Rise Festival '08, Finsbury Park, Sun 13th July
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I just don't take kindly to being patronised by someone arrogant enough to make assumptions about why I don't like something.
Your post basically said, "You're wrong and I'm right because you just don't get it, you foolish child".
Which makes you sound like a tit.
harpo
Listening to Radio Jackie
But there was a time today when the woofers were or sounded fucked. If you take umbrage so easily that's your lookout.
harpo
Listening to Radio Jackie
Well, none really. I suppose I was just reliving the afternoon and the point where the bass became unbearable and I wondered whether it was supposed to be like that. Sorry if I sounded offensive towards you in particular. That's when we went to the desert stage (wonderful) and when we came back, Jimmy Cliff was just starting and yes, he's not the man he was but he's still a legend and I loved him.
I was helping to organise a Beres Hammond gig in Gambia about 18 months ago and he did a similar sort of cabaret reggae thing.
I was helping to organise a Beres Hammond gig in Gambia about 18 months ago and he did a similar sort of cabaret reggae thing.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Rum crisis maybes?
Always by the tennis courts.
Bob knows why, but it's always by the tennis courts
you mean you missed the whole process where that little shitter boris removed anything political from the event - as long as it was left-political.
but he still let insane homophobic religious organisations distribute thousands of "papers" to punters.
you've admitted that you've lost any ability to judge music, which is good of you to put in front of all of us
you've admitted that you've lost any ability to judge music, which is good of you to put in front of all of us
Shut it, hippy
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
you feckin goth.
Great day in my book, no problems. Was busy but what do you expect on a hot day. Never got pushed about or crushed, fantastic crowd. Was quite nice not to have the political agenda pushed down my throat at every option. Was nice to be able to take beers in and I didn't see much corporate sponsorship anywhere. Nice range of music (although maybe a bit too many gaps between acts early on. Bumped into loads of random friends, seemed like most of london was there. Hare Krishna yoga tent was very chilled out.
Exactly what a free London fest should be IMHO.
Exactly what a free London fest should be IMHO.
he's gonna break another heart... he's gonna tell another lie...
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Shut it, hippy
... yeah that one really WAS shit ...Sounds like this one was overcrowded yesterday??
The last Rise I went to (2006 I think ) was PACKED.
Would have liked to get to that reggae (DJ) stage if I'd been in town.
blossie33
trailer trash
I didn't think it was too bad at all. Not too crowded and made it home remarkable swiftly on the Victoria line. Nice day.
The sound was shit though. Beardyman's second interval sounded like it was being played through blown walkman speakers underwater. Jimmy Cliff was pretty horrible really, with the sudden end a merciful escape. If he'd spent less time doing 'save the world' call and responses like an extra annoying Jackson then he could have fitted a few extra songs in. Trite bollocks.
The sound was shit though. Beardyman's second interval sounded like it was being played through blown walkman speakers underwater. Jimmy Cliff was pretty horrible really, with the sudden end a merciful escape. If he'd spent less time doing 'save the world' call and responses like an extra annoying Jackson then he could have fitted a few extra songs in. Trite bollocks.
chegrimandi
associated with adultery
excellent day...the reggae stage thing was really good - someone played some banging jungle at about 7 ish , saw bashy who did a good job early doors and the other urban stage played some wicked stuff and was down the front when jerry dammers did message to rudy...
saw loads of friends haven't seen for a while as well...
main stage was pretty shite but it always is at these type of things...css were awful apparently..
paulie - the dj stage was to the left as you walked in, by the tennis courts...
monday morning meh.
, saw bashy who did a good job early doors and the other urban stage played some wicked stuff and was down the front when jerry dammers did message to rudy...saw loads of friends haven't seen for a while as well...
main stage was pretty shite but it always is at these type of things...css were awful apparently..
paulie - the dj stage was to the left as you walked in, by the tennis courts...
monday morning meh.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I thought it was mostly good. There was a good atmosphere, the crowd seemed happy, I didn't see any trouble, and it didn't feel over-policed. No problems with people taking in their own drink etc. either.
CSS were fairly unremarkable. Jimmy Cliff was disappointing. Well, he was OK until the patronising/cheesy "save the planet" nonsense which seemed to go on for ever. And then he finished without any warning - I didn't gather whether that was his fault or the organisers' for running over time though.
There was noticeably less overtly political stuff than previous years. Not sure how I feel about that - I think it was almost certainly "wrong" to use a publicly funded event for political purposes but it did make it a bit more "interesting". (I've just remembered starting a thread about this after last year's event. The second post on that thread is kind of poignant.)
It was interesting to see that the branding around the main stage etc. read "Greater London Authority" rather than "Mayor for London" as it used to. Is this a general Boris policy, or is he just trying to distance himself from this event?
The biggest disappointment of all, of course, was that Boris himself didn't make an appearance on stage. That would have been really interesting.
CSS were fairly unremarkable. Jimmy Cliff was disappointing. Well, he was OK until the patronising/cheesy "save the planet" nonsense which seemed to go on for ever. And then he finished without any warning - I didn't gather whether that was his fault or the organisers' for running over time though.
There was noticeably less overtly political stuff than previous years. Not sure how I feel about that - I think it was almost certainly "wrong" to use a publicly funded event for political purposes but it did make it a bit more "interesting". (I've just remembered starting a thread about this after last year's event. The second post on that thread is kind of poignant.)
It was interesting to see that the branding around the main stage etc. read "Greater London Authority" rather than "Mayor for London" as it used to. Is this a general Boris policy, or is he just trying to distance himself from this event?
The biggest disappointment of all, of course, was that Boris himself didn't make an appearance on stage. That would have been really interesting.
art of fact
wavvvey
i died in a pukey mess and had to leave 
The_Reverend_M
More bass, vicar?
Had fun dancing in the sunshine and drinking cider 
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
I was quite enjoying Jimmy Cliff till they cut him off mid-song. 
That was terrible, why did it have to finish at 8.30?
Am surprised noone has mentioned Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings yet. They were brilliant, the best band I saw, but due to timing problems they only played for about 20 minutes.
CSS were pretty disappointing, which is a shame cos I like them on record.
Bad points: Got my water bottle taken off me on the way in.
Lack of choice at the beer tents.
Good points: Sharon Jones. Got home very quickly, tube wasn't even that crowded. Weather.
That was terrible, why did it have to finish at 8.30?Am surprised noone has mentioned Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings yet. They were brilliant, the best band I saw, but due to timing problems they only played for about 20 minutes.
CSS were pretty disappointing, which is a shame cos I like them on record.
Bad points: Got my water bottle taken off me on the way in.
Lack of choice at the beer tents.
Good points: Sharon Jones. Got home very quickly, tube wasn't even that crowded. Weather.
The point was to hear some great bands live, for free. Isn't that enough.
Paulie Tandoori
shut it you egg!
Yeah, i know that. Just didn't enjoy it as much as previously. Didn't really see anyone, sound was poor, moving about was a pain in the arse cos bogs/food stalls blocked most of main drag. Maybe i was just feeling grumpy, i dunno?
Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
what he said, apart from i never bothered getting there that early
i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was sunny, it was free, met up with good friends, and me and my girl danced madly to Gangsters with some smiling strangers, what more could you want? didnt really catch too many of the acts directly (in that we were sat down getting drunk) but beardyman was good, and whoever was on the african stage at around 5.30pm whilst i waited for the loo was fun
a special shout out to angela and the other ladies in the london underground tent, who kept madge amused for a good hour, with lots of freebies to boot (thankfully, madge took one look at the cap and gave it back
)It was a lovely festival - but the glass ban was a bit much. They could have put something on the website to warn us. I did manage to smuggle my tequila in and sell it without any hassle nonetheless. I wasn't sure why we couldn't bring in open cans but could bring in cans and open them in there? Maybe confused security guards - that made no sense at all! Still they were friendly enough and it was all good - saw some mates I hadn't seen in years
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