Glades on Sat Afternoon) briefly heard from Dave Mac and thought I might bump into a few of you around the dance village/glade areas.
Well I loved every minute of it, although my calves still ache and I just cant seem to get all the mud off my toes!!
Got to see the sunrise from the stone circle every night...met some bizarre people too.
I "mainstreamed" it this year, watching all the headline acts on the Pyramid stage. I enjoyed them all immensly but the older I'm getting, the less I can handle being shoved around
Atomic Hooligan blew me away as did The magic numbers...
But the most enjoyable part for me is and has always been wandering around greenfields/lost Vagueness and other such areas and stumbling on the little parties going on... we saw an incredible band who were on in the lost Vagueness field at about 3-4am on Sunday night/Monday morning.
I think they were called something like the "Carnival Collective" and there were about 25-30 people, most of them on percussive instruments banging out some very very good tunes... their interpretation of Drum and Bass was fantastic, so engrossing to watch and an incredible stage prescence.
All in all another top weekend
Well I loved every minute of it, although my calves still ache and I just cant seem to get all the mud off my toes!!
Got to see the sunrise from the stone circle every night...met some bizarre people too.
I "mainstreamed" it this year, watching all the headline acts on the Pyramid stage. I enjoyed them all immensly but the older I'm getting, the less I can handle being shoved around
Atomic Hooligan blew me away as did The magic numbers...
But the most enjoyable part for me is and has always been wandering around greenfields/lost Vagueness and other such areas and stumbling on the little parties going on... we saw an incredible band who were on in the lost Vagueness field at about 3-4am on Sunday night/Monday morning.
I think they were called something like the "Carnival Collective" and there were about 25-30 people, most of them on percussive instruments banging out some very very good tunes... their interpretation of Drum and Bass was fantastic, so engrossing to watch and an incredible stage prescence.
All in all another top weekend
