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Akrasia

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Also want to get a t shirt that says i don't have any drugs, just so people stop asking me for drugs

I can see that one backfiring
You'll just get people trying to sell you drugs all weekend

paulieeye

frozenfrozen wrote: »

What are some things people are changing from what they did at their last picnic? I'll be bringing less food, a big coat, and try my very best to see more of the non-music things that are on.

Also I'm entertaining the idea of brining a camera this year, not a single picture from last year which was nice, but I've forgotten about a lot of the fun stuff and it would be nice to have pictures to remember it by

Each year I brought less and less food, until eventually I brought none. Lots a food available 24hrs

AlanDeGenerous

paulieeye wrote: »

Each year I brought less and less food, until eventually I brought none. Lots a food available 24hrs

Yeah but at highly inflated prices. 2 packs of rice cakes and peanut butter and you're sorted!

frozenfrozen

Akrasia wrote: »

I can see that one backfiring
You'll just get people trying to sell you drugs all weekend

ghostdancer

freddiemoore wrote: »

Not true at all. Big difference between bands like AM/The Killers and The Scirpt.

Not really between them and The Killers really.
There's an awful lot of people who go in the last 3 years instead of oxegen who seem to have no clue about pretty much any of the music and are there for the craic and hanging around the bacardi tent as the rest of the stages have "weird" music on them.

sadie06

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Also want to get a t shirt that says i don't have any drugs, just so people stop asking me for drugs

I'd love to be asked that! Instead, I get asked if I'm an undercover cop. In fairness, it hasn't happened to me at EP yet, but it has happened loads over the years, Daft Punk in Marley being the peak of it.

sadie06

I'm gonna bring some foam ear plug thingys, especially for the indoor gigs. David Byrne and St Vincent damn near caused me permanent damage last year! I was a bit scared.

Fatfrog

frozenfrozen wrote: »

More like I haven't been strip searched by DS yet!!

Thundercats Ho

ghostdancer wrote: »

Not really between them and The Killers really.
There's an awful lot of people who go in the last 3 years instead of oxegen who seem to have no clue about pretty much any of the music and are there for the craic and hanging around the bacardi tent as the rest of the stages have "weird" music on them.

True.
Missus was at Kodaline and ellie goulding last year, and said they were the biggest crowds of the weekend, closely followed by disclosure and arctic monkeys.
There are a lot of casual music fans at EP, and the spill over from longitude was noticeable.
There's plenty for everyone though, so it's all good.

Bobby Baccala

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

True.
Missus was at Kodaline and ellie goulding last year, and said they were the biggest crowds of the weekend, closely followed by disclosure and arctic monkeys.
There are a lot of casual music fans at EP, and the spill over from longitude was noticeable.
There's plenty for everyone though, so it's all good.

I was at ellie goulding as well unfortunately, and her crowd had nothing on the arctic monkeys one or disclosure.

Went as far away from the main area as possible when kodaline were playing, for obvious reasons

exilec

See the black keys is after announcing an american tour starting from september 5th .... Not looking good for e.p :mad:

http://www.theblackkeys.com/tour

bodhrandude

exilec wrote: »

See the black keys is after announcing an american tour starting from september 5th .... Not looking good for e.p :mad:

http://www.theblackkeys.com/tour

Whats the problem, they still have four days to get back to the US after EP.

frozenfrozen

sadie06 wrote: »

I'd love to be asked that! Instead, I get asked if I'm an undercover cop. In fairness, it hasn't happened to me at EP yet, but it has happened loads over the years, Daft Punk in Marley being the peak of it.

Fatfrog wrote: »

More like I haven't been strip searched by DS yet!!

It seemed like everyone was an undercover guard last year, this year I'll have to just put a wristband around my ankle and flash it any time someone asks me for drugs

BaZmO*

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

True.
Missus was at Kodaline and ellie goulding last year, and said they were the biggest crowds of the weekend, closely followed by disclosure and arctic monkeys.
There are a lot of casual music fans at EP, and the spill over from longitude was noticeable.
There's plenty for everyone though, so it's all good.

The crowd was tiny at Kodaline and Ellie Goulding.

Fatfrog

frozenfrozen wrote: »

It seemed like everyone was an undercover guard last year, this year I'll have to just put a wristband around my ankle and flash it any time someone asks me for drugs

One of the lads got stripped searched twice in 2011! Once going in and second time on the Sat, he didn't have anything so was fine. He asked the cop on the second occasion why he stopped him, turned out he was wearing a pair of novelty '2011' sunglasses!

bodhrandude

Mince Pie

BaZmO* wrote: »

The crowd was tiny at Kodaline and Ellie Goulding.

Gawd what a difference cos Longitude was packed out for Kodaline and they were on pretty early.

bodhrandude

Mince Pie wrote: »

Gawd what a difference cos Longitude was packed out for Kodaline and they were on pretty early.

No campsite to chill in at longitude, plus you can't leave once your on the site unless you have a weekend pass.

BaZmO*

Mince Pie wrote: »

Gawd what a difference cos Longitude was packed out for Kodaline and they were on pretty early.

I brought my nephew last year so I was pretty much stuck around the main stage the whole weekend, (I also took a bad fall on the first night and sprained my ankle so I couldn't wander around as much as I wanted to, but that's another story!). He went right up to the front barrier to see them and we sat down on the grass beside the sound desk and we could still see him the whole time. Not packed at all. Pretty much the same for Ellie Goulding but a few more.

Thundercats Ho

BaZmO* wrote: »

The crowd was tiny at Kodaline and Ellie Goulding.

Who was on at the same time as johnny marr?
We were sitting on the seats at the back of main stage, and i headed off to see johnny when (whoever it was) started, and the place was mobbed, back as far as the seating.
I thought that was kodaline? maybe it was noah & the whale.

Edit: just checked the timetable, and it was both (one after the other). It was a very big crowd.

BaZmO*

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Who was on at the same time as johnny marr?
We were sitting on the seats at the back of main stage, and i headed off to see johnny when (whoever it was) started, and the place was mobbed, back as far as the seating.
I thought that was kodaline? maybe it was noah & the whale.

Edit: just checked the timetable, and it was both (one after the other). It was a very big crowd.

Crowd got bigger for Noah and the Whale but there was still plenty of people sitting down on the grass. I think that's when the guys from Keoghs went around giving out free bags of crisps

NordieSteve

frozenfrozen wrote: »

What are some things people are changing from what they did at their last picnic? I'll be bringing less food, a big coat, and try my very best to see more of the non-music things that are on.

Also I'm entertaining the idea of brining a camera this year, not a single picture from last year which was nice, but I've forgotten about a lot of the fun stuff and it would be nice to have pictures to remember it by

I'm bringing more drink and going down way earlier to nab a good camping space. The tuts and loud sighs when going to pitch got a bit on my nerves last year.:D

UsedToWait

NordieSteve wrote: »

I'm bringing more drink and going down way earlier to nab a good camping space. The tuts and loud sighs when going to pitch got a bit on my nerves last year.:D

Am I right in saying campervans can arrive from Thursday evening, or did I just dream that?

Dr. Bre

UsedToWait wrote: »

Am I right in saying campervans can arrive from Thursday evening, or did I just dream that?

when I was there few years back we went on the thurs in campervan so prob ye

Eroticplants

There's nothing open on the Thursday. Just you and a load of campervans. The craic is mighty though.
It is an unruly walk to the main arena.

david75

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

One of the maddest picnic stories i've heard, was when some young fella went missing in the stradbally woods for a week, after he took a load of acid.
http://forum.electricpicnic.ie/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12546

really wanna read this but the site seems to be down?

jmzdun

How likely is it that Damien Rice will be added to the line up?

Mince Pie

jmzdun wrote: »

How likely is it that Damien Rice will be added to the line up?

Ooooooh interesting! I did have a fleeting moment of wonderment myself this morning.

D.Q

Fatfrog wrote: »

One of the lads got stripped searched twice in 2011! Once going in and second time on the Sat, he didn't have anything so was fine. He asked the cop on the second occasion why he stopped him, turned out he was wearing a pair of novelty '2011' sunglasses!

So are the guards just walking around stripping lads or what? Is that even allowed?

iamanengine

When is the next announcement again??