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By artrocker.com 15/05/08
Potential festival entrepreneurs might want to swat up here - as we present your highlights from the fantasy festival competition, and anoint the winner!
You came, you saw, you invented some mental sounding festivals.
In the end though, it was The Wombles what won it for us, so Sean Powley of Charlton - give yourself a slap on the thigh. Sean suggested that the hairy creatures of myth should entertain us on Wimbledon Common with Kraftwerk, Minus The Bear, The Walker Brothers and Jeffrey Lewis in support. The name? Wombledonia of course!
Not hardcore enough for you? Then feast your eyes over some of the nail-trimmingly controversial entries below...
THE SHOOTING GALLERY 2008
"...all would be equipped with rifles at the gates. A great opportunity for stress relief."
FEATURING: RAZORLIGHT, ARCTIC MONKEYS,
KATE NASH, GUILLEMOTS, THE KOOKS
-anon
THE FUCK FESTIVAL 2008
"....it would be held in the gardens of St Paul's Cathedral"
FEATURING: FUCKED UP, HOLY FUCK,
FUCK BUTTONS, FUCK SHOVEL, BUTTHOLE SURFERS
- Keith Goldhanger
UNIFIED FESTIVAL 2008
"On various boats on the Thames, leading to Eal Pie island for the main stage"
FEATURING: THE CLASH, NIRVANA,
CHARLIE PARKER, BJORK, SEX PISTOLS
- Stew Simpson
SAY WHAT? FESTIVAL 2008
"The theme of the festival will be for the bands to spice up their sets with subliminal messages in the form of rewound vinyl like the voice of satan issuing his instructions. Of course the location has to be suitably dangerous"
FEATURING: GRANDMASTER FLASH & THE FURIOUS 5,
SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN,
BJORK, TV ON THE RADIO
-Emily Kendrick (Hang on... that name sounds familiar!)
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I'm liking
the say what festival. Maybe leave TV on the Radio out of it, but the rest would be fun.
Congrats to Sean though!