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ghostdancer

scruff monkey wrote: »

8 sleeps people, look lively and get yer **** together this weekend.

We don't want no crying and whinging come next friday.

but then I won't be able to post at 11pm next Thursday asking where I can buy willies wellies

former total

SuperValu in Stradbally (via LinkedIn)

former total

Ehhh, apologies to mobile users for the MASSIVE pic.

Slobberdawn

ghostdancer wrote: »

The latter isn't a good song, in my opinion.

room_149

former total wrote: »

Ehhh, apologies to mobile users for the MASSIVE pic.

Ha!
How many tins for €13 is it?

BUBBLES1978

ah lads im sitting in work here and dreaming of next week

let there be sun, warm cans, smiles and fecking good tunes all over the shop.....its my home from home my weekend of therapy :D:D:D:D

on a side note does anyone know when the lovely ladies competition is on in the trailer park..eh asking for a friend :):):):)

ghostdancer

Slobberdawn wrote: »

The latter isn't a good song, in my opinion.

yeah, your wrong opinion :P

BurtMacklin

Reggie noble wrote: »

Lemaitre worth a look too I think

Lemaitre clashed with LCD at Coachella last year. I was surprised Lemaitre were given such a late slot. They might be worth checking out at EP if not clashing with another must see act.

Slobberdawn

ghostdancer wrote: »

yeah, your wrong opinion :P

It's the only one I have;)

team_actimel

BUBBLES1978 wrote: »

ah lads im sitting in work here and dreaming of next week

let there be sun, warm cans, smiles and fecking good tunes all over the shop.....its my home from home my weekend of therapy :D:D:D:D

on a side note does anyone know when the lovely ladies competition is on in the trailer park..eh asking for a friend :):):):)

I'm dreaming of it too, high contender for best weekend of the year.

I never knew there was a lovely girls competition. How lovely does one have to be in festival attire? :P
"Two trailer park girls go 'round the outside"

BurtMacklin

I wonder what slot Wolf Alice will get? A band on the up and up.

MadYaker

room_149 wrote: »

Ha!
How many tins for €13 is it?

8 id say, same as all supervalues.

maximoose

Tis a euro cheaper in Tesco, €12 for 8 or €18 for 12

Some other Tesco Offers from a quick browse (all 500ml Cans):

8x Molson €10
8x Coors Light €13
6x Grolsch €11
8x Fosters €10
8x Carlsberg €12
8x Bavaria €9
8x Carling €9

MadYaker

Grolsch in cans is usually cheaper and nicer too imo.

MJohnston

scruff monkey wrote: »

deep breath in and out, met offices around the world usually only give up to a 5 day outlook with decreasing probabilities of accuracy for each day.

anyone claiming to have better methodologies is likely to be a spoofer.

We won't see properly accurate weather predictions until mid next week.

In fairness it's not really a spoof - the models are the models, and MT is just stating what they're showing. If you read more about it, they're all quite clear that hurricane models show a massive range of outcomes that narrows as the storm progresses:



Storms are so variable though - something could cause the passage of it to slow down, and we'd not get hit until after the weekend, or it could have a slight change in angle on the other side of the Atlantic that means it completely misses Ireland. It might also not gain enough energy to make it the whole way here.

Worth keeping an eye on though, especially if its predicted to dump a pile of rain on those car parks on Sunday evening!

room_149

MadYaker wrote: »

Grolsch in cans is usually cheaper and nicer too imo.

I've found Grolsch decent at room temp too- discovered this when my camper-van fridge went on the blink during EP one year!

Slobberdawn

8 cans of Bavaria for € 9 in Tesco.

heebusjeebus

Slobberdawn wrote: »

8 cans of Bavaria for € 9 in Tesco.

Same deal as Dunnes. It's a grand beer to drink at room temp too.

Slobberdawn

heebusjeebus wrote: »

Same deal as Dunnes. It's a grand beer to drink at room temp too.

Dunnes' website really doesn't want you to find anything from their grocery section.

cruhoortwunk

former total wrote: »

SuperValu in Stradbally (via LinkedIn)

Cnunting Heineken

MadYaker

Cheers for quoting that massive pic :rolleyes:

I can handle Bav when it's ice cold, nevermind warm. I find the polish lagers easier to drink warm, and they're usually stonger too. Lomza is great stuff if you can get it in cans. Ales are best for drinking warm really but it's hard to get them in cans at decent prices here.

neilo87

As a casual fan of Animal Collective, quite dejected at the noticeable absence of My Girls from their recent setlists Had mega goosepimples listening to it the last few days.

Anybody recommend a few of their best tunes from their back catalogue?

I'm only familiar with Merryweather and their last one.

Rfrip

I have gotton to the stage where I just have to stop listening to new acts as I literally cannot add anymore to my list or else il have a breakdown going from tent to tent

That has never happened me before in all my picnic going years. This along with all the new stages and goings on around the place, it's the makings for one of the best picnics

OhHiMark

I've got 35 bands that I want to see. Most of them I've only picked up in the last couple of days, I couldn't stop myself listening to them. Going to have to make a lot of tough decisions when the schedule's released on Monday.

35 acts, I should say. They're not all bands.

EDIT:
LCD
Chemical Brothers
New Order
Todd Terje
Bell X1
Wolf Alice
Savages
Pantha du Prince
Bat for Lashes
Mothxr
RSAG
Overhead, the Albatross
The Shins
Ezra Furman
Editors
Oh Wonder
Altered Hours
Girls Names
Broken Social Scene
DBFC
Wild Beasts
This is the Kit
Mount Kimbie
Prince Rama
Ocho
Whilk & Misky
John Talabot
Toby Kaar
Jack Garrett
Animal Collective
Jessy Lanza
**** Robot
Whitney
Brian Deady
Trinity Orchestra

Slobberdawn

neilo87 wrote: »

As a casual fan of Animal Collective, quite dejected at the noticeable absence of My Girls from their recent setlists Had mega goosepimples listening to it the last few days.

Anybody recommend a few of their best tunes from their back catalogue?

I'm only familiar with Merryweather and their last one.

They seem to be playing mainly the new one. I'm only familiar with Merriweather onwards too and a little disappointed with their setlists.

To be expected though.

MJohnston

Some realistic good news on the weather front for EP is that the forecast for the coming few days has little to no rain in it - so even if we do get a bit of rain during EP, the ground will be able to handle it and won't already be saturated. That said, I remember one previous year when it was raining every day, and the EP site seemed to hold up really well through it (car parks aside).

Thundercats Ho

Rfrip wrote: »

I have gotton to the stage where I just have to stop listening to new acts as I literally cannot add anymore to my list or else il have a breakdown going from tent to tent

That has never happened me before in all my picnic going years. This along with all the new stages and goings on around the place, it's the makings for one of the best picnics

I'm the opposite. I already know what i'd like to see, but am still checking out the acts lower down the bill.
Pablos app was class last year, in that you could tag any number of bands you fancy, and get an alert 15mins before they're on. I make my decision at that point, based on my humour.
I'm not really missing out if you know what i mean, as i'll have all the info, and choose to go one way or the other.
If it's a tight call, i'll just catch a half set from both.

Slobberdawn

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I'm the opposite. I already know what i'd like to see, but am still checking out the acts lower down the bill.
Pablos app was class last year, in that you could tag any number of bands you fancy, and get an alert 15mins before they're on. I make my decision at that point, based on my humour.
I'm not really missing out if you know what i mean, as i'll have all the info, and choose to go one way or the other.
If it's a tight call, i'll just catch a half set from both.

I've checked pretty much every act and am now grading it all.

rocks1981

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Rfrip wrote: »

I have gotton to the stage where I just have to stop listening to new acts as I literally cannot add anymore to my list or else il have a breakdown going from tent to tent

That has never happened me before in all my picnic going years. This along with all the new stages and goings on around the place, it's the makings for one of the best picnics

I'm the opposite. I already know what i'd like to see, but am still checking out the acts lower down the bill.
Pablos app was class last year, in that you could tag any number of bands you fancy, and get an alert 15mins before they're on. I make my decision at that point, based on my humour.
I'm not really missing out if you know what i mean, as i'll have all the info, and choose to go one way or the other.
If it's a tight call, i'll just catch a half set from both.

The new EP app gives you notifications aswell if you "star" the act. I've had a hard time staring though, as its right beside the scroll, and you think your staring, but you end up at the bottom of the list.

CfBeardy

MUST SEE:

LCD
New order
Daniel avery
John talabot

WILL MAKE A DECENT EFFORT FOR:
Rusangano family
Mura masa
Animal collective
The shins
Nas
Joey bada$$
Todd terje
Chems
Ninos du brasil
DBFC
New Jackson

PLEASE GOD MAKE THEM STOP:
The 1975
James bay
Y & Y
Gavin James

But to each their own I suppose.

Thanks to all in this thread for some quality suggestions over the past week