June 30, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, anewman said: If you want to see irony at its finest then I give you Glastonbury 2025. A festival so "free-spirited" it’s surrounded by a 13ft fence, armed security, ID checks, and its own holding pen for border breaches. All run by the very people who tell the rest of us "borders are racist." Pay £380-a-head tickets for the privileged few to play revolution, sipping oat lattes in £1,000 bell tents while chanting "From the river to the sea"—a call for Jewish genocide—and calling anyone who questions them a Nazi. The same crowd cheering Hamas, who invaded Israel on 7/10, murdering over a thousand civilians—many of them peace-loving communists in kibbutzim, and young people at a music festival, just like this one. These self-proclaimed pacifists cheer for religious fascists who literally dragged women through the streets and beheaded civilians. But sure, let’s hold hands and blame “colonialism.” They claim to be anti-capitalist, while spending £millions to throw a week-long rave on farmland. They produce over 2,000 tonnes of waste—the equivalent of 250 double-decker buses of garbage—then wave Extinction Rebellion flags and tell working-class Brits to give up meat and heating. They scream “Down with the patriarchy!” while defending the most misogynistic religion on Earth, where women can’t vote, drive, or leave the house without permission—and that's before we get to the stoning and FGM. They demand veganism, while celebrating halal slaughter. They wave Pride flags, then shout “Inshallah”, defending regimes where gay men are hanged, lesbians are raped, and trans people disappear. They’re the first to cry “Nazi” at anyone with a different opinion, but not one of them has marched for the slaughtered Christians of Nigeria, the persecuted women of Iran, the oppressed minorities of Syria, or the ethnic cleansing in Armenia. Their “tolerance” only extends to those who agree with them. Their “compassion” ends where their values begin. It’s a delusional playground for champagne socialists, fuelled by ignorance, narcissism, and biodegradable glitter. Just sing your silly little songs, zip up your designer tents, and fuck off home. You’re not warriors. You’re tourists. Copy and pasted from Facebook, no doubt.
June 30, 20251 yr Overall, I was scratching around this year a bit for stuff I liked, not one of its strongest line ups, but the beauty of it is there's something for pretty much everybody and it's all about opinions, like football, so there'll have been plenty that others enjoyed. Prodigy set the place alight though last night, the Maccabees were good too. Franz Ferdinand were sound enough on Friday and, in their own way, Scissor Sisters put on a good, love 'em or hate 'em, show.
June 30, 20251 yr Author On 28/06/2025 at 20:33, Winchester White said: Caught up on Pulp, utterly brilliant. On 28/06/2025 at 21:23, Cheese said: Listened to Pulp's set on Radio 6 whilst driving home from York. Superb. I'd had a few beers but was a bit under whelmed with them Will watch when catching up with everything else this week
June 30, 20251 yr 12 minutes ago, Cheese said: Oh sorry, it was twitter. Looks like Queen Bee is copying your posts @anewman
June 30, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Cheese said: Copy and pasted from Facebook, no doubt. defo copy and pastes churchill quotes to facebook on st georges day and remembrance sunday
June 30, 20251 yr (i just ignored any political stuff) back to the music, plenty to catch on iplayer over the next few days
June 30, 20251 yr Anyone see the Self Esteem set? Not someone id heard of previously and the start didn't bode well, some angry lass with obvious issues but have to say,by the end I was won over. Very agreeable.
June 30, 20251 yr 23 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: Anyone see the Self Esteem set? Not someone id heard of previously and the start didn't bode well, some angry lass with obvious issues but have to say,by the end I was won over. Very agreeable. Her stuff with Slow Club is also worth a listen.
June 30, 20251 yr Author 1 hour ago, L/H White said: (i just ignored any political stuff) back to the music, plenty to catch on iplayer over the next few days currently doing the prodigy again be hard to top that but I'll watch as much as I can this week everyone gets a chance, even Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and The 1975
June 30, 20251 yr 1 minute ago, Zico said: currently doing the prodigy again be hard to top that but I'll watch as much as I can this week everyone gets a chance, even Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and The 1975 Not really my thing, but I actually quite liked her set
June 30, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Duck Egg said: Anyone see the Self Esteem set? Not someone id heard of previously and the start didn't bode well, some angry lass with obvious issues but have to say,by the end I was won over. Very agreeable. Couldn't get that I do it all the time song out of my head. Really good song. She's very Baz Lurman. Clearly needs some quality widge but she's good all the same. They showed her set from 2022 on bbc and she was wearing giant plungers on her boobies.
June 30, 20251 yr 5 minutes ago, gonzo said: Couldn't get that I do it all the time song out of my head. Really good song. She's very Baz Lurman. Clearly needs some quality widge but she's good all the same. They showed her set from 2022 on bbc and she was wearing giant plungers on her boobies.
June 30, 20251 yr Popular Post Didn’t think it needed saying, but for the hard of thinking - if you don’t like what you are seeing and/or hearing at Glastonbury, just turn your telly over or go out for a walk. Nobody, and I mean absolutely fucking nay cunt, is forcing you to watch Bob Vylan. Carry on
June 30, 20251 yr Author 7 minutes ago, Spider said: Nobody, and I mean absolutely fucking nay cunt, is forcing you to watch Bob Vylan. I'm pretty sure those moaning were not watching Bob Vylan, and most probably not even watching Glastonbury on a similar note I see the Prodigy censored themselves and chose not say "Smack My Bitch Up"
June 30, 20251 yr 4 minutes ago, Zico said: I'm pretty sure those moaning were not watching Bob Vylan, and most probably not even watching Glastonbury on a similar note I see the Prodigy censored themselves and chose not say "Smack My Bitch Up" Can't even sing about beating your wife anymore. Snowflakes.
June 30, 20251 yr 47 minutes ago, Zico said: currently doing the prodigy again be hard to top that but I'll watch as much as I can this week everyone gets a chance, even Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and The 1975 only one Id skip is Charli XCX, she was miming and she wasn't even in sync, was a car crash
June 30, 20251 yr 15 minutes ago, Spider said: Didn’t think it needed saying, but for the hard of thinking - if you don’t like what you are seeing and/or hearing at Glastonbury, just turn your telly over or go out for a walk. Nobody, and I mean absolutely fucking nay cunt, is forcing you to watch Bob Vylan. Carry on id not even heard of him until this weekend, now he's the talk of the country will have sellout shows a plenty now clever Edited June 30, 20251 yr by L/H White
June 30, 20251 yr Just now, L/H White said: id not even heard of himself until this weekend, now he's the talk of the country will have sellout shows a plenty now clever I’ve always like his stuff. I watched his set live and knew straight away he was causing a right fckin rumpus on purpose. It spoiled it a bit but mainly because chanting anything when you could just do your songs is dull as fuck. Politics in football and music just does very little for me.
June 30, 20251 yr 3 minutes ago, Spider said: I’ve always like his stuff. I watched his set live and knew straight away he was causing a right fckin rumpus on purpose. It spoiled it a bit but mainly because chanting anything when you could just do your songs is dull as fuck. Politics in football and music just does very little for me. it just does nothing for me at all, I've completely shut myself off from it as long ive got a wage every month, house and the sprog is healthy, i couldn't give a toss about anything else all the better for it to back to iplayer
June 30, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Zico said: currently doing the prodigy again be hard to top that but I'll watch as much as I can this week everyone gets a chance, even Olivia Rodrigo, Charli XCX and The 1975 I just can't listen to the Prodigy anymore - just because Maxim is the worst MC in the history of music and can't help screeching in a completely unmusical way over what is in fact some impeccably produced electronic music at times 😁
June 30, 20251 yr 1 hour ago, Spider said: I’ve always like his stuff. I watched his set live and knew straight away he was causing a right fckin rumpus on purpose. It spoiled it a bit but mainly because chanting anything when you could just do your songs is dull as fuck. Politics in football and music just does very little for me. I have to disagree in that any arts is innately political to fuck up the famous quote. As for using it as a platform for certain views, I'd argue in many senses it's essential. It doesn't have to be a blunt as Bob Vylans - things such as Robert Wyatt's Shipbuilding hit just as hard, and in a way it's a form of creative endeavour to help people make sense of the world around them, spiritual, plotical or just a way to dance. Ezra Collective were political in their performance, we might not like the message, we may feel it's foolish or wrong headed but it's still certainly important. And yet those who take their own moral compass or get angry from or at 20 odd year old pop musicians probably needs to look at bit further than a 3 minute pop song.
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