Sunday Running Order…
Another glorious day… By far the hottest yet. The car was an oven and man… were we cooking! I went to sleep last night in my black sheepskin gilet on top of a vest, a t shirt, a cashmere jumper, leggings and PJ bottoms and i woke up to long wooly strands of sheep plastered to my cheek and neck. Nice. No doubt about it, I needed another shower. I couldn’t face the freezing drips so went for the ‘posh showers’ at $10 a drench. Worth every cent… Waited in the shade, coffee and water offered, our own private cubicle and dressing area with bath mat, which although squidgy soggy, was still better than the dust and hair encrusted shower trays of yesterday. And the water was hot. Back in the waiting tent I availed myself of the hair dryer and mirror and finally stepped out feeling quite fresh and relatively well groomed.
Everyone’s favourite quote of the week yelled to us… ‘OMG… help me… I’m turning into a giant fishing rod!’ And a young chap fell into our midst completely off his head, spinning and crashing into people, chairs and tents, getting himself caught up in nylon and string, imagining he was stuck under the wing mirror of a car, chucking at us a tiny brightly coloured plastic toy fishing rod with an orange crab hooked onto it before he hurtled off through the campsite like a whirling dervish. He was terrified, poor bugger… An acid trip gone wrong and a real advert for why not to…? Someone help that crazy…
A good strong coffee and another burrito for breakfast from a different stall, which was really good and so full of spicy jalapeños our mouths were now fully awake too.
We wandered in for Metronomy with our Australian friends, suffering again the lengthy queues. My favourite quote of the week shouted to me by a complete stranger… ‘I’m Olly and I’m in route 101 and I like MILFS!’ Made me laugh anyway.
Watched Metronomy, the last half at least, who were great. Love those guys.
People watched again while eating more garlic crab fries and listening to Santigold… One cool woman!
Met up with the crew…
Took in another amazing sunset…
What a pair…
Listened to Gotye from the back of the crowd as the sun sidled behind the mountains.
Watched Beirut from near the front, who were my faves of the weekend after Radiohead. Such brilliant and beautiful music produced from two trumpets, a trombone, drums, an accordion, a double bass, a ukelele and amazing vocal harmonies. I learned they are from Mexico, which I never knew, but made perfect sense. Their wonderful folky tunes always reminded me of Eastern European gypsies, but as soon as they mentioned they were Mexican, it all fell into place.
Took in DJ Shadow. amazing set and lights and moving pictures. Truly spectacular. Really liked this set.
And finally, Snoop Dog and Dr Dre. We got high on the weed filled air as we watched the coming together of some of the most famous names in hip-hop. Among others, Tupak back from the dead, 50 cent, and my highlight… Eminem! Amazing show.
Slow stroll back to the tent along with a hundred thousand other bods and our last night, drinking tea, smoking and chilling with the crew. It’s been amazing and wild and fun and now I’m looking forward to a proper sleep in a proper bed… Hey… Give me a break… The old crow’s not done too bad!
