hmm what happened since the last time i wrote…We scored some tickets to another festival thanks to Phong’s (ex) missus! Never knew much about the Southside Festival (fucking hell MTV is playing New Kids on the Block). Squires went there last year or the year before and said the facilities weren’t that good so i wasn’t sure what to expect. Dude it’s the PG13 version of Rock Festivals! I don’t think you’ll ever want to go to Rock am Ring then.

We left straight after work on the Friday so we had missed most of the Friday lineup. We managed to get there in one piece even after driving through a Turkish riot after they won some match in the euros. We thought we were going to be fucked for parking and camping places seeing as we get to Rock am Ring at least a day early and still have to camp a 40 minute walk away from the action. So we followed the parking signs and drove in..only a 5 min walk to the entrance…so we’re thinking we’re in the wrong spot. Following people and the sounds of a distant Thom Yorke whinge we see lots of free camping areas so now we’re sure we’ve still got a long way to go.

Walk through the gates and we can see Radiohead playing…we stroll up to the bar, no lineup, push a little closer so that you can almost catch Thom’s tears…what the fuck? Where is everyone? Where is the pushing and shoving..where are the queues? Thus is fucking bizarre. So then we dread walking back to the car and trying to find a camping spot. But it’s fine we just stroll up about a 5 minute walk to the main area. Flat ground, no music playing, no broken glass…i’ve been in hostels with worse facilities than this.

So the next few days were intriguing. Not as many rocking acts for my liking but we still saw Xavier Rudd, and Chemical Brothers were surprisingly good even though they’re not my cup of tea. Thanks to Phil, me and Phong managed to see the most bands we’ve ever taken in. So it was a good gig. I don’t think i’d go again, unless they got a really fucking good lineup. I think next year if the Rock am Ring lineup isn’t that good i might take on Pinkpopp fest or Roskilde or something to try a different one.

So what else has been happening? I went back to Sunny London a week or so ago for work. Found myself eavesdropping on conversations just because i could…have become so used to blocking out what is going on around me it was actually nice to hear random conversation. Good news for Germans…it’s not just Germany which pisses me off. Found enough things in London to shit me to tears…lets start with boots….Boots ok is a Pharmacy. At least that’s what they’re supposed to be…so i went in there looking for bandaids (plasters). Nup. Can get fucking Parsnip Crisps and some mayonnaise-laden pre-packaged monstrosity but no fucking bandaids. Wake up to yourselves Boots!

I was thinking about something the other day. I’m not drunk enough to call myself a musician so lets just say as someone that loves music, going off which beatles song’s bands cover i start to wonder why musicians / people who love music in general seem to find Eleanor Rigby as one of the best, if not ‘the’ best Beatles song? From the opening line to the chorus it assimilates loneliness, and perhaps unintentionally alleviates any stress or negativity associated with feeling lonely. This from the band with surely the record for the most songs with the word ‘love’ in the title, or at least the body of lyrics. How does one love when they feel lonely or feel lonely when loved?

Tags: Beatles, Boots, Chemical Brothers, Eleanor Rigby, love, MTV, New Kids On The Block, Phong, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Rock am Ring, Singer Phil, Southside Festival, Squires, Thom Yorke, Xavier Rudd

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