Electric Picnic 2016 // **Discussion Only / NO Ticket Sales / Requests** //

Had a blast. It’s one of the few times you’ll get to have a dance with the bourgeois media classes on a field in Laois, who of course get in for free, and the great unwashed, who of course get a shake down. 3 days of Peace, Music, and flattering media coverage. It warms the heart.

Highlights:

Mark E Smith lobbing a bottle of piss at Leo Varadkar in the Mindfield area.

A bag of James Murphy’s signature brand Coffee beans being bounced off the frontman of LCD Soundsystem's head as he sang ’Never Had An Edge’ (Mr. Smith, that you?)

Lows:

A group of teenyboppers filling a bong with what looked like some kind of Nivea product in the Jimi Hendrix campsite Monday morning. Curiosity getting the better of me.


All joking aside, I thought Animal Collective were fab.

Still feeling so sad its all over.
I dont understand where that weekend went. It was far too quick this time round.
I want it to be this day last week - can anyone make that happen for me??

Whoever said up thread (sorry - cant bring myself to go looking back right now) that they spent yesterday contemplating what their doing with their life - same. Totally sympathise. I sat in a hot bath for most of Monday evening questioning every decision I've ever made, ever.

So as the fear has slightly began to subside, the obligatory post picnic cold/ flu has kicked in. Spent all night in bed with a box of Kleenex and I HAVE to work today.

On working - I work with money. A lot of money. And I've been doing so for years.

I've just had to use a calculator to work out 6 x 7 because I just couldnt trust myself. Blank mind.

Is anyone still in this sort of state or am I just a complete disgrace??!

everlast75 wrote: »

It's kinda funny, I have suffered with the post Picnic fear as long as I've been going (about 8 years or so) and its only lately am I reading online that others are experiencing it and by a large number too.

I'm relieved that it wasn't just me and some sort of adverse but unique mental reaction to the alcohol. Somehow reading other people's fear is comforting so to answer your question, yes people are in that sort of state and no - you are not a disgrace.

It will be better soon! *sends virtual hug*

I love you.

I think this adequately sums it all up..

Tigger99 wrote: »

I've never enjoyed EP as much as this year so maybe that's why I have this overwhelming sadness that nothing is ever going to be right with the world again. I wasn't drinking a whole pile so can't even blame that. I'm in the absolute horrors today, night sweats all night, have lost my voice and am completely on edge. I'm here with a scarf wrapped around me as it's the nearest I'll get to a hug this morn.

Sweet baby jesus

Great weekend tho

I'm sorry to hear you're feeling this way - genuinely BUT I have to admit to being a horrible person and am comforted by the fact there are so many of us in the same boat...

everlast75 wrote: »

It's kinda funny, I have suffered with the post Picnic fear as long as I've been going (about 8 years or so) and its only lately am I reading online that others are experiencing it and by a large number too.

I'm relieved that it wasn't just me and some sort of adverse but unique mental reaction to the alcohol. Somehow reading other people's fear is comforting so to answer your question, yes people are in that sort of state and no - you are not a disgrace.

It will be better soon! *sends virtual hug*

Were all in it together...im a 43 year old male and i had tears in my eyes yesterday....WTF.

Happy to be back in work today...something i never say

It gets easier, wish i was 20 years younger:mad:

Till next year. We go again

Ken Tucky wrote: »

Were all in it together...im a 43 year old male and i had tears in my eyes yesterday....WTF.

Happy to be back in work today...something i never say

It gets easier, wish i was 20 years younger:mad:

Till next year. We go again

Can we all not just meet up somewhere at lunchtime, not look each other in the eye, not talk to each other- have one big, massive group hug and then f*ck back to work and never mention it ever again?

former total wrote: »

In fairness, camping in the Oscar Wilde campsite and complaining about noise, mess and young fellas being rowdy is a bit mad.

If you're not a noisy, messy, rowdy young fella, then you've no business in there in the first place.

Ah you're right of course. There were plenty around us (in Chaplin), including ourselves being noisy and messy and having the craic etc. Wilde was horrendous last year and I'll happily complain about it. Also met a friend who was camping in Wilde this year and she was genuinely sick at the thoughts of going back - the group of lads next to her were genuinely scaring her.

Like I said here yesterday - we're all at a festival to have a ball. Anyone who complains about a bit of craic is ridiculous BUT I dont see how you can have less fun by sh1tting in a toilet when you need to go - instead of sh1tting around/ in someones tent. I dont know how you can have less fun by simply not pissing on tents/ people or physically hurting someone.

^^ not festival soundness at all imo.
Theres just no need for it.

Again I'll say I camped there and saw no hassle whatsoever. Generally people sitting around drinking cans.
Maybe there were some unfortunate incidents in Wilde but they are being grossly over exaggerated here

Just getting around to summing up my thoughts now.

Wow....what a weekend.

Had major fears about the increased capacity but it didn't really bother me in the end. To be honest I remember Sunday last year being worse for queues / crowds etc than sunday this year.

Stayed in Pink Moon and would never go back to general camping. I'm just getting a little bit older and the handiness of the tents being there / separate entrance to the arena etc are well worth it in my opinion.

Music wise my highlights were the following:

LCD Soundsystem
Super Furry Animals
Editors
Cathy Davey in Hazel Wood late friday night was amazing
Toots and the Maytals was a great start to Sunday
Wild Beasts
Bat For Lashes
ABC were a great fun way to kick off Friday for me

I also saw the Bowie tribute on Friday night closing the Salty Dog. When it was good it was brilliant but my god there was some absolutely awful parts in it as well.

Overall I had one of my better picnics and in general the fears I had about crowd / line up etc were allayed.

Bring on 2017.

Great weekend, the fear has almost fully subsided after 3 days of caning it.
From my hazy, chemical & booze added recollections, Spud Murphy and his band were great (he must have a gaff in Durrow or somewhere now at this stage. Man's been there every year in his ill fitting shirts now for as long I can remember) Tod Terje, the Furys, Le Galaxie, Gallagher, Daniel Avery, Plutonic Dust, Heckling Pat Kenny, the Rubberbandits, Skepta all good. Sitting at fire during the rain in Body & Soul, drinking the hot potin from that stall in the Global green really took the edge off Sunday night.
The little bar behind the salty Dog was great craic too- well worth a visit if you have a pass.
Little Sims is a star in the making, good to hear more hip hop/Grime etc about the place, the sound was a bit iffy for some of the sets though.
I enjoyed the Wild Beasts, but the Editors should have been on later & the main stage- maybe the same slot the Manics got last year?
Laughed my arse off at the millennials having the craic in the Hendrix & Wilde each time I passed through. Be young and be mental lads- we all did it. Maybe go a bit easier on the Special K, it doesn't make you waterproof nor does it allow you to sit in sh1te unscathed.
Only have one minor gripe with some of the music- too much anemic pop. Also Gorgon City and a lot of those other pop house acts all sounded like they were playing Robyn S 'Show me love' from 1993 over and over again (https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/08/show-me-love-90s-classic-track-stonebridge-robin-s
MAd ted.
Off to power house the dirt off the campervan now- see you all in 2017 (minus my kids of course )

scruff monkey wrote: »

There really is no need for that sort of shyte.

I know not every one who camps in there is a git leaving the place looking like WW3 had just happened, but enough of them do for it to look like a fly tippers paradise.

Absolutely. You can clearly see in the right foreground that whoever was there cleaned up after themselves.