A few of us went to The Big Chill festival the other month. We had Tom Brosseau playing there on the main stage, so we drove him and his manager Mary up. Here's my review of the festival:
The Big Chill. It's slightly embarrassing to tell people you're going to The Big Chill. Just because of that name - The Big Chill. I'd better not get to chilled - I don’t want to down a camomile and fall into a chill-hole. Or, maybe I'd trip over a spliff and break my karma.
But the festival itself is actually pretty good. It's a nice size, so walking from one end to the other, or from stage to stage, isn't a pain. The food stalls are of course well over priced, but we found some decent stuff; pies, those big yorkshire puddings with mash and sausages in, proper pizza. The bars weren't over-crowded and the toilets were pretty clean. Fine.
Musically there were some things that were definitely worth seeing. Here's a list of the bands/artists we rated:
David Byrne
Chris Cunningham
Amadou & Mariam
Wildbirds & PEACEDRUMS
Shackleton
The Ex
Tom Brosseau
The festival review is brief, I'll admit.
Above are some photos of us all. I'm (Tom Fatcat) the one with the shaved hair and Alex Fatcat is the one who looks a bit like Hitler (sans tash but w/ tattoos). Tom Brosseau is the attractive guy. Dionne is the attractive girl. Our friend Nic at http://sexsilencemelodyviolence.blogspot.com/ took the B&W photos (I took the colour ones), he's the one holding a camera. Dave H Fatcat is the one with a cute child. Norm has a beard/glasses and his two friends (I forgot their names on day one and I left it too late to ask again) are sitting at the table in the lovely group pic.
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