It was great to see so much coverage of Glastonbury over the weekend. On BBC 2 and 3 continuously with two more options on the red button this must surely have been the most televised live event in the history of broadcasting. Regardless of all the moaning about commercialisation and losing its 'edge', the popularity of Glastonbury and countless other festivals throughout the summer is something I see as a wonderful reflection of the creativity and positivity in the UK today. I'm old enough now to remember a rather different country, which was trying to bash youth culture over the head with a big stick.
I was going to have a whinge that it was a shame, with over 200 bands playing (most of them British :D), we got endless repeats of Lily effin' Allen, Mika and a BabyShambles set where the camera focused more on Kate Moss, but it could be a lot worse.
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I'm with you on this my friend! I can report that Glasto 07 was akin to a tour of duty on the Somme except that the troop entertainment was better, the variety of food stretched beyond bully beef and the biggest danger was over indulgence rather than snipers poking their heads over Banksy's stonehnege porta-loo. The camping company wasn't as sterling as other years...such as 04!
Getting around that everything Google being in Czech at home (damned cheap ISP and Google's off IP localisation).
I think you could be onto the start of your Observer column!
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