FOLKDISCO BLOG

Richard Ashcroft - History. 'This one's a minor masterpiece! I've got some big masterpieces, but this is just a minor one!' You can't fault the songs, even the fillers are big, but it'd be nice to see him with a proper band instead of 4 random blokes from his local pub! Ah, Bittersweet Symphony. Now that's Pure Class, Fantastic. :-)

(Walking towards the main stage, Hop Farm Festival) Me: Bob Dylan is either great or pants. I think he'll be great. Hel: Hmmm, it sounds weird. Me: Hekind of sounds like Tom Waits doing a bad Bob Dylan impression. That *should* be a... See More

I was going to post a load of my Hop Farm Festival stuff on my folkdisco page, but it's like mobiles at Glastonbury 10 years ago. Texts usually work, you can sometimes make calls, but internet is kapput til after midnight. S'ok, having so much fun here, no time to browse. I'll upload several tons of lovely photos once I get back to civilisation! :-)

Need to go off to see Bob Dylan any minute now. But we're getting distracted by White Denim, who are fantastic good fun. Here's some photos. :-)

'Red rain is coming down'. No, it isn't Peter, it's been lovely all day. Ray Davies Sounded like an older slightly drunk Ray Davies. But Peter Gabriel sounds exactly, exactly like Peter Gabriel! This is a very good thing. Ah, Climbing up... See More

A few weeks ago, someone got me playing 'All Day And All Of The Night' on my corner in Cambridge. I don't know it, never learned it, but I blagged it pretty good, everyone dancing all night. Here's Mr Ray Davies blagging it a bit better... See More

I mean.... Is that Bootsy? Like... Is Bootsy physically alive? All those freaked out low frequencies can't be *good* for your health! :-)

I'm trying to be the funkiest man in my field, I'm trying to be nice n loud. But just 100 yards over there is George Clinton and Funkadelic with about 3 million watts of PA. I've got a little buskers amp. AGGHHH! :-) Chris Perkins: pissing on your chips . com:) Christine Deeming: SING LOUDER!!

Hop Farm Festival... Played my first little set, 5 more to go. Off for a little sleep now, recharge the batteries for the big weekend ahead. :-)

Monty Python - Germany vs Greece! To Enjoy! :-)