Trident Perpetual Question at Standon Calling

The Trident Perpetual Question - the best/silliest/most fun idea ever. Get a stranger to ask a question and get another to answer it and ask another, post that question to someone new and get them to set the next one.. At Standon Calling this process became 42 people long and included contributions from The Magic Numbers, Fool's Gold, Alice Russell, The Fabulous Penetrators and more! Check it out..

Klezma Villanova at Standon Calling

The first people I met at Standon Calling this year were the lovely Klezma Villanova. They were the first band on on Friday's line-up and played an exciting and inspiring fusion of gypsy punk and world music. Check out this chat with them (in a woodshed) below.

Jeffrey Lewis at Standon Calling

Amazing musician, inspiring thinker - see what happened when Jeffrey Lewis and I sat down for a chat.. and he ended up interviewing me!

The Magic Numbers at Standon Calling

The Magic Numbers dish the dirt on who they would murder at Standon Calling... evil!

Efterklang answer your questions!

Before I headed to Standon Calling.. I asked people on the Trident Facebook page and my Twitter account to give me their random questions to put to a band at the event. I printed them off.. took them along.. and managed to persuade the rather adorable Efterklang to answer them!






Check out the results below..

Chatting to F**ked Up at Standon Calling

The loveliest loudest band with the rudest name... check out my interview with the friendly Damian from F**cked Up at Standon Calling 2010..

Alice Russell at Standon Calling

Standon Calling had an incredible variety of musical styles on offer - and one of the best performances of the weekend came from Alice Russell - a lovely lady with some serious pipes! I had a little chat with her backstage before her set... have a gander!

Standon Calling - the video report!

Check out some of the lovely sights and sounds from Week 11 of the Trident Perpetual Festival at the awesome Standon Calling!

Toilet rules - part two

Standon Calling used all of the 'waste' from the festival goers to create compost to then use for plantlife. What a great idea - and much better for the environment than chemical toxins. Well done festival!

Standon Calling - All the Photos!

Check out all the marvelous fancy dress outfits and madness from Standon Calling by CLICKING HERE

Useful signposts at Standon Calling

Efterklang

Evening falls on standon calling

Burrito munched and am sat on the grass (between cowpats) watching Efterklang with new friends. Its been a super day here at Standon. I remember reading on the site before I went that Standon has some of the best fans - and its true. Theres a great vibe here with good people recycling and being friendly and enjoying sunshine and tunes. Lovely stuff.

Best in show

Dog show at a festival? Sure. About 40 dogs and... Two humans dressed as dogs. As ya do.

Alcatraz!!!

This is the club that stays open allllll night.. In the evenings it's full of party people and crazy times and bright lights and loud music... Right now it's totally empty - perfect place to do interviews :)

Standon calling day two

Morning! Tent update! Yesterday was a good day here at standon. After I woke I put on my fancy dress (see drawing below) and had a wander about the site. There were some amazing outfits on display. A huge amount of prisoners. A bucket load of CSI investigators. Loads of cool Cluedo characters. Some people in a plane. Some children dressed as old men and much much more! I took plenty of picture on my camera so will upload them all on my return to civilisation. (very hot in this tent right now). Musically it was a super day too. Saw an incredible swing band, some amazing jazz singing, some dirty dance beats... and The Magic Numbers! They were brilliant and everyone knew the words and danced and sang along. I managed to watch from behind the stage at it was an awesome spectacle. Happy days.

Toilet rules

Standon calling day one

Morning blog readers! Katie here from my tent (hiding from the rain) on Saturday morning here at standon calling. Yesterday was brilliant! The net access is pretty poor however - so updates have been at a minimum sorry!
So... What's it like here... Amazing! There is a cinema and a barbers and a book shop and a mini radio station and an art gallery and a swimming pool and a boules/bowls track and colourful wooden toilets and bars built around the trucks of ancient trees and a piano in the middle of an arena and thousands of people dressed as gorgeous lunatics! Everyone is very friendly and respectful and happy - and the setting and props and buildings and 'set' have so much amazing detail in a totally lovely way. There are families and babies and dogs here - running around like an extended trip to the park. It's like we are all involved in some giant school play thats yet to start. And I haven't even said anything about the music! Big tunes, dance anthems, punk moshing, indie ballads and more. Annnnnd... The winners are great!! Peter and Jennie are very friendly and kind and seem to be having a lovely time :)
Happy? Yes thanks x

I am camped next to..

Standon calling props