Wasing at all costs?

by **typhoo** » 28 Jul 2007, 04:21

Hello Admin ...
NO unless you can turn the sound up ...
Otherwise don't bother .
WHY O WHY play Adrian Sherwood without bass ???
Dub with no bass ???
Wasing estate is actually a beautiful set up , no doubt about that , but
charge the punters again £120 and sure enough , they 'll go somewhere else ...
Antiworld ?
BTW The Glade is a fantastic festival , guys , please sort it out !

by **salx** » 28 Jul 2007, 05:43

AW can't do that again doubt if they'll recover... if it's alternatives you're after then there's lot's of smaller festivals BUT obviously a huge hole for events other than psy or commercial, maybe someone will start summat next year!

sound issues, yeah maybe but you do realise this is still the best run event out of the lot, even with the odd niggle over security (no smoke without fire?) which are usually isolated incidents

weather doesn't come into it, for a few it may stop play but they'd still have turned up, & it can't be as bad next year

personally i think it's the wrong / bangface / techno crowd spoiling it for me. it wasn't like that in 05. not that i have anything against these musics either!! it's the whole slagging match that is shocking as i always thought it was this scene (ie: glade) Vs commercial, garage & r&b - you know, our scene is about dancing & good vibes apposed to turning up at some place full of wannabe gangsters with shooters :wacko:

. so yeah, leave it out, some of us don't really distinguish between the musics at glade except for some being for raving & some being for chilling, yes? and not all of us like one music & only one music, why can't we (i?) go about our business without this crap. if i stray from the overkill (or breaks, or id.spral....) & go to check out summat else i am suddenly second class citizen, wtf?

so yes i'd still go to wasing, but they need to sort the sound out.

by **typhoo** » 28 Jul 2007, 06:51

Completly agree with you , variety is the spice of life ,that's why there were 12 different stages...or more ???

by **admin** » 28 Jul 2007, 08:55

Oh dear, it's already 12-1 in favour of Wasing after just a few hours.

Could it possibly be that the whingers and carpers are actually a very tiny, unrepresentative minority and that the silent majority don't have that big an issue with it? :unsure:

by **molecule** » 28 Jul 2007, 09:33

keep it at wasing the site is a big part of what the makes the glade special to people who have been coming from day dot change the site and you got to build that vibe up all over again i'm sure the vast majority of people would like it to stay some people really need their ears tested sound at liquid on sat was amazing the fact that there were a few niggles is to be expected considering the weather that battered us for 12 hrs !

anyone moaning please go to antiworld next year where im sure they will putting on another "life changing event " :wacko:

by **Tigmyth** » 28 Jul 2007, 09:44

I'll go to Glade 08 wherever it is held, fucking Antarctica for all I care, I'm just a total GladeWhore.

by **yohankiwi** » 28 Jul 2007, 10:25

most definately. my only question is will the ground at wasing have enough time to recover in a year?

by **nonnylostit** » 28 Jul 2007, 10:30

wasing isn't a good place for any festival.
1.Too close to houses
2.On the Kennet/Thames/etc floodplain

This means that how ever nicely it's organised it won't ever be feckin' LOUD ENOUGH!!!!

so stop messing about and sort out a site as far away from anyone else as possible so we can listen to electronic dance music as it was meant to be heard (LOUD!!!)... not easy in these crowded little islands eh

lets keep trying!

nonny

by **salx** » 28 Jul 2007, 12:51

they do a few good (low key) rock fests in mid-wales. just off the central wales line in fact. locals don't seem too bothered, apart from the odd village eccentric supergrass :roll:

... they should stick it in the mountains near builth wells! scenery would blow wasing away. obviously it rains more out there but being in the hills, drainage isn't an issue. no towns nearby with thames valley chavs, just mad local villagers! bit of a trek getting there, not convenient for the suburban chav.

had a few interupted sleeps prior to this years glade & i don't even work for 'em. i hope that next year it'll be a case of 'better the devil you know' as opposed to stepping up the opposition, more than they did this year. i like to think they've got their feet under the table by now & it will continue to grow, even being 'the alternative glasto'... maybe?

by **Grillo** » 28 Jul 2007, 13:19

Keep it at Wasing - beautiful site... or at least it was until last weekend. I do hope it recovers okay, fingers crossed!

tata

by **sick bastardly** » 28 Jul 2007, 13:31

the wasing site is fantastic but id go to glade wherever they decided to have it. of course the sound issues have been a problem in the past but they almost had it sorted out this year, every stage apart from the overkill sounded amazing as far as i could tell. if only there was a funktion1 jobbey in there then id have no complaints whatsoever.if they sort this out for next years fest then its going to be incredible. mud aside it was so very close to the perfect festival

by **fabricated** » 28 Jul 2007, 13:35

admin wrote:Oh dear, it's already 12-1 in favour of Wasing after just a few hours.

Could it possibly be that the whingers and carpers are actually a very tiny, unrepresentative minority and that the silent majority don't have that big an issue with it?

well im glad to be in the silent majority! I love the venue, I love the music, I love the whole fuckin thing!!!
I love GLADE!
and no, I am not drunk, I have just realised what a wonderfull thing we have in glade, here we go...
some peeps decide:@ lets put on a festy for people that love to have a good time.... ok, lets do just that...there you go, go have some fun.....
i love standing in the q for the cashpoint on sat nite and hearing derrik may come on... fuck cash, lets go....
i love walking through mud like i dont care, coz i dont, coz i got wellys!
i love glade....
i love waking up dryza bone, goin to find a tap and ending up with new friends...
i love wakin up wet an chillin...zzzz... and finding myself with a top bird(big up girlbot!),
i love....sunday, waiting for the music to start...and when it does...BANG!
I love glade,
end of my storyx

by **ouzodave** » 28 Jul 2007, 13:46

Been every Glade and seen it change little by little. It is a lovely place Wasing but i reckon a change of venue is needed maybe just for one year then watch the Aldermaston locals come begging us back :wink:

by **phuboy** » 28 Jul 2007, 13:57

I don't feel as thought i can answer that question. Got no problem with the site at all, just the sound levels. And if the sound levels are being affected by its location (ie. local council, residents etc) then yes it should move. If the sound levels can be sorted without moving perfect.

Although, i do think it should move to Leicester...

LESTA!!!!!!!

by **k3str3l** » 28 Jul 2007, 14:13

I will goto wherever glade put on a festival, as it is a brilliant festival with a wonderfully diverse selection of music. As sound levels go, I think they can improve it without disturbing the residents. This year the show went on despite extreme weather conditions and maybe we should be appreciate and forgive them for a bit of loss in levels. Wasing or not, I will always enjoy glade.

by **Dave Skywalker** » 28 Jul 2007, 14:23

Wasing estate is an awesome place - definately has to be held there again. WITH DRY WEATHER PLEASE!

by **shakyjane** » 28 Jul 2007, 14:26

this really isnt the point tho is it....the point is that it could be so much better somewhere a little bit less up its own arse

by **Omeba Pissflaps** » 28 Jul 2007, 14:55

it wouldnt feel like glade somwhere else.

by **Psiclo** » 28 Jul 2007, 15:52

"Will you go to Glade 2008 if it's still at Wasing?"

Bit of a silly question, I'd still go the the Glade wherever it is held.
Are there better sites than Wasing?, and should Glade move to another site? are the questions that need asking really.

by **Trickyvegas** » 28 Jul 2007, 16:04

Yes, I would like to see the dry version at least and I was happy with the layout and the reasonably short journey from carpark to campsite. I guess its a bit like saying would you still watched your football team if they moved to a new stadium.
People maketh the festival.

by **cochon** » 28 Jul 2007, 17:07

shakyjane wrote:this really isnt the point tho is it....the point is that it could be so much better somewhere a little bit less up its own arse

I don't like seeing the neighbours getting slagged off like this...

Most of the villagers don't care about the festival or noise levels - some even love that Glade is so close by! However it only takes a couple of locals who don't like the noise to come forward at license hearings etc to cause the restrictions we hear each year, and I'm sure they have valid reasons to complain. Said restrictions are a massive shame but really I think the sound was pretty close to getting the right balance for both parties this year. Apart from Overkill of course but so many people have complained about this so surely it will be sorted in 2008.

by **bongobil1** » 28 Jul 2007, 18:58

yes its only down te road only bad thing is its to tempting to go home for a kip and a feed

by **Sperge** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:31

Psiclo wrote:"Will you go to Glade 2008 if it's still at Wasing?"

Bit of a silly question, I'd still go the the Glade wherever it is held.
Are there better sites than Wasing?, and should Glade move to another site? are the questions that need asking really.

Nope, the question was put that way for a reason.

There have been one or two individuals insisting that the Glade must move because of what they claim to be excessive decibel restrictions. So I thought i would run this straw poll to gauge whether most people who come on this forum are that bothered about it. Apparently not, going by current trends. It's looking like there is a highly vociferous minority while most are fine with things as they are.

by **Metadog** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:42

i'll be whereever it's at

no worries

by **baldmosher** » 28 Jul 2007, 20:56

A better question would be:

If it's at Wasing, will all the moaners feck off and leave the rest of us to have a top time?