IT’S BEEN A WHILE

HAVEN’T POSTED ANYTHING IN QUITE A WHILE, SORRY ABOUT THAT, BEEN A LATITUDE FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND.

WILL UPDATE MORE IN GREATER DETAIL, JUST NEED TO GET MY PHOTOS DEVELOPED. OVER THE WEEKEND, I SAW

GIRLS, YUCK, TOKYO POLICE CLUB, THE KISSAWAY TRAIL , FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE, CHIEF, SMASH AND GRAB, ROX, JAMIE LIDELL, MUMFORD AND SONS, TOM JONES, YEASAYER, RODRIGO Y GABRIELA, DIRTY PROJECTORS, JONSI,  THE CORAL, GRIZZLY BEAR, MIDLAKE. I KNOW THATS NOT MANY, BUT ON SATURDAY I WAS TOO DEHYDRATED AND HAD TO SPEND THE DAY RESTING. Pleased with the bands I did see, as I got to see everyone I wanted.

S U M M E R D A Y S

So it’s that time of year again where festivals start to occur every weekend from now until September. S U M M E R is finally here and over here in the UK we have been blessed with somewhat lovely weather so far. Hopefully this is not the only sun we are going to get for the summer. I have been lucky enough to help out at the Isle of Wight festival this even though I applied so late. The Isle of Wight happens next weekend and I’m very excited. Unfortunately I won’t get to see much of JAY-Z , although I am working in the arena when he’s on so hopefully I’ll get to hear him.

Then in a month and a couple of weeks it’s the one and only L A T I T U D E  F E S T I V A L . Last year’s line up was good but this year’s is exceptional, one of the best Latitude’s ever had , especially in the Word tent with the likes of the XX, Grizzly Bear, Jonsi, the National, and Yeasayer all playing that stage. Other bands and acts I’m looking forward to seeing are Girls, Esben and the Witch, DIRTY PROJECTORS!!! (who with Jonsi and Grizzly Bear are playing on my birthday) Spoon, Belle and Sebastian and the Maccabees. So looking forward to Dirty Projectors, ‘Bitte Orca’ is one of my favourite albums that has come out in a long time. If only Broken Social Scene were to play and I think I would be in heaven. All I hope is that the festival hasn’t become moulded too much to  shape the idea that Latitude is a ‘middle-class’ festival as many people have called it. I just hope that when i’m there the atmosphere of Latitude  sticks it being about the music, comedy , poetry, literature and good times rather than following the genre its been put into too much.

Summer however also means I have to get a job and now have no student loan to cover buying gig tickets etc. So I’ve started at work again and well I can’t wait to get my loan back, however it is nice to earn my own money. Going to save up for a new drum machine, and also maybe a mixer and some decks —>going to have a go at mixing I think. ha it could go horribly wrong.

S U M M E R’S  H E R E:

F E S T I V A L S

P A R T I E S

S U N

B E A C H

C A M P I N G

A N D    E V E R Y T H I N G   S E E M S  B E T T ER

H A P P Y   S U M M E R

LATITUDE 2010

THE XX GRIZZLY BEAR BELLE AND SEBASTIAN* FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE*

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA  THE MACCABEES CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG NOAH AND THE WHALE

THE HORRORS  THE NATIONAL  VAMPIRE WEEKEND*

it’s looking good. might just have to go again…..

*headliners

I can’t wait for the summer.

latitude has finally arrived

well for the next few days i will be away in a hopefully sunny southwold.

im all packed and am soooo excited. its my birthday on friday as well so things really couldn’t be better.

it is though supposed to rain a bit tomorrow and i really hope it doesn’t – i don’t want to put up my tent in the rain—-guess i should stop moaning – its going to be wicked no matter what.

im taking a camera so once im back i shall write some review and post pictures.

hope you all have a good week.

mp

koko for free.

death cab at koko were amazing. And it was FREE!

iTunes Live is a good idea — the bands are decent and the fact that its free adds something special to it. It was the first time i’d won any competition that i’d entered.  koko were strict on id but i think most people got in including my friend and I. It was worrying as they were checking but luckily the manager was nice and let us in.

death cab played a good set list ….with stuff from their whole catalogue of albums. Ben Gibbard looked so different without glasses — i didnt recognise him at first haha.

here’s the set list:

1. Your Bruise
2. Title and Registration
3. Crooked Teeth
4. Long Division
5. The New York
6. Summer Skin
7. Twin Sized Bed
8. Movie Script Ending
9. Company Calls
10. No Sunlight
11. Grapevine Fires
12. Soul Meets Body
13. I Will Possess Your Heart
14. Sound Of Setting
15. I Will Follow You Into The Dark
16. Tiny Vessels
17. Translanticism

see tickets

why is seetickets so bad at delivering tickets on time???

with two weeks to go, many people who bought tickets from see tickets for Latitude festival, have not recieved their tickets yet. Last year it was a shambles too. How come ticketmaster manages to get it right, but seetickets can’t. hmmm…

this is worrying a lot of people, I hope seetickets sorts this out quickly, and sometime this week.

2 weeks….

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BUSKING .Originally uploaded by maddie persent

Latitude Festival 08. Fun. Music. Comedy. Poetry. Film. Literature. Drama. Friends. Strangers. [And maybe some sun] last year there was busking in the woods, and my friends and I had a wicked time entertaining people by playing the same songs over for two hours. If you get the chance to go this year, do. For me it was so relaxing as you sit in the tents while watching incredible bands or be laughing your head off in the comedy tent. But at the same time Latitude offers you the energy of any other festival like Reading for example, [just without the overcrowding]. It was so small, and in a way that was refreshing. You didn’t have to worry about getting lost, or not finding a spot to pitch your tent, and you would always find your friends after a few minutes of looking and everyone was so friendly anyway. Of course like anything there were disappointments. The toilets were disgusting and I think the showers were too small for the number of people who wanted them. But hey, that’s what any festival is going be like. Tickets are 130 quid for 4 days and the music line up is already looking AMAZING: Sigur Ros [headlining], MIA, Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie, etc… Come if you can, it will be a great weekend and hopefully the sun will come out. Plus IT’S my birthday that weekend.

m.p.