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Post by Fat Reg on Aug 27, 2007 14:44:03 GMT -5
OK, brief thoughts - please put full reviews in the Festival Reviews section
As for me...
The Good: The fatreg.com meet-up NIN Dinosaur Jr The fine wines and food we had instead of festie grub Spending all day in the fucking pub. Every day The incredibly posh public schoolgirls camped next to us who seemed to prefer the company of three fat, drunk, offensive middle-aged men to that of their friends
The bad: Parking across the river Way, way too many people Not enough toilets Nowhere near enough decent bands (I only saw four all weekend, and one of them was a bit shit)
Over to you!
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Post by Nik on Aug 27, 2007 15:22:19 GMT -5
I'm sure i'll end up doing a proper review at some point, but for now
The Good
Quality camping crew (no moaning people unlike previous years!) Some stunning sets (Gogol, Capdown, Living end, Beans on toast, Ed Byrne, Municple waste, The Dwarves, NIN) The Meetup (although i remember almost nothing) Almost constantly being off my head Our makeshift flagpole Stunning weather (apart from the wednesday)
The Bad
Overcrowing in the arena (if you let in more people you'd think you'd make it bigger surely?!) Moronic rioting (i'm talking about burning shit, of course people chanting, hanging around in croup, drumming etc..is all well and good, just don't do nout that could blow me up, it's not as if i'm entirley together on the last night!) And the big one....RUNNING OUT OF BEER ON THE LAST NIGHT. How the fuck did we manage that? Not happened ever in 5 years....good way to mark the occasion!
Overall it was quality as ever. Same time next year I reckon
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Post by Nik on Aug 27, 2007 15:24:50 GMT -5
Oh yeah, also Bad was that i broke/lost two tents (the second had to be brought down by some friends arriving later in the weekend) a gazebo (which was reborn as the flagpole) as well as two cameras.
...Actually i might lump that in with good as it is kinda hilarious
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Post by Ali p on Aug 28, 2007 2:53:52 GMT -5
The Good : The thursday night forum meet-up NIN - They should have headlined Enter Shikari Lost Prophets FFAF Free Beer in the Arena (Thanks Gemma!) The gob-smackingly good weather (best in 8 years) Chilli Peppers Gogol Bordello £3.50 Steak pasty for breakfast outside the arena The Bad: Bit lacking in good band dept (but with free beer & hot sun, who cares? ;D) Wankers in our campsite who 'played' the drums on a set of steel bins all night on sunday, it wasn't even slightly musical/in time ... Ear plugs next year.... Chilli's didn't play enough older material
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Post by Digsy on Aug 28, 2007 13:28:37 GMT -5
ok my turn...
the good
fatreg meet of course! who was the guy telling me drug stories it was awesome lol
really nice weather!
my mate john and tracey getting it on ooOOOooohhh lol
my mate naeems snoring being so ridiculously loud it kept everyone awake even me who was several tents down and hearing several people walk past at night saying "oh that must be "the snoring mans" tent". It was a proper urban legend.
gogol bordello, NIN, the gossip and fall out boy.....
the bad
......being the only good bands on all weekend
the huge mobs of people coming into our camp site banging bins etc
my tent not making it home with me since like 7 people fell on it sunday night
somebody trying to set fire to my hat while i was asleep wearing it out in the open cos i didnt have a tent to sleep in
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Post by T8 on Aug 29, 2007 3:28:50 GMT -5
erm......when i get a few seconds i will write mine. It was great to meet you guys. tho i must admit i cant remember much apart from wibbling at you Reg about a load of crap god i was wasted!!!
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Post by DAN on Aug 31, 2007 17:11:13 GMT -5
OK, after due consideration:
The Good
NIN - What a great way to finish a festival. Dinosaur - finally coming out of the shadow of drive, well done boys. Turbonegro Cheese Xacuti - possibly the finest Indian Scoff I've ever had. Beer gardens of Reading & Caversham. Special mention to The Horn, good food, good booze, the most tolerant bar woman I've ever seen (not us, we we're well behaved at that point) and a pub name with endless comedic possibilities (as long as you have a lager induced 5 second memory) Camping where we couldn't here the twatts 'drumming'...I know it's exciting the first time mummy let's you out on your own, but ALL FUCKIN' NIGHT!??
The Bad
NIN didn't finish the festival. Turbonegro having terrible sound. Too many fuckin' people & all of them younger than me...tho' none better looking strangely. Queueing for boats. The above mentioned posh birds allowing their ponies to run free in Quayley's tent resulting in a nasty nip to the back of his leg...or something.
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Post by DAN on Aug 31, 2007 17:15:57 GMT -5
Hear for fuck sake, couldn't hear, not here. Jesus how much did my parent's waste on my education.
I'll be riting in txt speak next.
I feel so dirty.
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Post by DAN on Aug 31, 2007 17:17:23 GMT -5
And now that fucking apostrophe...like anyone wants to hear about my parent's waste!
I'm going to be sick.
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Post by DAN on Aug 31, 2007 17:23:25 GMT -5
Can you tell I've been drinking?
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Post by Fat Reg on Sept 1, 2007 18:03:10 GMT -5
Drinking? You? I don't believe it...
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Post by graham on Sept 5, 2007 13:34:27 GMT -5
PISS IN A LADIES SHOE?
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Post by T8 on Sept 6, 2007 8:26:19 GMT -5
erm erm.....i dont know
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Post by Fat Reg on Sept 6, 2007 14:41:32 GMT -5
Aaah, you'll need to look at the photos from Reading 2000...
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Post by messi on Sept 16, 2007 6:46:59 GMT -5
I voted average NIN was awesome tho
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