RSSTuesday, 8th July, 2008
Roskilde notes (2) - performances to remember
Tuesday, 8th July, 2008
Roskilde notes (1) - performances to remember
Sunday, 6th July, 2008
And finally….
When I finally came round at 11.30 this morning, I discovered myself in an 85-degree tent, fully clothed in socks, jeans, t-shirt, hoodie and scarf… and still wrapped up in my sleeping bag. On this form I’m going to enter a Finnish sauna-sitting contest ¬– and win. But I can be excused. It has been a tough two days, filled with music, vegetarisk…
Sunday, 6th July, 2008
Lolling in the lap of luxury
But at this point I have to come clean. All my concerns over respiratory difficulties arising from urine dust, camping chaos and sleepless nights have been generally unfounded. In fact, the whole festival is closer to my idea of an idyll than the picture of hellish misery I painted with my palette of pre-festival anxieties. The weather has been peachy,…
Wednesday, 2nd July, 2008
Pills, thrills and backaches
A pack of headache pills, ear plugs, sleeping mask, inflatable ‘mattress’, 3.5 tog sleeping bag, wet wipes, dust mask, wellington boots and one mess set later, and I was ready for Operation Shock and eh, yeah, Roskilde. I’m arriving down on Wednesday, a full three days after the hardcore fans set up camp. No doubt my efforts to put up tent will…