Festival Time
I spent yesterday at the local music festival. I saw Charlie there but didn't get to spend as much time with him as he liked. The first thing he said to me was about how he needed to put his DJ equipment somewhere and we started watching a band and a whole group of his friends showed up. Eventually, Charlie went off without saying anything and he didn't come back.
I went around mostly with Vicky, Irish Prince Harry and a bunch of guys who I went to school with many years ago. We had an absolute deluge of rain during the day, but when it stopped we had a good time watching the acts. Some of the guys started having their faces painted too.
Eventually I saw Charlie again, but he was DJing on a stage, too far back for me to speak to him (you can't go on to the stage, like with most concerts/festivals). It was a good day overall, but I hope I get to spend more time with Charlie soon as I think he might be moving away from the area.
Here are some picture of the day:
This is my favourite picture - of the lead singer from CC Smugglers. He used to have massive dreadlocks, or he did when I first watched them play. He also had massive sweat patches under his armpits and he jumped off the stage and put his arms around me. The sweat made that somewhat gross.
Here's the same guy again. You can see the huge sweat patches this time.
This guy was warming up.
Mark Sullivan with his guitar.
This guy was on the stage a lot with his violin.
Matt - he was enjoying himself. It doesn't show up in the picture well, but he had glitter around his eyes. At one point he was being lifted up on the shoulders of a guy who looked about 6 foot 7. To give some idea of the height difference there, Matt is about 5 foot tall. I got Charlie in the background.
This is a funny one - Vicky styling/mucking about with Chris' hair.
Torque Tambor - they could have been from Notting Hill Carnival!
Daniel (right) getting his face painted. That's Mike watching.
Daniel with painted face. He tried unsuccessfully to get Mike to join in.
Nick with painted face. The other guy is Jack.
Charlie and Phils' DJ set.
I went around mostly with Vicky, Irish Prince Harry and a bunch of guys who I went to school with many years ago. We had an absolute deluge of rain during the day, but when it stopped we had a good time watching the acts. Some of the guys started having their faces painted too.
Eventually I saw Charlie again, but he was DJing on a stage, too far back for me to speak to him (you can't go on to the stage, like with most concerts/festivals). It was a good day overall, but I hope I get to spend more time with Charlie soon as I think he might be moving away from the area.
Here are some picture of the day:
This is my favourite picture - of the lead singer from CC Smugglers. He used to have massive dreadlocks, or he did when I first watched them play. He also had massive sweat patches under his armpits and he jumped off the stage and put his arms around me. The sweat made that somewhat gross.
Here's the same guy again. You can see the huge sweat patches this time.
This guy was warming up.
Mark Sullivan with his guitar.
This guy was on the stage a lot with his violin.
Matt - he was enjoying himself. It doesn't show up in the picture well, but he had glitter around his eyes. At one point he was being lifted up on the shoulders of a guy who looked about 6 foot 7. To give some idea of the height difference there, Matt is about 5 foot tall. I got Charlie in the background.
This is a funny one - Vicky styling/mucking about with Chris' hair.
Torque Tambor - they could have been from Notting Hill Carnival!
Daniel (right) getting his face painted. That's Mike watching.
Daniel with painted face. He tried unsuccessfully to get Mike to join in.
Nick with painted face. The other guy is Jack.
Charlie and Phils' DJ set.