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The Word - festival??
After having a weird, exceptionally vivid, dream about the Glastonbury where Michael Eavis hands over full responsibility of the festival to Emily, I started thinking.
What are the possibilities of a festival run by the Word? Rather than a outdoor summer festival, it could be more of a winter, ATP style event. And, as the line-up would be chosen by the Word or the Massive, we would all be willing to attend.
Just a thought anyway. I for one think it would be amazing to see members of the Word staff being musically creative (Hepworth covering "Way Down In The Hole" on a ukulele, anyone??)
What do other people think? And who would you want to play at such a shinding??
I'd like to nominate:
Epic45
Mulatu Astatke
Portishead
Roots Manuva
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Mulatu Astatke - seconded
I'd love to see him.
I'd add Petra Haden to the bill, too.
what does atp mean? is it
what does atp mean? is it arrangement to pay?
All Tomorrows Parties
It's a festival which often takes place off-season and uses Holiday-Camp-locations such as Pontins, rather than outdoor camping.
More info here: http://www.atpfestival.com/Content/WhatIsAtp.php
I thank you. (I've been out
I thank you. (I've been out of the country, hence my tardy reply)
Lewis Taylor...
Please come out of retirement !!
Passion Pit
MGMT
Doves
Elbow
Neil Young
Bruce Springsteen
Winter. Holiday Camp. Richard Thompson.
[Shiver of fear]
Sorry to piss on your chips!
We are as different as we are alike.
Just in case, here is my request;
The Blue Nile
Midlake
Sigur Ros
Josh Rouse
Iron & Wine
PJ Harvey
The Phantom Band
Wilco
The Decemberists
Fleet Foxes
Animal Collective
Kate Rusby
The Fron Male Voice Choir
Leonard Cohen
Okkervil River
Danny George Wilson/Grand Drive
The Jayhawks
Friendly Fires
Shearwater
Tom Waits
TV On The Radio
Emiliana Torrini
Kate Bush
Hosted by Adam & Joe
I'd go to that one
Put it on someone.
Put Magazine on
and I'm there.
Kate Bush...
you'd be lucky!
Grand Drive
Great shout. Vastly under appreciated band.
Have to agree
Never saw them live, thought it was only me buying the albums.
Seconded
Grand Drive are a great band and would be great at Cornbury in 2010!
No Word festival would be complete...
...unless opened by the mighty Love Trousers.
With Fraser's band to follow the headliners.
Errr, how's about...
Tinariwen
The surviving musicians from the Éthiopiques albums
Steely Dan (featuring *all* the original musicians who played on their records, at least the ones that are still alive)
Richard and Linda Thompson reunited
Randy Newman solo
AC/DC
I'll go
Stick JJ Cale on aswell
Boo Hewerdine
Any Trouble
The Blockheads to dance to.
Plus
Arcade Fire
Neil Young
Easy Star Allstars (Radiodread will do)
(*grumbles*) I hate festivals. And Hippies.
Can't they just hold a car boot sale instead, on a disused patch of waste ground, somewhere outside Reading?
Random, off-the-top-of-head choices: Pernice Brothers, Shortwave Set, Kevin Ayers, The Week That Was, Aimee Mann, the New Pornographers.
Also: French-Canadian folkies La Bottine Souriante - one of the most irresistably entertaining, life-affirming live experiences I've ever had.
Wot - no Quo??
Proper Quo that would have to be.
Line-up
Pixies
Band of Horses
Goldfrapp
Radiohead
LCD Soundsystem
Aimee Mann
Wouldn't she make a good cover?
as opposed to topless old men
I'd make a good cover.
Wot no Fleet Foxes?
I'd have Richard Hawley there as well. Perfect Word headliner surely?
Egg Friday
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