September 3rd, 2005
Off to the Electric Picnic
Right, that’s me off to the Electric Picnic. If the traffic isn’t mental, I should make Matthew Herbert at 2pm. Otherwise, I can’t wait for Kraftwerk, The Flaming Lips, Goldfrapp, Roisin Murphy, LCD Soundsystem, Arcade Fire, The Redneck Manifesto, Mercury Rev, Nick Cave and my pal Mr. Scruff.
I heard from someone who went down last night that the silent disco is amazing. It works on the basis that when the bands, the organisers want to keep punters busy but don’t want to get in to trouble for late night noise. So, they bung a load of people in a large marquee and give them all a set of headphones via which they all listen to a DJ spinning tunes. If you popped your head in and didn’t know what was going on, it might look a bit One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. If I have any energy left, I’ll be in there lepping around after Kraftwerk.
Will report back…
September 3rd, 2005 at 2:25 pm
I hate you, I hate you, I hate you
But you know I don’t really…aww it’s taking me back
September 3rd, 2005 at 5:08 pm
The Silent disco sounds Gr8. It reminds me of another strange thing to try, after a couple of drinks put in earplugs
depending on your mentality you may find it highly amusing. 
September 5th, 2005 at 3:36 pm
I heard a rumour that sinead was seen in the sound engineers area during kraftwerk show - getting a bird’s eye view of events!
the electric picnic was amazing this year. LCD Soundsystem were the stars of the weekend. soon everyone will know who they are.
September 5th, 2005 at 4:04 pm
I was! Of all the good fortune in the world, we knew the sound engineer who got us in past the security guys. Got to watch the whole Kraftwerk set on the sound desk platform - absolutely AMAZING. I nearly cried.
And for a tiny lass like myself, it was great to be able to see so well rather than swaying from side to side trying to peer between the gaps between tall peoples’ heads.
Loved LCD Soundsystem, that ‘Losing My Edge’ song is cool. It’s like stream of consciousness smart arsery, but it rocks.
“I heard you have a compilation of every good song ever done by anybody. Every great song by the Beach Boys. All the underground hits. All the Modern Lovers tracks. I heard you have a vinyl of every Niagra record on German import. I heard that you have a white label of every seminal Detroit techno hit - 1985, ‘86, ‘87. I heard that you have a CD compilation of every good ’60s cut and another box set from the ’70s.
I hear you’re buying a synthesizer and an arpeggiator and are throwing your computer out the window because you want to make something real. You want to make a Yazz record.
I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables.
I hear that you and your band have sold your turntables and bought guitars.
I hear everybody that you know is more relevant than everybody that I know.”
September 5th, 2005 at 4:22 pm
aye the lcds are not too shabby to say the least… /me angry at missing electric picnic! espec. arcade fire!
September 6th, 2005 at 4:46 pm
Flaming Lips made my weekend, but it did mean that I missed Kraftwerk, who were on at the same time.
Not to be an insolent pup, but despite their fulcrumatic, cornerstone-of-musical-evolution status, they never appeared on my musical radar - maybe I was just that teensy bit too young.
Sinéad, I took a look around the Bacardi Bar but trying to find someone at that Picnic was like trying to find a needle in a big pile of needles. Hope you enjoyed it. I heard that LCD were brallont, not sure where I was when they were playing.
Trying to sleep at a music festival when you’ve had no alcohol to help you pass out and forget you’re sleeping on a nest of ridges in the ground is bloody difficult.
Hangover =
Tiredness + dehydration + pain
Sunday morning at Lec Pic (sober/camping on lumpy ground) = Tiredness + anger at loud campsite neighbours + pain .
But since it is often true that :
Dehydration = anger at loud campsite neighbours
(due to resultant crankiness)
Ergo, we can prove that:
Sunday morning at Lec Pic (sober/camping on lumpy ground) = Hangover
Therefore
Being sober at Lec Pic = pointless exercise
September 6th, 2005 at 11:12 pm
Glad you had a brilliant time as well! Hey, speaking of Roisin Murphy - what’s the story w/ her no-show - any idea?
Joe
September 7th, 2005 at 1:34 am
Therefore
that confusing rant = pointless exercise
September 7th, 2005 at 10:05 am
Joe
Apparently Roisin’s keyboard player missed his flight and got stuck somewhere in Eastern Europe. Husky Rescue were on instead when I went over. Nice album but live, they’re not very interesting.