"Where can I score some drugs?"
lol, i tried asking an info point that question once
Glasto 08 Oxfam staff
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lol, i tried asking an info point that question once
free spirit
more tea vicar?
our stewards were always quite helpful on those kind of questions... mind we did tend to have a bit of a drugs amnesty going on on our overnight backstage camping gate night shifts... no searches or anything, just donations to the cause.lol, i tried asking an info point that question once
was actually a class method of diffusing any potential bother, I've found the phrase 'look mate if you're going to stand here arguing the toss, at least have the decency to sit down and skin up' to defuse any agro from any gate situation... which is a useful skill being as glasto usually hasn't issued us with radios that will actually communicate with any of the security teams in your area, and coms have no idea where you are if you can ever get through to them.
erm not that I'm wanting to put any of the oxfam first timers off, or corrupt you - I'm sure it's all got waaaaay better organised in the 4 years since I was last there *snigger*
LOL, i've stewarded for Oxfam at Glade, and it must've been the top question. Was FOH Glade Stage with a radio, think almost everyone that wasn't asking where the water taps were asked it.
Quality approach, I like it!
you may want to find out where your shifts are first - if you're on a gate nearish to Oxfam camping then that's handy. But as you know, it's a huge site and you could end up working on the far side of it.
to be fair, at Glasto you're unlikely to find yourself dealing with drugs issues. Glade on the other hand...
free spirit
more tea vicar?
we were always doing the glade / backstage avalon camping which is right next to lost vagueness / lost vagueness areas, so were always getting twatted people trying to jump the gate to cross through the backstage camping to lost vagueness at 3am in that 'but i can hear the music coming from there, why won't you let me just cut through your field' kinda way - plus dealing with the off duty artists and crew who're way worse than the punters.
but yeah, bit different to glade across most of the site
*wonder why we always ended up stewarding the areas with all the druggie ravers
free spirit
more tea vicar?
lol - just remembered the year we did glade stage peak time saturday night some lass hobbles up to the gate having sprained her ankle... railway track absolutely chocker, fuck all way we were getting an ambulance down, so 4 of our lot picked up one of the glades backsage sofas with her on it & carried her over to the ambulance... proper 5 star treatment
Acoustic 3D model, that sounds interesting, is it public?
Blimey r0cky you're here too... is there any vaguely Glastonbury related forum you're not on? Worse than me...
I'll be releasing a new GlastoEarth soon, probably Monday. It'll have various models, including the Acoustic stage. I couldn't include all the extra detail - e.g. trees, caravans etc, because - although wonderfully detailed - it's a CPU killer. But the main stage is there and looking all curvy-pointy-bluey correct.
(Not my handywork I hasted to add - that's all from the organiser of Acoustic, who has been really helpful).
Haha! Yes, I'm everywhere!Blimey r0cky you're here too... is there any vaguely Glastonbury related forum you're not on? Worse than me...
I'll be releasing a new GlastoEarth soon, probably Monday. It'll have various models, including the Acoustic stage. I couldn't include all the extra detail - e.g. trees, caravans etc, because - although wonderfully detailed - it's a CPU killer. But the main stage is there and looking all curvy-pointy-bluey correct.
(Not my handywork I hasted to add - that's all from the organiser of Acoustic, who has been really helpful).
Can't be missing out on tidbits of info!Thanks for the GlastoEarth news, sounds promising!
Was the 3D model of the entire site for sound propagation modelling?
breasticles
the smell of life
are oxfam really still looking for stewards? i mean, really? it says as much on the website.
i dont want to faff about asking people to lend me £165 off their credit card and get all excited about it, fill the form in and then get a thing saying 'did we say we were looking for stewards? oh, sorry, gutted'.
i dont want to faff about asking people to lend me £165 off their credit card and get all excited about it, fill the form in and then get a thing saying 'did we say we were looking for stewards? oh, sorry, gutted'.yeah they are. apparently a few students are dropping out because terms are ending on the wednesday or summat.
do glade as well, loads of places open for that
Yeah, definitely do Glade, it's an amazing festival and site; also Oxfam take on a much larger role than at Glasto, so you get to do all sorts of interesting things and access all areas, although the site is not exactly large!
Haha! Yes, I'm everywhere!
Thanks for the GlastoEarth news, sounds promising!
Was the 3D model of the entire site for sound propagation modelling?
It's the layout for Acoustic - for operational reasons mainly, I think. Fences, crew facilities, hard track, that kind of thing.
If a full site model exists, I'm not aware of it. It almost certainly doesn't exist at the level of detail produced by the individual area organisers.
dervish
if you flibble when you wibble, don't wobble
but yeah, bit different to glade across most of the site
as oxfam only does gates at glasto i'd be surprised if anybody dealt with any drugs at all.
but i enjoy glade for exactly the reason rocky describes, we get multiple roles across site inc arenas so there's more crowd interaction.
Womad is the same but with less drugs and more children.
both are still looking for stewards this year through oxfam.
wiskey
Can be a tad exciting at the main stage (Glade stage) at Glade festival being the person responsible with radio calling medical when someone goes down into a K-hole in the middle of the crowd. Or watching some rapid response security come storming across site to nab some pick-pocketers, really really nice to know that a quick radio call and comms get security down to you fast!
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
lol i know i ran it last year in the torrential rain with sporadic music and lots of very fucked people dancing to their own tune as it got dark and the power failed.
fantastic fun
the 12 hours before that i'd been on comms co-ordinating.
a long shift but err, very varied shall we say.
wiskers
fantastic fun
the 12 hours before that i'd been on comms co-ordinating.
a long shift but err, very varied shall we say.
wiskers
Still sounds cool, I put "Acoustic" and "3D" together in my mind and thought of a complete site model for sound propagation! lolz
But for me in 2006 I got all the cool jobs!
Bet you didn't get to be the buggy boy though
breasticles
the smell of life
yeah they are. apparently a few students are dropping out because terms are ending on the wednesday or summat.
do glade as well, loads of places open for that
not sure about glade, though. i don't drink or take drugs any more and at glastonbury i'm relying on being able to hide for at least some of the time from the more mental- mental- chicken- oriental side of things. from what i've read about glade, theres like, No Fucking Chance of that!
Sunray
Its sunny somewhere.
not sure about glade, though. i don't drink or take drugs any more and at glastonbury i'm relying on being able to hide for at least some of the time from the more mental- mental- chicken- oriental side of things. from what i've read about glade, theres like, No Fucking Chance of that!
Take ear plugs, wuss.
wiskey
Albatross Admirer
not sure about glade, though. i don't drink or take drugs any more and at glastonbury i'm relying on being able to hide for at least some of the time from the more mental- mental- chicken- oriental side of things. from what i've read about glade, theres like, No Fucking Chance of that!
glade is as much about reading the paper in the sun as it is about drugs
