They both live in Sussex, don’t they? So that makes the lack of a Sussex date all the more confusing. And I don’t really understand what they’re going to actually do onstage!
Maybe the swannies are just tipping over the edge a bit, and this is the end of their good period - they've been astonishingly consistent over the last twenty odd years, only missing finals 2-3 times. They need a bit of time in the doldrums, the rest of us have had to!
And theyre away at Freo...
Neil Young, which is nice, cos this year he is!
But if we're picking ideal stages for my headliners of choice: then Neil Young on the pyramid, Cattle Decapitation on the Truth stage in the SE corner, and Flaming Lips on Woodsies please.
Glastonbury town is a weird place, but its definitely worth visiting - the weirdness helps, for sure. The Tor is beautiful and tricky enough to feel like a little accomplishment, and easy enough for most people to sweatily manage. The Abbey is beautiful, there's some excellent pubs, and a lot of...
People keep telling me she's massive/huge/colossal etc etc, but theres still tons of tickets available to see her in london this summer. Though its hard to equate ticket sales with crowds at festivals, ive no idea who is huge and going to draw a huge crowd, and who isnt . . .
some absolute belters on that lineup for me:
kneecap
deftones
weezer
alanis morissette
neil young
busta rhymes
turnstile
bob vylan
gary numan
there's a bit of shite to swerve, but thats not tricky at all. All things considered i'm right chuffed and its going to be amazing (like it always is!)
Not a great start for us northern hemispherans anyways, even before the cyclone news! i'm at work for the first two and the next two are at dickhead oclock! at least the clocks change soon, and it all gets shifted much more nicely for us lot up here.
I'll be up at 2am for the Geelong v Freo...
i was quite late to gigs, i was 20 when i went to my first- which was Placebo in Fremantle, western Australia in 1999. Saw em again last year and it was nice to bookend them - theyre still a good live band. Seen about eleventy million bands since, via festivals and gigs here and there . . .
There's something really satisfying about watching the Philly plan of attack - running game, running game, running game until the opposition are bruised to bits, and then pop! over their heads with a few passes. Cant imagine what its like to defend against, you expend all that energy worrying...
Saquon is a bit unique in that he's an absolute game changer, an amazing player who can win it on his own, and he's not an absolute twat. Its surprisingly heartwarming to see him supporting his teammates and not being a gurning posing knobhead :p i'm very much in support of him on SuperBowl...
Arsenal only ever seem to have two kinds of fan: the loudmouth school bully type, or the colossal malodorous nerd. Think of every goon you've ever met, they'll fit into one of those two types, its absolutely uncanny. No other fanbase like it
Carlton are a good team to follow i think. Still joint top of the table of all-time flag winners, despite being mostly dreadful for the last thirty years, they're like Richmond in that they're a meme when they're crap, but as soon as they turn the page and start improving, they'll become a...
my desires for the Superbowl, in order:
Bills (four SB defeats, surely everyone wants em to get one over the line)
Washington (inspirational turnaround from being bollocks the last few years, every 4-13 team dreams of the handbrake turn to get 12-5 etc)
Eagles (just for Saquon Barkley, who...
Its the middle of january and they're all skint, and its Leicester away on a wednesday - i wouldnt bother going either, how can you not have better things going on in your life than that!