PLSS, Will it happen?

[jasonmcareedj]

i can sense a lot of unhappy campers!

[as4]

Couch? Only with a wetsuit and a diver's helmet and even then I can't fully partake

... O btw who is bring the couch 2moro 2 sit outside?haha

Well due to weather (posted here at 05 June 2009 11:58) :
"Saturday will be cool windy and mostly cloudy. Western areas may have a few sunny breaks during the morning, but rain in the east will spread westwards to all areas during the day. The rain will be heavy at times with the risk of thundery downpours in the afternoon. Highest temperatures will range 12 to 15 degrees - coolest near north and east coasts. Fresh to strong northeast winds."

This means I won't be organising a couch & keg angle coz a) it's supoosed to rain, b) the chances of finding a halting site nearby ar getting smaller each day by local corpo-crackdowns on such and c) the doc's at St. James's told me alc is now fatal-juice for me... so Meh! an' SHAITE! but I had mah fun.

[jasonmcareedj]

How much was the festival last year?

it says on the PL poster that there is a "Price Freeze and reduction on the 2008 festival tickets, it says 79 euro on the flyer but on ticket master its 86"

how is that a price freeze?

[XL-R8]

How much was the festival last year?

it says on the PL poster that there is a "Price Freeze and reduction on the 2008 festival tickets, it says 79 euro on the flyer but on ticket master its 86"

how is that a price freeze?

thought that from the start but couldnt have been arsed lookin at the old poster

Court-mole reports there was NO licence granted for the festival this week.. this means is capacity is now 4999 onsite.

Locals who like to burn wood in old oil barrels while holding signs that say things like DOWN WITH THIS SORT OF THING are twittering 5 tents are being constructed.. with 1 for the bar, and 1 for cloakroom (?) this leaves 3 tents, maybe 4.

I will be interested to see who actually plays, and who get's dicked.. Most interesting to see the adverts in the press this week have not changed to reflect the forced downsize. I wonder will they be offering any refunds to reflect this? oh wait, if you look at the ads it says: LINEUP SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE - MORE ACTS TBA

Also: God twittered this morning 'hey ireland, you have been far too happy the last 5 days, so i am sending you some rain, and a plague of rabid frogs.. enjoy your typhoon fu*kers..'

Sat weather pics here

the olde "lineup subject to change..." get out clause

just heard ite ment to be raining? that cant be right

just seen that myself about a half hour ago pmsl
mud free festival eh??

[playthatbeat]

Well right now on the east coast the WX looks like this: 9C, 19mph N/E winds, and so far 9.9mm of rain since midnight. It's currently raining Sideways outside, and i think that god has spoken.. In fact, i am sneezing and have decided to put the heating on for an hour as i work.

Got wind last night that alot of people had been cancelled, so i don't expect any up-to-the-minute commentary as it all kicks off.. But, i'm sure that as long as people aren't left standing in the pissing rain for 2 hours like last year, and the people playing play well, it _should_ be a good day - this excludes the 'outdoor stage' which should be smothered and dumped as soon as possible, as god has sent a plague of rain to fix it.

[Armer]

I think this is rightly Fitting also not impressed that i'm GOIN ! ! ! ! !

Someone told me long ago theres a calm before the storm,
I know; its been comin for some time.
When its over, so they say, itll rain a festival day,
I know; shinin down like water.

Chorus:
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain?
I want to know, have you ever seen the rain
Comin down on a Festival day?

Yesterday, and days before, sun is cold and rain is hard,
I know; been that way for all my time.
til forever, on it goes through the circle, fast and slow,
I know; it cant stop, I wonder.

Chorus
Yeah!
Chorus

[Rikand]

Well right now on the east coast the WX looks like this: 9C, 19mph N/E winds, and so far 9.9mm of rain since midnight. It's currently raining Sideways outside, and i think that god has spoken.. In fact, i am sneezing and have decided to put the heating on for an hour as i work.

Still a lovely beautiful day in Sunny Athlone. I hope all that rain stays in the east!

[Rikand]

I think this is rightly Fitting also not impressed that i'm GOIN ! ! ! ! !

lol pwnt!

So glad I decided to spend my money on a few days in Madrid with the missus instead, lol

[playthatbeat]

Ahh Madrid.. where you can still buy new vinyl (el corte ingles) and there is an abundance of 2nd hand vinyl stores, bursting with disco and 80's electro waiting to be plundered. I am SO overdue a trip there.. last time i went it pissed rain the whole time, and the queues for the arty stuff my bird wanted to see were stupid large... DAMN YOU AND YOUR HISTORIC CITY WITH ITS ABUNDANCE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND AWESOME GRAFITII!!

[Rikand]

Ahh Madrid.. where you can still buy new vinyl (el corte ingles) and there is an abundance of 2nd hand vinyl stores, bursting with disco and 80's electro waiting to be plundered. I am SO overdue a trip there.. last time i went it pissed rain the whole time, and the queues for the arty stuff my bird wanted to see were stupid large... DAMN YOU AND YOUR HISTORIC CITY WITH ITS ABUNDANCE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC AND AWESOME GRAFITII!!

lol, is there anything you'd like for me to try and pick up for you ?

http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...opnav_business

zero per cent precipitation Thursday and Friday. Oh yeah!

[jasonmcareedj]

does anyone know who's been dropped?

[playthatbeat]

I heard some surprising names had been dropped, mostly irish & b-list names, but all the same, some people who have been licking ass/big-upping the whole event bigtime have been rewarded with a blanking..

A weather update: winds are down to 18.3 MPH now, but there has been 49.2mm of rain since midnight! We are being punished for something, i just know it..

[Deedo08]

Meh

I dunno...any1 hear wat the craic is at it??

[jasonmcareedj]

Apparently its pissing and every tent is there and there was no reduced capacity stuff!

edit: its all on tar.

[XL-R8]

i had a couple try tell me at last years that tony di vit was playin the final set in the hard tent, we all still piss ourselves laughin when that comes up