Forget Sex Pistols, it’s all about The Clash!
August 25, 2008 by Aidan Hanratty
Filed under Anablog
With four days to go, the first unofficial timetable for Electric Picnic has hit the internet. First of note is the inclusion of The Cosby Stage, where it seems most of the non-Bodytonic dance acts will be playing. Next up, which will no doubt be of much concern to many attending the festival (especially considering the crush at the first Beastie Boys show last year), is that My Bloody Valentine will be playing in the Electric Arena. While theirs is a show which will fit best indoors, it is quite likely that a high proportion of the 32,000+ in attendance will be hoping to see this act. I’m not sure exactly how many people can fit in the Electric Arena, but I can comfortably predict that there will be a lot of disappointed people in Stradbally on Sunday night.
On a personal note, I see the following as unfortunate clashes: on Friday Berlin techno heads Booka Shade battle with fellow countrymen Digitalism, and then Icelandic warblers Sigur Ros take to the main stage while electro hero Tiga kicks out some tunes over on the Cosby Stage. That said, something about Sigur Ros’ main stage performance performance at Pukkelpop last week left me feeling cold, so I may just go with Tiga this time around.
Saturday is largely clash-free (for this writer at any rate), although I will have to miss the opening of Cut Copy’s set while Wilco finish theirs, and, having seen Santogold within the last fortnight, it’ll be Underworld for me. A-Trak closes the Cosby Stage at 2AM, but George Clinton, who starts at the same time, has a thee hour set, so I think in this case I’ll be aiming for an hour and a half of each.
Sunday is where the biggest of problems lie. The day is fine, a wander here, a gaze there, until just before 11PM, when I will be forced to choose between Conor Oberst and Chromeo. This is, surely, too much for any man. Music for the feet or for the heart? Why must I choose?! This is also discounting the Bodytonic lineup, which has yet to be revealed. I gather Diplo and Modeselektor will also be straddling this particular time slot, so I can only imagine that there will be even more clashes once Bodytonic’s timetable is released. But hey, you leave yourself open to these things when you decide to go to a festival. See what you can, and have no regrets! Oh and bear in mind that these things are always subject to change…
I never thought I’d utter these words..but “given the choice between My Bloody Valentine and Modeselektor, I think I’m going to go with Modeselektor.”
Also, anything that clashes with Lindstrom and Prins Thomas’s 4 hour set will probably be out the window as well.
by the by, who’s actually going of the analogue crew? I know Bren, Dan and myself are, but who else?
Moi.
Moi aussi, as was hopefully indicated by the above post
first signs of the official time table are appearing over on the EP website, as blogged by Jimbo Carroll.
Glad there’ll be a few of us knocking around- you must trek over
to the van on Sunday for a drink- its me birthday.