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Last Post 3/20/2006 2:16 PM by Una

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Una

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3/20/2006 2:16 PM
The line-up will be announced at the festival launch on Thursday. Yay!

Gar

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3/20/2006 2:16 PM
Where's the launch on?

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3/20/2006 2:17 PM
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3/20/2006 3:18 PM
are tickets back onsale on friday then?

Gar

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3/20/2006 3:19 PM
Weren't they always on sale?

benni

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3/20/2006 3:23 PM
yea fri it is

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3/20/2006 4:40 PM
quote: Originally posted by Gar Weren't they always on sale? well the camping ones were for a while, finally decided i had enough money and went to buy mine today but they're not available, i hope its not like oxegen and sells out in one day I hate the panic of buying online when there's a mad scramble

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3/20/2006 6:54 PM
Yeah they turned off the ticket tap to build hype for the launch, back on sale friday, I imagine if you are planning to go you'd want to get your tickets quick enough though. Would love to see the Pet Shop Boys, if Death Cab for Cutie are playing that would be nice but i'm not pushed about anything else, is there such thing as a EP day ticket? Any chance of Sufjan Stevens?

palace

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3/21/2006 2:08 PM
did anyone hear the radio ad? what bands were playing in the background etc... anyway, rumours i just heard which are apparently more than just rumours (and aside from the standard rumours list that has been doing the rounds): yeah yeah yeahs deus iron and wine / calexico

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3/21/2006 2:25 PM
quote: Originally posted by comet is there such thing as a EP day ticket? There was last year anyway.

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3/21/2006 10:06 PM
pilfered from Thumped: the latest line-up. > Massive Attack > Pet Shop Boys > Basement Jaxx > New Order > Damien Rice > Groove Armada > Yeah Yeah Yeahs > Devendra Banhart > Belle & Sebastian > Super Furry Animals > Antony & the Johnsons > The Frames > Rufus Wainwright > The Blue Nile > Gary Numan > Tom Vek > Coldcut > Alabama 3 > Gang of Four > Saul Williams > Bloc Party > David Kitt > The Rapture > Mad Professor > Dublin Gospel Choir I'm exctied about the blue nile, and er......

Unicron

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3/21/2006 10:24 PM
There's nothing there to make me feel like running out and buying a ticket. There's lots there I like but nothing to grab me immediately. Like I said in the other thread, getting high profile Irish acts to play demonstrates huge lack of imagination on the part of the bookers.

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3/22/2006 12:17 AM
Only Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Saul Williams, Mad Professor and Massive Attack would interest me in a 'see as many varied acts at a festival that I wouldn't normally pay to see' kinda way. I've seen most of the other good one's already. Let's hope the line-up is better than that.

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3/22/2006 1:01 PM
Damo Rice and The fookin Frames? AHH FUUCCKKK OFFFFFFFFFFFF

palace

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3/22/2006 2:25 PM
that lineup does not look like what i was hoping for... lacking in imagination is right... let's hope that the smaller acts have something to offer us

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3/22/2006 2:38 PM
damien rice curating his own stage according to hotpress

benni

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3/22/2006 3:02 PM
are you taking the f**king piss..........?

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3/22/2006 3:04 PM
Looks like a 'Best Of' compilation of Witnness/Oxegen over the years

palace

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3/22/2006 3:14 PM
yeah, there's some great acts but they are kinda last summer's news... devendra banhart, antony and the johnsons, rufus wainwright - last year, we'd of probably all been delighted... ...and even though i like the frames, booking them, new order and damien rice is going to bring a large contingent of people i'm not into... you get the drift... ...some f**ker's bound to come on now and tell me to get off my high horse... still - vibe ruined... come back prince - all is forgiven

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3/22/2006 3:18 PM
gary numan tho GARY NUMAN!! The YYY's and Gary Numan make it all better - thats if they are included of course.

amawaster

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3/22/2006 3:49 PM
quote: Originally posted by benni are you taking the f**king piss..........? nope first news story on the site

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3/22/2006 4:04 PM
The Frames??????????? Damien Rice curating his own stage??? AGgggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh............There is no God.

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3/22/2006 4:07 PM
There's some decent enough stuff there (it was never going to be perfect) but dragging myself down to Laois to some chancer's back garden for that, I think not.

Unicron

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3/22/2006 4:55 PM
This is Damien "I don't listen to music" Rice that's curating a stage. How odd. I'm a fan and all but I've had to see interpritive dance as an opener for his gigs in the past and pretty much the only acts I've ever heard him say nice stuff about are Radiohead and Leonard Cohen, neither of whom I can see playing there, thouhg you never now with Lenny's financial problems.

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3/22/2006 4:57 PM
They should give me a stage that would be a fun day.........a gay day laughter and smiles!!

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3/22/2006 5:03 PM
f**kit, give us all a stage, I could wipe my ass and come up with a better lineup then most promoters (except for last year's EP which looks like it will go down in the annals of deadlyness). I blame all of you for this, you went to the picnic last year and came back saying how great it was now everyone wants to go, you couldn't begrudge like proper Irish people could you, you couldn't be snide.

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3/22/2006 5:08 PM
Disappointing alright. But let's not worry chaps & chapettes. It's only March after all. Lotsa upswing time.

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3/22/2006 5:09 PM
i'm guessing he'll have his mates Bell X1 and i'm told he likes the Guggenheim Grotto. Maybe he'll get anal c**t and deicide, too, just for the laugh.

Unicron

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3/22/2006 5:17 PM
I'd imagine Lisa and Vyv's solo projects will get a go too. Bell X1 are doing Oxegen so I'd imagine there is an exclusivity clause there.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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3/22/2006 5:39 PM
Are SFA not doin Oxegen too? Doves did both last year too far as I know.

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3/22/2006 6:21 PM
Last year there was nearly seventy musical acts playing across the four main stages and that's not including the bands and DJ's playing in the Bacardi Bar, the Lost Vagueness tent or the Body and Soul Area. This year it's a three day festival so there's going to be over a hundred acts playing so that means that less than a quarter of the line up has been anounced. We're being a bit premature in denouncing it as a failure already aren't we? I've seen Basement Jaxx, Belle & Sebastian, Super Furry Animals, Saul Williams, Bloc Party and The Rapture live before and they're all quality acts that I'd go see again. I'm already looking forward to seeing Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Devendra Banhart, Antony & the Johnsons, Tom Vek and Coldcut for the first time. Plus last year I didn't get to go to the Silent Disco, the Cinema or the Comedy stage because I was running around the place trying to see as many bands as possible. so even if the line up isn't is strong as last year than at least I'll be able to check these things out.

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3/23/2006 3:17 PM
i have faith in the ole leccy piccy dudes... im sure they are well aware of the anticipation of the act announcement and i doubt they're gonna just go with a crap line up this year. I'm more intersted in the smaller bands they confirm - and hopefully a few irish bands too. Apparently the launch party is on this evening and the official announcement is to be made then... unless any leakers fancy a go right now??!?!?

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3/23/2006 3:41 PM
DJ Shadow, Elbow, Deus and Graham Coxon are all confimed as well. Is it just me or is the line up very indie orientated this year? I thought there would be more acts of the funk/reggae/hip-hop/dance variety.

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3/23/2006 3:46 PM
courtesy of boards. Ireland's most internationally famous singer/songwriter, Damien Rice, will be curating his own stage for a night - monickered The Big Tree - and will be joined by the following (as Pod/Aiken Promotions JUST confirmed) VERY DEEP BREATH Pet Shop Boys, Massive Attack, The Frames, Basement Jaxx, Antony & The Johnsons, Gary Numan, Groove Armada, DJ Shadow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Frames, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, Bloc Party , Alabama 3, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Saul Williams, Tom Vek, Gang of Four, David Kitt, Rachid Taha, Elbow, Graham Coxon, dEus, The Rags, New Order, Dublin Gospel Choir and The Blue Nile (in their only appearance in the world this year !)

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3/23/2006 3:47 PM
Pet Shop Boys, Massive Attack, Basement Jaxx, Antony & The Johnsons, Gary Numan, Groove Armada, DJ Shadow, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Frames, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, Bloc Party , Alabama 3, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Saul Williams, Tom Vek, Gang of Four, David Kitt, Rachid Taha, Elbow, Graham Coxon, dEus, The Rags, New Order, Dublin Gospel Choir and The Blue Nile (in their only appearance in the world this year !)

palace

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3/23/2006 3:51 PM
what happened to deerhoof, destroyer, nurse with wound, king creosote, mogwai, the orb, autechre, stereolab, nwa and all the acts that i REALLY wanted to see?

ctrlaltdelete

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3/23/2006 3:55 PM
damien rice ate them.

palace

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3/23/2006 3:59 PM
the damien rice stage is called "the big tree"... ...that's got to be a joke?

Gar

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3/23/2006 4:01 PM
It's probably sponsored by The Big Tree pub off Dorset Street.

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3/23/2006 4:03 PM
quote: Originally posted by palace what happened to deerhoof, destroyer, nurse with wound, king creosote, mogwai, the orb, autechre, stereolab, nwa and all the acts that i REALLY wanted to see? considering that NWA havent been doing anything for about 10 years or more (and Eazy E is flamin' dead), that was always a spoof the others? well, i think theres more to come. I hear mention of WILCO.

palace

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3/23/2006 4:18 PM
yeah, never likely but at the same time, a collaboration between two of them under the nwa banner is not off the radar... anyhow, uninspired lineup... although some great stuff there, very little that gets me excited... and the ones that do i've seen before

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3/23/2006 4:20 PM
Looks like the press release got leaked!!! Subject to Licence POD CONCERTS & AIKEN PROMOTIONS PRESENT THE ELECTRIC PICNIC – The Boutique Musical Festival Stradbally Hall, Co Laois – 1st, 2nd , 3rd September 2006 "The Picnic is such a breath of fresh air for concert goers. The huge success of this year's event (2005) has changed the lie of the land. A brilliant festival is not just about the bands or the location or the chip-free food stalls or the atmosphere or the Body and Soul area or the attention to detail. It's about quality of the whole event (the boutique festival) .Its about mutual respect". The Irish Times 2005 The inimitable Electric Picnic – Ireland's only boutique musical festival – is back for its third year. Voted by music fans as 'The Love of 2005' as voted for by Hot Press readers, the Electric Picnic returns as a three day festival on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd September, with camping all three nights in the idyllic and picturesque setting of Stradbally Hall Estate, Co Laois - less than an hour from Dublin. Last year all 25,000 tickets sold out, this year festival organisers have increased the capacity by five thousand but promise to keep the intimate nature of the festival that concert-goers have come to expect. In keeping with the eclectic nature and music mix served at the Electric Picnic this year proves no exception with its seven stage line up of: Basement Jaxx, Massive Attack, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Groove Armada, Anthony and the Johnsons, DJ Shadow, Damien Rice, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Frames, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, Belle & Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright (solo), Bloc Party, Alabama 3, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Saul Williams, Tom Vek, Gang of Four, David Kitt, Jim Noir, Rachid Taha, Elbow, Graham Coxon, Deus, The Rags, The Dublin Gospel Choir, topped off with that friend of all things Electric – Gary Numan. And it doesn't end here, the legendary Blue Nile - this is their only performance in the world this year. The Body & Soul Village will be enlarged this year, once again located off the beaten track in it's leafy natural amphitheatre. The self contained village of Indian tipis, hammocks, small domes and Moroccan style dwellings will again be housing organic cafes & juice bars and a range of therapists who offer alternative therapies & workshops from Reiki, Reflexology and Shiatsu to Indian Head Massages, Yoga & Dance Workshops and Tarot Readings. The festival are also delighted to introduce a brand new area - The Big Tree - which is a new nature foundation being set up by Damien Rice and will feature a carbon neutral oasis of music, arts and organic food. The Foggy Notions Stage - a new stage being added this year. Foggy Notions are programming a line-up of exciting and exotic sounds from all over the world at this year's festival. Expect the freshest dance-floor party music, the finest grade heartbreak pop, mind-bending art-rock, ethnic mysticism and the occasional pop icon. A large theatre area will encompass Lost Vagueness who return again to present their very unique and flamboyant brand of burlesque theatre and cabaret… Once again we can expect The Ballroom & The Laundrettas Laundromat of Love and they will also have their Changing Rooms at the festival. In this lavishly decorated boudoir of Madame Mishka guests take part in a magical transformation of identities, from everyday to extraordinary. Lost Vagueness stylists will help you feel fabulous with a wide selection of apparel, including feathers-boas and ball-gowns, corsets and petticoats, dinner-jackets and tuxedos, trilbies and top hats. The puy Parlure, housed in a beautiful 1920's style wooden Spiegal Tent, will lure you into a positively Purrrrrfect party experience. With a full bar and entertainment, standby also for the delights (or horrors!) of a 'Stars in Your Eyes'-style karaoke, pop quiz's, dance classes, giant floor games and groovy DJ's playing Soul, Latin, Salsa, R&B, Reggae & World. More puy Parlure attractions to be announced. And Cirque Idyllic - a colourful plethora of artists from seasoned international performers to capricious variety artistes, slick aerialists, clever clowns and magicians. Groundbreakers, icebreakers, edge cutters, jaw droppers, side splitters and butt clenchers are all cocooned amid the sublime, feelgood D.J's who keep the space alive, highly charged and harmonious. Be wowed by the stars of the cabaret renaissance. The Electric Picnic also promises the return of its hugely popular International Comedy club Stage hosted once again by Des Bishop. Line-up yet to be announced. The Hot Press Chat Room is back again - a unique opportunity to catch Face-to-Face interviews with the stars of the show, conducted by the Hot Press team, including assistant editor Stuart Clark, Peter Murphy and John Walshe. The Silent Disco, Cinema and the boutique on-site accommodation of Beach Huts, Podpads & Tipis will also be there. And the Electric Picnic's quirky healthy organic food policy continues together with a wider selection of bars providing a wider variety of drinks plus cocktail bars, including the Bacardi B-Bar and the Southern Comfort Crawdaddy Stage. Female urinals are just one of the many new facilities that will be provided at the festival this year, P-Mates will be provided for female concert goers which will enable them to pee while standing upright! No queues, no waiting around for your turn, no fuss! Ireland's only boutique festival, which has grown quickly from an alternative day-out to a 3 day festival is now a major fixture and must for those of eclectic taste. The Electric Picnic, Ireland's boutique music festival with seven stages, 3 days of camping takes place 1st 2nd and 3rd September 2006.

Gar

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3/23/2006 4:31 PM
That's only 31 acts for a 3 Day Festival, surely a rake load more will get announced.

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3/23/2006 4:40 PM
Fingers crossed for the Foggy Notions tent.

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3/23/2006 5:09 PM
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Devendra Banhart, Super Furry Animals, The Rapture, Mad Professor, Gang of Four, Jim Noir, Rachid Taha, Elbow, Graham Coxon, Deus, Gary Numan. Deadly Most excited about Gary Numan, YYY and Gang of Four...GANG OF GODDAM FOUR!!!!

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3/24/2006 10:09 AM
Una is excited about: Bloc Party, The Rapture, Devendra Banhart, Graham Coxon, and..... YEAH YEAH YEAHS yay!

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3/24/2006 10:26 AM
I haven't been to Electric Picnic and not going this year. One thing I would say wrt people saying not enough big names or not enough names full stop for a 3 dayer, I guess at EP they don't have as many acts on at the same time e.g. Oxegen or other festivals have lots of good names announced but the reality for most festival goers is that a lot of the acts will be on at the same time and they will only see a fraction of them. so you inevitably get a lineup that looks very good but in reality the lineup of acts you get to see isn't as half as good. Am I right to say at EP(how many main music stages are there?) people will actually get to see most of these acts? if thats the case then it is a fine lineup. still wish there'd been a limited option of day tickets though :(

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3/24/2006 11:12 AM
I'm happy with the line up so far. Well, really happy especially with the yeah yeah yeahs, dj shadow, Graham Coxon, The Rapture and a whole host of artists that i;ve never heard before. Cool :)

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3/24/2006 1:27 PM
I'm happy about the Yeah Yeah Yeah as I've wanted to see them for a while and Gang Of 4 should be good but everyone else I've either seen or I'm not that bothered by. The Foggy Notions tent is intruiging, considering the stuff Leagues plays when he's on the radio plus the fact that they're promoting the Final Fantasy gig give me some hope.

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3/24/2006 2:58 PM
yea hope for some quality irish bands - any suggestions/hopes for the irish contigency?

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3/24/2006 3:20 PM
quote: Originally posted by comet I haven't been to Electric Picnic and not going this year. One thing I would say wrt people saying not enough big names or not enough names full stop for a 3 dayer, I guess at EP they don't have as many acts on at the same time e.g. Oxegen or other festivals have lots of good names announced but the reality for most festival goers is that a lot of the acts will be on at the same time and they will only see a fraction of them. so you inevitably get a lineup that looks very good but in reality the lineup of acts you get to see isn't as half as good. Am I right to say at EP(how many main music stages are there?) people will actually get to see most of these acts? if thats the case then it is a fine lineup. still wish there'd been a limited option of day tickets though :( Sorry man but there's as many clashes at the Picnic as there are at Oxegen. There were four stages last year and 2 Many DJ's, Kraftwerk and The Flaming Lips were all on at the same time.

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3/24/2006 4:14 PM
why does everyone hate damo and the frames..........what a pack o' begrudgers ye are!!!

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3/24/2006 4:16 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!

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3/24/2006 4:27 PM
Familiarity breeds contempt.

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3/24/2006 4:38 PM
You're right, i DO begrudge the Frames & their enormous international success.

Una

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3/24/2006 5:07 PM
Damien Rice's 'Big Tree' thing really does sound like an eyebrowy skit, doesn't it?

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3/24/2006 5:37 PM
Familiarity breeds nothing but familiarity unless you're a begrudger!! stick that in your pipe and smoke it!!

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3/24/2006 5:55 PM
this is a wind up its too easy

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3/24/2006 5:57 PM
quote: Originally posted by stroller quote: Originally posted by comet I haven't been to Electric Picnic and not going this year. One thing I would say wrt people saying not enough big names or not enough names full stop for a 3 dayer, I guess at EP they don't have as many acts on at the same time e.g. Oxegen or other festivals have lots of good names announced but the reality for most festival goers is that a lot of the acts will be on at the same time and they will only see a fraction of them. so you inevitably get a lineup that looks very good but in reality the lineup of acts you get to see isn't as half as good. Am I right to say at EP(how many main music stages are there?) people will actually get to see most of these acts? if thats the case then it is a fine lineup. still wish there'd been a limited option of day tickets though :( Sorry man but there's as many clashes at the Picnic as there are at Oxegen. There were four stages last year and 2 Many DJ's, Kraftwerk and The Flaming Lips were all on at the same time. well if that's the case then that lineup isn't big enough for a 3 day event, sounds like a good 2 day lineup stretched.

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3/24/2006 6:11 PM
Loads more acts will be announced in the coming weeks/months because there is no way that 31 acts will fill out three full days of music from 12-Midnight everyday. The best thing about Electric Picnic though is the variety of stuff to choose from - Cinema Tent, Bodytonic Area, Campsite with a decent shop, Silent Disco, Paintball, Comedy Tent. You don't have to consume live music all day long. But as a music feast it is top class too. I'm warming to the line-up so far despite the dodgy headliners (bar Massive Attack who should be decent). I really wanna catch: Yeah Yeah Yeahs DJ Shadow Mad Professor Elbow Saul Williams Graham Coxon Deus

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3/24/2006 6:27 PM
I know I keep saying it, but I'm ridiculously excited about Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They are probably in my top 5 of bands on planet earth I want to see before I croak it. That may be over the top, but as I said - ridiculously excited.

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3/25/2006 2:54 AM
quote: Originally posted by Gar (bar Massive Attack who should be decent) I don't understand how a Massive Attack show would work live. Nearly all my favourite Massive Attack songs are colaborations with vocalists like Shara Nelson, Horace Andy, Tricky, Tracey Thorn, Nicolette, Elizabeth Fraser, Sinéad O'Connor and Terry Callier. Considering that none of these people tour with Massive Attack how do do the songs work live. Can anyone fill me in?

Gar

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3/25/2006 6:26 AM
That's what I'm curious about.

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3/25/2006 10:51 AM
has anyone heard anymore on the line up for electric picnic???...and the beastie boy rumour thats going with it??...hope its true but have a feeling its to good to be true!!!!

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3/25/2006 12:52 PM
Rednecks and Broken Social Scene will be added after their vicar street dates, i'm led to believe.

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3/25/2006 12:57 PM
I saw Massive Attack at Witness and it was alright - the operate the same stage policy as Basement Jaxx in that even though on record there are a bunch of various vocalists, they generally just have one or two with them live who just do everything.

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3/25/2006 5:57 PM
Yeah saw them supported Radiohead in 97 in the RDS, didn't think they were that great live tbh but you'd expect they'll put on a good show for a headline slot like this.

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3/25/2006 6:29 PM
have seen massive attack a good few times live (last time in the olympia when "Mezzanine" was released) and its not pretty. usually have horace andy and one female vocalist onstage to handle the singing bits that 3-d and daddy g dont do. as much as i love massive attack on record, i really hope theres something better on when they take to the stage at the picnic.

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3/25/2006 6:56 PM
I saw them at the same gig as Comet, couldn't figure out if Horace Andy was dedicating a song to the country people or the concious people, I do remember that it felt like the bass was kicking me in the chest which was rather cool.

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3/27/2006 11:55 AM
massive attack sometimes have dot allison as their vocalist... i love dot allison

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3/27/2006 12:02 PM
Anyone know of acts that aren't officially announced but have scheduled dates in Ireland for the long September weekend?

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3/27/2006 12:11 PM
im still wondering whether Smashing Pumpkins will the the 'surprise' draw. They definately need someone else - someone bigger than what has already been anounced.

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3/27/2006 12:14 PM
Gnarls Barkley playing the sunday according to their myspace. http://www.myspace.com/gnarlsbarkley

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3/27/2006 12:28 PM
Booked my ticket today. I can always sell it on if I don't fancy it.

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3/27/2006 1:00 PM
quote: Originally posted by stroller quote: Originally posted by Gar (bar Massive Attack who should be decent) I don't understand how a Massive Attack show would work live. Nearly all my favourite Massive Attack songs are colaborations with vocalists like Shara Nelson, Horace Andy, Tricky, Tracey Thorn, Nicolette, Elizabeth Fraser, Sinéad O'Connor and Terry Callier. Considering that none of these people tour with Massive Attack how do do the songs work live. Can anyone fill me in? Dot Allison did all the female vocal parts last time I saw em in the Point in '03. Brilliant gig. She might still be with them for EP.

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3/27/2006 2:12 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una im still wondering whether Smashing Pumpkins will the the 'surprise' draw. They definately need someone else - someone bigger than what has already been anounced. thatd be pretty amazing alright. itd even be interesting to see would it be Billy and his Ego playing or Smashing Pumpkins with Darcy, James and Jimmy in tow.

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3/28/2006 2:33 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una im still wondering whether Smashing Pumpkins will the the 'surprise' draw. They definately need someone else - someone bigger than what has already been anounced. According to Tom Dunne this week the latest is that they are definitely in the studio recording a new album! Would be some coup if they signed them up for EP.

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3/28/2006 2:47 PM
I'd be very suprised if they were announced at the picnic. They seem much more like an Oxegen band to me.

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3/28/2006 2:49 PM
Wasn't there three headline acts to each day last year? If so, that would mean that there are nine headliners for this year. With Massive Attack, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada and Blue Nile (if they are all in fact headliners and not merely signed up), that means there is a possibilty of at least two big headliners still be announced. So maybe we should speculate as to who they might be!!! Beastie Boys? Morrissey?

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3/28/2006 2:54 PM
The blue nile are playing on sunday afternoon with the dublin gospel choir. i'd imagine the YYYs will be high up the bill on one of the nights.

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3/28/2006 2:56 PM
Morriessey is already paying bleedin 50 times in Ireland this year. How many bands were there last year? Because that will have to be increased by 30%. Maybe there won't be another 'big' band, maybe they'll just beef it up with other small scale good bands. I have to say, apart from Arcade Fire last year, the best bands I saw at EP were ones I hadn't heard of who I stumbled (literally) across in the Bacardi tent, Lost Vagueness etc.

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3/28/2006 3:00 PM
Not sure if YYYs are worthy headliners after just two albums. Still looking forward to seeing them probably the most. The best thing about festivals is discovering acts you normally wouldn't pay to see or would have heard of. But you always need a decent headliner to top things off. Last year The Flaming Lips and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds were top class.

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3/28/2006 3:14 PM
PRIIIIIIIIIIIIINCE!!!!! PLEASE

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3/28/2006 3:27 PM
yeah prince would be great.....but would really like to c the beastie boys play!!..

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3/28/2006 3:34 PM
Who cares, we're all going to be off our heads swaying to dub jazz raggae leftfield chilled coastal beats speaking in tongues in a portaloo

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3/28/2006 4:06 PM
quote: Originally posted by benni PRIIIIIIIIIIIIINCE!!!!! PLEASE This should happen.

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3/28/2006 4:53 PM
Right so Damo - wanna come help me kidnap him?

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3/28/2006 5:52 PM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw Who cares, we're all going to be off our heads swaying to dub jazz raggae leftfield chilled coastal beats speaking in tongues in a portaloo Not this year, thanks very much Ms. Harney.

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3/28/2006 6:46 PM
quote: Originally posted by kramer yeah prince would be great.....but would really like to c the beastie boys play!!.. I waited two hours to see the beastie boys play a gig in texas after just missing the Flaming Lips, there were about 1 and 1/2 thousand people there waiting but at 1.OOam this guy comes out on stage to say that the band had turned up!!!!! People waited another half an hour until he came out again to say really guys it's not gonna happen, they haven't appeared and won't be coming to play. (but I did get to see the flaming lips play a very small gig the next night which made up for it). So even if the Beastie Boys are lined up - who knows what will happen!!

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3/28/2006 7:05 PM
Also - I don't see why the Super Furry Animals shouldn't headline. They were my highlight of oxegen's sunday last year when they headlined the rising artists tent. They were excellent!

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3/28/2006 7:36 PM
quote: Originally posted by benni Right so Damo - wanna come help me kidnap him? It's not that hard; you bring the pint glass, I'll bring a length of carboard.

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3/29/2006 10:04 AM
quote: Originally posted by Damien quote: Originally posted by benni Right so Damo - wanna come help me kidnap him? It's not that hard; you bring the pint glass, I'll bring a length of carboard. the most perceptive criminal mastermind in the world!

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3/29/2006 11:32 AM
quote: Originally posted by Gar Wasn't there three headline acts to each day last year? If so, that would mean that there are nine headliners for this year. With Massive Attack, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Gary Numan, Basement Jaxx, Groove Armada and Blue Nile (if they are all in fact headliners and not merely signed up), that means there is a possibilty of at least two big headliners still be announced. So maybe we should speculate as to who they might be!!! Beastie Boys? Morrissey? Radiohead???? playing in Dublin the week before it. Dublin is the last gig of the tour aswell so fingers crossed.

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3/29/2006 12:11 PM
will gary numan honestly headline a stage?... i'm all for a bit of retro but gary numan was fairly 2nd rate in the early 80's - i can't imagine him being much better now... i checked out the electric picnic forum there and they were all getting their knickers in a twist over him... "i can't wait to hear tainted love!" says one... ...that kinda sums it up for me

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3/29/2006 12:26 PM
quote: Originally posted by palace i checked out the electric picnic forum there and they were all getting their knickers in a twist over him... "i can't wait to hear tainted love!" says one... ...that kinda sums it up for me oh dear oh dear! I'll be keeping it real for Gary.... he's got a pilots license y'kno..

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3/29/2006 12:32 PM
I don't understand why people are excited to see Gary Numan either. Mind you I don't understand why people are excited to see Pet Shop Boys or why they were raving about Human League last year. It must be that whole ironic 80's buzz that seems to be so big in Dublin. Maybe Erasure will be anounced or Swing Out Sister or Curiosity Killed The Cat.

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3/29/2006 12:56 PM
the 80s are cool, duh. I was laughing about the Gary Numan thing with a DJ friend of mine who is completely outraged at the fact Numan is playing. "HE HAS ONE f**kING TUNE" is what he said, over and over again. And it's true. But the 80s are cool, duh. However, the Pet Shop boy are at least prolific. And Being Boring is one of my favourite of ALL TIME EVA songs. So tharr ya go.

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3/29/2006 1:07 PM
ah no in fairness - Gary Numan may have only one or two commercial tunes but for people into electro and synth stuff hes a f**kin pioneer man - well in terms of his earlier stuff and Tubeway Army n such like....and not just since The Killers decided to reintroduce a synthesizer into the fashionable consciousness.

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3/29/2006 1:26 PM
in fairness, i hadn't heard tell of gary numan in about 20 years so since my last post, i've been doing some research... and general consensus seems to say that he is indeed a pioneer, one that was ridiculed at the time but is basically the uk's equivalent to kraftwerk... i will need to be convinced, however... people tried to tell me the human league were innovators, after all... ...as for the pet shop boys, they could go down quite well - they hardly ever play live and when they do, they put on a very big show... and they've loadsa tunes... wouldn't float my boat really but might be quite a happy vibe at ep... after saying all that, i tend to agree with stroller's sentiments though - the 80's revival is a bit of a red herring, especially if you were there first time around

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3/29/2006 1:35 PM
well its not really an 80's revival for me - ive listened to Depeche Mode/ Joy Division/ Gary Numan (and lots of electro bands that have played synth based music right through the 90's up until now!) etc since my very early teens - but yea i know what you mean - there is a very fine line between tryin to be kitshy and just a plain ole cheese fest - and not in the good way.

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3/29/2006 1:40 PM
quote: Originally posted by palace i tend to agree with stroller's sentiments though - the 80's revival is a bit of a red herring, especially if you were there first time around Wait untill Reagan comes back to Judge us.

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3/29/2006 1:54 PM
Pet Shop Boys have some fantastic songs and are certainly worthy headliners. SFA of course and B&S, those 3 bands probably make me buy a ticket. Problem with the lineup is a lot of bands have played recently, i've seen quiet a few. I still can't see a decent alternative indie lineup stretching over 3 days out of it. I hope there was some truth to that Death Cab For Cutie rumour.

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3/29/2006 2:00 PM
with you there, comet... there's no 'alternative' in this alternative festival

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3/29/2006 2:18 PM
Since when has Electric Picnic been an alternative indie festival? since it's inception the majority of the acts playing have been of the electronic/hip-hop/soul/funk/reggae variety. I'd can't imagine Electric Picninc adding too many more indie bands to their line up. I'd imagine that they've already anounced the majority of the indie bands which will be playing in order to try and get the rock crowd to buy as many tickets as possible before Slane and the Morley Park gigs are anounced. I reckon they're deliberately holding back on announcing more electronic/hip-hop/soul/funk/reggae acts until their Garden Party event takes place. Don't be suprised if acts like Bookashade, Scratch Perverts, DJ Marky, Toots & The Maytals, Asian Dub Foundation are confirmed for the Picnic once they've played the Garden Party. It's far more likely that Prince or Beastie Boys will be added to the line up than Morrissey or Smashing Pumpkins.

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3/29/2006 2:26 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una I was laughing about the Gary Numan thing with a DJ friend of mine who is completely outraged at the fact Numan is playing. "HE HAS ONE f**kING TUNE" is what he said, over and over again. And it's true. Ah he as at least three tunes in all fairness; The one Basement Jaxx sampled for Where's Your Head At, the one Sugababes sampled for Freak Like Me and the one Armand Van Helden sampled for Koochy

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3/29/2006 2:29 PM
as someone who isn't into electronic/hip-hop I hate to say it but yeah you're probably right, it was the same last year thats why i didn't go (even though i wanted to see Arcade Fire), I think its half baked idea of a festival, if you're going to have a 3 day festival with no day tickets then you have to half a serious lineup for each genre.

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3/29/2006 3:07 PM
I agree with Una about the Pet Shop Boys.. They were always very famous for their stage shows and had a rake of decent tunes (Suburbia, Being Boring) and they should take the Kraftwerk slot.. Gary Numan, possibly on before them or at the least, not headlining, actually has an enormous amount of good tunes, people just don't know them.. Personally I think they're gone very indie with this years line-up and am a bit concerned. However, it is likely that some of the acts for Garden Party, Bud Rising etc will be added once they've played.. Still plenty of time... ( Unless Damien Rice has gone all electro? )

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3/30/2006 9:15 AM
yeah, i agree... the lineup so far is very indie - usually i'd be happy with that but with electric picnic, the whole dance / electronica / hip-hop / reggae / funk vibe is part of the attraction...but mainly, my problem with it is that the indie lineup is just not alternative enough

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3/30/2006 3:35 PM
gnarls barkley, the skatelites and Amadou and Marian added to the bill.

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3/30/2006 3:36 PM
Not saying anymore but there's a strong possibilty that The Fiery Furnaces and Death Cab For Cutie could be playing.

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4/4/2006 10:20 AM
Apparently Wilco are on the way too ..... its shaping up nicely now, i went and got a ticket for it afterall.

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4/4/2006 10:30 AM
Still waiting on my ticket to arrive in the post. But yeah I heard Tom Dunne spreading the Wilco rumour yesterday.

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4/4/2006 10:34 AM
And I'll start the raconteurs rumours. They're playing 5 days earlier at Reading

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4/4/2006 11:00 AM
oh The Raconteurs would be great!!

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4/4/2006 11:04 AM
I have totally unfounded confidence that the Raconteurs will be playing. When I was younger I used to predict whether Liverpool would win any silverware that season by picturing the captain in the new shirt holding a cup. If it looked right, I thought they'd win something. I was right quite often. The answer was no. I can picture myself watching the Raconteurs in a tent.

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4/4/2006 11:34 AM
And Pearl Jam are also playing Reading around the same time Slane is usually on, who were rumoured to be playing there with Neil YOung way back in October

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4/4/2006 11:35 AM
quote: Originally posted by comet oh The Raconteurs would be great!! HERE HERE! Yea - i loikes them i does

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4/4/2006 11:37 AM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw And Pearl Jam are also playing Reading around the same time Slane is usually on, who were rumoured to be playing there with Neil YOung way back in October Pearl Jam dont do festival shows anymore since Roskilde so count them out for anything

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4/4/2006 11:41 AM
quote: Originally posted by Mar quote: Originally posted by nerraw And Pearl Jam are also playing Reading around the same time Slane is usually on, who were rumoured to be playing there with Neil YOung way back in October Pearl Jam dont do festival shows anymore since Roskilde so count them out for anything Not true. They're playing Reading and Leeds in August. They have also said they are playing in Ireland this year at a large venue.

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4/4/2006 12:23 PM
Wilco?!............ prays it's true

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4/4/2006 2:24 PM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw quote: Originally posted by Mar quote: Originally posted by nerraw And Pearl Jam are also playing Reading around the same time Slane is usually on, who were rumoured to be playing there with Neil YOung way back in October Pearl Jam dont do festival shows anymore since Roskilde so count them out for anything Not true. They're playing Reading and Leeds in August. They have also said they are playing in Ireland this year at a large venue. indeed you are right, mea culpa, all i remember is after roskilde they said they would never do a festival type show again where they couldnt be in charge of their own security, must've changed their minds

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4/11/2006 11:14 AM
Can anyone tell me why anyone would get excited about seeing New Order? I saw them at glasto last year just to see them but god they are so past it and they're good stuff doesn't even sound that good anymore. Also this was the Electric Picnic article in the Sindo at the weekend, i thought it was a very lame and unenticing summing up of the festival! Hot dogs galore at Electric Picnic, but watch your sausages 'NEVER trust a man with short legs," Noel Coward once said. "His brains are far too near his bottom." Diminutive Bernard Sumner, however, can be trusted to come up with possibly the gig of the year when he and the rest of Mancunian legends New Order play the Electric Picnic festival in September. The band - formed from the remaining members of Joy Division when singer Ian Curtis committed suicide in 1981 - have given us some ageless moments in electro post-punk adult-pop: Everything's Gone Green, Bizarre Love Triangle, Temptation, Confusion, True Faith, Perfect Kiss, Love Vigilantes and, of course, Blue Monday should all get an airing in the Stradbally country estate in Laois. New Order will need to go some to match the almost hypnotic performance of Nick Cave at last year's Electric Picnic. The Antipodean singer-songwriter was once described by the New York Times as a figure "who often seems as if he has just gotten back from Hell - where he had lunch with the devil". Implausibly, I was having lunch in a local hotel last year when I noticed a bizarrely moustached man at an opposite table. 'Twas only the dark lord himself and his aristo model wife Susie Bick and family enjoying a lively lunch in the Irish countryside. Far from looking like his sabled majesty's BF, Cave crawled on his hands and knees impersonating a dog for the entertainment of his young twin sons. Eight hours later, I stood by the side of the stage with Susie as her husband entertained the masses in Stradbally. His shadowy tales of religion, love and men who dwelt in the shadows where cupid's arrow never would find or hurt them was music at its best. When he sang The Mercy Seat about a tortured man awaiting the final release of execution on Death Row ("I hear stories from the chamber/How Christ was born into a manger/And like some ragged stranger/Died upon the cross") you can see why Johnny Cash chose to cover the the song for American III: Solitary Man. But the Electric Picnic this year should provide many such magical moments. Providers of one of last year's most acclaimed albums, I Am A Bird Now, America's Antony and the Johnsons should prove to be one of the main talking points backstage among Irish rock's chattering classes. Lou Reed described singer Antony Hegarty as "a magnificent singer, an heir to the wondrous Jimmy Scott". Whatever about his warbling tenor that can segue into a falsetto without any notice, Hegarty redefines masculinity with an androgynous look that is akin to a fabulously eye-lashed cherub, a cherub styled by Jean Paul Gaultier. On crack. "For today I am a boy/ One day I'll grow up and be a beautiful woman/ but for today I am a child," he sings. It is not for nothing that the likes of Reed, Boy George and Rufus Wainwright are all admirers of his work (indeed they all sang on I Am A Bird Now). Going from Stax soul to Weill/Weimar-era cabaret and everything in between, Antony and his cohorts are not to be missed. Then, of course, there's Graham Coxon to look forward to. The ex-Blur guitarist is always worth a look - so long as he doesn't get up to any messing at the hotdog stands at the famous boutique festival. Some years ago, Coxon, who was asked to leave Blur during what Uncut magazine dubbed his Bonkers period in 2002, was caught trying to steal a string of sausages from a butcher's shop in Camden Town in London. "A butcher chased me up the road and smacked me in the jaw. I happened to be wearing a denim skirt at the time. There was a whole bus-load of people watching all this. It wasn't my proudest moment," said Coxon. Bristol's pioneers of trip hop, Massive Attack, are also confirmed to play. Their albums such as Blues Lines, Protection, Mezzanine and 100th Window pushed the boundaries of what dance music could be. And it will be a surreal experience to hear Karma Coma ring out all over the fields: "Walking through the suburbs though not exactly lovers/You're a couple, 'specially when your body's doubled/Duplicate, then you wait for the next Kuwait." Often described as the next big thing, Irish artist Damien Rice is on the same stage as Wainwright (solo), Bloc Party, Gary Numan and David Kitt. The Pet Shop Boys might perform their campified cover of U2's Where The Streets Have No Name (the gay dance music duo combined Bono's messianic masterpiece with Frankie Valli's Can't Take My Eyes Off You when they released it as a single in 1991.) All in all, the Electric Picnic should be the business. * Electric Picnic: September 1, 2, 3. Tickets on sale now from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide, booking line 0818 719 300. Three-day tickets including camping are €175. Barry Egan

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4/11/2006 11:53 AM
I never read Barry Egan's stuff. He talks s**te.

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4/11/2006 12:14 PM
What off the post said. Complete hack, can't write for st, should stick to his gossip column that I don't read, namedropping wker.

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4/11/2006 12:29 PM
what off the post and unicron said. times two. charmless lickspittle pig's bladder who can't write for toffee.

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4/11/2006 12:30 PM
Egan is a cvnt of the highest order. How he can call himself a journo is beyond me...although writing for the sindo doesn't automatically qualify you as one. "And it will be a surreal experience to hear Karma Coma ring out all over the fields" Oh f**k off

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4/11/2006 12:32 PM
Completely agree. Barry Egan is a tit. Sunday Indo is a rag, to understate it. Wouldn't wipe me arse with it unless, maybe, there was a picture of said tosser on it.

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4/11/2006 12:37 PM
"gossip column...name dropping" unfortunately, you have to drop names in a gossip column.

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4/11/2006 12:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una "gossip column...name dropping" unfortunately, you have to drop names in a gossip column. Doesn't excuse the sheer awfulness of it. I've read some gossip columns that are humerous etc. His whole colum revolves around name dropping From Mongrel Does Mr Egan actually have a soul? If you cut him open, would dust just spill out? Has he made a Faustian pact with Independent News and Media? Any big-name Irish ‘band’ - the Corrs, Westlife etc... or Irish 'celebrity' - Tony Fenton, Karla Elliot etc... always get referred to in the most glowing terms - his criterion for this probably involves whether said people will help him skip the queue into Lillies or Reynards the night before. Also check out his article in the Sunday Independent Life magazine from 18th December. In it he describes a dinner party at the Clarence Hotel or “Bono’s Penthouse” as Barry calls it, hosted by Jasper Conran with the “great and good” of Irish society. He refers to each guest with a silly descriptive adjective: “Luscious Lorraine”, “Lovely Louis”, “darling Diarmuid,” “krazy Kathryn,” “naughty Nell.” Its sheer awfulness can’t be done justice in such a short space, but here’s a snapshot: “It was the kind of evening you couldn’t make up. Marty talked about old times with Gay. Louis and Jasper realised they each have an apartment in the same swish complex in Miami. Diarmuid told Jasper he is working with his father Terence on a new project.” Minus a soul.

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4/11/2006 1:13 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una "gossip column...name dropping" unfortunately, you have to drop names in a gossip column. But not in a preview of a music festival though.

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4/11/2006 1:36 PM
that article from the Sindo is hilarious! there's something similar in the Irish Indo every Saturday with equally sycophantic drivel - it really is cringe inducing stuff

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4/11/2006 1:43 PM
ok so everyone hates Barry Egan, fair enough, in fairness that article is crap and as for the gossip column can't say i would ever read that, its not like its gossip anyway when its about the same circle of dublinite nobodies that noone in the country gives a damn about.

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4/11/2006 1:57 PM
blame the NME - once upon a time, bazza egan wrote for the NME and was considered one of their top hacks. its amazing what happens with age

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4/11/2006 2:46 PM
I'd love to do a comedy series closely based on the Irish TV celebrity "scene" where everybody knows everyone else, they all think they're something they're not and NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS! A really savage satire. Not sure RTE'd go for it tho....

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4/11/2006 3:32 PM
quote: Originally posted by Norman Schwarzkopf I'd love to do a comedy series closely based on the Irish TV celebrity "scene" where everybody knows everyone else, they all think they're something they're not and NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS! A really savage satire. Not sure RTE'd go for it tho.... Is Colin Murphy not doing something like that at the moment? Complete rubbish. Its the kinda thing he'd be slagging off himself on the Blizzard of Odd.

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4/11/2006 3:35 PM
quote: Originally posted by off the post quote: Originally posted by Norman Schwarzkopf I'd love to do a comedy series closely based on the Irish TV celebrity "scene" where everybody knows everyone else, they all think they're something they're not and NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS! A really savage satire. Not sure RTE'd go for it tho.... Is Colin Murphy not doing something like that at the moment? Complete rubbish. Its the kinda thing he'd be slagging off himself on the Blizzard of Odd. My exact thoughts. Painful to watch and is exactly the thing he would be slagging off. He has jumped the shark

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4/11/2006 3:49 PM
Nathan Barley would be a good template for it.

Norman Schwarzkopf

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4/11/2006 4:10 PM
yeah, It's The Unbelieveable Truth. But that's about actual celebrities with international success like Colin farrell, The Corrs, Bono, etc. Id base it around a fictional niteclub and it's VIP area, oh let's call it "Risteard's"... Various sports pundits, stand-up comedians, TV presenters & reality show contestants scrabbling to maintain a public profile, while doing little of merit. "Small Pond" might be the name of it. Ah, the creative process....

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4/11/2006 5:25 PM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw quote: Originally posted by off the post quote: Originally posted by Norman Schwarzkopf I'd love to do a comedy series closely based on the Irish TV celebrity "scene" where everybody knows everyone else, they all think they're something they're not and NOTHING IS WHAT IT SEEMS! A really savage satire. Not sure RTE'd go for it tho.... Is Colin Murphy not doing something like that at the moment? Complete rubbish. Its the kinda thing he'd be slagging off himself on the Blizzard of Odd. My exact thoughts. Painful to watch and is exactly the thing he would be slagging off. He has jumped the shark After the Diet Coke ads with the turtle that he voiced, he should never be allowed take the p1ss out of anything ever again. Its like the pot calling the kettle a w*nker. ...or something like that...

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6/19/2006 10:10 AM
Just noticed that theres a breakdown of each days acts on the EP site now FRIDAY Massive Attack Damien Rice Antony & the Johnsons DJ Shadow PJ Harvey Young Blood Brass Band Mogwai Devandra Deus Dulsori Drummers Todd Terje Spank Rock Fish Go Deep Stereotonic DJ's Crazy P Live Digital Circus Live plus more SATURDAY Groove Armada New Order The Frames Bloc Party Belle & Sebastian Super Furry Animals DJ Shadow Graham Coxon Sparks Gang of Four Bodytonic Sound System David Kitt Mundy Broken Social Scene Dancepig Jim Noir 2 Many DJ's Tiefschwarz Aberfeldy Os Mutantes Michael Franti & Spearhead Gary Numan Jape Mad Professor The Boy Least Likely To Psapp Tilly and the Wall Semifinalists Messian J & the Expert Andrew Weatherall Tapes N Tapes Laura Izibor The Rags Krafty Kuts Nathan Fake (live) Yo La Tengo The Skatalites Corrugated Tunnel v Chymera Hystereo Live Radio Soulwax presents Niteversions SUNDAY Basement Jaxx Yeah Yeah Yeahs Pet Shop Boys Gnarls Barkley My Morning Jacket Josh Ritter Tom Vek Laurent Garnier (live) Rufus Wainwright Elbow Discotonic v Backlash The Rapture Saul Williams Francois K The Blue Nile Amado & Mariam Hot Chip Coldcut Pendulum Richard Hawley Alabama 3 Splitloop Dublin Gospel Choir Metro Area Ian Pooley Liam Frost Charles Webster Plus more..

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6/19/2006 10:51 AM
To be honest, looking at the line-up like that it's quite weak . If they had day tickets, Friday seems like the best day to go by far: Mogwai, Shadow, PJ, Massive, dEUS...They seriously need a few more big name acts....then again super-cool, ultra hip, charismatic friend to the stars that is Barry Egan reported in yesterday's Sindo that EP is 'close to being sold out'.

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6/19/2006 11:16 AM
I think it looks like it's a really good lineup. A mate of mine has been raving about Os Mutantes since they reformed this year, it's probably the greatest thing to ever happen to him in his lfe. I must check them out before EP time.

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6/19/2006 11:34 AM
It's not the best festival line-up announced this year but there are plenty of intriguing acts in there and EP as a festival itself is worth the admission fee. Looking forward to DJ Shadow, Yo La Tengo, My Morning Jacket, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Deus, Mad Professor, Os Mutantes, Tilly And The Wall and to hear new material from Bloc Party. Comet: DJ Shadow is listed on the Friday and Saturday. Is he playing twice?

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6/19/2006 11:38 AM
quote: Originally posted by Gar Comet: DJ Shadow is listed on the Friday and Saturday. Is he playing twice? Reading Una's blog from Sonar, he might not be playing at all, nevermind twice ... The big dissapointment was DJ Shadow, because it wasn´t DJ Shadow really, it was DJ Shadow ´presenting´these REALLY st rappers. So, I expect that´s what the Electric Picnic set will be too. It was really lame. Then Shadow had to explain to the crowd, he was like "you guys obviously didn´t read the tickets, it´s not actually me playing", but then to appease people, he did a few of his own tunes, and then it went back to the lameness of "when I say hip, you say hop". Totally st, and s**tter still that that´s what it´ll be like at Electric Picnic - so be warned!

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6/19/2006 11:40 AM
we'll wait and see i suppose

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6/19/2006 12:08 PM
Yeah that's not good news at all. I was hoping he would be as good as (or even better than) MixMaster Mike from last year. He also has a new album on the way.

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6/19/2006 1:28 PM
TBH I wouldn't take any notice of what kind of show DJ shadow put on in sonar. Means nothing. I like the line up, nice and ecletic

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6/19/2006 1:46 PM
And forget Shadow, EP just added a massive star to their line up. Yes, that absolute tosser, David McWilliams, he of how many buzz words can I come up. The thought of EP pissing money away on this goon instead of a decent act. Press waffle Broadcaster David McWilliams, author of 'The Pope's Children: Ireland's New Elite', has been added to the line-up for this year's Electric Picnic music festival. McWilliams will host Leviathan - Dublin's sell-out monthly political cabaret - with special guests and artists from the bill taking part in a live and interactive debate. Leviathan: Political Cabaret is a cocktail of debate, satire, music and comedy designed to inform and inflame in equal measure. Some of the questions tackled at the cabaret over the past three years include: "What Next for the US Crusade in the Middle East?", "Is Nuclear Power the Solution to Global Warming?", "Why Should We Celebrate 1916?" and "What Have the Brits Ever Done for Us?". Leviathan shows have featured live and interactive debate, stand-up comedy, satirical musicals, poetry readings, singer-songwriters, a punk-gospel band and the Langerland.com cartoons. From 6pm on the Saturday and Sunday of the festival, Leviathan will take over the on-site cinema for two very special shows which will ask expert and entertaining panels some controversial questions. There will also be musical comedy from Paddy Cullivan and The Camembert Quartet, a three-minute soapbox for people to vent their spleen, performance poetry and the world premiere of a brand new Langerland.com cartoon featuring the voices of Gift Grub's Mario Rosenstock. Leviathan founder and producer, Naoise Nunn said: "This is a very exciting development for the show. We're delighted to be bringing Leviathan to what is already a thoughtful and civilised festival with a great atmosphere." The Electric Picnic, Ireland's boutique music festival, takes place from 1 to 3 September. Tickets are priced €175 and are available from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide.

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6/19/2006 1:53 PM
What's even more disturbing is the presence of The Camembert Quartet.

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6/19/2006 1:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by Antistar What's even more disturbing is the presence of The Camembert Quartet. Missed that. "musical comedy from Paddy Cullivan and The Camembert Quartet." Oh joy, corsets at the ready for their unique brand of side-splitting comedy

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6/19/2006 1:59 PM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw And forget Shadow, EP just added a massive star to their line up. Yes, that absolute tosser, David McWilliams, he of how many buzz words can I come up. The thought of EP pissing money away on this goon instead of a decent act. Press waffle Broadcaster David McWilliams, author of 'The Pope's Children: Ireland's New Elite', has been added to the line-up for this year's Electric Picnic music festival. McWilliams will host Leviathan - Dublin's sell-out monthly political cabaret - with special guests and artists from the bill taking part in a live and interactive debate. Leviathan: Political Cabaret is a cocktail of debate, satire, music and comedy designed to inform and inflame in equal measure. Some of the questions tackled at the cabaret over the past three years include: "What Next for the US Crusade in the Middle East?", "Is Nuclear Power the Solution to Global Warming?", "Why Should We Celebrate 1916?" and "What Have the Brits Ever Done for Us?". Leviathan shows have featured live and interactive debate, stand-up comedy, satirical musicals, poetry readings, singer-songwriters, a punk-gospel band and the Langerland.com cartoons. From 6pm on the Saturday and Sunday of the festival, Leviathan will take over the on-site cinema for two very special shows which will ask expert and entertaining panels some controversial questions. There will also be musical comedy from Paddy Cullivan and The Camembert Quartet, a three-minute soapbox for people to vent their spleen, performance poetry and the world premiere of a brand new Langerland.com cartoon featuring the voices of Gift Grub's Mario Rosenstock. Leviathan founder and producer, Naoise Nunn said: "This is a very exciting development for the show. We're delighted to be bringing Leviathan to what is already a thoughtful and civilised festival with a great atmosphere." The Electric Picnic, Ireland's boutique music festival, takes place from 1 to 3 September. Tickets are priced €175 and are available from Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. i think it might just work! mcwilliams sometimes comes across as a smug git but in fairness he does know his stuff have never seen this leviathan yoke but it sounds intriguing mcwilliams's best moments all came on the sadly missed 'agenda' on tv3 and his worst came on his underwhelming morning radio show on newstalk and his constant appearances on shows plugging that bloody buke of his! so long as his EP show is closer to the former than the latter, it could be a worthwhile addition to the roster

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6/19/2006 3:04 PM
quote: Originally posted by nerraw quote: Originally posted by Antistar What's even more disturbing is the presence of The Camembert Quartet. Missed that. "musical comedy from Paddy Cullivan and The Camembert Quartet." IIRC the people who run EP trusted the festival goers enough last year to not confiscate their bottle tops from the coke bottles sold on site so that they didn't throw full bottles at the performers. With the Camembert Quartet there they may have to reconsider that.

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6/19/2006 3:36 PM
I like McWilliams but is there any need for political debate at a music festival?

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6/19/2006 3:48 PM
quote: Originally posted by Gar I like McWilliams but is there any need for political debate at a music festival? Is there any need for McWilliams? I mean anyone who calls a book "The Pope's children - the new elite" really is an idiot. Other gems include 'the wonderbra effect,' 'architects are the new gods,' and my favourite 'Dulchies,' that is Dublin people who move to the country. I think EP are trying too hard to be cool and sophisticated.

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6/19/2006 6:06 PM
I can't believe this is the second time that I get to write this on a music board but I really like McWilliams but the archetypes that he tried to invent for that book are ridiculous.

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6/19/2006 6:09 PM
I wonder what phrase David McWilliams would use to describe those people who pay crazy money to stand in a field for a weekend regardless of weather conditions, pay crazy money for drink and food and are crazy enough to go and see him instead of good music.

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6/19/2006 10:38 PM
Suckers

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6/19/2006 10:54 PM
The Long Blondes, Minotaur Shock, Giveamanakick, Modeselektor and Rachid Taha were just added to the bill aswell. Slowly but surely there are more and more interesting acts popping up on the line-up.

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6/20/2006 11:40 AM
I saw DJ Shadow on Friday at Sonar, and it´s NOT a DJ Shadow gig. The tour is "DJ Shadow presents..." and basically it´s just Shadow DJing under some of the s**ttest rappers I´ve ever encountered. Shadow had to apologise to the crowd, saying "I guess you guys didn´t read the ticket" and then did two of his own tunes. But the gist of it was Shadow playing Notorious BIG tracks and these whoareyiz rapping over it. Absolutely awful.

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6/20/2006 11:50 AM
But with him listed to appear on both Friday and Saturday at EP, maybe he is doing the 'DJ Shadow Presents.....' one night and then his own set the next. Hopefully anyway!!!

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6/20/2006 12:10 PM
I'm sorry, but what the f**k is McWilliams doing at a music festival? Would the Arctic Monkeys be invited to play live on Prime Time?

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6/20/2006 12:43 PM
quote: Originally posted by off the post I'm sorry, but what the f**k is McWilliams doing at a music festival? Would the Arctic Monkeys be invited to play live on Prime Time? i'd say they would be. after all, they have been on BBC's Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman so whats another current affairs show for them? mcwilliams book is an ok read but gets way too irritating and clever-clever when he keeps on coming up with names for everyone (Cluas = Irish Cyber Pen-Pushers).

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6/20/2006 3:02 PM
quote: Originally posted by Pilchard quote: Originally posted by off the post I'm sorry, but what the f**k is McWilliams doing at a music festival? Would the Arctic Monkeys be invited to play live on Prime Time? i'd say they would be. after all, they have been on BBC's Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman so whats another current affairs show for them? mcwilliams book is an ok read but gets way too irritating and clever-clever when he keeps on coming up with names for everyone (Cluas = Irish Cyber Pen-Pushers). Newsnight has an Arts review once a week. Prime Time is just current affairs.

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6/20/2006 3:16 PM
quote: Originally posted by off the post quote: Originally posted by Pilchard quote: Originally posted by off the post I'm sorry, but what the f**k is McWilliams doing at a music festival? Would the Arctic Monkeys be invited to play live on Prime Time? i'd say they would be. after all, they have been on BBC's Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman so whats another current affairs show for them? mcwilliams book is an ok read but gets way too irritating and clever-clever when he keeps on coming up with names for everyone (Cluas = Irish Cyber Pen-Pushers). Newsnight has an Arts review once a week. Prime Time is just current affairs. they were not on the Arts review ghetto - they were on the main show. Back in January, when the album came out

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6/21/2006 1:23 PM
McWilliams has MCd Leviathan before, so it´s not that unusual that he´s there. As for the feature itself of discussing current affairs wit a liddle bit o comedy at a music festival? It seems like Electric Picnic is collectively smoking crack at this point in time.

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6/21/2006 1:51 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una McWilliams has MCd Leviathan before, so it´s not that unusual that he´s there. As for the feature itself of discussing current affairs wit a liddle bit o comedy at a music festival? It seems like Electric Picnic is collectively smoking crack at this point in time. or maybe wants to be like that new fest in the UK, Latitude - http://www.latitudefestival.co.uk surely the point of a festival is you can ignore the stuff u dont want to see? i'd be a lot more cross if there was loads and loads of must-see stuff on at the same time. the best thing bout the Picnic last year was just wandering around, catching stuff on spec. the same will probably apply this year - although, in fairness, theres a lot more to avoid (Mundy, Frames, Damien Rice chiefly - this year's James Blunt)

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6/21/2006 2:58 PM
quote: Originally posted by Una I saw DJ Shadow on Friday at Sonar, and it´s NOT a DJ Shadow gig. The tour is "DJ Shadow presents..." and basically it´s just Shadow DJing under some of the s*ttest rappers I´ve ever encountered. Shadow had to apologise to the crowd, saying "I guess you guys didn´t read the ticket" and then did two of his own tunes. But the gist of it was Shadow playing Notorious BIG tracks and these whoareyiz rapping over it. Absolutely awful. Were the two MC's in question Keak Da Sneak & Turf Talk? They both appeared on Shadow's last single 3 Freaks. You can check the tune out on the media player on his website www.djshadow.com, but to be honest I wouldn't bother. It's pretty sht. I don't know why Shadow bothers working with these clowns when his own Quannum crew contains two of the best MCs in the world; Lyrics Born & Gift of Gab. However if Shadow's going to be playing live than he's probably going to be doing it with the two fools off his last single so I'd give him a miss. If he's going to be playing a DJ set than I'd probably give him a miss as well. He's not on the same funk 45 buzz that he was a couple of years ago when he was doing his Product Placement and Brain Freeze tours with Cut Chemist. Nowadays he's all about the Dirty South and he's playing a lot of crunked up b*llocks.

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6/21/2006 10:38 PM
Very nervous here. My Morning Jacket have disappeared from the Electric Picnic poster. They were the act I was most excited about seeing once they confirmed. If this clip doesn't get you excited, nothing will. I hope they haven't cancelled: http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002736.html

Unicron

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6/21/2006 10:57 PM
Maybe Jim James got the sniffles again.

comet

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6/22/2006 9:54 AM
They're trying to be sooooo Glastonbury even got their own film now http://www.irishfilm.ie/index_102.asp (and David McWilliams is in it!!)

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6/22/2006 2:03 PM
Im´not sure Stroller. When I first walked in on the set, me and my mate thought it was Ugly Duckling. If you watched it, you wouldn´t even know Shadow was DJing because it was pretty much just playing tracks for four or five idiots to rap over. No flow whatsoever. It was all´"stick your middle finger in the air / when I say hip you say hop" really lame s**t.

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6/23/2006 2:11 PM
Don't tell me that you've got a problem with Ugly Duckling as well. If you want to hear some new DJ Shadow material you can check out the afore mentioned 3 Freaks track here; http://www.scissorkick.com/blog/music/DJshadow_3Freaks.mp3 and his new track with David Banner here; http://palmsout.com/blog/Seeing%20Thangs.mp3 And this is what the man himself is saying about his new direction on his upcoming album; "Stylistically, it's very different from The Private Press. Some have said “Press” was an inward-looking album. If that’s true, than this album is the opposite, and that suits me just fine. I’ve also stopped worrying if my changing taste in music costs me fans; life’s too short to live in anyone’s box, especially if that box is constraining your shine. Case in point: cats who tried to goal tend “3 Freaks” without knowing anything about Bay music or its history, even as the song was on its way to classic status among those who actually support and create Bay music. What does that prove? I believe it proves that sometimes you’ve got to clean house. It’s something that all artists I admire have done at one time or another, be it Neil Young, Marvin Gaye, or whoever. You can’t please everybody all the time, but you can please yourself. So go ahead and hate me now, you’ll love me for it later." ...oh dear.

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6/27/2006 9:56 AM
quote: Originally posted by Jairzinho Very nervous here. My Morning Jacket have disappeared from the Electric Picnic poster. They were the act I was most excited about seeing once they confirmed. They're an amazing act live. Saw them a few years ago in TBMC and it was a superb gig. Pure, unadulterated fuzzy rock 'n roll joy. Jim James came out at the end and did three tunes solo and omfg that guy can sing. I, too, would love to see them live again. Crackin' stuff. Any sign of Howe Gelb or Giant Sand comin' over to these parts? I know Gelb was in the UK with the Sno' Angel Like You gospel choir that sang on the album. Don't why i'm asking this in the EP post, just kind of came into my head. Anyhoo ...

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6/27/2006 10:24 AM
My Morning Jacket announced their european tour this morning and no Irish gig on it im afraid

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6/27/2006 6:01 PM
God Damn when I heard MMJ were on the lineup I was so excited about finally seeing them! Last time they were over here I was in chicago so I've never seen em live despite there reputation for putting on an outstanding show. They are playin Edinburgh on the 25th of August so I might head over then to see them

comet

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6/27/2006 6:05 PM
It looks like what happened is they got the Pearl Jam support slot so cancelled what they were planning, pity.

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6/29/2006 2:56 PM
quote: Originally posted by Gar But with him listed to appear on both Friday and Saturday at EP, maybe he is doing the 'DJ Shadow Presents.....' one night and then his own set the next. Hopefully anyway!!! It seems DJ Shadow has been taken off the Friday lineup

Gar

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6/29/2006 3:04 PM
I saw that........so is it going to be a DJ Shadow boycott at EP?

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6/29/2006 3:09 PM
Longest Thread evvvver!!!!.. god i hope this post doesnt crash the system

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6/30/2006 12:08 PM
quote: Originally posted by Protein biscuit quote: Originally posted by Jairzinho Very nervous here. My Morning Jacket have disappeared from the Electric Picnic poster. They were the act I was most excited about seeing once they confirmed. They're an amazing act live. Saw them a few years ago in TBMC and it was a superb gig. Pure, unadulterated fuzzy rock 'n roll joy. Jim James came out at the end and did three tunes solo and omfg that guy can sing. I, too, would love to see them live again. Crackin' stuff. Any sign of Howe Gelb or Giant Sand comin' over to these parts? I know Gelb was in the UK with the Sno' Angel Like You gospel choir that sang on the album. Don't why i'm asking this in the EP post, just kind of came into my head. Anyhoo ... Gutted about MMJ. But very excited about seeing Howe Gelb in Benicassim though. Friend was at UK show recently and reckons it was one of the best shows he ever saw.Absolutely love Sno Angel.Let's hope he plays Dublin too-Excuse me- I digress-this is an EP thread!!

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6/30/2006 12:56 PM
Yeah, Sno Angel is a real grower. Think this thread is a free for all at this stage.

Una

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6/30/2006 12:58 PM
not a Shadow boycott - it's just that I think the promoters should actually list what kind of set it is, because it's not Shadow playing his own stuff - therefore, the listing is misleading.

Gar

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7/10/2006 3:03 PM
If DJ Shadow fails to entertain then maybe Cut Chemist can make it all better. According to his MySpace page, he's down to play the Sunday of Electric Picnic. This is good news, especially since his new album is class.

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7/10/2006 3:11 PM
now if they could hook shadow up with cut chemist from some good ould funk n soul 45s.... looking forward to seeing amadou et mariam as well, though not sure what they'll be like without manu chao. Oh "The Skatallites" f**king amazing live, saw em in the village last year, full on good times, n happy dancing. pity the double bassist is not touring with them anymore, but absolute quality nonetheless.

Gar

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7/10/2006 3:36 PM
By the way folks, Electric Picnic is now officially sold out.

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7/10/2006 7:33 PM
I warmed up for Cut Chemist when he played in Galway last year. He puts on a good show. I'd recommend checking him out.

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7/10/2006 8:00 PM
quote: Originally posted by Gar By the way folks, Electric Picnic is now officially sold out. I was deliberating for so long to go or not: so fking pricey, can't be bothered csmping for the weekend and now it's sold out and I'm curiously unbothered as the line-up is quite poor, if truth be told. The last time I went camping was as a boy scout. I don't intend doing it as an adult. In the rain. Which begs the question? Why didn't they sell day tickets!!!! I would have bought a Friday ticket months ago as it's got the best selection of bands. Ah fk it! Looks like it's gonna be Daft Punk in Marley and Mogwai in Royal Albert Hall for me this year.

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7/10/2006 8:20 PM
i reckon they didnt sell day tickets for the vibe, theyre pretty hell bent on a glasto typa thang it looks like. Wouldnt bother me at all, but im guessing they wont be going all out for glasto and letting you bring your own booze into the concert area. cos like, man, theyd lose money.

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