The answer to this festival malaise is simple. Go to cloud spotting festival in the stunning ribble valley. My friends run it and its the best kept secret if summer...... ........,.why is everyone so excited about festivals all the time? Dont all the logos and security make you think that youre less part of an alternative culture itself and more just an attendee at an alternative culture-themed theme park? And what about the holographic tickets and promo girls giving out free Ting? Doesnt that stuff smell a little bit like the rotting corpse of the 60s turning in its grave to you? Dont you think that if Trainspotting were remade in 2014, Rentons Choose Life speech about the monotony of middle-class existence might be updated to include: “Choose refreshing your browser on the Glasto website. Choose bodypaint and top hats. Choose meeting Bez and then talking about meeting Bez for the rest of the weekend”? Arent you sick of going to these things and bumping into your parents friends? Festivals arent just turning us all into corporate shills, theyre becoming a destination for old people, TOWIE shitheads, MIC shitheads, account executives in their myriad forms and worst of all, people without any imagination, and thats completely shit and boring. Whats the answer to all this? Well, you could go do your own thing with your friends. Its not often that it seems reasonable to side with a hippie, but this kid seems to be onto something.
Posted on: Mon, 05 May 2014 08:33:54 +0000
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