Glastonbuggery

Yes yay!

 

I had 12,000 posts on the old forums, was the second highest poster next to Pressed Rat. Don't know why I'm proud of that. Next to these Jonny Come Lately upstarts now though, we're nobodies....

 

I still need to register...I may be going on my own again, which is abit shit.

 

well you can camp with us so dont worry

 

Glasto bears only a nominal resemblance to what it once was. Sometimes in certain of the fields and little stages (and these seem tokenistic and marginalised) you may sight transient phantoms of the original festival but essentially, it's aq celebration of selfish individualism - especially since the advent of 'dance' acts being on the programme (a couple of DJ's nodding their headights behind a stack of equipment really doesn't speak musical entertainment to me - yay! great sunglasses solo man!).

From being a festy where, notionally, people went to have a good time with like-minded folks (that's folks who shared a vaguely similar political and ethical mindset), it has travelled to a place of cold-hearted corporatism, which means the priority is to achieve punter numbers above all other consideration (150k is just too many to camp in a field with - it's been calculated 80k is the ideal max), and I wouldn't doubt that there is a sizeable section of that 150k whom I -and many on these boards- would have absolutely nothing in common with and, moreover, would cross the street to avoid.

 

I don't know why we can't have a thread about Glasto without die-hard old timers grumbling about how things were so much better in their day. I still enjoy the festival and I'm not all that fussed if it's not as good as it used to be during the waawer....

 

It seems only the old gits care anyway.

 

I got my registration sorted

 

Haha, that's funny. Who carried out this groundbreaking study?

 

Ive finally registered - so you can stop worrying jonny

Reason im posting is..

every year i think "wouldnt it be nice if we had a gazebo or some other such shelter". Something to make a real nice camp.. and some shelter if/when it rains other than a hot stuffy tent..
So can anyone fulfil my glasto dream? x

 

i have in mind something like this.. http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50134373/Folding_Gazebo.jpg

 

We always say we're going to do this, but we never do. It is definitely a good idea. I think I might bring wellies this time too....

 

yeah i might also, this year im going to be so prepared.. full waterproof gear etc

 

Your going soft when we first met you were hardcore ,you were tough and efficient


last year you didnt even put up my tent and now your talking about full waterproof gear and gazebo living........I just dont know sigh

 

Your tent putting up skills are abysmal Jonny. I saw the mess you made of that orange thing you gave Spliffking. Kat had to save it before he drowned. Don't know why I'm defending her. Maybe it's because you were mighty rilesome about not coming to find us when we arrived last year....

 

Im great at putting up tents Im just giving kat the chance to practice her tent putting up skills , and I was guarding a fine tent pitching spot much better than the flood plain you crazy fools choose to pitch in

 

I can vouch for that, it was a mighty fine spot on high ground and we had it all taped off...

 

That we did - that we did!:tongue:

 

May I defend myself?

a) I am good at putting up tents and do not need to proov'e it by putting up YOUR tent Jonny - youre just lazy
b) your tent spot was good last year...but not large enoughj
c) thank you sal
d) jonny - you always have extensive waterproof gear
e) Where the hell is spliffking

 

Spliffking might be dead. It's something we have to consider. And yep, the space you saved was far too tiny Jonny. We had a horde of Irish to accomodate. No one ever thinks of the Irish....