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I’ve got My Muse ticket (standing). Now I have to get to know more than 3 of their songs.
Can’t wait for V for Vendetta to come out on DVD. Hopefully the 2-Disc Special edition will have a Region 2 version too (Yes, I got this and this when they came out).
Myself and Megan have started watching all of Scrubs, so far we’re up to Series 1 Episode 13 (in 3 days) which makes us 11% through it.

Sometimes the most bizzare E-Mails end up in your mailbox…

meanwhile……………….asking your ageing gran to walk the tightrope whilst holding a mixamatosis infested rabbit during a rare bout of gastroenteritis is an utterly useless catalyst for translating global plate shifting patterns in an attempt to reduce volcanic activity in kilmacthomas

Heading to California with the family in a month. Planning our schedules and internees at the moment. Looks like there’ll be plenty of theme parks.

I’m going to just miss the WWDC (not that I would have gone).

But still, two trips to the States in a year…

Score!

Arrived up around 4 Friday evening, queued for around half an hour and set up Camp between A5 and A6. Knocked back a few cans and shots of Vodka, *shudder* , then went to see what the craic was in Campsite B.

Saw some randomer in the Campsite B stage then went off to watch some of The Two Towers on one of the big campsite Screens. Also took a look around the amusements.

Next morning woke and took a tour around the Arena while The Marshels were playing. Saw the Dance arena, the Green Room and the Ticket stage, and this was the only time was ever in the Dance Arena or the Green Room. Saw about five minuets of Breaks Co-op and saw The Weepies set up.

Then we headed for the Pit at the main stage.

Was about 20 rows back for Sandi Thom (quite Country, also had most of the crowd saying “Play that one song we know” and “Prawn Cracker!” between all of her songs).

Wormed our way up to about 10 rows back for Republic Of Loose (Saw them in UL at the Rag week). They played well, got a good cheer and all that.

Was close enough to the front for Damien Dempsey who I didn’t know at all. He seems to be a bit of a mix between the Wolfe Tones and Christy Moore. Again, crows seemed to like him.

Magic Numbers were up next and by this stage we were at the front row directly in front of the Lead singer. These guys were amazing, better live than on CD. They also played a few new tracks and thankfully they’ve kept their great style in these Tracks. They had a great jam at the end too which received much applause.

Next up were Hard-Fi, my least favorite band of the entire weekend. If these guys are playing again it will be a contributing factor to me not going again. They were arrogant, Clearly out of it on drugs, superior, giving their stage managers serious stick and just generally being prats. They’ve put the following statement on their site, cunningly only embedded in the Flash version so one cant directly link to it. Anyway, here it is:

9/7/06
Yesterday at the oxegen festival in Ireland, Hard-Fi and a massive line up of bands, struggled to keep afloat as the weather turned nasty! After being in Rome for a couple of days, we got so used to the sunshine, that none of us even thought to bring a jacket. Don’t get me wrong, we’re not scared of a bit of rain, but this was hard work. All of us had problems on stage, with the wind and rain making everything a battle. Apparantly electrical devices don’t like getting wet much. A member of the Strokes crew was sent to hospital after a lighting stack fell over on top of him. We had a nightmare at the start of our set when basically nothing worked!
We appreciate everyone baring with us while we got it all going. Even with the shit weather and problems, the irish were up for it, and sung all the way through our set. With more rain expected for T in the park today, let’s not let the weather get us down. Make some fucking noise!!!

Bull-Shit! They’re a pack of gutless ares-bandits who deserved the abuse! They were boo’d at the end of two songs by myself and those around me.

Right, rant over. Next were the Artic Monkies who were truly awesome. They palyed a great set and had us singing to the songs and listening reverently to the ones we didn’t know (only because they hadn’t been released yet). Plus kudos for the drinking of Bulmers onstage.

The Strokes Rocked. They had the best Lighting rig all weekend. They played really well and had loads of crowd interaction. Julian Casablancas came down to the crowd and leant over the railings like Chris Cornell Last year. Unfortunately last year Chris was about twenty people to my left but Julian lent in 4/5 times, once about two feet away from us. We got to “Stroke” his hair which was unreal. He also splashed around in the mud in front of us which I got pics of. I must develop them actually.

Next were The Who. It was great to see them but unfortunately I didn’t know very many of their songs, My Generation and Pinball Wizard were about it. I discovered later that the fan requesting Magic Bus (In the Manner of Homer Simpson) was in fact one of my Ex-Girlfriends current Boyfriends.

Had to move back for James Brown as after 8+ hours of standing and 6+ hours of getting squashed at the front we needed a rest. He was nuts. Way too much energy for a 73 year old who was up after midnight. It was the only act which had a cymbal solo. I was a completely different experience and again, although I didn’t know many of the songs I was glad I went.

I wanted to see Feeder but The Strokes were on at the same time and we had a great spot. Meg also wanted to see Jose Gonzalez and the Eels but due to clashes with better bands we had the same issue.

After a long day I went back to the tent and slept like a log.