Was just checking out the weather forecast for Electric Picnic. here's what I found.According to AccuWeather.com

Friday, Sep 4
Partly Sunny w/ Showers
a couple of showers. Winds from the WSW at 25 km/h.
High: 13 °C

Friday Night, Sep 4
Rain
a chance of rain. Winds from the WSW at 17 km/h.
Low: 9 °C

Saturday, Sep 5
Partly Sunny
partly sunny. Winds from the SW at 17 km/h.
High: 17 °C

Saturday Night, Sep 5
Mostly Clear
mainly clear. Winds from the SSW at 11 km/h.
Low: 8 °C

Sunday, Sep 6
Rain
periods of rain. Winds from the S at 22 km/h.
High: 18 °C

Sunday Night, Sep 6
Rain
rain. Winds from the S at 16 km/h.
Low: 13 °C

And if you prefer a more visual representation, via FallingRain.com

Doesn't look great, but it won't stop the fun

Nailler9's Electric Picnic Mix Tape. Get it for the drive up people. It'll rock. Downloading it as we speak.

Who I'll probably check out:

• Micachu & the Shapes
• Okkervil River
• The Acorn
• Simian Mobile Disco
• Florence & the Machine
• Fleet Foxes
• Royksopp
• Passion Pit
• Flaming Lips
• Basement Jaxx

Oh the bittersweet tragedy of festival timetables. Above is a playlist of some of the bands I hope to see on the Sunday. There's no one I was really dying to see until quite late on the Sunday, and then of course several of them clash

Royksopp kick off at about 8.30pm, and Passion Pit start at 9pm. Both acts I really wanted to see in their entirety. Plus I hate running from one to the other, you lose time plus you end up right at the back of the crowd for at least one of them unless your prepared to be really pig headed and barge through the crowd which I'm not. Usually.

Same goes for the Flaming Lips who kick off at 10.15pm with Basement Jaxx on their heels at 10.30pm. I saw Basement Jazz at Electric Picnic before and they were incredible, but I've never seen the Flaming Lips.

Oh well. Who cares, it's going to be a BLAST.

WHOOP WHOOP!

There's just no let up. I probably shouldn't have started researching bands - there are so many I hadn't heard of that I now just have to see. And looking at Saturday the choices start to become very difficult.

Cap Pas Cap who I never heard of seem pretty good, same goes for Lost Brothers and Low Anthem, so I'll try to make all of them.

Several people told me to go see Marina & the Diamonds, but she clashes with Roots Manuva. I really liked "Run Come Save Me" so the chance to see Witness (1 hope) played live wins out over the quirky beauty of Marina & the Diamonds I think. Tough call though.

Then you have Jazzanova at 5pm who sounds reallly great, but they clash with Jape - another really tough call. I've seen Jape a few times this year, but he rocked EP last year, and there's nothing like hearing Floating live at Electric Picnic. Another band I never heard of, Magnolia Electric Co. also clash with Jape & Jazzanova, and they also sound lovely.

Jape finishes at 6.15pm and it's looks like it might be time for a bit of running around. I might catch the start of Bat for Lashes, but I'll definitely be running off to see The Whitest Boy Alive.

After TWBA I might go and catch the end of James Murphy & Pat Mahoney's LCD Soundsystem Disco Set.

I think I'll have to catch a bit of Madness. I decided not to go see them a few years back and I regretted it when I could hear them from my house. A couple of songs would probably do me.

Then I might take a little nap on the ground somewhere before heading to see Moderat who's name sounds familiar and are really impressing me. That means missing 2 Many DJ's but I saw them earlier in the year, so I'm ok with that. it also mean missing Chris Cunningham though, who is doing some audio visual thing which is meant to be great, so we'll see.

Best laid plans of course.