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Electric Picnic : Aftermath
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Highlights:
The Orb on Sunday night in the lashing rain. Absolutely blew me away.
Laughing at people sliding down the bank in body and soul area during the orb. Hilarious.
The comfy crapper and being camped pretty close to it. Made a huge difference to my weekend. Its sad that they arent making much money and wont be back next year
Thisispopbaby, lost vagueness, arcadia and that whole area lots to see there.
Body and Soul Area
Rob Hood, Dan Deacon, Ulrich Schnauss, Dark Room Notes
The Food
The general carnival atmosphere with those brazilian drummers and the dinosaurs on stilts.
Lowlights.
Getting soaked at the orb and returning to my tent to find it flooded and everything wet.
Trying to get some sleep in said tent
The Dance village. Bodytonic area just seemed to be an afterthought this year. I did more dancing up around that Arcadia thing (with exception of Rob Hood).https://subscriptions.boards.ie
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seanironmaiden wrote: »anyone catch The Breeders on Saturday? wasnt at the festival myself as I was just flying back from Scotland saturday afternoon. I stopped inside the airport to help a woman who's bags had fallen off her trolley and looked up to find I was being thanked by none other than Kim Deal ( Pixies, Breeders ). Had a nice chat with her as we were both walking out towards the busses. They were heading straight to EP. So pissed off I couldnt go down she kept saying I should come down which made it worse.. She was real nice. Would love to hear what their set was like and what stage / time they were on
:eek: You lucky bastard!!
I didn't go to to EP but if I had, The Breeders would have been #1 on my list of bands to see. I'm kinda regretting not having gone
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seanironmaiden wrote: »anyone catch The Breeders on Saturday?
pretty cool story man. the band i came to see were on after the breeders, and they were pretty good. not familiar iwth teh music, but as a band... well, as a fan of music, what i love more than anything is seeing a band live, and it looking like they are all mates and love what they do. and i have never seen that more evidently in any band more than the breeders. the drummer never stopped smiling, the others were all laughs and jokes, every now and then someone would mess up a bit and they'd just laugh about it... so cool, calm and just chilled on stage, it was great to see. i was up the very front, so surrounded by massive fans, so it was hard not to get completely washed away with their love and enthusiasm for them.
but yes... highlights.
elbow dedicating Leaders of the Free World to me. spent 5ish hrs in the electric arena so as to make sure i got front centre for elbow. guy from security recognised the tshirt, and came over told me just before breeders that elbow had cancelled! i nearly cried on the spot, told him not to joke about these things, i'd flown over from new zealand purely cos elbow were playing the picnic. security verified i was serious, and said he's see what he could do for me... came back a bit later, and said sorry, he couldnt get me in to meet them. no worries... but then, just before they did leaders, they pointed me out in teh crowd, thanked me for coming so far, and dedicated leaders to me! guy made a point of giving me a handshake and a kiss before leaving the stage, and security dude got me the towel and set list! absolute highlight! i'm never gonna be at a gig quite like that one again! it was just incredible!
other hightlights..
- all the veggie, vegan and free range/organic food! i was terrified i'd have to live off chips!
- very freindly crowd, great atmosphere, got chatting with a load of real, genuine, down to earth enthusiastic music fans, and it's always so good to hear that
- christy moore! one of the best crowds he's played to in years? most excellent. excellent excellent gig.
- twas my first picnic, and i can't believe just how much effort went into everything visually. any other festival ive been to has been very 'functional'. some shops, campspace, and stages. tehre was just so much and so many pretty things, i couldnt believe it! it all looked just so amazing, and i had to just appreciate the effort that went into it all. even just coming in on saturday and sunday morning, and the area having been cleaned up, twas great.
- henry rollins, killa, grace jones, midnight juggernaut, super extra bonus party (i think... 2 DJs, three bass/guitarists, drummer + rapper... from kildare apparently)..
lowlights
-definitely the jetlag...missed tonnes of stuff when my body decided it just couldnt cope.
-drinking more on sunday than jetlag allowed to. big gap in the memory banks0 -
Crumble Froo wrote: »seanironmaiden wrote: »anyone catch The Breeders on Saturday?
pretty cool story man. the band i came to see were on after the breeders, and they were pretty good. not familiar iwth teh music, but as a band... well, as a fan of music, what i love more than anything is seeing a band live, and it looking like they are all mates and love what they do. and i have never seen that more evidently in any band more than the breeders. the drummer never stopped smiling, the others were all laughs and jokes, every now and then someone would mess up a bit and they'd just laugh about it... so cool, calm and just chilled on stage, it was great to see. i was up the very front, so surrounded by massive fans, so it was hard not to get completely washed away with their love and enthusiasm for them.
but yes... highlights.
elbow dedicating Leaders of the Free World to me. spent 5ish hrs in the electric arena so as to make sure i got front centre for elbow. guy from security recognised the tshirt, and came over told me just before breeders that elbow had cancelled! i nearly cried on the spot, told him not to joke about these things, i'd flown over from new zealand purely cos elbow were playing the picnic. security verified i was serious, and said he's see what he could do for me... came back a bit later, and said sorry, he couldnt get me in to meet them. no worries... but then, just before they did leaders, they pointed me out in teh crowd, thanked me for coming so far, and dedicated leaders to me! guy made a point of giving me a handshake and a kiss before leaving the stage, and security dude got me the towel and set list! absolute highlight! i'm never gonna be at a gig quite like that one again! it was just incredible!
other hightlights..
- all the veggie, vegan and free range/organic food! i was terrified i'd have to live off chips!
- very freindly crowd, great atmosphere, got chatting with a load of real, genuine, down to earth enthusiastic music fans, and it's always so good to hear that
- christy moore! one of the best crowds he's played to in years? most excellent. excellent excellent gig.
- twas my first picnic, and i can't believe just how much effort went into everything visually. any other festival ive been to has been very 'functional'. some shops, campspace, and stages. tehre was just so much and so many pretty things, i couldnt believe it! it all looked just so amazing, and i had to just appreciate the effort that went into it all. even just coming in on saturday and sunday morning, and the area having been cleaned up, twas great.
- henry rollins, killa, grace jones, midnight juggernaut, super extra bonus party (i think... 2 DJs, three bass/guitarists, drummer + rapper... from kildare apparently)..
lowlights
-definitely the jetlag...missed tonnes of stuff when my body decided it just couldnt cope.
-drinking more on sunday than jetlag allowed to. big gap in the memory banks
ah I was right behind ya...made the gig I think..guy was on top form..great crowd interaction!! loved it0 -
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MBV...all I heard was noise, couldnt hear vocals at all*
The vocals are always really low in the mix on MBV tracks. Sound wasn't as good at EP as it was in Manchester though. But I could hear the vocals pretty well and I was right up at the barrier in the front. Probably helped if you had earplugs.The comfy crapper and being camped pretty close to it. Made a huge difference to my weekend. Its sad that they arent making much money and wont be back next year
Really? That's terrible. The comfy crapper was great. It's nice to be able to go to the toilet wihtout gagging as soon as you enter the cubicle.
The best performance I saw all weekend was Grinderman - they were fantastic. Also nice to see Nick Cave sitting at the side of stage rocking out to MBV straight afterwards.
Rarely Seen Above Ground on Saturday night in the Body and Soul was great too. (at least I think that was his name - drummer that sounded a bit Talking Heads-ish) Does anyone know what happened that forced them to stop the music and make everyone at the front sit down that night? They mentioned fights but I couldn't see any trouble anywhere.0 -
Captain Darling wrote: »Hey, i had a bit of chat with you before the Breeders came on, i remember very little of it, sorry if i was talking total bollix, i was after a load of bloody mojitos and buckfast. I was delighted when i heard Guy dedicate the song to you though. I've gotten the Seldom Seen Kid on the basis of the concert and it has absolutely blown me away. There's some truly amazing, beautiful songs on it.
Steven? like i said, was in that bloody tent all day, ended up talking to a few people... but i think that was the person i ended up talking most to, and we were both quite a bit carried away trying to emphasise just how brilliant etc ceratin bands/musicians/etc were/are
alternatively, are you the girl that was beside me and came up to me the next day while i was eating pie?
or the guy from up North who's a member of the breeders fanclub, and had only gotten to see them for the first time this weekend?
wasnt talking to a lot of other people all that much, apart from those.
Crumble Froo wrote: »seanironmaiden wrote: »anyone catch The Breeders on Saturday?
ah I was right behind ya...made the gig I think..guy was on top form..great crowd interaction!! loved it
oh my god, absolutely. made my holiday! it's one thing to have seen them live, but to have the song dedicated to me, and everything, it'sj ust... unbelievable! im still in shock! my mate, who helped fly me home was somewhere towards the middle back, one of them nearly started crying for me, the other started shouting 'i flew her home'... apparently everyone was really chuffed for me aww man, jsut so happy, absolutely everything i dreamed they would be live.0 -
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Highs:
Being at the barrier for Sigur Rós... breathtaking.
MBV, particularly Soon and the Holocaust... woulda liked it to last a bit longer and for more people to leave in disgust, ah well
Hijacking the Foals interview in the Hot Press tent
Foals' set
Wilco
The food. Nyom nyom.
Body and Soul in general
Spoken Word area in general
The fact that there was always something new or different to do
Lows:
The flu sapping all my energy and causing me to sleep way too much
Securitiy inconsistencies vis-a-vis bringing booze into the main area
The RIDICULOUS amount of low end in the sound for some acts/tents
People crying about toilets
John Lydon/The Sex Pistols. Who cares? You're a ridiculous parody of yourselves. Get lost.
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First EP (First festival in fact)
Mine too!
Dizzying Highs
Goldfrapp
George Clinton - especially the dancer cum singer girl to the very right. Free your ass indeed.
Randomly bumping into friends of friends and then hanging out with them for most of the night.
Chats with complete strangers.
Bird watching.
Just chillin' with ma crew and shooting the shit in the campsite.
John Lydon's rants. Coward.
Terrifying Lows
Pitching my tent one tent away from people who took shifts keeping me awake.
Some dude with a megaphone who wouldn't shut up.
The toilets after the first day.
Body and Soul - leading up to the festival, and even during it, everyone was saying it was the best, so I ventured in a few times and every time I did it was total crap.
Creamy Middles
MBV - Even though I'm not that into them I thought seeing them live would be really great but they were just so unenthusiastic. There was only one song they played that really got me going.
The Breeders - Saw them already this year and it was pretty much a repeat performance. They were fine like but nothing special.The comfy crapper and being camped pretty close to it. Made a huge difference to my weekend. Its sad that they arent making much money and wont be back next year
Really? That's such a shame. It's a good idea and well implemented. Even if they just did it part time at the festivals where it paid it'd be great. All toilets at festivals should be comfy crappers.Being at the barrier for Sigur Rós... breathtaking.
I was there too but after twenty minutes some guy insisted on leaning on me for the rest of the gig. No matter what way I positioned myself he wouldn't fuck off. Guess that qualifies as a creamy middle.0 -
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Overall, had a ball
Highlights
George Clinton, or as I kept shouting up at him GEORGE CLINTON! I only vaguely knew who he was before the gig but jesus wept he was fantastic. Its all a bit of a blur but I seem to recall he didn't actually appear on stage until about 30 mins into his set and then the whole thing was like one long song. And the young James Brown character was great
Getting lost after leaving the punk cabaret on main stage and arriving into the spoken word area (which I somehow hadn't come across for the whole weekend) and randomly coming across someone called Jinx Lennon and a female singer. Stayed for 3 songs and he blew me away - amazing stuff in a very surreal way. (google says http://www.jinxlennon.com/music/7-Get_The_Guards.mp3 )
Food - pieminster, the revolving grill place.
Grace Jones - where did she get that accent from? And asking for a spliff Great stuff!
The Stunning - great reaction from the crowd, lads looked great
campervan - first year we managed to get one, rasher sandwiches for breakfast, dry bed, sitting down for a pint - great investment
Toilets - I think i just had a good run, but a s**te a day and each one in a nice clean portaloo with loads of the blue liquid stuff left (p only rule for the campervan toilet ). Trick is early afternoon in the main area.
Pop tent - I'm not a dance head but Martin McCann had me bopping til the end on Sat (the first time I think i've ever lasted to the end at EP). That and George made Sat possibly my best ever evening at an EP.
Lowlights
The whole thing seemed more spaced out this year, even body and soul seemed bigger.
No secret late night pubs (that I could find anyways:))
Main stage needs screens
One or two more "must see" acts woulda been good.
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Crumble Froo wrote: »Steven? like i said, was in that bloody tent all day, ended up talking to a few people... but i think that was the person i ended up talking most to, and we were both quite a bit carried away trying to emphasise just how brilliant etc ceratin bands/musicians/etc were/are
Aye, that was me, we had a fairly animated discussion about music alright, i can remember ranting and raving at the time, fairly high brow stuff!!!:D
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Excellent performances by:
Christy Moore
Goldfrapp
Sigur Ros /// Amazing!
Lisa Hannigan /// Great set... Swoon! I fell in love
The Kills /// they had a lot of energy and on-stage presence. Fell in love with Alison Mosshart (I know twice in one weekend
Elbow /// really good performance. I was standing pretty close to the girl who came from New Zealand for the gig... Kudos
Turin Brakes
Foals
My Bloody Valentine /// Excellent... but incredibly loud
Facilities:
- I thought the toilets were ok. A few more places with urinals for blokes would have eased queues I think. Other than that I thought they were usual festival standard.
- Food was excellent as usual. Diep (nyom, nyom) kept me going on saturday. Who else had the pad thai chicken twice?
- Body & Soul area was great as usual. Didn't spend as much time there as I have in previous years, but its great in there.. The trad band in the 'high tea' tent there were really good.
- Campsite was grand. We had good neighbours which always helps. We were camped where hendrix met warhol.
- Silent Disco. Really good fun. I didn't go in previous years because of queues, but I thought this was one of the best bits of the picnic for me. Everybody sitting on the floor for 'rock the boat' has to be one of the highlights of my weekend
Overall I thought it was a good picnic. Probably missing a couple more big names for the music side of things, but overall I was suitably entertained for the weekend.0 -
MBV, particularly Soon and the Holocaust... woulda liked it to last a bit longer and for more people to leave in disgust, ah well
As a matter of interest how long did the holocaust go on for? I nipped out at the start as I'd seen 35 minutes of it in Manchester and really wanted to go meet some people.pariko wrote:Wilco
I'd forgotten about Wilco. Great set - really enjoyable although not quite as good as their Vicar Street set last year which was fantastic!
I was queueing outside the comfy crapper on Saturday and some eejit wandered past proclaiming that we all had "more money that sense" paying to use it. I'd rather pay a couple of euro and not have to gag and hover thanks very much. I have never walked in so much urine soaked ground as I did over the last weekend. There needs to be a serious re-think about the toilets before next year. That big urine tree near the Electric Arena was nasty too. When you see girls crouched down under it in broad daylight in the middle of the afternoon then there must something wrong with the facilities.0 -
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Aah, that was a good weekend
. I was working with the mobile-tea people, so a bit of a mix between work and fun was had, but it was all loads of deadly anyway!
Highlights;
-Sigur Ros, though a blurry highlight as I was four sheets to the wind on Friday night... damn vodka jelly people...
-DELICIOUS FALAFEL
-The shortcut/decent toilet finding powers of a trader band
-€60 in cup sales, on top of proper pay, free access and 35 abandoned cans
-Scrawling messages in the wood-effigy-thing, the decent moments of the burning
-Dancing in the Tara building, moderately out of it and utterly cheerful, carrying on into Body & Soul a while later, issuing 3D glasses to a bunch of pilled up randomers,
-Rock the boat under the dragon thing in B&S, followed by random ceili thing in the little house
-Catching Michael Franti in the chat tent and again for his gig. Always fantastic!
-Having a lovely time shopping for a present for my friend while wasted, being helped and humoured by a really nice shop assistant. Came out with a pretty skirt.
Lowlights;
-Effigy taking an hour to get going
-Sunday night's rain
-loud assholes (possibly from Cork) camped next to my group. Truly horrible people.
-Working at 7am on the Monday morning... Tea, Coffee, Hot Chocolate, WASP! urgh... death...
-missing Christy Moore and Sinead O Connor, not generally seeing enough
tangible acts to describe why I had a wonderful time to people who ask who I saw
-Not seeing any gigs at/forgetting to take photos of the Salty Dog ship venue thing..
-Not being still there.0
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