Glastonbury Diary, Part Three: The Music

Seeing this on the screen was only a hint of the excitement to come.
Seeing this on the screen was only a hint of the excitement to come.

What follows is a pretty simple list of every single musical act I saw at Glastonbury 2009 for at least one song.  There were others that I walked by, and sometimes it takes a whole song to walk by them, but when I don’t know who’s playing until I’m finished walking by them and have gone back to my tent to look at a list of who was just on stage, I don’t think that counts because I wasn’t paying any attention at all.  I’m looking at you, The Script (or was it The View?)  I’ll make very brief remarks about some acts, and pretty lengthy ones about others.  I probably won’t say too much about the music for some bands, but will assume you know them already instead.  Find out which acts had me dancing, which had me skankin’, which ones had me screaming, and which one left me in tears.  Buckle up, because this is going to take me a while. Continue reading “Glastonbury Diary, Part Three: The Music”

Glastonbury Diary, Part Two: The Experience

Things can get a little crazy down front at Glastonbury
Things can get a little crazy down front at Glastonbury

When last I was writing a diary, everything was going swimmingly as far as getting to the Glastonbury Festival on schedule.  But then a funny thing happened while I was on the train.  It turned out that accidents on the M3 and M4 had blocked up traffic throughout the region, and the buses were running a bit behind schedule.  How much so?  I was told to expect a 3 1/2 hour queue.  And so, I’ll make “waiting in queues” the first of the Top Six Things That Define “The Glastonbury Experience.” Continue reading “Glastonbury Diary, Part Two: The Experience”

Glastonbury Diary, Part One

I'm on this bus right now.  Or one just like it.  I didn't take the photo.
I'm on this bus right now. Or one just like it. I didn't take the photo.

I’m on my way from Heathrow to Reading, due to arrive at about 15:15.  Then I have a 15:44 train to Castle Cary, arriving in a couple of hours from then.  Finally, I get on an official Glastonbury Festival shuttle bus, which takes anywhere from 15-45 minutes according to various reports. Continue reading “Glastonbury Diary, Part One”