This weekend was INCREDIBLE. I never thought I'd love Butlins so much haha, honestly though, some of the towns in England are pretty shitty; they make some of the rough areas in Glasgow look quite nice, and Glasgow is called Stab City hah.

But yeah, when we first arrived we looked around - caravans on sale - if I had a caravan and could drive that would be fabulous. I could deal with being trailer trash.

There were three venues, both inside, not too big so it was very intimate and the crowd of people were very laid back, meaning it was quite simple to get to the front. Except for certain things, you had to obviously be organised for Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine's first performance, the queue was insane. We didn't have a wristband for the first night, just the third because each person received a wristband for only one of the My Bloody Valentine performances due to capacity control and equal footing.

So when they played first night we stumbled across a cinema playing a strange black and white French film named "Mouchete". The film consisted of a young girl being rather promiscuous with an older man, her ill mother wasn't happy, the girl then heads to a field in search the older man who is shooting rabbits. Clearly depressed by the outcome, the girl runs to the lake and attempts suicide by rolling down the hill into the water, yet has a failed attempt. She then goes two metres further up hill to roll down for momentum, and thus dies. Now that is a French film.

Later, we wandered back into the venue and noticed MBV was accessible so we GOT IN. Went slightly crazy, oh fuck 15minutes of pure NOISE, everyone put their earplugs in haha. It amused me.

Acts we saw were;

Wounded Knees,
Josh T.Pearson
J.Mascis and the Fog
No Age
Fucked Up
Buzzcocks
Yo La Tengo
Primal Scream
Pains of Being Pure at Heart
My Bloody Valentine
Sonic Youth
De La Soul
The Horrors (Sonic Youth were right after)
Swervedriver
School Of Seven Bells
Sun Ra Arkestra
A Place to Bury Strangers
Television Personalities
The Pastels

ATP, All Tomorrows Parties lineup;

FRIDAY DECEMBER 4TH

BANDS

PAVILION

6.15pm-7.45pm - DE LA SOUL
8.30pm-10pm - PRIMAL SCREAM

CENTRE STAGE

4.15pm-5pm - WOUNDED KNEES
5.30pm-6.15pm - JOSH T. PEARSON
6.45pm-7.30pm - WITCH
8.30pm-9.45pm - YO LA TENGO
-room cleared-
10.45pm-12.15am - My Bloody Valentine
12.45am-1.45am - BUZZCOCKS

REDS

9.45pm-10.45pm - TV PERSONALITIES
10.45pm-12.30am - DJs (see below)
12.30am-1.30am - SERENA MANEESH

DJS

CRAZY HORSE

10.30pm-12.30am - IAN SVENONIUS
12.30am-2.30am - DECLAN ALLEN
2.30am-5am - CHERRYSTONES

REDS

10.45pm-12.30am - JUSTIN SPEAR

IRISH BAR

10.30am-12am - TBC
12am-2am - DJ ALPHABEAST & MATT GOLDMAN

CINEMA

PM

10pm - MOUCHETTE
Midnight - DIRTY DANCING
2am - FLAMENCO

SATURDAY DECEMBER 5TH

BANDS

PAVILION

4pm-5pm - SUN RA ARKESTRA
5.30pm-6.30pm - THE PASTELS
7pm-8pm - THE HORRORS
8.45pm-10pm - SONIC YOUTH

CENTRE STAGE

2.15pm-3pm - THE TYDE
3.30pm-4.30pm - THE MEMBRANES
5pm-6pm - HARMONY ROCKETS performing Paralyzed Mind Of The Archangel Void
6.30pm-7.30pm - J MASCIS & THE FOG
8pm-9pm - SPECTRUM
-room cleared-
10.45pm-12.15am - My Bloody Valentine
12.45am-1.45am - NO AGE
2.15am-3.15am - FUCKED UP

REDS

4.45pm-5.30pm - LE VOLUME COURBE
6pm-7pm - THAT PETROL EMOTION
9.45pm-10.45pm - ROBIN GUTHRIE
11.15pm-12.15am - LIGHTNING BOLT
1am-2am - ARIEL PINK

DJS

CRAZY HORSE

10.30pm-12.30am - ROUGH TRADE DJS
12.30am-2.30am - JUSTIN SPEAR
2.30am-5am - BP FALLON

IRISH BAR

10am-12am - DJ ALPHABEAST
12am-2am - PETE FOWLER & FRIENDS

CINEMA

AM

10am - THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY
Midday - BLACK NARCISSUS
2pm - THE FILTH AND THE FURY

PM

10pm - SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Midnight - GODZILLA
2am - KING KONG



SUNDAY DECEMBER 6TH

BANDS

PAVILION

4.45pm-6.00pm - TH' FAITH HEALERS
6.45pm-8.15pm - múm
8.45pm-10pm - DIRTY THREE

CENTRE STAGE

1.15pm-2pm - GEMMA HAYES
2.30pm-3.30pm - LILYS
4pm-5pm - A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
5.30pm-6.30pm - SWERVEDRIVER
7pm-8pm - EPMD
8.30pm-9.30pm - BOB MOULD
-room cleared-
10.30pm-12am - My Bloody Valentine
12.30am-1.30am - SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS
2.00am-3.00am - BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT

REDS

9.15pm-10pm - THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART
10.30pm-11.30pm - TBC
12.00am-12.45am - THE ROBERT COYNE OUTFIT

DJS

CRAZY HORSE

8.30pm-10.30pm - DECLAN ALLEN
10.30pm-12am - CHERRYSTONES
12am-2am - JIM SCLAVUNOS

IRISH BAR

10pm-12am - MANISH AND SUMMERS
12am-2am - BP FALLON

CINEMA

AM

10am - WOMEN IN LOVE
12.30pm - WUTHERING HEIGHTS

PM

10pm - IF...
Midnight - LA HAINE
2am - THE TENANT

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.
I complete my missions mahn.
Sold out means NOTHING.