I concur, somewhat. Tortoise were brilliant. Boards of Canada
brilliant. Broadcast were great. Def Jux Posse were great and seemed
quite out of place since they were entertaining the crowd, not jerking
off musically.
This brings me to my gripe with the weekend. Most of the bands didn't
seem to be there for their "fans" but were instead just up there
making noise. Major culprits: Authechre, Television, Stereolab and
Tortoise DJs (playing Whitney Houston may be tres-ironic but I heard
the same track three times over the weekend bringing it to five times
in the last week or so).
These bands and DJs need to remember they're entertainers. An hour of
wanking on stage isn't very exciting, although the turtleneck crowd
seemed to be into it.
Organisation was a bit lacking. 100 quid tickets and no way to get
from the train station to the festival except a once-per-hour bus (the
normal town bus) or one of the six taxis in town? Our "four berth
chalet" ended up being four beds of six people in the room meaning we
were meant to share with two strangers, until we kicked up a stink.
--
Rev Simon Rumble Current physical location: London, UK
simon@rumble.net
http://www.rumble.net
Prejudice:
A vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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