Damien Mulley has set up a Facebook meet-up at Electric Picnic... on Facebook? Then come and join us!!!
I'm looking forward to meeting some people who, up until now, I have only talked to online!
I absolutely refuse to miss Iggy and the Stooges at Electric Picnic this year. I hope he smears peanut butter on himself.
The Body & Soul area is the place to be at Electric Picnic. Regular visits throughout the day are a must. Last year the oddly soothing yet invigorating properties of Chai Lattés from a stall in the Body & Soul area kept me going all weekend.
The Chill Out Stage at the Body & Soul area means you are not music starved while taking refuge from the insanity of other Electric Picnic areas.
While we wait for the full schedule for other stages, the Chill Out Stage line up and timetable is freely available - check it out below.
I don't know many of the acts, there's a couple I know, like Mick Flannery, Liam O'Maonlai, Ronan O'Snodaigh, Donal Dineen, Lisa Hannigan and most importantly an old college friend of mine: Chequerboard - at 17.30 on Saturday!. If you don't know who he is check out the Chequerboard MySpace page and be sure and listen to 'Indian Ink'.
Friday 31st August 2007
13:00 Opening
13:40 DJ Noel Phelan
15:00 Love Deadly Yeah
15:40 DJ
16:00 Mick Crehan
16:30 DJ Will Softly
18:00 David Turpin
18:30 DJ Andy Barlow
20:00 Analogue Minefield
20:45 DJ Fiasco
22:00 Surprise Live Act
22:45 DJ Stephen Manning (Space Camp)
00:00 The Egg
02:00 Headgear
02:30 Cachimbo
03:30 Bedtime Treats
Saturday 1st September 2007
11:00 Small Hours Breakfast with Donal Dineen
12:30 Liam O'Maonlai
13:00 Somadrone
13:40 Pressure Drop
15:00 Jenny Lindfors
15:40 DJ Slot TBC
16:00 YOAV
17:00 Christy McNamara
17:30 Chequerboard
18:00 Cane 141
18:45 DJ Shane Mannion
20:00 Si Shroeder (DJ & Live Solo Set)
20:45 DJ Hazo
22:15 Les Bien
22:55 DJ Will Softly
23:20 Halfset
00:00 Donal Dineen & Special Guests including Liam O'Maonlai and Ronan O'Snodaigh
03:00 After Hours: Djembe Faso
04:00 Bedtime...
Sunday 2nd September 2007
11:00 Small Hours Breakfast with Donal Dineen & Special Guest Lisa Hannigan
13:00 Adrian Crowley
13:50 Iarla O'Lionard
14:30 Eoin Dillon
15:00 Mick Flannery
15:45 DJ Fiasco
16:30 Harry J & The Conspiracy
17:30 DJ Padraig Disconaut
18:15 Luna Seeds
19:00 DJ Aliji (ID Spiral)
20:00 Cinephile
20:45 DJ Aliji
21:15 Rumpistol (live)
22:15 Surprise Guest DJ
23:00 DJ Stevie G
00:30 Gaudi Live
02:30 After Hours: Surprise Guest!
03:00 After Hours: The Jahm
So while we're waiting for the timetable to be announced, let's have a quick look at whose playing on what day...
Looking through the list and trying to decide what to see is HARD. And that's before the scheduling clashes are apparent!
Assuming of course that I want to see everything, I have tried to put in red the acts I absolutely don't want to miss and in blue the acts I really don't want to miss, and the ones in black I would rather not miss.
What are your absolutely don't miss acts?
UPDATE This list was taken from the Electric Picnic site, however it seems to have some ommissions and discrepancies... for example, where is Marlena Shaw? Check out Jim Carroll's "fell of the back of a Lorry" day by day list too... where you will find other gems like the fact that Spilly Walker is also known as David Kitt who absolutely ROCKED last year.
Friday:
Saturday
Sunday
This time next week I will be recovering from Friday evening while checking out afternoon bands at Electric Picnic. With the Summer we've been having I've been worried about whether it would rain at EP this year. We were lucky last year with the odd shower, not enough to dampen anyone's spirits or take from the festive atmosphere.
So what can we expect this year?
Well, at the moment the weather forecasts are good. We're looking at zero rain for the weekend, temperatures between 14 and 17 degrees and Saturday looks to be a great day with very little cloud cover.
Fingers crossed people, fingers crossed.
Damn! Just over a week to go at the time of posting... this time next week I'll be on my up the country headed for the Picnic early Friday.
Someone on Facebook asked if anyone had any advice regarding heading to Festivals, and of course last year I swore I would remember all the things I should and shouldn't do. Can I remember them now? Can I f*ck.
Here are two things I do remember:
Maybe I'm just getting old... let's have a little poll about the best way to approach the Festival:
There's so much on at Electric Picnic I haven't had time to scour the line up properly to decide who are my must sees. Thanks to John Cav for pointing out one I totally missed - Dans le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip. Their single above, 'Thou Shalt Always Kill', took the internet by storm via YouTube, and they have a new single which is also excellent - 'The Beat That My Heart Skipped.'
Reportedly playing on Sunday at 8pm...
I came across this wonderful video some time back and was really impressed by both the video and the song... so I am thrilled to hear that Loney Dear will be playing Electric Picnic! Even if he is listed as 'Lonely Dear'... easy mistake to make. I know it's Loney Dear because they mention his real name, Emil Svanangen.
Loads of other acts have been announced, so we now have the full line up - this one jumped out at me, but I must go and look ut some of the others again... Warlords of Pez and Kila jumped out as Irish acts who will be playing.
When I saw UNKLE listed to play EP I thought they sounded familiar but couldn't place them. A quick search of YouTube revealed that they were responsibe for teaming up with Thom Yorke and producing the above gem 'Rabbit In Your headlights', that music video was around when I was in college and it stuck in my mind ever since. The music video was directed by Jonathan Glazer. He also directed Sexy Beast, a great movie, and several great Radiohead videos from around the same time - Street Spirit and Karmma Police.
But back to UNKLE... according to Wikipedia, UNKLE is a British musical outfit founded in 1994 by school friends James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy. Originally categorized as trip-hop, the group once included producer DJ Shadow and has employed a variety of guest artists and producers.
Check out another excellent video here, 'Burn My Shadow', best I've seen in a while now. The song features vocals from ian Astbury from the Cult and is directed by Miguel Sapochnik.
The only reservation I'd have about going to see UNKLE at Electric Picnic is that I love vocals, and seeing as UNKLE work with guest vocallists, will it be instrumental, or who does the vocals at live gigs?
I don't really know Primal Scream at all. Except I remember they used to be played a lot at parties when I was in college. In particular I remember this track... and of course this one.