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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 7:27:42 GMT
I've never visited the town, but it's on our list of places to see ... one day.
However, increasingly over the last ten or so years, I've noticed whenever the annual pop festival is on that BBC news, and other news print media seem to give it huge prominence.
I do not see that with other annual pop festivals, the majority going by completely unobserved.
I was amused to read also that whilst inviting Saint Attenborough to bless them, and celebrating their collective 'worthiness' in planet saving skills, it will now take six weeks to clear the site of refuse. Impressive green credentials !
When did an annual rally in a field become so important to us and more importantly, why ? Did I miss something ?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 7:34:49 GMT
It is the largest 'greenfield/boggy mud' festival in the world - 200k people attending for several days and very few arrests.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 7:44:28 GMT
Is that it ?
Hardly seems so news worthy.
Rog
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2019 7:47:41 GMT
"Michael Eavis is a twat, isn’t he? Ahh it’s Glastonbury time of year. Cough up a mountain of money for much discomfort in a muddy, ill-organised event to listen to bland has-beens and Remoaner comedy while the greedy twat collects your cash. Peace, brother. This is the twat who admitted allowing human waste to pollute the land on which the festival is held in 2014. But he doesn’t give a shit about the effluence. “Oo-ah, as long as Oi makes tons of wonga” seems to be the mantra. Glastonbury Festival is a highly polluting event totally dependent on the fossil fuel industry, pouring sewage into local watercourses, and brainwashing the festival-goers with safe music and kumbaya politics. I wonder whether this money-grubbing bumpkin will hire hundreds of workers from across Europe on zero hours contracts and then fire them after just two days? You know, like he did at the previous Glastonbury in 2017. Embarrassingly, this was a week after Jeremy Corbyn’s appearance at the festival hugging Farmer Twatty and receiving rapturous applause for saying people need not “accept low wages and insecurity as just part of life”. Oo-aar, the irony! Up to 600 workers were understood to have been laid off:- www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/hundreds-of-european-workers-fired-two-days-into-glastonbury-clean-up-a7818571.html?ampPeace, brothers. Furthermore, I doubt there was much chin-wagging; Corbyn would’ve wagged his Steptoe chin about Land Tax and turnip-muncher Eavis would’ve wagged his bearded chin back that Glastonbury wouldn’t exist if Steptoe were in charge. Oo-aar, the hypocrisy. Typical farmer twat, Eavis is a money-obsessed hypocrite masquerading as a hippy but frothing over every penny. He’s closer to the rats that swarm his mudshite festival." |
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jul 3, 2019 7:54:54 GMT
When I went, the ticket cost £8 and the attendance was 18,000.
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2019 7:59:01 GMT
"I wonder how much dough this garden gnome screws out of the BBC? It’s obviously a mutual back scratching exercise………he supplies the libtard politics, the bland “modern parents” muzak while the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation chuck him great wedges of our money."
200 notes a ticket?
"Nevermind, you know what they say about a fool and his money. Utter overpriced and over hyped wankery."
"The biggest pile of hypocritical bullshit in a field.
Greenpeace, Water Aid and Oxfam are all there, supporting the festival like the hippy wank stains they are, even though, this isn’t in any way good for the environment, the fuel used in getting the punters, acts and equipment to the gig must be insane. People sit in traffic jams for hours to get there and leave, all with their engines running to dry off the human shit from their rubber boots. Diesel generators run for a week to power all the speakers and flashing lights, plus all the gas burned at their tofu, vegan, gluten free, friendship food stalls. Water Aid asking for donations to give accessible water to Africa, all for this week of revellers to poison the water in Glastonbury, with shit, piss and vomit. And Oxfam, helping the poverty stricken, whilst mincing around with people who’ve just spent hundreds of pounds on drugs and alcohol and a ticket to get in to this pile of manure event. And support the rock stars who are all paid millions for turning up and singing a few songs."
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2019 8:03:59 GMT
"I’m not so sure about these criticisms. Seeing a farmer milk a bunch of trust fund snowflake prats as well as a money pit state dinosaur such as the BBC instead of having to bust his guts farming means I have some respect for this crafty old bugger."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 8:06:50 GMT
That is what the wife used to say! |
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Post by kris on Jul 3, 2019 8:07:18 GMT
It is the largest 'greenfield/boggy mud' festival in the world - 200k people attending for several days and very few arrests. Not true, India has lots of much bigger festivals, the Kumb mela being the biggest. This attract tens of millions of people. |
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Post by Clinton Cool on Jul 3, 2019 8:07:48 GMT
"I wonder how much dough this garden gnome screws out of the BBC? It’s obviously a mutual back scratching exercise………he supplies the libtard politics, the bland “modern parents” muzak while the Brussels Broadcasting Corporation chuck him great wedges of our money." 200 notes a ticket? "Nevermind, you know what they say about a fool and his money. Utter overpriced and over hyped wankery." "The biggest pile of hypocritical bullshit in a field. Greenpeace, Water Aid and Oxfam are all there, supporting the festival like the hippy wank stains they are, even though, this isn’t in any way good for the environment, the fuel used in getting the punters, acts and equipment to the gig must be insane. People sit in traffic jams for hours to get there and leave, all with their engines running to dry off the human shit from their rubber boots. Diesel generators run for a week to power all the speakers and flashing lights, plus all the gas burned at their tofu, vegan, gluten free, friendship food stalls. Water Aid asking for donations to give accessible water to Africa, all for this week of revellers to poison the water in Glastonbury, with shit, piss and vomit. And Oxfam, helping the poverty stricken, whilst mincing around with people who’ve just spent hundreds of pounds on drugs and alcohol and a ticket to get in to this pile of manure event. And support the rock stars who are all paid millions for turning up and singing a few songs." I take it you didn't join in with the clamour to give 'Stormzy', dressed in his bullet (stab?) proof Union Jack vest elevation to god-like status? |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 8:08:28 GMT
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Post by kris on Jul 3, 2019 8:13:59 GMT
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2019 8:17:50 GMT
No - but, as they say as Marks & Spencers' Food Hall "carefully selected for you". You'll observe the last comment was added in the interest of balance. I often look at issues from different angles. You could say 'Glasto' (that's uni speak, yah!) is a good thing because whilst the Hooray Henriettas are concentrated there in leaking pop-up tents, they are not on the canals getting in our way. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2019 8:50:03 GMT
Thunderboat is a (very good) discussion forum naughtyfox. We generally raise issues to hear what other members views are as a matter of interest, humour, research, or simple friendliness. It is not a search engine. If I wanted to trawl through the worlds opinions, I'd put Glastonbury into google ... but I was actually interested in the thoughts of members here. Have you any loosely connected to the subject ? Rog |
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Post by naughtyfox on Jul 3, 2019 12:27:30 GMT
Have you any loosely connected to the subject ? My thoughts concur with the opinions I quoted. I cycled past Glastonbury in 1977 on my way to the Quantocks, and we have seen the tor from the M5 on our way to Land's End. |
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