a long weekend to remember
Mike Montfort
mikemont at NYCAP.RR.COM
Wed Jul 31 15:21:08 EDT 2002
You are a jem Arin. Thanks for the stream of consciousness. Pity you
couldn't get to Forbidden Planet.. the new Who is out I think..
Mike
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::Behalf Of Arin Komins
::Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 1:59 PM
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::Subject: HW: a long weekend to remember
::
::
::One of these days, I'm going to have to realize that long weekends
::in the UK are silly.
::
::...but since I've not come to my senses yet, I did make it over
::for hastings and the fest.
::
::(...and now! a quick and not very coherent trip diary. Forgive me, I'm
::in training this week, and am goofing off rather than paying attention.)
::
::Flight across was OK, if a bit cramped. Met Rich at Heathrow (yay!
::yay! yay!), took the Heathrow Express into Paddington.
::
::Oops. tube strike.
::
::bugger.
::
::Off to wait in the 1 hr + cab line.
::
::Was going to hit Forbidden Planet on the way out to Hastings to pick up
::stuff, but that wasn't going to happen. boo hiss.
::
::Not a problem though. Just get to Hastings early ;-)
::
::Off to London Bridge, picked up the train to Hastings.
::
::(I obviously don't take trains enough. I was far far too amused by the
::trolley people.)
::
::Get to Hastings, find B & B.
::
::Ditch stuff. Chill a bit. Be amused by what is considered "en suite" for
::a bit.
::
::Off to wander the pier. It's a beautiful day in Hastings.....
::Ocean is just breathtaking.
::
::Take a look in venue. Old ballroom, maybe?
::
::Hope to hear soundcheck. Stupid frickin sound guys fail to get their
::act together.
::
::Bump into Colin Allen. Chat happily for a bit. Think nasty thoughts
::at sound guys. Chat to Hardy from MQB for a bit. Chat to misc band
::folk. Catch up a bit since I've not chatted since November.
::
::Continue to think nasty thoughts about sound guys.
::
::Doors open, and I flyer the masses, along with Rich.
::
::See moongluum and linuxchaos from IRC. Chat to his zeitgeistness.
::
::Listen to MQB (who were quite good.) Couldn't watch them as was still
::flyering....
::
::Get done flyering. Wait with baited breath for HW to play.
::
::er.
::
::um.
::
::argh.
::
::Let's just say that the sound guys should be taken out and
::shot. Terrible, terrible stuff. Huw isn't playing as well as he should.
::Listened to a murder of Spirit of the Age.
::
::Hope to heck fest is better ;-) as Hastings was very singularly terrible.
::
::Colin offers Rich and I a lift from train station at Axminster to fest
::the following day.
::
::I bless him for that, as it would have been cabs otherwise.
::
::Sleep.
::
::Catch train at far far too early in the AM the next morning.
::(what's this jet lag thing you mention?)
::
::Hey....train stops at waterloo, so don't have to cab across london again!
::wa hey!
::
::Change trains, arrive in scenic Axminster. Rich calls Colin, then off to
::find fest location ;-)
::
::(thank you, Colin. We appreciated!!!!!)
::
::Get lost for awhile. Find the three horseshoes pub. See Nick Lee waiting
::for friends, and Jill getting into a cab. Get confused for a
::bit. Eventually find location.
::
::Tone amazes us all by instantly recognizing us. Get armbanded (oooh,
::shiny metal thing ;-) ), see big purple thing loomed. yay big purple
::thing.
::
::Watch Rich set up camp. I've never camped before, so I plead excessive
::ignorance. Eventually help out ;-)
::
::Head off into main field.
::
::Wow.
::
::oh wow.
::
::oh really really really wow. Big big purple tent stage thing was
::incredible. chaos cafe off at other side. View from the main field was
::rather nice. See Pete Pracownik setup. and next to him is....
::
::Merrick and Julie! and they brought a mobile array of their stars and
::stuff. neat!!!!! Pete and Leigh (sp?) are camping with them. They are
::doing recycling for the fest. What a good idea, and they did a good job
::of it....
::
::Colin has to leave. Bad bit of business. I'm so sorry,
::Colin. Sympathy.....
::
::Go chat for a bit. see the amazing trikes they had. Good toys, and
::useful, too!
::
::So this is the litmus I've heard word of....
::
::Not bad. MQB was lovely. Bedouin decent. Not the best that I've seen
::them as, but good.
::
::Do lots of chilling.
::
::Go back to Mike and Lucy's camper. Attempt to get warm around a "fire".
::We'll that didn't quite work, but the thought counted.
::
::Saw the beginnings of "Beerhenge". Hey Mike....did you ever finish it?
::
::Juggled a bit. Glow in the dark juggling balls at night with no light
::pollution are nice....
::
::Saturday. portaloos still looming. Let's just say that they were
::supposed to have a much better setup, but as everyone else has mentioned,
::the portaloos were frightening. It's warm out, and I get terribly
::sunburnt. (fun, though!)
::
::proteus starts. techno-y, but the battle of the planets remix was fun.
::(maybe I'm just in the right age range....)
::
::spacehead. very cool. with team keith (keith b and captain
::bl at ck) guesting!
::
::one eyed bishops just isn't my thing, I'm afraid.
::
::Astralasia. So does Pete Pracownik normally play with them?
::
::A bit too ....fastpaced for me. I really really like Astralasia, but
::they upped the tempo on their stuff when they were playing it, i think.
::
::HW. so much better than Hastings. Thank you thank you thank you thank
::you thank you! Even the murder of Spirit of the Age was done better ;-)
::
::imho, Tim Blake is not my favorite singer. (and now I'll shut up about
::it, Stuart ;-) )
::
::Capt. Bl at ck, Rizz, and Jez Huggett guesting.
::
::Actual setlist slipped out of my head for some reason. Same as hastings?
::although I thought Earth Calling sounded different.
::
::Still can't wait to hear new stuff ;-) (yay the new album. coming soon,
::I hope!)
::
::Completely failed to catch Jez doing his thing in the Jazz tent,
::unfortunately. Although I was hanging out at Merrick and Julie's campsite
::with other boc-l folk at the fire and juggling so I plead a partial
::excuse. ;-)
::
::Sunday. sad day. have to leave today as flight goes out on Monday...
::
::Hop into Sidmouth? courtesy of Rob, and make much needed use of a loo.
::Chill by the ocean, although I really should've brough my bathing suit.
::
::and ouch! rocks! I understand now why I like sand beaches.
::
::Get lift back. Say goodbyes ('til next tour!)
::Manage to strategically miss all of Sunday's music (sigh. Next time, I'll
::know better.)
::
::All in all the fest was a fabulous experience. Small and intimate, while
::probably not ideal in terms of money, was absolutely fabulous for meeting
::and hanging out with folk.
::
::Very very mellow. enormously enjoyable. Please, oh please, do again?
::
::(then off......)
::
::Rob gives us lift to train station (thanks Rob!). Back off to London.
::Off to ye olde hotel. Suffer, as they don't have air conditioning, and
::I'm not that keen on sleeping in the heat.
::
::Wake up not early enough. Something wrong with my eye (eek). Off to
::Paddington to ditch my stuff. Make foolhardy journey to Forbidden Planet.
::Buy far too many Dr. Who audio cds ;-)
::
::Say goodbye to Rich :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
::
::Back to Paddington, off to Heathrow Express. Plane delayed a bit,
::get home. freak out about being back in the real world.
::
::sigh.
::
::misc thanks and stuff:
::
::merrick and julie for the freebie tea. and mike and lucy for
::misc.)
::
::Kris, Tone, and all the others who suffered through the organization.
::Please, please, please, I hope you do it all again!
::
::Neil & Marie & Steve for light show. Even though the enormous purple tent
::hindered the lights a little, it was still appreciated.
::
::The bocl gang!
::Merrick and Julie, Mike and Lucy, Jill, Rik & Val, Ali, Alan, Wilfried,
::Nick Lee, the irc gang (gwion, moongluum, linuxchaos, stevenbarrytate,
::dreamworker), Kevin, Stephe, John Majka, neil & marie, keithb, colm,
::mick, and the other misc folks from list who I met and hung out with
::through the course of the weekend.
::
::Rich. What can I say? except that I'm going to marry this man ;-)
::
::Arin
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