Eddy Says

Eddy Says: My festival diary

By Eddy Temple-Morris | Published on Monday 29 June 2009

Oh what a lovely time we had. The threat of a monsoon never materialised, and Glastonbury 09 will go down as one of the best I think. Looking back at it, it’s a really shit huge festival, with a LOVELY little festival tagged onto the bottom right hand corner.

Regrets? Certainly. Plans always vaporise at that place because of the size. Missing Enter Shikari, who have won me over with ‘Juggernauts’, and not getting to see Bat For Lashes and Blur was all very disappointing.

Triumphs? Certainly, and you can read them as they unfolded below, as rather than give you a précis, I thought it would be more interesting to just show all the Tweets I sent while I scoured the festival to my small circle of followers on Twitter. Technology is amazing. On the one hand there were people following me onsite, and on the other, people at home reacting to what they were seeing on the telly… it’s incredible. Those clever Victorian inventors would be so in awe of all this.

The only thing I’ll add to the Tweets below is that Hideous Wheel Invention texted me after seeing Pendulum on Saturday night. He’s been to every Glastonbury since the 1980s and in his words: “I’ve NEVER seen anything like that on this stage”. The weekend belonged to Pendulum, and to Florence And The Machine. Right there, that encapsulates it… the new Metallica… and the new Tori Amos, in the same place, almost at the same time.

Oh and one random thing I thought but didn’t get round to Tweeting: Why are there no dogs at Glastonbury? That’s one thing I love about Secret Garden, those doggies, often in fancy dress. And it made me think: that lovely little festival tagged onto the big shit one… the WHOLE of Secret Garden Party is like that. I think they’re going to sell out this week, so I’d get your skates on with getting your tickets if you haven’t done already.

26 Jun

12.19pm: Glastopacking: I’ve found that awesome battery powered air pump for the lilo but where the f**k did I put my sleeping bag?! Gah!

12.23pm: A spare tent? Where did that come from?? I just need a chuffing sleeping bag… where IS it!?

12.43pm: Thanks Rose Bruford Ball for booking me tonight, so by the time I get to Glasto, no queues to notice I have my son’s Spiderman sleeping bag.

27 Jun

9.07pm: Saw a bit of Dub Pistols at sunset – nice – but Florence + Machine: wow. Never seen a better Glasto turn than that.

9.28pm: Pendulum on the other stage. God they deliver. Massive crowd, great sound, feels like the whole festival is here. It’s like a rocket up Glastonbury’s arse.

9.49pm: It has to be The Boss on Pyramid stage next, but my gosh he’s got a tough act to follow after Pendulum.

10.52pm: Bruce was light on hits and got boring, now seeing a very slick Ed Byrne in the Cabaret tent. I remember him from MTV days, lovely, funny man.

11.20pm: Seeing a tight and utterly charming Wonderstuff at Avalon. Gareth Pendulum wants to hook up, that boy is trouble.

28 Jun

12.46am: Missed Alex Metric, gah! Freeland at Arcadia now. This place is insane, it’s like flaming Mordor!

2.44am: Favourite random sign, hand held: ‘SHIT CAMERAS £1’

3.01am: Drag Strip is rocking, Ebony Bones is really good. That’s Andy from Primary 1 on keyboards. I’m about to go on. Pumped.

4.57am: Wow that was fun. Just staggered out the tent to that slightly depressing Ibiza feeling of daylight when you least expect it.

4.58am: Right. Which way to the Stone Circle? ‘Follow the sound of the bongos…’

12.32pm: God it’s so hot in this tent. I feel like I’m in a Turkish wrestler’s jockstrap.

12.37pm: I need something’s juice.

1.30pm: Don’t be tempted by the ‘All Day Breakfast in a Giant Yorkshire Pud or Breadie’ its like being given brekky in someone’s hat.

2.46pm: A man juggling ping pong balls… in his mouth. Awesome. Six balls in the air. This man is better than Bruce Springsteen.

4.26pm: Ew. it’s the Sunday turd lottery. What will we find behind *this* random door?

5.03pm: From afar, I thought the lead singer of Enter Shikari looks really gay… turns out it’s Karen O. Damn. How were they?

5.34pm: Ran into Scroobius Pip and noticed, in the sunlight, how *beautiful* he is. Without the comedy beard I think he could have been a model.

5.35pm: More beardy models please.

7.26pm: Breaking camp. Worst bit. Have to head home. Gutted to miss Blur.

29 Jun

11.18am: It’s such a lovely day but I still feel like a stunned mullet.

X eddy

Eddy Says from this edition of the CMU Remix Update.