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Post by Captain on Feb 9, 2005 1:51:29 GMT
If you go or in my case use to go to festival, I am sure you have seen some strange things that stay in your mind. One that still makes me grin was at last Stonehenge festival. I was sitting with some friends when a very young clean cut Israeli lad with a very shiny new rucksack came over . He told us that he was travelling around the UK and was here to see the stones as part of his travels. He seemed pretty blown away by what was going on around him, but was very interested in a side of life you tend not to experience in Israel. He was a nice guy so I took him off for a cup of tea had a chat and then left him to go up to the stones and do his tourist thing. Now two days had passed and I was wondering around with a mate who pointed to a lone guy up one of the burial mounds doing a very strange Thi Chi sort of a dance. We both went up to have a look and to my surprise it was the Israeli guy, dressed only in his underpants with a scrap of blank A4 paper sellotaped to his right index finger which he was totally transfixed on. Poor guy could hardly talk lost all his kit, but seemed to be really enjoying him self, got the impression he never wanted to go back Israel.
Wonder what he's doing now...........
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Post by rod on Feb 9, 2005 21:34:21 GMT
Ahhh! Festivals.
Unfortunately (although not at the time) most of my festival memories seem to be tied up with drug and alcohol fuelled excesses. Most of my festival appearances were in the late eighties. ie. Reading, Donnington, even Mildenhall Rock and Blues festival - Rory Gallagher being my highlight, plus the Hamsters.
I fondly remember one fine Saturday night at Reading, sitting near the river bank (the mushrooms were good that year, I seem to remember), with a great crowd. Just talking and getting out of it. Mind you, the disco boats that cruised up and down the Thames got some serious abuse. Twats! Why were they not roughing it with us? The crap headline acts that year probably explained that! Starship, Bonnie Tyler, and a cast of other pointless bands were not a highlight then, I can tell you!
Festival downers are - Rain (if constant) the bogs c*nts with knives c*nts who thieve from tents - not mine tho' crap bands shortage of dope / beer* (* you choose)
Uppers are - Your choice of stimulant in abundance great bands no rain meeting like minded souls the "after- party" being better than the bands good bogs (not often tho')
Hmmm! I could go on for ever here!
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