Girl in Germany

All good things must come to an end and now I find myself back in Heidelberg, listening to Glastonbury highlights on satellite tv and trying to update this thing. It was an absolutely wicked festival, and although the line up this year wasn't nearly as good as last year (my opinion, others may disagree) the overall experience was way better. Perhaps it was the sunshine. I suspect it might be a certain Mr T and his vibes, who knows.


Anyways, in the lazy writing that characterises this thing, here are my Glastonbury highlights:

• The Enemy ( yes really)
• Alabama 3
• Ben Folds (esp. when he got Amanda Palmer on stage. She also has the most rock eyebrows. EVER.)
• The Young Knives' acoustic set in the Guardian tent
• Old naturist guy wandering round
• The Verve
• The Futureheads
• Mark Ronson
• Lily Allen's pink hair
• Meeting Mr. Eavis
• The first ten minutes of Jay-Z
• Elbow (God bless you Mr. Garvey)
• The enthusiasm of Pidgeon Detectives' lead singer. Jesus loves a tryer.
• Neil Diamond. He might be my dad.
• Suzanne Vega - after traipsing half a mile to see her and missing Leonard Cohen, her saying she'd rather be at Leonard Cohen...
• Jim-Bob of Carter USM - it's like being 11 again and dancing round to MTV Europe
• Gazebos.

And the low points:

• Festival loos. Not for the faint hearted.
• Millet's charging £4 for "free" biodegradable pegs.
• The "new" John Peel tent - it was too fucking big. This is Somerset. Not LA.
• Not managing to see "Godfather of Techno" Derrick May.
• Vampire Weekend - I. Just. Don't. Get. It.

I'd follow this with some witty observation or other bollocks, but seriously, I'm still a shell of my former self. But I will mention that it is a shame that more hasn't been made of the The Futureheads set - they played a blinder. (Plus if you got to see the highlights on TV, me and The Dok can be seen spaz dancing in the audience. )



Pics - taken by moi. That may be why they are a bit shit. Sorry about that.