My Glastonbury Experience

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The channel on my freeview box.

This was centred on the "New Tent" which hosted bands such as Spiritualized, Tim Booth, Zero Seven and suchlike.

Not the 'top' bands you might pick, but a good atmosphere and the camera coverage was great. Hey, even enjoyed Tim's set.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 07:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Bah. I was limited to what they showed on BBC2. Which was not great. Too much yacking, not enough music, and not enough of the music I liked. And My New Delays Boyfriend nowhere in site, despite repeated promises... sigh!

― He wants to be me (kate), Monday, 28 June 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

You have to get a freeview box for next year then. Mine was £70, I can tape to video, and with blummin CBeebies there, its already saved a small fortune in kiddy video's/DVD's.

And with music/history stuff appearing on BBC3 and 4, it is so worth it.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I know, I know. But... things are so up in the air at the moment I'm not even sure I'll have a television next week! (There's no way I can convince Joe to get one cause he thinks I waste too much time watching TV anyway.)

― He wants to be me (kate), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I don;t have an outside aerial. I watched BBC2 on mute and played better records, in maudlin recollection of my youth.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:10 (twenty-one years ago)

yes from what I've seen bb2's coverage has been pretty poor this year. i missed the orbital performance though did they show them last night?

― Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:24 (twenty-one years ago)

and now!
the lawn has been turned into a rock festival, and appliances such as the kettle have been taken away, while others have lost their power, as part of the festival!
Marco is still lying in bed, Daniel is sitting up in bed looking thoughtful.

Jason, Stu and Michelle stand outside in their new rock festival setting. Victor comes outside too. Stuart asks the others for some batteries from their microphones so that they can power the toy guitar, which has been provided with the other rock festival stuff!

Just for those who don't visit BB threads.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:28 (twenty-one years ago)

(OT, but BBC4 last night showed Ken Loach's The Golden Vision, his late-60s TV play about a group of Everton fans' trip to London, intercut with documentary footage of Catterick's majestic team. I nearly wept with joy.)

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Gah!!!! I know. And my fucking parents have a built-in digithing. Fucker.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:36 (twenty-one years ago)

That's nice for them, but what about your TV?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 08:38 (twenty-one years ago)

My yip for next year - or any forthcoming festivals showing on digital TV - go to Dixons on a Friday, buy a Freeview box, then return it on the Monday to get your money back.

Cheaper than a halloumi and pomegranate crepe.

― Huey (Huey), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Most of the bands did not come out well on TV I thought, especially the droning guitar types - exceptions were Chemical Brothers and Muse, surprisingly.

They didn't show enough of the festival itself though - too much Franz Ferdinand and Snow Patrol playing the same song again and again.

And why did it cut off halfway through Oasis' set - something to do with they didn't have the legal rights to play any new songs? - not that I'm complaining mind... control freakery at work?

― Huey (Huey), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:21 (twenty-one years ago)

How were oasis received?

I've said this before, but i wd get a digibox only i don't know if indoor aerials can take it. [pete usu steps in to say i can] i should be moving soon anyway.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Clapping, cheering, the TVDJ's going "wow", you know the drill.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i am constructing a Telly review of Glasto 2004 for my blog:

Orbital closed the event outdoing Jean-Michel Jarre in the lightshow stakes and wearing their trademark UV googles. The Killers lead singer struted around the stage exuding confidence - whilst doing a karaoke performance of all his 80s/90s brit heroes. Alison Goldfrapp and PJ Harvey both looked stylish on stage. Mozza appeared as comeback King of 80s indie - the crowd lapped it up, Franz Ferdinand looked like a bunch of poseurs and Muse were bombastic, bloated and completely boring. The Scissor Sisters were more camp than a field full of tents @ Glastonbury.

The Biggest plank of the weekend award, either Paul McCartney for naturally being an embarrassing old fool or Liam Gallagher wearing a stoopid white coat and singing out of tune to trad rock rubbish - take your pick.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)

This is history!
I remember hearing Knobworth on the radio. When John Squire was wheeled on it was received like, well, the actual second coming. An unbelievable year, 1996. Unrepeatable.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Alison Goldfrapp looked like a horses ass! quite literally

― chris (chris), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

It was the Paul McCartney Jukebox experience. He is his own tribute act.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Liam's white coat was like something his ma bought him for xmas 2002

― Penelope_111 (Penelope_111), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Teh olden ppl in my office are discussing TS RHCP vs Franz Ferdinand.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:37 (twenty-one years ago)

You can imagine Hepworth/ Ellen at Word mag lapped up that Macca performance. However all those thumbs up and naff chat between songs, and the crowd singing along - it was bucket wrenching naff.

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:39 (twenty-one years ago)

So much of this fest could have been 1997, the first time I went. Jaxx, Orbital, Chems (and Oasis, Macca, on the flip-side).

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:44 (twenty-one years ago)

'bucket wrenching naff'

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Monday, 28 June 2004 09:45 (twenty-one years ago)

the NME responsible for promoting psychedelic magic mushrooms @ Glasto

The Independent:
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/news/story.jsp?story=535591
Glastonbury's 'third summer of love' fuelled by magic 'shrooms
A curious loophole in the law allowing the sale of hallucinogenic mushrooms is providing trippy hippies with a legal high at the Glastonbury festival. But how safe is it? Anthony Barnes reports

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 28 June 2004 10:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh no! Everyone is green and turning into Popeye!!!

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 10:25 (twenty-one years ago)

martian needs to take his medication.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 28 June 2004 10:53 (twenty-one years ago)

The TV coverage was OK this year. 702 was fun, even though it was a bit cringy watching Gill Mills trying to fill the time in between bands. It did make me wish they had better bands as headliners, so I could have seen their sets in full. Whyohwhy weren't Television headlining last night.

It got a bit annoying how BBC3 and BBC2 were showing the same clips again and again. It would have been better if they weren't just showing the same clip of Franz Ferdinand, Snow Patrol etc, and used the time to show some other acts instead.

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

I always thought that the BBC coverage was rub compared to Channel 4 of years past. The 702 coverage was fine, even the 'nameness' of the bands was just right, as you could wander between stages effectively. But yeah, Television on 702 should have happened.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Mike: I am so glad that you caught that Toffees film. I saw it in the Guide too late and wished I, or someone, had pointed it out to you.

It is funny how people are knocking Macca. Bring 'em on!

― the bellefox, Monday, 28 June 2004 13:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm glad the BBC have the rights to the Glastonbury coverage. There isn't another channel who can dedicate (basically) 3 channels to it.
If another channel got their hands on the coverage, they'd just relegate it to a few hours in the wee small hours of the morning, like what ITV do with their Reading/V coverage and Channel 4 with their music programs in general.

― jellybean (jellybean), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:23 (twenty-one years ago)

It wasn't like that, back when Ch4 did it. They dedicated loads of time to it, and back then BBC didn't have three channels. The first BBC year was rubbish.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I think BBC's coverage has been quite rubbish. Have I missed the good bits, without Phill Jupitus?

― the bellefox, Monday, 28 June 2004 13:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

c4 94/95 was good, but things have changed, i think -- anyway it'd be the EXACT SAME PRESENTX0RS.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:28 (twenty-one years ago)

What, Peel / Wiley / Radcliffe / Porkythepoet?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Why - Sweet Lucifer why - did they keep telling us they were going to cut to the Dance Stage at 0030 on interactive, only for it to go to the "Radio 1 Dance Stage" which, if memory serves, is a tiny white elephant stall with a boombox and some corporate logos?

And who on earth was that "Dougie" character? How do they pick TV presenters these days? Is he off Big Brother or something?

― Huey (Huey), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Radcliffe is not a bad fellow, but was on very low power here. No real comic energy.

Peel and W(h?)iley: totally mediocre at best.

― the junefox, Monday, 28 June 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

He was on RI:SE for a while. So, is a make of Colin Murray's.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:33 (twenty-one years ago)

Radcliffe was all very "It was well well umm yeah um well I umm" and he's put a few pounds on. Dawn reckoned Edith had as well. Is that what Radio does to people?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

Radcliffe did C4 '94-5 (with that hott chick out of Salad), Whyly did that baref00t thing back in the day on C4 -- if they got them two off Popworld though, the coverage would RULE ALL.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, a mate of Colin Murray's. That'll do it.

― Huey (Huey), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:36 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, a mate. Colin Murray did not make him.

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

Although I suspect he did make Edith Bowman, is that correct?

― Huey (Huey), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:41 (twenty-one years ago)

I disagree with Enrique. I don't like those presenters.

I would like to see some of my friends present it.

If not them, then perhaps Terry Nutkin and Edna O'Brien?

― the bellefox, Monday, 28 June 2004 13:44 (twenty-one years ago)

No, I'm not sure about O'Brien either.

How about a Nutkin - Noakes - John Stapleton - Guy Michelmore - Felicity Kendal combo?

― the junefox, Monday, 28 June 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

I disagree with the bellefox. I do like those presenters.

― Enrique (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.quinparker.com/blogpix/nut1.gif

― Huey (Huey), Monday, 28 June 2004 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

k-punk strikes with the first Anti Glasto 2004 rant !
http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/003459.html

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Monday, 28 June 2004 14:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Calling for a nuclear strike on the locale a bit de trop, don't you think?!

― ENRQ (Enrique), Monday, 28 June 2004 14:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Who he think he is, Nicky Wire?

― mark grout (mark grout), Monday, 28 June 2004 14:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Aren't you just supposed to hope they build a motorway over it? (xpost)

― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 28 June 2004 14:25 (twenty-one years ago)

ugly writing, in an ugly font and an ugly colour scheme. that was just all-round crap.

and I thought the line up was a bit lame too.

― chris (chris), Monday, 28 June 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

haha paul mccartney.

― cozen (Cozen), Monday, 28 June 2004 18:17 (twenty-one years ago)

b-but Lauren Laverne! Peel was restricted by having to make polite conversation with idiot Whiley for too long. Laverne, Peel and Radcliffe would have been fine for the whole weekend. At least there was no Mark Lamarr (as far as I saw anyway). Surely Phill Jupitus is better than that, at least.

We had a powercut just as Belle and Sebastian started to do their thing on BBC2 on Sunday so we went to the pub to watch the football instead and saw no Sunday evening coverage at all.

I enjoyed McCartney's set. But I had been drinking, and I imagine nipping over the road to the karaoke at my local could have had the same effect.

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 28 June 2004 18:28 (twenty-one years ago)

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