The fence is up

It was my Birthday Tuesday and I went to Glastonbury! Saw the fence, the sun glinting off it as we passed through Pilton and on to Glastonbury. It encompasses the green fields like a silver necklace and now it's up, everything is a lot more tangible.

Just been watching the Glastonbury DVD again - never tire from it. Julien Temple did a masterful job of capturing the essence of what Glastonbury is.

Watched a Brother's cider video that I got signposted to via Twitter.

Just also watched Kasabian's Empire video (which I got today), can't wait to see 'em!

The biggest dilema however is; Blur or The Prodigy? It's going to gnaw away at me for the next 30 days...


RP


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Whether the weather be hot...

Thanks GlastoWatch, now I have something else to worry about!

RP




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They're here...

Glastonbury tickets have arrived!

:-)

They're bright, shiny and have a picture of me on them so I know I'm going


RP

The Line-up is Live!

The line-up has been released - early! They said 22:00! But never mind it's out, in all its glory and it's better than I could have ever hoped for!!!

Glastonbury Festivals - the official list

RP




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Folk Music! Let's Dance

A sunny day continues...

In Full Swing

A Multitude of Manic Morris Men & Women

Up and Over Morris

Swine Flu Alert!

RP


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More Folking Madness!

'His coat looks better than mine - must get more rags...'

'...or are we dancer?'

Nostalgia! Woolworths I Mean!

Man In A Hat

Remember! This all means that Glastonbury isn't very far away...

Malthouse Passage were good yesterday and it's great to hear the strains of traditional English folk music freely playing throughout the day. Now it would be better if it were The prodigy, Blind Guardian or a set from Nick Warren but music is music and I won't knock it. Weather's amazing too.

(Better not be using up all the weather before Glastonbury!)


RP


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What The Folk?

Ibiza clubbing in full swing!

The Chippenham Folk Festival is in full swing!
That can mean only one thing!

Glastonbury is just around the corner.

The Prodigy, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds & Status Quo! I'll say it again, The Prodigy, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Status Quo! Confirmed by eFestivals, just waiting for final, final confirmation from the big G on Monday - 10pm

My 'Must See' list is gonna have to be updated!


RP


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Even More Free Music!

Even More Free Music! and this time it's the audio equivalent of Gold!!!

Jody Wisternoff Podcasts from his website (via iTunes)
AND
2 new Way Out West tracks to listen to from the new album 'We Love Machine' at Way Out West on MySpace but I've not found 'em yet!


RP


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Another 'Must See!'

eFestivals shows Jody Wisternoff playing Igloo (Dance Village) on Friday & Saturday! Confirmed on MySpace


One sublime DJ - just check out his stuff on MySpace
especially 'Cold DrinkHot Girl' and his remixes; Dana B - Loveshine & Chymera Parelo


RP


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Lineup! Lineup! Read all about it!

The Glastonbury 2009 lineup will be published on Monday 25th May. Everybody and his dog are claiming to be the first site to publish it when it happens.

Guardian Twitter seems to be the best bet. I'll be at work but as soon as I get home, I'll have my grubby little mitts all over it - will Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds be showing their Red Right Hand? Will The Prodigy be a Firestarter or a non-starter, Will Tom Jones be at the Green Green Grass of Glastonbury?

All will be revealed on Monday (and no doubt I'll have to review my list of Must See's. Again!)


RP


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More Pre-Glastonbury Free (or certainly v. cheap) Listening List

I've found some more free stuff!

I was feeling down the back of the internet and found these

• Justice* - rejected Fabriclive 37 Mix, released with Justice's blessing as a 'Xmas Mix' - tranceaddict forums has the tracklist detail and you can download it free from urb mag's podcast pages (it's page 5)


• Spinal Tap - Saucy Jack - sign up and download from Spinal's website


• Coldplay - as of today (15th) you can download the album LeftRightLeftRightLeft for free, gratis, not a bean! from their website

Funny what you can find when you're looking for nothing in particular...

* I know Justice aren't billed for Glastonbury but you can always hope!

RP

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'Must See' Glastonbury 2009

Here's my 'must see' list for Glastonbury 2009 'so far' in a 'some particular order but it gets a bit orderless towards the end' kind of way.

I must admit, when I reserved my tickets back in the mists of time, when the sun barely made it over the yardarm (have I got one of those?) although I knew Glastonbury 2009 would be 'absolutely astounding' I hadn't really given much thought to what the lineup would be, who would be playing (apart from a yearning for Blind Guardian to suddenly be included and it be the best Glastonbury ever!). I thought it may not be as good as 2008's, being my first Glastonbury an' all. Woah, was I wrong. I was so wrong. I was like a wrong person, at the wrong time, with wrong glasses on, the wrong way round! Here's kind of how it went

• Blur - I mean Blur! Not Rumoured or even Strongly Rumoured, not even TBC'd in an eFestivals kind of way but a full blown Confirmed in a Glastonbury Festivals type of way!



• Gong - flipped into AF, triped into a bit of SVT, folowed by picoseconds of Flatline and then back into Sinus (albeit Sinus Tachycardia) Gong! Camembert Electrique Gong! Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Didier Malherbe, Mike Howlet, Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Travis Barker Gong. Playing Glastonbury, just like they did all those years ago.



• The Specials - everything went black and white and I drifted back to the days of 2 Tone and all that ska - Wow!



• Dub Pistols - Jason O'Bryan and Barry Ashworth. Saw a bit of them at Glastonbury 2008 dynamite! They're collaborating with Terry Hall - The Specials. Mine's a Rum & Coke...



• Scratch Perverts - that Fabriclive CD in a tin...



• Eric Prydz, Timo Maas - it's going to be like a mini-Creamfields



• Kasabian - 'Shoot The Runner'



• Tinariwen - ever since I saw a clip of them on the Glastonbury DVD, they took my top slot as coolest band, even though they come from the hottest part of the world!



• Josh Wink - A Higher State of Consciousness - 'nuf said'



• Spinal Tap - I'm turning it up to eleven!



• The Prodigy - If there's one band that are going to make it the best, this is it!

So now, without further ado, the full

'Must See' List Glastonbury 2009

• Gong [listen on planetgong]
• The Steve Hillage Band [listen on MySpace planetgong]
• The Prodigy [listen on MySpace] Only a rumour at moment...
• Dub Pistols [listen on MySpace]
• The Specials [listen on MySpace]
• Blur [listen on blur.co.uk MySpace]
• Banco De Gaia [listen on MySpace]
• The Scratch Perverts [listen on MySpace]
• Kasabian [listen on MySpace]
• Ray Davies [listen on MySpace]
• Spinal Tap [listen on MySpace] Free download from website
• Nick Cave [listen on MySpace] Only a rumour at moment...
• Deadmau5 [listen on MySpace]
• Timo Maas [listen on MySpace]
• Eric Prydz [listen on MySpace ericprydz.com]
• The Twisted Wheel [listen on MySpace]
• Pendulum [listen on MySpace]
• Pete Tong [listen on MySpace]
• Josh Wink [listen on MySpace]
• Tom Jones [listen on MySpace] A legend... Only a rumour at moment...
• Neil Young [listen on MySpace]
• Eat Static [listen on MySpace]
• Tinariwen [listen on MySpace]
• Murphys Lore [listen on MySpace]
• Freeland [listen on MySpace]
• Slam [listen on MySpace]
• Peter Doherty [listen on MySpace]
• Fairport Convention [listen on website]
• DJ Billy Nasty [listen on MySpace]
• Annie Nightingale [listen on MySpace] Another legend...
• Tom Middleton [listen on MySpace]
• Hybrd [listen on MySpace]
• The Qemists [listen on MySpace] DJ Set at the Glade & Live
  

Not much sleep then!

Get the official nod from the Glastonbury site and the rumour status from eFestivals

RP

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Pre-Glastonbury Free (or certainly v. cheap) Listening List

So, there are only 6 weeks and 2 days until Glastonbury 2009. The weather's getting warmer honest it is! The question is how to; contain all that anticipation without going crazy, summon up the will to go to work when I have to and generally just try not to implode!

The following listening list is keeping me sane

• Oasis - Falling Down - Digital Bundle 2 (or 12" vinyl if you can play it) - Amorphous Androgynous (A Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Remix) This is the sound of summer 2009! Get it from iTunes
• Mixmag May09 - Carl Cox - Main Stage Madness Free with Mixmag, Carl is playing Glastonbury Dance Village
• Alex Freeland - Under Control (Alex Metric Remix) Free download from his MySpace page. Have to provide your email
• Global Underground - GU MiniMix - Free download from GU's website. Just have to sign up
• Way Out West - Live at Glastonbury 2008 - All New Material Register at their MySpace page for free 15 minute download
• Gong - Isle of Everywhere - Live at the Uncon 2006 Register at Gong's website. Subscribe to the Gong e-newsletter and you get the download
• Mirrorsystem - mp3 downloads of Cloud 11, Stella (duende mix), Hilal and Lazy Partial downloads from a-wave.com's mirrorsystem page
  

All the above are free and you can iPod them and take 'em away! When you're connected, MySpace, among others streams a whole load of music - all the bands playing at Glastonbury this year...

RP

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Yes, but this festival goes up to 11!

Am I dreaming?

Spinal Tap are playing Glastonbury reported on eFstivals, All The Festivals, Fancore...

Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Hary Shearer as David St. Hubbins, Nigel Tufnel and Derek Smalls ark ther 25th anniversary.

I'm of to put in the DVD and crank the volume to 11...


RP


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A Nudge and a Wink

Josh Wink playing Glastonbury!

It's not always what you think it is. I got him mixed up with some trance mix of something that mentions 'Higher State of Consciousness' on Northern Exposure by Sasha & John Digweed but following it up; what a song!

MySpace has some of the album; When A Banana Was Just A Banana to listen to [review on CultureDeluxe].


Now firmly added to my list of 100's to see at this year's Glastonbury.


RP


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