I probably didn’t want to play “everything sounds like coldplay now” back to back with the 13 Candles, did I?
For the last week I have been a sweaty mess, but you were too, so its probably not a problem. Nice storm last night, which has made it a bit more tolerable today. I’m still hiding in my basement though.
So much to catch up on – purple_perils party for a start, with lots of sitting around in the sun and geeking. Not much to say that hasn’t been said elsewhere already.
Guilfest the next day was another hot-hot day, I felt somewhat sorry for the grass under the festival, thats going to take a while to recover. After more U-turns than I’ve done for a long time I finally found the right car park, heaven forbid that the one-dayers are seen mingling with the hard core weekenders.
StereoMCs were playing Connected as I arrived, which is as near perfect a soundtrack for entering a festival as I can think of, just the right kind of atmosphere. Being Surrey, everyone is fully equipped, with chairs and macintosh squares. No hope of getting close enough to see the band.
So I went for a wander around the site, finding all the stages and seeing what else was about. On my way around I caught a bit of Who Will Miss Mary? who were musically interesting without being particularly engaging. Then it was time to find a proper line-up and figure out who I wanted to see. I caught the end of Retrograde Inversion, who were bouncy funky rock, and somewhat overheated. Voodoo Vegas were disposable. Sparks would’ve been better if I could see the stage or knew the music. Above were pub rockers. The Wot Nots unusual with a strong fanbase (small but very focussed). The Stranglers were past their best. Kila warrant another look, folky but with lots of other influences, enthusiastic. Green on Red were more stadium rock than I’d expected. And finally, Billy Idol was Billy Idol, exactly what you’d expect, I left after a few of his songs, he’s good but tiredness was getting to me by then.