Vale Fest - Tuesday 12th June

Well....
I had never seen the spaghetti junction before... it was a day full of suprises!!!!!!

The original plan to drive to brum didnt happen... Dan drove Flo, laura and myself down, big thank you to him :)

Took a walk down the road from where we parked, (having almost got attack by the holly that was in the bush when laura and i got out the car...) i asked a cyclist where it was...

in all honesty.. probably should
have just followed my ears...

Really wish i had bought my traditional disposable camera.. i would have got some good shots..
but noooooooooooo
i think bringing a crate of beer was a better plan... :)
First thing we did when we got there was go for a piss... always loving the porta-loos
Many attempts to ring Stevo had failed... considering we were in a feild the signal was poo.

So we walked passed all the sitting down students.. and plonked our blanked at the front of the stage...

To my absolute horror..
there was some "comedy" before the Tommys set..

God almighty.. did i want to cry.... it was bloody awful!
NOT only was is slapstick and completely unhumourous... but... but..
IT WAS MIMEEEEEEE!

ugh! they seemed to go on forever... something about monkeys.. i think their name was..
Dont get me wrong.. i think toilet humour is hilarious... but they pretended to be american cows and made fart noised on stage... needless to say.. i wasnt impressed...
However.. i took comfort in the vast quantities of beer cans that were in my bag...

Flo and i found 2p on the floor :D....

and then i lost it :(

The Franimal was setting up her drums during the entire thing...

poor girl... she had to witness the crapness as well!!!
ANYWAY...
We went to take up the usual position at the front of the stage...

They came on...
They were blisteringly shit hot...
could you expect anything less??

Laura and Flomo definatly enjoyed it... to the degree of jaw dropping...
small mosh errupted during one song... as usual i got involved with the drunks who were twice my size and gave them a good kicking :D

They kicked off the set with You're Not The One
with so much passion and energy at a million miles an hour!!
(i think Flo and Laura regreted ALLOWING me twice on previous occasions..
yes!!! you know what i'm talking about ...!
but this time beka was the allower)

Cara seemed to replicate having a seizure on stage rather well... in the brief occasions i've seen her front the band... i'm pretty fucking impressed! (and i am sorry for kicking her in the shins by accident)
Stevo glided back and forth, usual stance of one converse on the foldback speaker, with the "Yeh BITCH!" sorta look in her eyes, and the ever present grin on her face ...
(note to self -must learn how to play guitar ;(....)
Anna... is it REALLY nessessary to have ALL those cabs? come on... you can give a few to me! Please? Anna showed the world how its done! none of this strap highering bullshit! its just not kool! the lower the better!
With the back of the bass rested on her right knee, hair perminantly across her face, and moving around the stage like there is no tommorrow... thats how its FUCKING done!
Now what can i say about the Franimal...
Definatly jelously going on from Laura point of view:

Quote Laura:

" She's better,

she's younger

... AND she has bigger boobs then me!"

Fran smacked the hell out of those drums! At one point.. i could have sworn the hi-hat was horizontal! I have no idea where she gets all her energy from!!! She's amazing!

After the set finished.. we really needed to wee....
we were about to set off to the common people pissers... But Anna sneaked us in the artiste section, and we got to pee in proper toilets :O
After sweaty hugs had taken place... we chilled a peice back stage...

On the way home .. we stopped off at star city... for a piss stop .. and Laura, Flo and Dan had a subway. i wasnt hungry...
got back to flos.. and i was sober.. so i drove home..

but why wasnt my car on the drive?
what was it down the road...

Stigg had needed to move his car.. and mine was in the way..
so Oli some how got it.. moved my car....down the road...
"Good job it doesnt have an alarm"...

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

he had to disconnected under the bonnet...

hehe

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