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gandalfio

pah wrote: »

Regarding PM i shelled out a ****load of money for a cabin with podpads. It was a treat for me and herself turning 35 having had our 5th kid last year and I had finished my masters.

Double bed with mattresses, sheets, duvet, pillows, cushions, towels, fold out chairs and table. We had 4 mains sockets and ran a 40L coolbox full of cans :cool:. Hadn't been since 2010 and I wouldn't splash out that much again but I'd definitely go with a bellepad for 6 or similar.

Sounds great.
How much did that cost in total?
Does anyone have pics of inside the podpads or pink moon tents? Are they big and spacious enough for two people?
Are the podpads and pink moon tents susceptible to feeling like being in a sauna when the early sun rises?

Mince Pie

pah wrote: »

Regarding PM i shelled out a ****load of money for a cabin with podpads. It was a treat for me and herself turning 35 having had our 5th kid last year and I had finished my masters.

Double bed with mattresses, sheets, duvet, pillows, cushions, towels, fold out chairs and table. We had 4 mains sockets and ran a 40L coolbox full of cans :cool:. Hadn't been since 2010 and I wouldn't splash out that much again but I'd definitely go with a bellepad for 6 or similar.

See now that sounds more tempting than just the pre-erected tents. But I look at those prices and gulp. You could probably buy a caravan and do a few festivals comfortably then sell it at the end of the summer for about the same money.
Parking it is the major issue.

I've given this all a lot of thought cos right now I'm still knackered due to lack of sleep over the weekend.

Ken Tucky

This is the hardest comedown ever..I'm heartbroken it's over.

Herself won't go next year because our 6 yr old missed us. She is my festival buddy...can't do it without her.

I'm actually looking forward to work tomorrow so I can get it out of my head.

Think I need counseling...thanks to all the random decent skins I met along the way. Made my weekend. Nowhere on Earth I'd rather be

Ferris_Bueller

Ferris_Bueller wrote: »

Meant to say actually, what an unbelievable moment when Todd Terje played Stand Back by Stevie Nicks!

He ended with Whitney didn't he??? Or was I that f*cked!

Ferris_Bueller

Kaiden Old Therapy wrote: »

He ended with Whitney didn't he??? Or was I that f*cked!

Yep he either played that last or second last, can remember a good few tunes he played but there was one towards the end that I had no clue what it was. Spiral was absolutely epic about 2 songs in, my favourite song of his.

MadYaker

Didn't he play inspector Norse last?? I was a bit wrecked at that stage but I remember that song

MadYaker

MadYaker wrote: »

Didn't he play inspector Norse last?? I was a bit wrecked at that stage but I remember that song

Deffo wasn't last...it was before Whitney and Stevie nicks im sure.

Prob a pair of us in it!!

Effects

Ken Tucky wrote: »

Herself won't go next year because our 6 yr old missed us. She is my festival buddy...can't do it without her.

Really? Your kid missed her for a few days?
That's why I wouldn't want to have kids.

Reded

chicken foot wrote: »

No, I said I wouldn't chat with most I saw in Hendrix. I didn't see thousands, hundreds maybe? A very small percentage of 50k enough of a percentage for me to get outta Dodge.

I dont care If people are pissed, stoned or high, if you're there for a good time and are mindful and respectful of others then you're good! I didn't see much of that in my tour of Hendrix unfirtunately.



I had great chats with people, im not impartial to a drink and a bit of dancing, I just can't cope with angry scumbags.

Completely agree! There is too much tolerance for destructive behaviour at EP it's getting worse people have no respect for themselves, property or the environment - I love EP regardless of line up but I can't stand this side of the festival. Hendrix is Armageddon!!!! Organisers need to get tougher and ID all the kids coming in and refuse entry. there were hundreds of u-18's there off there heads and generally pushing through crowds to stage! We partied all week and didn't bother a soul - all that was left behind us was s few flattened earthworms!!😉

Another Moan is the thumping sounds from logic and sound atlas distorting the sounds in particular at Jerry fish stage! It was like a battle of the performers - so unfair on artists! But will that change? I doubt it!!! €€€€€

Anyway, I'm wrecked today and have post festival blues...! Had to crawl back into work yesterday at 12:30 was not pleasant!!!!!

Fatfrog

I'm a bit tender today..back to work.. I feel like crying every now and then. Im considering my life choices, am I with the right person... in the right career....?? Pure depression talking I know will pass.

Landed late Friday due to a wedding, managed to get pitched just as darkness fell, camped in Chaplin which was A1, close to the red car park + relatively close to the arena. Uncramped, chilled seemed to be a 30+ crowd who actually didn't just **** the rubbish right outside their tents! By Monday bar the odd group, there were lovely spots of actual GREEN grass.

Managed to get to see the chems, seen them a few times at this stage and they didn't disappoint. Did a bit of a wander but wasn't fit for much more hit the tent.

Kicked Saturday off with Trinity Orchestra, the Bowie tunes kept coming I was loving every minute. Chachacha changes...
Caught Elephant on the body and Soul main stage, seriously impressed tight band! Followed by John Conneely, obvious talent but I felt he whored himself out too much on the cover versions.
I sat and scooped the face of my self with pints for a few hours, a mate got pulled by under cover cops for smoking a spliff, taken off him + slap on the wrists.

Jerry fish easily had the worst MC between acts while i waited for Engine alley, I've never wanted to punch someone so much!!
Beer run and back for Noel Gallagher, not that interested in his solo stuff but his band are incredible, it was great to hear the Oasis stuff.
LCD WERE AMAZING it was a party, I was chatting to x2 girls in the crowd who hadn't heard of them and they had time of their lives.
The rain wasn't too bad actually on Sat night (I found Sunday night far worse)
I forced the craic for another few hours at various tents and stages but the earlier pintage had caught up with me
Back to the tent but it was like a bad dream was met by a wall of spiders webs inside the tent, the rain had driven hundreads of the week ****ers in..


Sunday was one of the clashless Sundays I've ever experienced at the EP, I don't know if thats good or bad..!

Toots was pure class , caught a bit of local Natives, nice clean sound. Wolf Alice I was looking forward to most on Sunday, but the sound was atrocious!!! I was close to the front in centre. They have lovely soft sound followed by much harder riffs, it's a great contrast that works well on the album, but it was just muffled by the poor sound

New order were just OK, I love their stuff and sound and everything was fine, but they came across as bland as fk, the female playing the keyboard looked about as miserable as I am today.

The rain was quite heavy, ive never seen so many people unprepared! There was what looked sisters, one was about 10 the other about 14, standing in a queue for food, it was dark and lashing rain and both were in Tee-shirts, that really bothered me!! I gave the smaller one a poncho.

Caught in a time warp at some point, all of a sudden it was after 12, I wanted to go a swoon on Lana but had pretty much missed her! To Ezra Furman, can fault him but as someone else else pointed he was just annoying!! Didn't look like he was enjoying the gig at all.

Highlights;
LCD
Toots
the Warhol reflective room in Hazelwood

Lows:
Human ****e on the walk way through Wilde
Missing most of Friday
Spider attack
Seeing poor helpless kids in the lashing rain.

Fatfrog

My phone tells me I walked 43km over the weekend!! That's a marathon, on minimal sleep + wellies

MJohnston

Fatfrog wrote: »

Human ****e on the walk way through Wilde

So that wasn't just my imagination then! The whole campsite was reeking of human excrement.

Swashbuckler

Wrecked! Have enjoyed reading people's highlights and thoughts on the weekend. While I was a bit apprehensive about the lineup I really really had a great time. As someone said earlier a lot depends on who you go with and I had a great bunch.

Saw loads..Probably too much!

Highlights:
Le Galaxie. Jam packed and deserved a bigger stage. Phenomenal.
Jenny Green and the Orchestra. Have to say I really enjoyed it.
Dublin Gospel Choir. Never gonna miss that again.
New Order. Loved the whole set.
LCD what I saw was excellent.

Lowlights:
Sound quality was an issue in a few different places. Body & Soul mainstage on Friday night for Motherx and All Tvvins was very bad. Same for Wolf Alice.
Weather was a shame but f*ck it. Wellies and poncho.
Went to see some ****e bands as a compromise with the gang I was with which is no biggie I guess.
The age profile definitely seems to have dropped. Some worryingly young looking lads and girls fairly pissed off their heads.

Stayed in Pink Moon again. Would not stay anywhere else. Walked through a couple of the other sites and they were shocking bad. The comfort of Pink Moon is worth it. And the people are very chilled.

All in all a great weekend. Will be buying Friday and hopefully will make it to next year's. One thing I would like to do is spend more time in Trench town and Body and Soul area. Love the vibe up there.

dirkmeister

Highlights for me were LCD Soundsystem and an absolute belter of a gig from Otherkin.

Feelgood story:My friend lost his phone Friday night,rang it on Saturday morning and a lad answered it who said he'd meet him once the rain cleared off.
By that time the phone was turned off and my friend assumed the phone was gone for good.
He chanced lost and found on Sunday morning and the phone had been handed in....goes to show that there ARE decent people left in the world!!

Lowlights: The behaviour of a group of lads in the Oscar Wilde site p!ssing on tents at 4:30pm on Saturday.

F*cking pr!cks.

SligoBrewer

MJohnston wrote: »

People giving out about people bringing kids - leave it out. Electric Picnic has always been a festival designed to be family friendly (hence the free entry for U-12s) and indeed, when I first started going in 2005, it was one of the biggest things that appealed to me about the festival - it was relaxed, friendly, and artistic enough to be a great place to bring some kids. Maybe you think kids only listen to ****ty pop music, or like to watch iPad cartoons? Well, good luck raising yours then, but that's not the way everyone wants to do it. Me and my wife brought our 10 week old, and he loved it - he was more relaxed than he ever has been at home, and the amount of new sights and sounds he had to experience will help his development greatly. He really enjoyed the campervan experience too! We brought little baby ear protectors to keep his hearing safe, and he was in a baby carrier which let him sleep all he wanted (and he did plenty even in the main arena) - when you have kids you'll understand that they'll sleep anywhere they want to, those little toddlers sleeping in the pull along carts are just as happy as if they were in a real bed. In short, some parents want their children to have broad horizons and EP in the past has been a perfect place to show them that. Seeing a few people mashed off their donkeys on whiz-whaps isn't going to break their brains, they'll ask you whats going on, and you'll explain, and maybe when they get a bit older, they'll not think of drugs as some rebellious act of teenagehood.

In short - the day EP becomes too unfriendly to bring kids along is the day that it has changed far too much for the worse.

A 10 week old? Are you actually for real?
You can delude yourself all you want about developmental sights and sounds but what you did is irresponsible.

Ken Tucky

Effects wrote: »

Really? Your kid missed her for a few days?
That's why I wouldn't want to have kids.

Well I will need somebody to go with in a few years, get with the program man!!!

CiarraiAbu2

Anybody get to overhead the albatross, had to give up at 12.

MJohnston

SligoBrewer wrote: »

A 10 week old? Are you actually for real?
You can delude yourself all you want about developmental sights and sounds but what you did is irresponsible.

No, it is not, but you believe what you want to.

judgefoozle

We brought our kids - age 6 and 9. Neither knew what to expect and we hadn't planned on bringing them until a week or two beforehand.

The odd time we could sense people looking at us with a "what-the-f***-did-you-bring-those-for-you're-ruining-MY-buzz" look but they were in the extreme minority.

Really, we didn't know what to expect bringing kids either - but glad we did, looking back. I'm wrecked as it is, so I can only imagine the trauma I'd be going through now if we gone on our own, partying hard.

The family campervan site was good and close to the entrance. Awnings were not a problem - we were asked how much space we needed for ours before parking. Staff once inside the arena generally hadn't a clue what was going on, or where things were - so after being sent the wrong direction or met with blank faces a few times, we gave up on them.

Soul Kids... I don't get it and the kids didn't seem to either. There's not much going on there - maybe it's a nice novelty if you live in a city or don't get to hang out with your kids much in the open air, but was really disappointing as I was expecting a lot from it.

Family Swimming - weather was against us, but would have been nice to try. Hot showers and fancy toilets were deadly in the family campervan site. Friendly neighbours too - we shared a few beers and had a laugh.

Last time I was at EP was 5 years ago - and with the increased capacity, there's not as much space to just sit down and hang around without being in the way of streams of people. You don't want that to be just in the Body & Soul area - it's great when it's possible all over.

Once inside the arena, hard not to spend money. 26yoyo for 4 pints is madness. Security were more than sound once they saw you had kids - I had one guy say "open your bag, but I'm not going to go through it". I opened it and showed him a plastic water bottle filled with red wine and two wine glasses. He just said "go on,ye've kids!" Happy Days! So I drank a good amount of wine on Saturday....

Carnival was great but pricey - can't beat going up in the big wheel to see the scale of it all. 20euro a pop for a family of four on most things. Fossetts circus was the winner and FREE - anyone with kids there next year, make sure to visit. There was a really cool laser show at it.

Music wise, I saw a decent selection all considering - sets seemed to be very short for a lot of them though. Got to see LCD soundsystem which I didn't think would happen, so I was happy. Hit the road Sunday evening, weather was mank and we were all wrecked so nothing to be gained from staying any longer.

Anyone annoyed with seeing kids around, I think I get it - it's an escapism weekend, you don't want any sense of reality creeping in.

I'm hoping that from the looks my 9 year old was giving some of the manky, bowsy drunks, there's a chance she'll shy away from making a sh*t of herself at concerts in the future. We also went through one of the main campsites to find portaloos... that was shocking, I don't know how/why people would stay there - Oxegen wasn't that bad, was it??? If I had seen that when I was young, it might have made an impression on me and led to a few quieter years in my 20's... but that didn't happen un/fortunately

Anyone considering bringing kids next year - it's a nice chance to hang around with them in unusual surroundings. I don't think I will do it again with them - mainly because of the cost and how Soul Kids didn't live up to expectations. For the amount we spent, you'd probably get ferry & accom for the likes of a week in Wales with the kids.

I will be buying early birds though... just in case.

And editing to add:
The Electric Ireland Dance Off Tent was a good laugh - hope they have this again next year.

Also re: kids - we brought a garden cart to make sure we could make the later gigs like Noel Gallagher. So they slept and we could stay out until 11ish. Highly recommended!

MJohnston

judgefoozle wrote: »

The odd time we could sense people looking at us with a "what-the-f***-did-you-bring-those-for-you're-ruining-MY-buzz" look but they were in the extreme minority.

Heh, must admit I enjoyed getting that look just a little bit!

georgiecasey

georgiecasey wrote: »

I was giving out loads about the lineup and I still think it was bad and going to be worse next year probably, but I should have jsut went the full weekend. There was loads of cheap tickets last week. All weekend I was FOMOing bad and I decided to pick up 2 Sunday tickets in Limerick. I sold one in Galway Saturday night when no friends would go at late notice (bunch of losers!) and driving home 2fm played 'all my friends'. I'd to turn the radio off!

so headed up Sunday and it was great. saw talos, frankie cosmos, bit of animal collective (anyone got a setlist?), new order and skepta.

• lineup was bad enough that I finally checked out Mindfield and the comedy tent for the first time in 6 attempts! i can't help but feel contempt for the geriatrics who look like they're camped out for the weekend there! if you don't like music, don't come to a music festival!
• again attempted to try out Kinara kitchen but the queue is just too long. got some lovely stuff in Saba instead.
• i've never seen a bigger crowd outside a tent than Rankin's wood when i was at frankie cosmos. was trying to figure out who it was from reading here and i think it was picture this. fair play to them, Irish and all.
• couldn't understand how i spent so much, and i never checked my change. was probably shortchanged. pisses me off as i sometimes tip as well! i'd hate that i tipped someone who already robbed me!
• spent the rest of Sunday night in B&S and it was as good as ever, chatted to load of randomers. eventually the rain soaked through my jacket and it was cold as well. it was that hazy kind of rain that absolutely soaks you. i headed back to my hotel around 3am I think. even my jocks were soaked! that feeling jumping into that warm, dry bed with a fresh pair of jocks ahhhhhhh. €129 well spent
• i didn't really mind the extra crowds, it never seemed that packed. but a previous poster mentioned the old way of hanging out with friends outside Electric Arena or one of the other tents! that's such a distant memory, impossible now with the crowds.
• song of the festival was Your Silent Face. 3rd time seeing New Order and I was hoping they'd play more of the new album as I think it's class. but i suppose that's what you get with a festival set.
• despite the rain the ground held up spectacularly. stradbally always had good drainage. compare it to the slugfest of the mud at Body&Soul festival this year which was no fun.
• there was A LOT of Tipperary jerseys going around the Sunday. i thought it was tradition to never show matches at EP with people having to go into Stradbally. not complaining at all, just shows that the festival has changed

so i'm def buying tickets this Friday and going full weekend again next year. i'll go every year until they get rid of the Body&Soul area, that'll be the final straw

Why do people have such an issue with the amount of tipp jerseys? Are people not allowed enjoy music and gaa?

declanleo

TherapyBoy wrote: »

Le Galaxie I think. Any night that ends with Underworld is a good one in my book!

ahhhh thats where i was at 3am saturday

asteroids over berlin

MJohnston wrote: »

No, it is not, but you believe what you want to.

Course it is! far too young

declanleo

Someone said further back that Melvin Benn stated a guitar band will headline next year to which someone said,Radiohead. I personally think it will be the Kings of Leon. I'm waiting until the line up to decide on my participation as i thought this year was pretty low on must see acts. I had a good time as usual but after 11 years and some fantastic acts over the years i need a better line up.

MJohnston

MJohnston wrote: »

SligoBrewer wrote: »

A 10 week old? Are you actually for real?
You can delude yourself all you want about developmental sights and sounds but what you did is irresponsible.

No, it is not, but you believe what you want to.

I fully agree MJohnson, and you can do without the misguided judgementalism offered to you.

scruff monkey

declanleo wrote: »

Someone said further back that Melvin Benn stated a guitar band will headline next year to which someone said, R-word. I personally think it will be the Kings of Leon. I'm waiting until the line up to decide on my participation as i thought this year was pretty low on must see acts. I had a good time as usual but after 11 years and some fantastic acts over the years i need a better line up.

Thought it was one of them plays guitar? I really hope it's not Kings of Leon though if it was it would keep a tent nicely for a decent band (see SFA vs Chemical Bros.)

Anyone got a linky to said interview?

MJohnston

asteroids over berlin wrote: »

Course it is! far too young

Never too young, sure he'll be having his first yokes in a couple of months at Metropolis festival. Mad into Moderat so he is.

scruff monkey

MJohnston wrote: »

Never too young, sure he'll be having his first yokes in a couple of months at Metropolis festival. Mad into Moderat so he is.

You have obviously failed as a parent, any right thinking child would be gagging for Grace Jones.

JamieHP

Wasn't there but I was just listening to Jenny Greene's set with RTE CO wonder are they going to do another show like the way Pete Tong is doing a few dates in the UK with it, would be really great to see something like that in the point, would sell quite well too.

LG1234

How come the chemical brothers went off for an encore, they usually play right through? They did that instead of playing Believe which was annoying. Great set otherwise, escape velocity was incredible and the crowd went nuts for it