Reading Festival

[souljacker]

You not coming to Reading this weekend then WoW?? We'll have to wait until Womad next year for that pint in The Crown.

Anyone who's going: BRING WELLIES!!!!!

It's been fucking pissing it down.

 

[William of Walworth]

I don't do Reading I'm afraid, despite some good bands at times. Too corporate, and this year, too wet ...

So we're off to Wales instead .... probably just as wet, but at least we'll be staying in a house!

 

[stupid kid]

Radio 1 are full of shit. Yes it rained for hours today, at times it was even fairly hard. Last year it rained almost every day for two weeks leading up to the festival, then one of the biggest downpours I've ever seen from 1am-6am Friday morning.

They've said the campsite will be similar to Glasto. If this turns out to be true, well, I'll go back home and cry.

 

[Cakes]

Radio 1 are full of shit.

Yeah now you mention it they are! I can remember them saying not to bother with wellies at Glastonbury Bastards! they should be held to account for those welly riots.

Have a good time at Leeds the B. Don't be a have a go hero rescuing the mud sticken though. leave it to the professionals this time eh?

 

[the B]

Have a good time at Leeds the B. Don't be a have a go hero rescuing the mud sticken though. leave it to the professionals this time eh?

Ta

You have a good time! I'll steer clear of heroics

 

[Solidarnosc]

THAT kicked arse.

Nice to meet the lovely Cakes, Kropotkin, meanoldman as well as catching up with rednblack.

 

[Balbi]

My phone died Thursday

The weekend was good, my sunburn is OUTSTANDING.

 

[corporate whore]

Was at Reading on Friday. Gutted to discover that, despite the presence of the WBC, only shithouse booze on sale.

C*rling or Strongbow. Wot a choice.

Good day out though.

 

[the B]

Leeds festival, so much to say.

And what a riot!

 

[cockneyrebel]

Nice to meet the lovely Cakes, Kropotkin, meanoldman as well as catching up with rednblack.

Ditto here!

 

[belboid]

Leeds festival, so much to say.

And what a riot!

call that a riot? pah, quite pathetic!

tho the fact that my workplace got firebombed could make a bit of a story I suppose

 

[the B]

call that a riot? pah, quite pathetic!

tho the fact that my workplace got firebombed could make a bit of a story I suppose

Two shops burnt down and three lorries looted for all their alcohol ain't too shabby for a bunch of, initially, really rubbish at rioting kids.

They didn't even do simple things like use the stones on the paths until someone might have showed them.

 

[Cakes]

Shit I'm glad I didn't go to Leeds! Reading was totally peace and love man! None of these toilet fires and riots that you hear about in the northern version.

Had such a good weekend! Spent so much time chatting, laughing and shouting that I have a voice like a banshee to this day!! WBC were excellent as usual, the punters were beautiful and kept me laughing all day. Met loads of lovely people over the weekend, but none as lovely as the Urban lads.

X to you all, was a pleasure to meet you!

 

[the B]

Shit I'm glad I didn't go to Leeds! Reading was totally peace and love man! None of these toilet fires and riots that you hear about in the northern version.

Had such a good weekend! Spent so much time chatting, laughing and shouting that I have a voice like a banshee to this day!! WBC were excellent as usual, the punters were beautiful and kept me laughing all day. Met loads of lovely people over the weekend, but none as lovely as the Urban lads.

X to you all, was a pleasure to meet you!

But - the riots were fun. Had a wicked time meeting people, wicked music and what a riot!

 

[kropotkin]

Shit I'm glad I didn't go to Leeds! Reading was totally peace and love man! None of these toilet fires and riots that you hear about in the northern version.

Had such a good weekend! Spent so much time chatting, laughing and shouting that I have a voice like a banshee to this day!! WBC were excellent as usual, the punters were beautiful and kept me laughing all day. Met loads of lovely people over the weekend, but none as lovely as the Urban lads.

X to you all, was a pleasure to meet you!

you too love- you are so fucking cool it hurts.

Any girl that tries her hand at recreational roadkill-taxidermy, has an allotment and carries round bottles of brandy in her handbag is all good in my book!

Cockney rebel was irritatingly normal and annoyingly is actually pretty funny (and dresses like a scally pirate). Good to meet Solidarnosc as well

 

[rednblack]

just got back a couple of hours ago having finished dismantaling all the mess your lot left!

weighted down with more free booze than my house can consume in a month

cool to meet cakes and general ludd - i'm glad i didnt imagine the stuff about cakes and her strange habits
shame kroppers was there but you cant have everything

as for the workers power contingent - i saw the entire london area membership of workers power and revo dancing to ymca which made me laugh - solidarnoscs comedy jesters crown didnt make me laugh though

nearly running cockney rebel over with an off road buggy was fun mind

note to all - dont except an offer of brandy coffee off cakes at 5 in the morning if you are going to be starting an intensive 12 hour day 3 hours later...

 

[the B]

Did Reading have an Aftershock tent?

 

[stupid kid]

Did Reading have an Aftershock tent?

It had a barcadi tent, if you like paying £4 for 35ml of barcadi then it would've been right up your street.

What I did like this year was the exchange your warm beer place, cos it worked out much cheaper to just bring back 24 440ml cans from sainsburies for about £12 then exchange them for cold 500ml cans in the site, than it was to buy in the street/onsite.

 

[Cakes]

Glad to hear you're finally home r&b, must have been back breaking towards the end.

Do you have any idea how successful the WBC was at the festival? I might have already spoken to you about it (sorry - all you anarchists merge into one after a few drinks) but I was amazed at the quantities of "spillage" and wondered how the bar made any profit at all. Especially that last night, never seen so many drinks... err... spilled.

 

[rednblack]

(sorry - all you anarchists merge into one after a few drinks)

but I was amazed at the quantities of "spillage" and wondered how the bar made any profit at all. Especially that last night, never seen so many drinks... err... spilled.

they did quite well...

the amnesty bar lost thousands, but that wasnt the wbc

 

[belboid]

Glad to hear you're finally home r&b, must have been back breaking towards the end.

Do you have any idea how successful the WBC was at the festival? I might have already spoken to you about it (sorry - all you anarchists merge into one after a few drinks) but I was amazed at the quantities of "spillage" and wondered how the bar made any profit at all. Especially that last night, never seen so many drinks... err... spilled.

they make a bloody ton!

there arent that many `spillages`, and they sell over a million quids worth of beer at each site! the carry out bar (the portakabin that got burnt down) sold £32,000 in four hours on thursday night!

 

[Solidarnosc]

as for the workers power contingent - i saw the entire london area membership of workers power and revo dancing to ymca which made me laugh - solidarnoscs comedy jesters crown didnt make me laugh though

I lost that hat anyway. It were only £2 mind, and it was cheaper than buying sunglasses.

Honest guv.

We're party animals in WP, us.

 

[rednblack]

I lost that hat anyway.

shame, you and chavney pirate would have made a great paper selling team in your festival best

 

[Cakes]

Remarkable! It seemed to me that for every drink I took money for, there was another drink that I didn't. At Glastonbury it was even less because of the filth. I can't help comparing this set up to some of the busiest bars I've worked on where drip trays & slops were measured at the end of the night and the landlord would agonise over profits after £6000/weekend bar take.

 

[the B]

It had a barcadi tent, if you like paying £4 for 35ml of barcadi then it would've been right up your street.

What I did like this year was the exchange your warm beer place, cos it worked out much cheaper to just bring back 24 440ml cans from sainsburies for about £12 then exchange them for cold 500ml cans in the site, than it was to buy in the street/onsite.

The Aftershock tent was free entry, had a mechanical bull, hot tubs, sumo wrestling and was giving out water pistols.

Played some decent tunes too.

 

[kropotkin]

they did quite well...

the amnesty bar lost thousands, but that wasnt the wbc

Suck my balls Carling!

 

[rednblack]

Remarkable! It seemed to me that for every drink I took money for, there was another drink that I didn't. At Glastonbury it was even less because of the filth. I can't help comparing this set up to some of the busiest bars I've worked on where drip trays & slops were measured at the end of the night and the landlord would agonise over profits after £6000/weekend bar take.

despite the many issues i have with wbc, they are very generous with alchohol as the bulging sack i returned with would testify

 

[Cakes]

Carling never sucked my balls and I didn't get no bulging sack!

can't help feeling I've missed out somewhere

 

[Solidarnosc]

shame, you and chavney pirate would have made a great paper selling team in your festival best

They'd be tearing down the walls to get a hold of our papers.

We could probably have our own TV series as well.

 

[rednblack]

Carling never sucked my balls and I didn't get no bulging sack!

can't help feeling I've missed out somewhere

don't worry solid's and the pirates tv show nemisis elvis santa is willing to share his bulging sack with you!!