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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: August 26, 2008 @ 2:08 pm

    Electric Picnic line-ups, stages and times

    Jim Carroll

    First couple of proper line-ups are now beginning to appear on the Electric Picnic site

    Here are line-ups for the three stages located in the Body & Soul area:

    Chill stage (main stage)
    Merka Bar stage
    POD stage

    Want to see some films? Here is the line-up for the Cinema Stage.

    And here is the line-up for the Pop tent, as brought to you (I think) from the people behind the wonderful Powderbubble from years gone by.

    As more stage line-ups, dates and times are announced, I’ll post them here or link to them from this post.

    Here are the Balanescu Quartet (playing the Chill stage at Body & Soul on Friday night) rocking out with David Byrne. Yes, Dorothy, there will be Kraftwerk at the Picnic this year…

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    • 33 Comments

    1.
    August 26, 2008
    2:49 pm

    The Cinema tent is showing 30 Days of Night…!!
    Awesome stuff.
    The film is great (not as good as the Graphic Novel) but you should definitely see it on the big screen.
    If anyone is bored on Friday at that time – go see it, great entertainment.

    Comment by Pedro
    2.
    August 26, 2008
    2:56 pm

    jimmy behan could be perfect for a sunday afternoon after the friday/saturday night madness

    Comment by petee
    3.
    August 26, 2008
    3:24 pm

    JImmy Behan is an absolute gem.a super nice guy that make super beautiful music and i am now officially pissed off that i’m not going.. Shit!!!!

    Comment by fill3rup
    4.
    August 26, 2008
    3:24 pm

    RSAG: Rarely Seen Above Ground on the Sat morning in Body and Soul. Can’t recommend him enough! Saw his show in Castlepalooza. Don’t miss it.

    Comment by le Catch
    5.
    August 26, 2008
    3:47 pm

    Milsoh has promised to be more electronic than at Whelans earlier in the year, so he should be a treat as well on Saturday evening.

    Comment by paub
    6.
    August 26, 2008
    4:14 pm

    “jimmy behan could be perfect for a sunday afternoon after the friday/saturday night madness”

    ask Jimmy about his ill-fated gig at the Big Chill a few years back. It’s a great tale of woe.

    Comment by Matt Vinyl
    7.
    August 26, 2008
    4:20 pm

    ask Jimmy about his ill-fated gig at the Big Chill a few years back. It’s a great tale of woe.
    Ah hahaha,i remember his travelling companion/label manager at the time telling me the story… The clincher was being camped behind the stage completely exhausted and unable to sleep because of Groove Armada playin a not too Chilled out set…. how we laughed :D

    Comment by fill3rup
    8.
    August 26, 2008
    4:22 pm

    I’d rather ask you about it Matt.

    What happend?

    Comment by Pedro
    9.
    August 26, 2008
    4:51 pm

    I like the idea of that Milosh conversation:
    Punter: ‘Hey Milosh!’
    Milosh: ‘Yeah?’
    P: ‘I’m not gonna go see ya if you’re gonna be all rubbish like you were at that Whelans gig where Donal Dineen was dressed as a fisherman.’
    M: ‘I’m not, I’m gonna be more electronic, you douche bag’
    P: ‘Ah, see ya there so. G’luck now.’

    Comment by adam
    10.
    August 26, 2008
    4:56 pm

    Looking at the POD lineup, this is hardly the Pressure Drop who released the outstanding Upset in 92?

    Comment by boardtc
    11.
    August 26, 2008
    5:10 pm

    boardtc – I have sent an email off to find out the answer to that very question. If it is the same Pressure Drop, we should all be there to pay our respects. If its not the same Pressure Drop, a name change may be in order

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    12.
    August 26, 2008
    8:43 pm

    Unfortunately it’s a different Pressure Drop I think. The EP Pressure Drop appear to be a reggae DJ collective (Irish based I think) as opposed to the UK crew who released the brilliant Upset and Silently Bad Minded.

    Comment by Murphoid
    13.
    August 26, 2008
    10:10 pm

    Ugly Megan!! Woo! Shake that ass b***** etc.. Clash with Mr Malkmus though perhaps.

    Comment by Colin
    14.
    August 26, 2008
    10:47 pm

    “RSAG: on the Sat morning in Body and Soul”

    RSAG will also be playing later on that night as one of Donal’s guest live acts. Oh and catch up on Sunday at the Mirage tent with The Kilo.

    Pressure Drop…
    I think it may be the original Pressure Drop.Have that 92 lp on vinyl.Bloody amazing as is there ‘Elusive’ CD.Bring it on!

    Comment by Keith Downey
    15.
    August 26, 2008
    11:01 pm

    Following up what Murphoid said @ 12, the EP-bound Pressure Drop are a bunch of reggae and ska DJs from Limerick who have played the Body & Soul area before

    I wonder whatever happened to the orginal Pressure Drop? They released some great LPs (including one or two on Leftfield’s Hard Hands label), especially “Elusive” as Keith mentions above. Must put out an APB to establish their whereabouts

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    16.
    August 27, 2008
    12:28 am

    I’ve seen the ‘artists only’ brochure with the stage-times and it’s identical to that barely readable one that was posted around on various sites. No surprises. MBV in the Electric Arena from 9.20 to 10.50. Sex Pistols 10.30 to 12.00. This means the climax of MBV’s set (the ear-drum-shattering, strangely transcendental, like nothing you’ve ever experienced at a live-gig before, white-noise ‘holocaust’ bit of ‘You Made Me Realise’ will be causing a mini earthquake across the site as the Pistols come on stage…should be interesting. MBV next Sunday will one of the biggest talking points, not just of this year’s EP, but of the entire history of EP so far. That’s if there are no volume restrictions. Seen them twice at the London gigs earlier this year and they were absolutely monumental. Get ready.

    A Dublin taxi-driver told this evening that there is going to be warm weather from this Friday. Dublin taxi-drivers are ALWAYS right. Always.

    Comment by Quint
    17.
    August 27, 2008
    9:46 am

    Quint – Anything which takes away from the horror which will be the pistols is alright by me. Surely if the Picnic really wanted a panto act that much, they could have just booked Twink and the Billy Barry kids?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    18.
    August 27, 2008
    10:04 am

    Jim@17
    How long did you last at the Sex Pistols at Exit?

    Comment by P&M
    19.
    August 27, 2008
    10:09 am

    P&M – they owe me 18 minutes of my life back. People started streaming away from the stage after one song but I stuck it for three before deciding anything – anything, even the happy hardcore stage – would be better fun.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    20.
    August 27, 2008
    10:48 am

    Has anyone leaked the artists brochure yet?

    Comment by spazz
    21.
    August 27, 2008
    11:33 am

    How come it always takes them so long to release stage times? Is it because they have more stages than Oxegen? It makes it harder to plan and design your personal colour coded event planner… Still, can’t wait, can’t wait. *squeeee

    Comment by Gwen
    22.
    August 27, 2008
    11:42 am

    I have the artist’s brochure….Goldfrapp, then Sigur Ros on main stage Friday evening….Ulrich Schnauss then Midnight Juggernauts early afternoon in Electric Arena on Saturday…Grinderman, then MBV (9.20-10.50) Electric Arena Sunday night..Pistols main stage 10.30-12.00 sunday…blah blah, what you’d expect etc….no point leaking it, officially relaeased tomorrow.

    Comment by Quint
    23.
    August 27, 2008
    12:28 pm

    Unfortunately it’s a different Pressure Drop I think.
    I have seen the Pressure Drop soundsystem before,and they are very very good… worth checking out..

    Comment by fill3rup
    24.
    August 27, 2008
    2:08 pm

    they purposely hold back on releasing the times so they call sell more timetables down there.

    If i can get my hands on the times for bodytonic/dance village then i should have an almost complete event planner

    Comment by Void
    25.
    August 27, 2008
    2:35 pm

    Furious Styles !! Featuring R.S.A.G. & The Kilo will also play live together Decks N Drums at The Paddy Mirage @12pm sunday @ The Electric Picnic ..
    R.S.A.G.’s other live shows @ The Electric Picinc … Body and Soul main stage @ 11:00am Sat and R.S.A.G. will also perfom later that night as a part of The Donal Dineen Show.. All This shows are a must … Hope to see ye there .. K

    Comment by The Kilo
    26.
    August 27, 2008
    3:09 pm

    “blah blah, what you’d expect etc….no point leaking it, officially relaeased tomorrow.”

    @quint 22;
    ah come on quint giz a look. cant finish my colouring in of my deluxe homemade timetable in time. Its like the auld panini albums here – still waiting on two more stages to complete the collection.

    Comment by paul m
    27.
    August 27, 2008
    3:11 pm

    Comedy times up on http://www.electricpicnic.ie/html/comedy2008.html

    Comment by Eoin
    28.
    August 27, 2008
    3:26 pm

    Eoin – thanks for that, but the link just has the day by day breakdown not the times.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    29.
    August 27, 2008
    3:28 pm

    Actually, someone here might be able to help. I’ve got an Excel file with all the spoken word/theatre/Leviathan stuff on it but don’t have time/patience/expertise to convert it to HTML or put it online. Anyone interested in doing so and I’ll email it to them?

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    30.
    August 27, 2008
    4:58 pm

    hey jim, I wouldn’t have the expertise either sorry but would dearly love a copy of the spreadsheet if your feeling generous…!

    Comment by Sean D
    31.
    August 28, 2008
    12:44 pm

    when are ugly megan playing???
    stephen malkamus is playing too!
    holy cow!

    Comment by Maebh C
    32.
    August 28, 2008
    3:40 pm

    Here’s my spreadsheet with all the available lineups i think
    http://tinyurl.com/5g24kv

    Comment by boardtc
    33.
    August 28, 2008
    5:09 pm

    Here’s a pdf version
    http://www.mediafire.com/?ynda5tyq8bq

    Comment by boardtc

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