Glastonbury Guide Part 2

Hi Everyone,

Are you ready for part 2, good because here it comes…

1. Drink and food – Dry goods, no glass and drinks that don’t need cooling are best for the tent. This means you can fill your boots in the tent (helping reduce costs) before heading to the main areas and sampling the wares on the many food stalls etc. Obviously we only endorse responsible drinking but we favoured red wine for the tent and a vodka and coke in a plastic bottle for when we walked about using any of the bars as and where required.

2. Planning – There are too many bands to see them all that is a fact. If you’re in a group then there will be some negotiating if your tastes don’t match up. Get the guide (comes free in the intro bag) and spend a bit of time looking at who is on your MUST list. There may also be clashes with two of your bands playing at the same time. I sacrificed Arcade Fire one year and I’m still not over it. The guide and map are essential and will help you work out when you need to leave one area to get to the other in time.

3. Toilet – Guys are generally better set than girls in this area. The toilet traps are generally fine and there is a level of understanding between everyone. You are all pissing and shitting in a big hole in the ground so get over it and get on with it. It will smell, especially in warm weather and it gets worse along the weekend as they fill. They tend to be quieter in the morning and smell less too. For tent activities then Travel Johns will prevent the long trek in the night. Pissing up the side of the tent is a bit risky as you may get confused and piss up your own tent so be careful.

4. Clothing – Layers are essential you can always throw a water jacket over and you’re golden. Wellies are required, you can buy some there but if they sell out, good luck with that. Keep a dry set of clothes for in the tent so if you do get back you won’t have to be wet in the tent. Sunglasses have a dual bonus of protection against the sun and hiding any rough looking eyes, see below.

5.Fun-Tastic – Outside of the bands you really want to see check out all the areas at least once. Some only kick into action when the bands finish. It’s all about meeting random people and seeing some random things too!! Remember you have forked out a shed loud of money and regardless of the potential mudpacks it is not spa facility. Get a few hours’ sleep, take some paracetamol and water to fend of hangovers and enjoy all the incredible bands, cafes, bars and other experiences. You should come back with at least one band that you have ‘discovered‘ and can wax lyrical about to your mates. It is entirely pointless whether the band are actually any good as your opinion was formed after too many drinks.

So there are our musings the atmosphere is incredible soak it all up and I shall post on who we think will rock your Glastonbury tomorrow.

O

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Glastonbury Guide Part 1

This isn’t the ultimate guide to Glasto but seeing as we are heading out we thought it would share our musings on how to maximise the good times!! It ended up being a bit longer than I was expecting so Part 1 today and I’ll polish it off tommz.

As you would expect there are many different types of people that will be attending so this may not apply to you. There will be people who turn up, through their pop up tent in the air and stick a peg in it where it lands. I have no doubt that you will see these (normally closer to the stages) and you will see a fair few people laying half in/out of them with limited to no sleeping bag for cover. We do not fall in this category. We like to form a solid base of operations from which to plan our attack on each of the stages and also mean that the three or so hours of sleep we manage to squeeze in aren’t interrupted by people falling into our tent.

1. Prep – Pack well and pack as light as you can as you will have to do a fair bit of walking from the car park to where you camp. It’s worth having some sort of trolley and if it hasn’t been too wet then you MAY get away with a travel case with small wheels. Nothing keeps to well in a tent so emergency snacks are useful, cereal bars, crisps any dry goods that will tide you over until you get to the food wagons. Take your phone charger if you want but the queue is normally really long so just stick it on for an hour a day, if it’s important you’ll have a message waiting. Have a quick check of your gear before you go, wrap up your sleeping bag in a bin bag for some waterproofing goodness. Wet wipes, antibacterial gel, dry shampoo, toothpaste and deodorant are you best bets to stay fresh. Take a fold up chair too, not for watching the bands just for the tent as there will be times you don’t want to lay or stand. Take sun cream and maybe a wind up lamp. The lamp is not essential but if you’re trying to do contacts or other fiddly things at night, you may need it.

2. Travel – However you get there be prepared to wait. The train station will get rammed but they do prepare for this and run shuttles from the train to the campsite. Driving is a bit hit and miss, you may hit a smooth run but it’s likely that you will queue for a bit. In the past I’ve found that parking near the exit is best. It mean a longer walk to the camping areas but it means it’s easier to leave which is all you want to do after four days of partying.

3. Pitch – Do not pitch near the toilets, bear in mind wind direction too. Like I said earlier, this is a bit more subjective. If you want to be in the throws of it then pitch closer to the paths and closer to the stages. They will be louder at night and are more likely to be subject to some water logging if it rains. Higher ground set a bit back from the main paths or by the security fences means a quieter life but trekking to the stages takes more time. If the weather does turn then make sure you have your guy ropes in to prevent water seepage. Then the tent will be your refuge in times of extreme weather.

Some people will take a flag to help identify where they’ve pitched, we’ve never done this as we found that we can navigate by somebody else’s flag.

Part 2 will land on the morrow.

Random Gaga styling and other goodness

Been a way for a while with family things blah blah blah. But I’m back now so no need to worry (I'm sure one person was, maybe!).

In the three weeks since I last posted there have been a host of fashion faux pas, festival season has ‘proper’ kicked off on the Isle of White and Example made it to number 1 in the UK chart (good effort).

I was initially going to blog about Adele vs Lady Gaga. Analysing how both albums have been successful but with wholly different techniques. I soon realised that I was merely venting and boring myself. In the spirit of being more positive I have combined Ariel (from Disney’s little Mermaid) with Koko B.Ware and Owen Hart (from WWF’s High Energy Tag Team) to produce Gaga on Le Grand Journal. I am starting to think that’s how Gaga's styling is done. Find a Disney princess, combine with a 20year old wrestling reference and job done. My fingers are crossed for a combination of Pocahontas and Brutus the Barber Beefcake!!

Nothing much to note right now so to combat the poor weather here are a few things that have made me laugh this week.

Keith Lemon doing Trampolines (managing to squeeze in the word Shit-ting).

Magda from Lead Balloon (series four on i-player).

And Family Guy(pick a season, they're all good).

Sign off with a quick word on Ed Sheeran who we love in the office too.

Laters

O

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When is an Injunction Super?

Hey Everyone,

In between working on some new frame designs (note-to-self do not use Mischa Barton as a muse, see below), a new web design project and working out just how hot Rihanna is (currently devising a new ratings scale) we have been debating the super injunctions.

The arguments from both sides of Originals HQ are pretty valid and we all understand that it’s a complicated issue. Who’s rights are right and should we even care?

The whole Imogen Thomas story was a bit of an average story until CTB (aka Ryan Giggs, according to John Hemming MP) decided that he wanted to find out the names of the tweeters via the courts. We all agree that CTB had a right to his privacy but his actions have only galvanised tens of thousands of people. An honest admission and some responsibility for his actions may have helped salvage his reputation but essentially advocating a witch hunt only garners negative headlines.

There are numerous grey areas including the validity of the Super Injunctions in a global social media domain etc. There was some initial suggestions that super injunctions are used by the rich to keep secrets and I’m sure that happens but Premiership players don’t sign up to abide in a certain way off the field so why is there such public interest over his nocturnal activities. In the instance of Fred the Shred, the link to the public interest as more apparent and I can see a strong argument against a Super Injunction ever been given. However a footballer being unfaithful, whilst wrong, really has no relevance to the masses.

The right to freedom of speech can contradict the right to privacy and Twitters role in how the story has developed has resulted in it helping determine the how laws are monitored and adhered to on a global scale.

If there are any winners in this super injunction episode; then Twitter, lawyers and the newspapers could be considered high on the list. At the end of the day the people actually involved in the story are all worse off and I think that is sad, not as sad as Britney performance at the Billboard Awards though (blimey she has gotten lazy).

In true Originals style here is a picture of a Rihanna looking amazing on the white carpet!!

O

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Fashion Icons – Batman and Cheryl Cole

Hi Everyone,

Whilst casting my peepers over the inter-web a few things caught my eye so I thought I would share them.

Working in the fashion industry we are aware that designs and styles are often influenced from many sources. This week has been no exception and you have to love the inter-web and it’s users for the ability to spot where ‘similarities’ have occurred.

Here’s a look at our fav homage’s/inspirations this week.

Firstly we have the super-cool lead singer of 30 Seconds to Mars, the age-less Jared Leto, sporting a cape. The man-cape has been gracing the catwalks for a while with an example from the Trussardi 1911 A/W 11 shown with the caped crusader himself, Batman. I think it's only a matter of time before man-capes will be appearing on a high street near you.

As many students will know equations can be rearranged and the picture below shows how Ocean-crossing Cole seems to be inspiring globally. Rebecca Ferguson (we are making no comment on her relationship with 18 year-old Zain Malik) and Sarah Jessica Parker appear to have embraced different aspects of Cole's style. Which is sensible as you certainly don't want to look like a bad imitation.

At Originals HQ we love the capes (that will be my super-hero fetish) but we doubt that the big hair would last if you’re disco dancing with the lights down low.

The quest to be Original will always be fraught with wrong turns down questionable cul-de-sacs but keep testing/trialling and mixing it.

I’m going to get sized up for some capes.

O

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Good News Friday!! Including Obama, Green Lantern and X-men

Hi All,

Nearly the weekend again and according to all sources, it’s going to be a scorcher! I shall be packing my Frisbee and heading to the park.

Due to some short weeks there has been a distinct lack of Good News Friday Blogs, but we’re back now!

1. Impromptu Shopping – The Originals Team disbanded for the bank holiday weekend and travelled back home, I went back up to Grimsby. It was full of surprises, with questionable sea bass, dry humping/dancing from mum’s dog and some clothes shopping.

I genuinely can not remember the last time I went shopping in Grimsby but I managed to pick up a few bits. Kudos to the Burtons sale but my fave purchase was my casual joggers (below) from River Island. Back to the vintage stores this weekend.

2. Obama roasting Trump – I do love a slice of politics and for all of Donald Trumps posturing (read as promotion for American Apprentice) regarding Obama’s birth certificate, it was amazing to see the President defending himself and making Trump look like a chump.

3. The Leisure Society – Perfect lazy summer music, I’ll be playing this all weekend. I think ‘Into The Murky Water’ is my favourite track but I can be a bit fickle so expect a change in the future.

4. Geeking out – There has been a number of new/updated trailers this week including some character trailers for X-Men First class, my favourite is Banshee.

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There is also a new and possibly final Green Lantern Trailer, Kilowog looks amazing.

Finally, it’s free comic book day tomorrow. I would highly recommend the re-print of Green Lantern #30!

Well I hope that keeps you content over the weekend.

O

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A McQueen Weekend

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all feel refreshed after another long weekend!

What a huge few days it has been for the team working at Alexander McQueen. Firstly there was the amazing wedding dress worn by Kate Middleton, designed by Sarah Burton and the Metropolitan Museum of Art held a retrospective for the designer last night.

Royal Wedding fever is starting to die down, although the reports of people queuing outside Westminster Abbey to view the bouquet may suggest otherwise. However, the dress worn by Kate looked incredibly elegant, stylish and classy. How the dress and designer were kept a secret we’ll never know so credit all round. Apparently replica versions are already hitting stores!! In all it was a good day for British fashion with Vivienne Westwood, Philip Treacy and Anna Valentine all coming out on top. Personally, I liked the fact Princesses’ Beatrice and Eugenie went for a bolder approach to stand out.

Over in the US last night a host of classic McQueen designs were displayed as part of a retrospective look at the designers work. Sarah Jessica Parker wore one of the outfits from the collection (on loan) and looked incredible. I like the understated dominatrix look that Leighton Meister wore. It’s going to be interesting to see how far the high street will go with the S&M vibe in the next few months.

O

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