Friday, August 05, 2005

Glastonbury memories

After Glastonbury, a few of us compiled our favourite memories of the event, which were the cause of immense amounts of hilarity and mirth. It never fails to surprise me the degree to which retrospection can colour an event brightly, despite it being awful and miserable at the time. Reading through this list, you'd think I had the time of my life! Well, maybe I did...

Paul's list:

Missing our exit and ending up in Wales!

Jimmy and Michelle carrying five tents plus all their stuff on Wed - legends!!

Deb's sense of what's important in life -- gladly carrying the slab of beer for over an hour with her pack on all the way to camp!!

Me, tempting fate with a "you don't get storms like we do back home story" a couple of hours before the rain starts -- firmly put in my place!!!

Leithy, Kelly and Debbie all raving about how nice this guy was that let them each in turn wrap their legs around his neck -- smooth; I wonder if he gives classes?!

The guy who asked to get past just taking my spot at Timo Maas!

Sam walking around for two days in bare feet.

Leithy almost running the whole way to Lost Vagueness on the rumour of Scissor Sisters.

Sue for her little presents to everyone (my rolling stones sweatband and Debs' blue fluffy hairbands)!

Fellow Windian Liam for telling me all about spiders and snakes in Oz for half an hour before he realised that I told him in the first place, classic!!

Primal Scream -- my bad.

The Marty shuffle!

Shower, pizza, bean bag, TV, when I got home!

Kellie's list:


# convincing paul to put mud on his face to join the BNKC

# the sue/debbie/liethy/kel fist dance

# the she/pee

# guy letting me debs and liethy on his shoulders to see the coldplay crowd.

# wondering in the lost vaguenes between 6am and 11am to stumble upon a guy playing a piano in a muddy lane and singing 'always look on the bright side of life' to a rather mixed group of people.

# swapping a can of baked beans for dry socks with a guy who worked in a juice bar

# playing wellington boot frisby with the circus people I met the morning I was late home

# convincing little steve that running through an electrical storm in a red children with leukaemia poncho and board shorts to buy wet weather gear at 7am was a good idea.

# watching him do this.

# dancing in the ballroom with my fan and the scissor sisters.

# getting into the casino with krista and ainsley having dodged the drag queen and the dress up area.

# Liethys tea saving fall in the mud

# taking ten hours to get home and finding out the water main had burst.

Marty's list:

Make Poverty History hands in the air, albeit for only 5 seconds.

The bloke who walked dick-first into the stinging nettles (not me, remember I was just involved in the nettles versus penis moment).

The overwhelming ooglefest of the Dance Lounge on Saturday night.

Little Steve's charge into the wee hours on Sunday night.

The Marty Shuffle.

Tent-shaking 10.30am soundchecks, followed by sets from shit-boring bands.

Garbage - drinks in the setting sun.

White Stripes - ubercool set.

Ana Matronic's cameo appearance.

Debbie's blue bobbles making multiple appearances.

Marty daring to subtly suggest that Little Steve had not in fact seen the Killers because the program doesn't lie.

General level of cheek in the BNKC.

New Order delivering all but Blue Monday.

How many covers of Can't Get You Out Of My Head?

Timo Maas's mullet and his wicked set.

Scissor Sisters' DJ set.

The trashed tent that just managed to stay put in the path of the river.

The mud's transition from soup to glue - the general carnage following our exit from New Order.

The totally trashed state of the Pyramid area Monday 4am.

Stanton Warriors' top set.

Spotting a copy of FHM. In a portaloo. On Monday.

Marty's fall in the mud (sadly few witnesses).

Ainslie's crane versus Marty's disdainful looks - fisticuffs following.

Kelly's 11am homecoming. The best?

Friday night 3am - couple smoking whilst sitting and embracing in mud,
compleeeetely covered in mud.

Debbie's list:

Leithy's very dainty fall into the mud - one hand and one knee only I think - whilst amazingly managing not to spill a single drop from her cup of tea. (Kellie will appreciate this)

Primal Scream - who aren't hard core rock apparently ;-) - being escorted off stage

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