Comments on: Too Old For Oxegen, Just About Young Enough For Electric Picnic

By: B'dum B'dum B'dum

B'dum B'dum B'dum — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:25:32 +0000

I seen 28 bands over the weekend, I’m 18 and hip with the youngsters and oldsters.

Echo and the Bunnymen was kinda depressing though.
Stranglers was kinda surprisingly great.

You haven’t lived til you’ve heard My Morning Jacket play One Big Holiday and Off the Record back to back live.

By: adam

adam — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 15:17:29 +0000

Grumpiness is what these festivals are all about. I’ll be at the Electric Picnic moaning about the campsite, the smell, the warm beer, the pints not being full pints, the indie haircuts I can’t grow, the bad sound, the long walk to the main festival area and so on. Do it. It’s cathartic.

By: Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Tuesday July 15th 2008

Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Tuesday July 15th 2008 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:29:18 +0000

[...] G’wan the Bock. [...]

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:25:54 +0000

Sorry. You’re quite right of course, and thank you for correcting me. It was late when I wrote this and I’ve fixed it now.

What a strange set of connections though, causing a tired brain to put Joe Strummer in the Stranglers. Would you like to guess the bizarre series of mental steps?

By: johnnypiles

johnnypiles — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:18:39 +0000

bock…..The Stranglers{minus poor ol’ Joe}?,if my memory serves,does Hugh Cornwall ring a bell?,or is he back with The Clash?

By: Bock

Bock — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:29:02 +0000

Primal: you’re right. It would.

Conan: I’d go if forced at gunpoint.

Nick: Still, though. A three-day festival is great. I’ll have to go to at least one this year.

By: Nick McGivney

Nick McGivney — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:59:27 +0000

If you skip the weather, the will-they-sound-shite? factor, the traffic and the price of the drink, you still have to contend with the queue to have a wee. And I’m one of those shy, retracting vas deferens can’t-go-cos-there’s-someone-in-front, can’t-go-cos-there’s-someone-behind types. And I cannot afford to dilute the perfection of Leonard Cohen with any more gigs this summer anyhow. I shall survive the long winter by huddling around the steady ember of that one, with maybe a Blue Nile log thrown on there in a few weeks for extra warmth.

By: Conan Drumm

Conan Drumm — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:45:31 +0000

Surely you must be in the Flat lake festival demographic?

By: Primal Sneeze

Primal Sneeze — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:35:02 +0000

Suppose a ‘virtual’ Joe Dolan gig would be out of the question.