We've had the Digital Glastonbury, so it's time for some feedback from those of the massive who were there. Having watched a bit of the BBC coverage last night on Sky+ it has confirmed to me that the BBC's coverage of the whole event is nothing like the real thing, but then how could it be...the festival is a unique experience for each person because there are just so many possibilities... You'd have to have a headcam fitted to each of 177,000 people and 177,000 digital channels to present it all.

One of the key differences is that you don't have f***ing Jo Whiley whittering on. Even Mark Radcliffe (whom I like as a DJ and presenter) seemed annoying. Compared to that, what's wrong with a bit of rain and a little bit of mud?

I thought it was a good festival this year - one of the best of the ten I've been to. I spent too much time at the 'wrong' end of the festival, i.e. the Pyramid stage purely because of the acts who were on, inc. Fleet Foxes, the Specials, Neil Young, Tinariwen (why were they not on Jazz World, where simultaneously Rolf Harris had completely filled the Jazz World field to over-capacity?), CS&N (unexpectedly lovely in the afternoon sunshine), Nick Cave (unrelentingly noisy - witness numerous Blur fans looking distinctly unhappy!). I do generally prefer atmosphere at the gigs in the smaller venues away from the Pyramid and Other Stages, but what I saw at the Pyramid was pretty damned good.

Did catch bits of other gigs including Golden Silvers at The Park (not impressed), The Egg (Dance East - OK, but not the best I've seen them), Red Snapper (The Glade), Rokia Traore (Jazz World), Bat For Lashes (why the f*** was the bass so loud?), but one of the most pleasing gigs was The Magic Numbers, who were playing an unannounced gig at The Queen's Head. We just stumbled across that on the way back from Nick Cave to watch the Fire Show. Lovely heart warming stuff and someone even came on stage and proposed to his girlfriend. The band seemed genuinely taken aback at the amazing reception they got. I even found I was stood next to Jeremy Hardy, so got to have a brief chat with him.

Re: another post elsewhere - Mark Radcliffe sounded pissed on the TV broadcasts I've watched so far. I was behind him in the queue for the Theatre & Circus Green Room bar late on Saturday night/early Sunday (I'd had a few by then as well), where I also witnessed Phill Jupitus reclined on a sofa, with a pint of beer balanced on his ample midriff, nodding off. Each time his eyes shut, the beer threatened to spill over, but his eyes opened just at the critical moment each time! All this was happening whilst a ska band called 'Guns of Navarone' were playing songs like 'Monkey Man', so the man must have been knackered not to have been having a knees up to that.

Finally, the funniest part of the weekend for me was seeing MundoJazz (a spoof world music band). Hilarious stuff with songs such as 'Scally, Scally Scouse' (written for Liverpool, City of Culture!), a song based on 'Hello' by Lionel Ritchie written as an advertisement for a local butcher (Halal? Is it meat you're looking for?) and a great version of an Elvis classic sung by Sergei, their 'Fat Elvis' drummer, about a poor over-fed boy, called 'In the Gateaux'!!!