A Beautiful Human Person...
This man once dropped an egg on me, in the rolling magazine tent, which then cooked itself as I was so hot (the egg, not the Rolling Mag tent. Or maybe it was my girlfriend at the time. (Who dropped the egg, not Pip dropping her on me).
At least I think I knew who I was camping with at the time.
possibly.....
Thursday, 4 September 2008
Greenbelt Legends (1)
Scary man at Greenbelt
You may have been sold a CD or LP by this man at Greenbelt in the Monster Music stall. You may have heard his, er, unique sales patter. You may have even discussed Bob Dylan with him (oh why, oh why?!), and why he (Phil) looked like Bruce Cockburn on the cover of one of his albums (Bruce, not Phil).
Please approach with caution as he may talk to you!
Cheers Phil!
Greenbelt T shirts
Recent years have seen me design a couple of special shirts for GB. This one, wonderfully modelled by Phil, is the Monster Music staff T, with the classic legend 'only at Greenbelt..'
Previously, a shirt inspired by another GB-er and spotted by Jer, who REALLY wanted one, had me getting help to use scans of all the GB programme covers to form a collage for front and back designs showing all the years of GB.
It would be great if GB themselves did this (i'd be only too glad to help!) I'm sure it would be a best seller. Im sure also that there would be lots of horrible copyright issues too!
Anyway. look out for the new improved shirt next year....
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Greenbelt 1974 blog
Just found this blog re the first GB in 1974. Didnt know there were blogs in '74!
By a member of Living Stones
By a member of Living Stones
:)
Hang drums
Have just stumbled across these drums, created initially in 2000.
As a drummer myself, and often the butt of 'musicians' jokes it is great to find something rhythmic as well as carrying some sort of melody. I dont know if they have appeared in any form at Greenbelt yet, but would make a perfect insturment for meditation, or as part of an ambient chamber ensemble.
Getting hold of one may be a bit problematic though- check here
check them out at Hang Blog
As a drummer myself, and often the butt of 'musicians' jokes it is great to find something rhythmic as well as carrying some sort of melody. I dont know if they have appeared in any form at Greenbelt yet, but would make a perfect insturment for meditation, or as part of an ambient chamber ensemble.
Getting hold of one may be a bit problematic though- check here
check them out at Hang Blog
Greenbelt: Music (part 1)
This has turned into a bit of a personal history of GB.
Music at Greenbelt has always been an important part of the festival for me personally. My first GB in 1983 was a real eye opener and the first real exposure to the Christian Musical Sub-culture, which was probably at its height in the Mid-Eighties. In those days we used to spend all the time in the festival village, which I seem to remember surrounding the main stage area and the mainstage itself. I nearly wet myself when I saw Petra at that first festival. Cliff as there too, whilst not musically he most challenging at least he performed, and a lot of it lying down, for which we mocked him unmercifully fro being old!
Music could be found in all sorts of places, in small marquees and the big top. There were seemingly lots of record shop tents all over, unlike the present set up in which you have (had?) Monster music, and the G Music store (ICC in another guise), which pays to have a monopoly on all music sold by artists appearing at the festival, which I think is just WRONG, and counter to the ethos of the festival. It is another story in itself, the politics that went on between MM and the G music manager, but not one that I’ll recount as publicly as this.
As the festival changed, so did I, I didn’t go for 10 years, (got married, fell out with the cosy social club that church had become, I could do social gatherings so much better than the church anyway). In 2002 I met Jer who inspired me to go to GB again, a music mad gooner like myself. I have to say I was quite under whelmed with that festival the fact it wasn’t a Greenfield site, had only about 9or 10 thousand punters and what was the main music venue doing in that shed?!!
I didn’t go in 2003, but tried again in 2004. I think I had been remembering the festival with very rose tinted spectacles form the eighties, and decided to give it one last try.
Music at Greenbelt has always been an important part of the festival for me personally. My first GB in 1983 was a real eye opener and the first real exposure to the Christian Musical Sub-culture, which was probably at its height in the Mid-Eighties. In those days we used to spend all the time in the festival village, which I seem to remember surrounding the main stage area and the mainstage itself. I nearly wet myself when I saw Petra at that first festival. Cliff as there too, whilst not musically he most challenging at least he performed, and a lot of it lying down, for which we mocked him unmercifully fro being old!
Music could be found in all sorts of places, in small marquees and the big top. There were seemingly lots of record shop tents all over, unlike the present set up in which you have (had?) Monster music, and the G Music store (ICC in another guise), which pays to have a monopoly on all music sold by artists appearing at the festival, which I think is just WRONG, and counter to the ethos of the festival. It is another story in itself, the politics that went on between MM and the G music manager, but not one that I’ll recount as publicly as this.
As the festival changed, so did I, I didn’t go for 10 years, (got married, fell out with the cosy social club that church had become, I could do social gatherings so much better than the church anyway). In 2002 I met Jer who inspired me to go to GB again, a music mad gooner like myself. I have to say I was quite under whelmed with that festival the fact it wasn’t a Greenfield site, had only about 9or 10 thousand punters and what was the main music venue doing in that shed?!!
I didn’t go in 2003, but tried again in 2004. I think I had been remembering the festival with very rose tinted spectacles form the eighties, and decided to give it one last try.
Greenbelt Quickie (4)
How did everyone find the Communion Service at its new time 3pm? Should it return to its normal time in the morning? How many people dont go to it?
I must admit I normally use the time to have a lie in, reflect on events of the previous days, have a good breakfast and read the paper!
Like the red and the balloons though.
I must admit I normally use the time to have a lie in, reflect on events of the previous days, have a good breakfast and read the paper!
Like the red and the balloons though.
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