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Electric Picnic rant....

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    #32
    Spider_Baby
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    garthv wrote: »
    Best Picnic for me so far...thanks Pod/Aiken!

    I agree one million per cent :)
    Best one so far by far.

    Queuing for the toilets was a pain (being a girl), but sure I didn't let it ruin my weekend...I simply gave up on beer and drank something which was stronger and didn't fill my bladders quite so quickly....(mmmmm....buckfast...) :):):)

    Roll on EP 09 :D


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    #33
    eth0_
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    garthv wrote: »
    Beyond the toilets being a bit messy, I think it was a perfectly run festival...as usual! Best Picnic for me so far...thanks Pod/Aiken!

    Despite Ireland's sh*ttest band "You're only massive" being on the bill? ;P


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    #34
    gaf1983
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    Diggidy wrote: »
    The big screens may use alot of electricity, and being an eco friendly festival (to the best of their ability) may have something to do with it.

    I was wondering was that the reason too. I don't think they're really that necessary, the crowds were never so big near the main stage that people had to be very far from the stage.

    I do agree though that there was a lack of running water in some of the campsites.

    To the opening poster - are you going to try and get reimbursed for some of the money you forked out for the so-called luxury camping facilities?

    Saying that, I thought the organisation was generally top notch.


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    #35
    BrianD
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    Diggidy wrote: »
    The big screens may use alot of electricity, and being an eco friendly festival (to the best of their ability) may have something to do with it. If they get big screens next year they should install a wind turbing or something similar to power them like Glastonbury do.

    There's nothing particularly eco-friendly about EP (or any other festival). There are a huge amount of diesel burning generators working 24hours a day over the weekend powering all those nice and healthy food stalls you eat from right up to the stages and so on.

    LED screens are actually quite economical in terms of power consumption despite their apparent size. They do need to have a constant AC power supply so connection to a local wind turbine would probably not suffice. The cost is not just the screen hire but you also have to hire TV crews, cameras and an OB unit.

    From what I have heard, the promoters of the EP have no desire to install big screens as they wish to keep the intimate feel of the festival. The general rule of thumb is that arenas that have a capacity of over 10,000 should have screens for health and safety reasons. I doubt if that would be exceeded during the picnic at any time so there is no H&S need for them.


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    #36
    FTMFL
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    I went down on the Sunday and got in for free. I just got a wristband from someone leaving. I got in free via a campsite last year on the Saturday. Although it's an enjoyable festival, I would not be prepared to pay the rip off prices. The bus service coming back on the Monday was appalling. A guy on the bus with me missed his flight back to Dusseldorf as a result.

    Electric picnic started out as something great but I think they're just cashing in on it for a few more years until it runs its course and the people flock to something new


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    #37
    fits
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    your opinion would be more valid if you had deigned to pay.

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    #38
    FTMFL
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    I had more sense than to be ripped off. I could get a week in Greece for the same price.


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    #39
    lordgoat
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    FTMFL wrote: »
    I had more sense than to be ripped off. I could get a week in Greece for the same price.

    Maybe you should go there then or are you too stingy to pay for it as well. Best get walking Scrooge!


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    #40
    fits
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    FTMFL wrote: »
    I had more sense than to be ripped off. I could get a week in Greece for the same price.

    Well why dont you go to Greece then?

    This attitude drives me crazy. Nothing cool would ever be put on in this country if everyone were like you.

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    #41
    alastair
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    FTMFL wrote: »
    I had more sense than to be ripped off. I could get a week in Greece for the same price.

    I heard you can sneak into Greece without paying too.

    Got my EP ticket late last year - three days of (mostly) great gigs for 199 eurons is pretty good value (Goldfrapp, Sigur Ros, Lazy Habits, Kormac, Antibalas, Herbaliser, Duffy*, Elbow, Grace Jones, Underworld, George Clinton, Hayseed Dixie, Hercules and the Love Affair, The Roots, Grinderman, MBV, Nitin Sawney), never mind all the other stuff going on - impossible to make the most of it all. Probably spent another hundred on grub and booze on site. 300 euro wouldn't see a decent week in Greece.

    *Not a highlight.


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    #42
    spiderdan
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    First off I have to say I had a great time I always do- (thank god for Bodytonic on Sunday) thought it was pretty well run overall, my main problems were,

    Bars closing at 10/ 10.30- Didn't bother me too much, brought loads of cans in with me

    No big screen- plain scabby no excuses, don't care what anyone says

    But my biggest problem was the state of the line-up; total joke, Pod/ Aiken are just being so miserable and scabby, totally living off their whole boutique bull**** experience- thus getting away with a ****e line-up, really pisses me off. There was about 20 in our group and everyone was in agreement that they're beginning to take the piss. The really have up their game next year for all of us to go back. Its easy to sell it out as there are only 32k tickets so I reckon things wont change much. Bestival kicks the **** out of EP this year and its cheaper. I reckon its the obvious alternative.


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    #43
    mfield
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    Did anyone go to Diplo, I was almost 100% he wasn't even playing as you couldn't see the DJ properly at all, they never shone the lights on him once. I'd like to know if I am right or not.


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    #44
    thecommander
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    mfield wrote: »
    Did anyone go to Diplo, I was almost 100% he wasn't even playing as you couldn't see the DJ properly at all, they never shone the lights on him once. I'd like to know if I am right or not.

    Yep. he was on about 10 minutes late as Reprezant took too long. Highlight of the weekend.


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    #45
    innocentsmile
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    I was in Charlie Chaplin and while the more permanent toilets were disgusting the portaloos they brought in Saturday were fine. They were cleaned every morning. I'm squeamish enough but didn't have that much of a problem with them.

    If I'd paid that much for Tangerine Fields I'd probably have been pissed off too though.

    To be honest, I don't know why people bother with showers at festivals. A festival in 07 [most mud-filled weekend of my life] might've cured me of the urge but when everyone else is in the exact same state as you, why bother?


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    #46
    John Mason
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    alastair wrote: »
    Probably spent another hundred on grub and booze on site. 300 euro wouldn't see a decent week in Greece.


    i think i spent €23.00 for the whole weekend.

    brought all my food and drink with me, gave in on sunday and bought a pizza slice and a hot chocolate.

    so all in all, it was a cheap weekend for me


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    #47
    thecommander
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    irishbird wrote: »
    i think i spent €23.00 for the whole weekend.

    brought all my food and drink with me, gave in on sunday and bought a pizza slice and a hot chocolate.

    so all in all, it was a cheap weekend for me

    Free ticket? And tent? And lift? And the food you brought was free too?


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    #48
    spiderdan
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    mfield wrote: »
    Did anyone go to Diplo, I was almost 100% he wasn't even playing as you couldn't see the DJ properly at all, they never shone the lights on him once. I'd like to know if I am right or not.

    He was crap alright! plenty of people commented on how poor he was.


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    #49
    fits
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    early bird ticket, borrowed tent, about ten euro on petrol, 50 euro in lidl on booze and food and 40 euro on site on excellent food.

    I think its good value for a great time.

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    #50
    FTMFL
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    Fair enough, but with ryanair flights being so cheap. 300 quid would get you a decent long weekend away somewhere nice. I've booked stockholm for 20 euro return. I know beer is expensive there but to a certain degree I can take a leaf from your book and 'bring my own'.

    'I love techno' on in Belgium later this year. Amazing lineup and tickets are 30 euro


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    #51
    danniemcq
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    Tent stealing bastards, somewhere on Sunday night someone stole not only my clothes but my tent, the whole thing. Gone. no trace of anything except my towel 50 ft away. Fecking ragin but look if you did this or know who did i don't really care about anything except one of the tshirts that was in the Rucksack. it was black with a stick figure playin guitar and said rock on the rock on the rock on the back and has a lot of sentimenatl value. It was at the edge of the blue/red camp near the tree, a green tent and blue rucksack. Can anyone help?


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    #52
    catch--22
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    danniemcq wrote: »
    Tent stealing bastards, somewhere on Sunday night someone stole not only my clothes but my tent, the whole thing. Gone. no trace of anything except my towel 50 ft away. Fecking ragin but look if you did this or know who did i don't really care about anything except one of the tshirts that was in the Rucksack. it was black with a stick figure playin guitar and said rock on the rock on the rock on the back and has a lot of sentimenatl value. It was at the edge of the blue/red camp near the tree, a green tent and blue rucksack. Can anyone help?

    A lot of talk of a tent been sent half way down the sight by an abnormal gust of wind from somewhere in the blue/red sites. Don't suppose it could have been that?


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    #53
    danniemcq
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    hmmmm you wouldn't know when that was?


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    #54
    catch--22
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    Some time on Sunday. I know I came back to the site and all my friends were talking about it even though there was no wind up at the arena. I know it got mentioned in another thread on here.

    Ah yeah, here it is:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055369240


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    #55
    loloray
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    innocentsmile wrote: »
    I was in Charlie Chaplin and while the more permanent toilets were disgusting the portaloos they brought in Saturday were fine.
    I completely agree with this. The permanent-style toilets were so gross that most people weren't even using them, but waiting instead for the portaloos. Additionally, these metal permanent-style ones were so high that it would be extremely hard to hover for shorter-legged people, and the mess around the toilets seemed to reflect this. I have never seen normal portaloos as bad as these ones.


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    #56
    Irjudge1
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    catch--22 wrote: »
    A lot of talk of a tent been sent half way down the sight by an abnormal gust of wind from somewhere in the blue/red sites. Don't suppose it could have been that?

    That was one of the small "pop up" tents I think.


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    #57
    Miguel_Sanchez
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    Irjudge1 wrote: »
    That was one of the small "pop up" tents I think.

    Yeah I saw it happen and it was one of those 'drummer' tents. I seriously doubt there was anything in it at all considering how high up in the air it got sent by the wind.

    Sorry to hear about your tent getting robbed Dannie - that's ****ty.


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    #58
    danniemcq
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    yeah feck it posted on the picnic boards too all i want is that tshirt! figured it wasn't mine when i read the time this happened at night, ****ers! cheers though!


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    #59
    lee_arama
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    Well folks. If you have a complaint over the services why not find out who the council sent to look at the place? Fire Officer sets capacity, health n safety directives dictate how many toilets ya get.


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    #60
    eth0_
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    lee_arama wrote: »
    Well folks. If you have a complaint over the services why not find out who the council sent to look at the place? Fire Officer sets capacity, health n safety directives dictate how many toilets ya get.

    2 portaloos for 1500 people in the boutique camping, that cannot be compliant with health and safety requirements for this sort of event..


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    #61
    alastair
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    eth0_ wrote: »
    2 portaloos for 1500 people in the boutique camping, that cannot be compliant with health and safety requirements for this sort of event..

    There was more than two portaloos in there. Don't believe the hype.


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