So the festival I only went for the Saturday thank god, and yeah the music was great. Managed to catch I blame coco, who looked like she was having a great time to a packed tent, by this time I had only been there about 40 mins and had lost everyone already, so I wondered back over to watch one of my favourite band on the main stage, The Maccabees I love these guys, they still have quite a unique sound and are always amazing live.
Then I watched the Cribs, it was the first time I seen these guys live and they where great, brilliant to see Johnny Marr on stage he is abit of a hero of mine.
But now I feel its time for some life saving tips when at Reading... Wear a top with a hood as you are going to get covered in piss, its not fun feeling a liquid fall on your head, then trying to work out if its warm or not? Then its the old run your finger through your hair and smell trick, this is only for the brave sometimes its better not to know.
Now when watching the Cribs it was took to a different level, the was alot of bark chippings on the floor due to the rain, so these bark chips had been down for a few days they had been stood on, pissed on and so on, and some little prick thought yeah lets start throwing them up in the air to and then it was the old saying if you cant beat them join them and everyone did and I was thinking you fucking animals, at the point a hood wasn't enough (plus hoods fuck up your hair, but saying that so does piss and bark chippings) and another tip if the person in front of you get on to the friends shoulders, move as they are now a target!
Ok then after the Cribs watched abit of Dizzy who was pretty good with the crowd and then on to The Libertines. I managed to find a couple of friends at this point so I really happy I could watch this performance which these guys, but yeah not going to go on about it to much as Im sure if your interested you have seen the video's and have your own opinion of the show which will make mine pointless :) but if you haven't they where great!
So cant really remember much more about the last month been alot of trips to London, been quite busy trying to sort some nights out, The Swindon nights are now fully booked till the end of the year, this months night is on the 24th and a band called Spitfire from London will be coming to play, there still quite a new band but have a great sound so looking forward to that and there is also some great local bands playing.
Oxford has been put on the back burner for a while as trying to get Vienna up and running, its abit tricky to know what I can say at the moment as I know who I want for the first night and its looking good but till its confirmed don't want to temp fate, but the background work is looking good and Ive gained another venue I can use so that is great news, and the guy who is helping me out there, I owe him alot for all his help (he knows who he is).
Went up to Brixton Jamm last night as Peter was playing and it was a great night, he did two shows in one night, and congratulations to everyone who was involved as it ran really smoothly. The first show Peter was supported by Alan Wass who I'm a big fan of and is playing a night for me in October and he done me a huge favour last night so a big thank you to him. So then Peter done his set and I don't think I've been in a venue for a long time which was as hot as last night but never the less it was a great set, after abit of fresh air it was back inside to watch the support act for the second show, it was a band called Krakatoa which I have mentioned before a few months ago, but I went to watch them play at Proud in Camden last week and I think (get ready for a big statement) they maybe the best unsigned band I've watched all year, and last night I just stood at the back and watched as you can tell so much about how good a band is from watching the crowd and I always look at this when I'm watching a new band, as if the can hold a crowd and get people dancing and singing along without them leaving there defiantly doing something right, when they first came on the venue may have been only a quarter full but by the end it was three-quarters full, so it was a great success for them, there next gig is at Dirty South on the 17th Sep so go along if you can!
After that abit more fresh air was needed and I caught up with Jerome from the Skuzzies, it was great to have a good catch up with him it had been a while and we put the world to rights, and the conclusion we came to in our 2hr conversation was a trip to Switzerland was needed!
I went to the show with a couple of friends from Switzerland and it was the first time they had seen Peter outside of a festival so they was lucky enough to see him twice last night, hope they enjoyed the delights a London show can bring.
Also managed to catch up with Marcus from the band The Thirst who is a great guy and they have a gig at Plan B in Brixton on 23rd Sept so check them out if your around.
Sooooo think thats it until next time.
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