Comments on: Here’s mud in your eye! http://www.postculturist.com/2009/07/heres-mud-in-your-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=heres-mud-in-your-eye Faire et se taire Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:57:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Queenie http://www.postculturist.com/2009/07/heres-mud-in-your-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Queenie Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:00:13 +0000 http://www.postculturist.com/?p=1230#comment-195 I can't believe people trudge to Glastonbury to watch telly. Ha. Shame about the litter too. God, what a job... I bet it takes weeks to clear the site up. Cows must find counterfeit E pills and used condoms underhoof for <i>ages</i>. But what larks you had, despite the odd setback. Sounds like you really did get into the 'true' spirit of it by the end, complete with warm fuzzy glow. Ahhh. I can’t believe people trudge to Glastonbury to watch telly. Ha.

Shame about the litter too. God, what a job… I bet it takes weeks to clear the site up. Cows must find counterfeit E pills and used condoms underhoof for ages.

But what larks you had, despite the odd setback. Sounds like you really did get into the ‘true’ spirit of it by the end, complete with warm fuzzy glow. Ahhh.

]]> By: SwissToni http://www.postculturist.com/2009/07/heres-mud-in-your-eye/comment-page-1/#comment-193 SwissToni Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:25:13 +0000 http://www.postculturist.com/?p=1230#comment-193 A couple of other highs and lows I forgot to mention: -> the guy I saw in our camping area watching Springsteen's set on a little portable TV when you could clearly hear the boss finishing up on the Pyramid with your own ears a short stroll down the site -> the disposable culture which means that people are perfectly happy to simply leave behind many of the things they brought to the festival. Eavis talks about "Love the Farm, Leave No Trace", but rubbish is often ankle deep, and the site is littered with abandoned tents and the like come the Monday morning. Well, someone else will tidy up, right? -> on a lighter note, we were irritated by bored 10 year old just in front of us at the Pyramid Stage on Sunday afternoon. He was allowed to run riot as his parents got increasingly battered.... until my rather refreshed friend Leon turned up and started jumping about, at which point said 10 year old went very quiet and hid behind his mum. I've never been so pleased / amused to see Leon (a man who has red wine and scrumpy mixed for breakfast at the festival) in my life.... My feelings about this year's festival are a little mixed, but I've spent much of the time since I got back on Monday afternoon wishing that I was still there, so it can't be all bad. You simply can't find homemade, wind-powered, organic, fair-trade coffee around here like the stuff they serve in the Green Fields..... Roll on 2010 and the Festival's 40th birthday (although finger's crossed that the rumours about U2 or the Rolling Stones turn out to be just that, eh?) ST A couple of other highs and lows I forgot to mention:

-> the guy I saw in our camping area watching Springsteen’s set on a little portable TV when you could clearly hear the boss finishing up on the Pyramid with your own ears a short stroll down the site

-> the disposable culture which means that people are perfectly happy to simply leave behind many of the things they brought to the festival. Eavis talks about “Love the Farm, Leave No Trace”, but rubbish is often ankle deep, and the site is littered with abandoned tents and the like come the Monday morning. Well, someone else will tidy up, right?

-> on a lighter note, we were irritated by bored 10 year old just in front of us at the Pyramid Stage on Sunday afternoon. He was allowed to run riot as his parents got increasingly battered…. until my rather refreshed friend Leon turned up and started jumping about, at which point said 10 year old went very quiet and hid behind his mum. I’ve never been so pleased / amused to see Leon (a man who has red wine and scrumpy mixed for breakfast at the festival) in my life….

My feelings about this year’s festival are a little mixed, but I’ve spent much of the time since I got back on Monday afternoon wishing that I was still there, so it can’t be all bad. You simply can’t find homemade, wind-powered, organic, fair-trade coffee around here like the stuff they serve in the Green Fields…..

Roll on 2010 and the Festival’s 40th birthday (although finger’s crossed that the rumours about U2 or the Rolling Stones turn out to be just that, eh?)

ST

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