Beautiful Days Festival, Devon, August 2006 : Anyone going??
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Cpatain Rbubish said:
right, with you now, specially the bit I highlighted, that really stikes a chord. I don't really see much comparison with an 80s convoy affair, apart from anything else everybody was way too clean and tidy and plastic toilets just shriek modernity. Compared with modern Glastonbury the space and lack of crush was great, and it didn't feel like people were there because they'd seen it on TV: there again it felt modern in the sense that people were there to consume and be entertained rather than because they felt part of a shunned minority gathering together for brief respite care (IYKWIM).
As for alcohol... that's why I wondered when you were thinking of, my memories go further back than yours
to before the squaddies turned up en masse at Stonehenge, which is when booze first really entered the non-commercial/free festi scene. I guess my fings-ain't-what-they-used-to-be nostalgia is for festivals without beer tents. Harm? none whatsoever, there's no harm in poi either, that's no part of what I'm on about. People having fun, nothing more to it than that.
In the context of comparisons with festies past, though, the fun was modern, consumerist. I'm pleased to hear your mates didn't spend much, because it looked like a lot of people did- there wasn't that much diy evident, I didn't think.
Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not whinging, I enjoyed it and have zero complaints, merely trying to explain why I was puzzled.
Dubversion said:
I'll take it as a compliment ...
sort of
newbie said:right, with you now, specially the bit I highlighted, that really stikes a chord. I don't really see much comparison with an 80s convoy affair, apart from anything else everybody was way too clean and tidy and plastic toilets just shriek modernity. Compared with modern Glastonbury the space and lack of crush was great, and it didn't feel like people were there because they'd seen it on TV: there again it felt modern in the sense that people were there to consume and be entertained rather than because they felt part of a shunned minority gathering together for brief respite care (IYKWIM).
As for alcohol... that's why I wondered when you were thinking of, my memories go further back than yours
Harm? none whatsoever, there's no harm in poi either, that's no part of what I'm on about. People having fun, nothing more to it than that.
In the context of comparisons with festies past, though, the fun was modern, consumerist. I'm pleased to hear your mates didn't spend much, because it looked like a lot of people did- there wasn't that much diy evident, I didn't think.
Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not whinging, I enjoyed it and have zero complaints, merely trying to explain why I was puzzled.
I agree with your comments too. I guess what I was saying was kinda reminded me of rather than was just like, you know?
newbie said:
Except this point. It is a wicked evil pastime and should stamped down on hard by big burly security people and possibly the rozzers too
*mojo* said:
That ain't so unusual for festivals without fenced arenas. The Sunday afternoon give up the gate is not unusual IME.
newbie
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Cpatain Rbubish said:Except this point. It is a wicked evil pastime and should stamped down on hard by big burly security people and possibly the rozzers too
Don't you start. Devon & Cornwall Constabulary were there because they'd had reports that terrorists were practicing an ancient art of warfare using pop music as a cover, with the real desparados using whirling fire.
Someone told me that they were there with such gusto coz Scumtek went off a few weeks before and they had egg on their faces so to speak?
gaijingirl
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wiskey said:glasto 1996 wasnt branded in any way - there wasnt even a festival
Yes you're right.. I was in Japan so it can't have been 96. It must have been 1995 so.
or maybe even 1994. Vipper will remember (but he's still in Dorset atm) 'cos I took one of his then housemates along with me in my campervan at the time.
ClareBob will too, come to think of it, because I think that's the year she was also there.
ETA... actually it was definitely 1994.... or perhaps 1993?
I'll stop being such a fuckwit now...
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
I've stuck my pictures up if anyone fancies a look. There's a lovely one of William dancing to The Selecter
http://tinyurl.com/qz68h
Oh and Dub you've made it onto the Virtual Festivals gallery for Beautiful Days
http://tinyurl.com/qz68h
Oh and Dub you've made it onto the Virtual Festivals gallery for Beautiful Days
wiskey
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Lisarocket said:I've stuck my pictures up if anyone fancies a look. There's a lovely one of William dancing to The Selecter
http://tinyurl.com/qz68h
that wont open the albums in opera.
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
john x said:Are you a proper photographer? Your pictures are VERY good!
john x
Cheers John. I wouldn't say 'proper', because i don't get paid often. I've done bits and pieces for Virtual Festivals, but not regularly. I just love taking pictures, so i set up my site a couple of months back just to have them on t'interweb somewhere
One day, yes one day! I will own an SLR
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
wiskey said:
What version of Opera are you using? It should be ok. The site doesn't usually have problems with browsers
Edit: Ah, it seems that Opera doesn't like macs. I tested it on opera 9 using my mac, not sure about PCs though.
It works on Firefox and all the others...
Lisarocket
In bed with me dinner
I like this one
kalidarkone
Bringing YOU round.....
LOL great pic.....
I had a great time, musical highlights for me were Damien Dempsey and Seth Lakeman. Food highlights were the pancakes I made in my tent!! and dancing highlights was the pussy parlour on friday night.
Drug highlight was having a birthday balloon, heh I asked the fella if his name was Topcat and he just looked at me like I was mad
Lovely to meet those that I did and apologies for not maling iot to the u75 meet, I wasnt that bothered in the end- busy cooking pancakes...
Oh and just to add to the debate, The levellers really dont do it for me neither, but I enjoy the festie and other music there and also I dont think they actualy make any money out of it so fair play to them for putting on a special party just for my bday every year....bless...em
The burning levellers brand thing dod make me laugh tho.....like the bat man has been here sign in the sky, except it was just a bunch of crusty hippies LMAO
I had a great time, musical highlights for me were Damien Dempsey and Seth Lakeman. Food highlights were the pancakes I made in my tent!! and dancing highlights was the pussy parlour on friday night.
Drug highlight was having a birthday balloon, heh I asked the fella if his name was Topcat and he just looked at me like I was mad
Lovely to meet those that I did and apologies for not maling iot to the u75 meet, I wasnt that bothered in the end- busy cooking pancakes...
Oh and just to add to the debate, The levellers really dont do it for me neither, but I enjoy the festie and other music there and also I dont think they actualy make any money out of it so fair play to them for putting on a special party just for my bday every year....bless...em
The burning levellers brand thing dod make me laugh tho.....like the bat man has been here sign in the sky, except it was just a bunch of crusty hippies LMAO
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