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  • irishtimes.com - Posted: August 27, 2008 @ 3:19 pm

    10 reasons why the Electric Picnic timetable is not yet on their website

    Jim Carroll

    (1) We’re trying to put Public Image Limited back together again for the weekend, OK? Body & Soul area, first thing Sunday morning. Just don’t tell anyone

    (2) One of the POD bookers has discovered that they’ve booked all the Saturday acts for Sunday and the Sunday acts for Friday.

    (3) The promoters are worried that MCD will pull off a spoiler festival at the very last minute in Co Leitrim called the Electric BBQ.

    (4) Look, we haven’t quite booked enough authors and comedians yet, alright?

    (5) The Electric Picnic is on THIS weekend?

    (6) We’re waiting to confirm that the Rose of Tralee will recite a poem on the main stage to get the weekend off to a flying start

    (7) Kraftwerk now want to play and we have to squeeze them in somewhere. Maybe after Christy Moore?

    (8) It’s really hard to spell the names of some of the bands who are playing on the World Music stage.

    (9) Bodytonic have discovered that they actually have 8 stages.

    (10) We’ve ran out of coloured markers.

    • 37 Comments

    1.
    August 27, 2008
    3:28 pm

    …our brains turned to mush on account of all the lightbulb sandwiches

    Comment by Naomi
    2.
    August 27, 2008
    3:28 pm

    haha. i was just wondering the same thing on my blog. i’m working there and i dont’ even have the production schedule yet!
    is electric picnic really happening THIS weekend???

    Comment by Edith
    3.
    August 27, 2008
    3:35 pm

    seems to be something going on…..
    The following are downloadable running orders for the Main Stage, the Electric Arena, the Southern Comfort Crawdaddy Stage, the Foggy Notions Stage, the Bodytonic Arena, the Nokia Trends Lab Stage, the Bacardi B-Live Arena and Sweetness & Light.

    Additional line-ups and running orders can be viewed online as follows:

    AND THEN…..

    Nothing……
    Outstanding

    Comment by david
    4.
    August 27, 2008
    3:39 pm

    dance village
    spoken word/leviathan
    tir na gcasta

    if i can get those i should have a nice complete excel sheet sorted by this evening

    Comment by Void
    5.
    August 27, 2008
    3:43 pm

    David – do u have a link to that? There’s no Foggy or Nokia stage this year

    EDIT – ah, found it – http://www.electricpicnic.ie/html/runningorder.html

    They might have the times up before the weekend in that case. Or else they might just throw up the running orders from last year.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    6.
    August 27, 2008
    3:45 pm

    11) Still in negotiations with Brian Cowen over his suprise 3am set with Christy Moore

    Comment by nerraw
    7.
    August 27, 2008
    3:50 pm

    Ahh, it now says –

    Downloadable running orders for the Main Stage, the Electric Arena, the Southern Comfort Crawdaddy Stage, the Foggy Notions Stage, the Bodytonic Arena, the Nokia Trends Lab Stage, the Bacardi B-Live Arena and Sweetness & Light will be available from tomorrow.

    So that’s alright then. Tsk.

    HANG ON! Trendslab? There isn’t one this year, is there?

    Comment by Chris
    8.
    August 27, 2008
    3:51 pm

    Ah yes, as you yourself said, Jim. Deary me.

    Comment by Chris
    9.
    August 27, 2008
    3:57 pm

    Why do I get the strong feeling that the website people are hanging out at the Turkish Social Club?

    EDIT Hold on, now changed to “Downloadable running orders will be available from tomorrow”

    On The Record readers should really bill POD for bug-testing their website

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    10.
    August 27, 2008
    4:05 pm

    They’re on the ball, those guys. At least you know they read the blog!

    Comment by Chris
    11.
    August 27, 2008
    4:15 pm

    (11) C.R.E.A.M.

    Comment by Void
    12.
    August 27, 2008
    4:23 pm

    (12) L.O.L.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    13.
    August 27, 2008
    4:45 pm

    The longer they leave it the less time people will see it print it off so that they can make more money from the “line up” necklaces and time sheets that they sell inside the festival

    Comment by Rory
    14.
    August 27, 2008
    4:52 pm

    Void, what kind of excel spreadsheet are you putting together? One of those slick ones where you can compare what’s on using the time, rather than the venue (never understand why the ydo that. takes way too long to check what’s on when you eventually get your act together to move)? If so, can you post it/upload it somewhere? :D

    Comment by Fasty
    15.
    August 27, 2008
    5:15 pm

    15. Dude, The Wire is back on …Jeez.

    Comment by Mully
    16.
    August 27, 2008
    5:19 pm

    that’s fairly poor stuff in my book – it doesn’t take them that long to get the expensive tickets bookings out for the festival the following year. So a few days before the festival people still don’t know who’s on and where….eclectic? nah extortion

    Comment by Damien
    17.
    August 27, 2008
    5:38 pm

    Fasty, exactly that.

    Just need the times for the dance village and Tir na gCasta (if it’s happening) and i’m all done.

    trying to format it so it’s a day per A4 page could be tricky though.

    Comment by Void
    18.
    August 27, 2008
    5:39 pm

    the trends lab stage is called the cosby stage and Foggy Notions is the Little Big Tent. I think.

    Comment by Eoin
    19.
    August 27, 2008
    6:16 pm

    Eoin: The Cosby Stage? As in Bill “I’m going skiing, zip zop dibbidy bop” Cosby? The man who owns more wool jumpers than Gaybo and Pat Kenny put together?

    Comment by Ronan
    20.
    August 27, 2008
    6:18 pm

    Ronan – Cosby Stage as in Thomas Cosby, the dude who owns the venue.

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    21.
    August 27, 2008
    6:19 pm

    A time table for the ‘this is pop baby’ tent is up on Panti’s brilliant blog
    http://www.pantibar.com/blog.aspx?contentid=394

    plus pictures of a giant inflatable baby
    http://www.pantibar.com/blog.aspx?contentid=404

    Comment by Vince
    22.
    August 27, 2008
    6:20 pm

    jim you have too much time on your hands

    Comment by petee
    23.
    August 27, 2008
    7:30 pm

    jim you have too much time on your hand

    I do it all for you, dear reader(s)

    Vince – thanks for that list. Have added it to the main list at http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/ontherecord/2008/08/26/electric-picnic-line-ups-stages-and-times/

    Comment by Jim Carroll
    24.
    August 27, 2008
    7:32 pm

    Wah wah wah they’re trying to sell neck timetable thingys. The timetable will be up in time for you to print it out, shut the fuck up with your straw man complaints.

    Next you’ll be complaining that they’re charging money to let people in.

    Comment by Ian
    25.
    August 27, 2008
    8:47 pm

    Surely the simple reason is that The Electric Picnic is out to lunch?

    Comment by JD
    26.
    August 28, 2008
    1:23 am

    All the line up are available here EXCEPT the music stages. (at time of writing) http://forum.electricpicnic.ie/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=4874

    Comment by Eoin
    27.
    August 28, 2008
    4:04 am

    Electic Picnic 2008 Main Stages Running Order
    Main Stage

    Friday

    3.15-4.15 Yard Dogs
    4.45-5.45 Kila
    6.30-7.30 Tinariwen
    8.15-9.45 Goldfrapp
    10.30-12 Sigur ros

    Saturday

    12.30-1pm Kormac feat.BS Quartett
    1.30-2.15 Liam O’Maonlai
    3-4 Antibalas
    4.45-5.45 The Herbaliser
    6.30-7.30 Duffy
    8.15-9.15 Wilco
    10-11.15 Franz Ferdinand
    12-2am George Clinton

    Sunday

    12-12.30 Dublin Gospel Choir
    1-1.45 Hayseed Dixie
    2.10-2.55 Candi Station
    3.30-4.30 The Congos
    5.15-6.15 Michael Franti & Spearhead
    7-8 The Roots
    8.45-9.45 The Gossip
    10.30-12 Sex Pistols
    Electric Arena

    Friday

    4-5 Le Galaxie
    5.45-6.45 New Young pony Club
    7.30-8.30 Stunning
    9.15-10.30 Digitalism

    Saturday

    1.00-1.30 Super Extra Bonus Party
    2-2.45 Ulrich Schnauss
    3.15-4.15 Midnight Juggernauts
    5-6 The Breeders
    6.45-7.45 Elbow
    8.45-9.45 Grace Jones
    10.45-12 Underworld

    Sunday

    12.30-1.15 Cowboy X
    2-2.45 Wolfgang Haffner
    3.15-4 Hercules& Love Affair
    4.30-5.15 Sinead O’Connor
    5.50-6.50 CSS
    7.35-8.35 Grindermann
    9.20-10.50 My Bloody Valentine
    10.50-12.00 ??
    Crawdaddy Stage

    Friday

    4.30-5 Giveamanakick
    5.30-6 Wallis Bird
    6.30-7.15 Jape
    7.45-8.45 Christy Moore
    9.30-10.30 The Gutter Twins
    11-12 Gomez

    Saturday
    12.30-1 The Flaws
    1.30-2 Boss Volenti
    2.30-3 Laura izibor
    3.30-4.15 Cathy Davey
    4.45-5.45The Kills
    6.15-7.15 That Petrol Emotion
    7.45-8.30 Lisa hannigan
    9.15-10.25 Josh Ritter
    10.45-12 Tindersticks

    Sunday

    12.15-12.45 Ham sandwich
    1.15-1.45 Florence & The Machine
    2.15-2.45 Mark Geary
    3.15-4 Gemma Hayes
    4.30-5.15 Turin Brakes
    6-6.45 The Foals
    7.15-8.15 Stephen Malkmus
    9-10 Hadouken!
    10.50-11.50 Conor Oberst
    Cosby Stage

    Friday

    4-445 The mighty Stef
    5.15-6 Fred
    6.30-7.30 Kissy Sellout
    8-9 Presets
    9.30-10.10 Booka shade
    10.30-12 Tiga

    Saturday

    1-1.30 Tobias Froberg
    2-2.30 Oppenheimer
    3-3.30 Teitur
    4-4.45 Halves
    5.15-6 New York Fund
    6.30-7.15 Black Acid
    7.55-8.35 Arno Carstens
    9.15-10.15 Cut Copy
    11-12 Santogold
    12-2 A Trak

    Sunday

    12.30-1 The Urges
    1.30-2 Absentee
    2.30-3 Emmy The Great
    3.30-4.15 School of Language
    4.45-5.30 Get Cape Wear Cape
    6-6.45 Leila
    7.15-8.15 Yacht
    9-9.45 Late of the Pier
    10.30-11.45 Deadmau5

    Little Big Tent

    Friday

    4.30-5 Little green Cars
    5.30-6 Pinky
    6.30-7.15 Dawn landes
    7.45-8.45 Joan as Policewoman
    9.30-10.30 Carbon Silicon

    Saturday

    1-1.30 La Rocca
    2-2.30 Large Mound
    3-3.30 The Radio
    4-4.45 Ra Ra Riot
    5.15-6 The Faint
    6.30-7.15 Juana Molina
    7.45-8.45 dan Deacon
    9.15-10.15 Silver Apples
    11-12 Crystal Castles
    12.30-2 Digital Mystikz

    Sunday

    12.30-1 Johnny Flynn
    1.30-2 Adrian Crowley
    2.30-3 pivot
    3.30-4.15These New Puritans
    4.45-5.30 Micah P Hinson
    6.15-7.15 Faust
    7.45-8.30 The Dodos
    9-10 Black Lips
    10.45-11.45 Chromeo

    Comment by rosa
    28.
    August 28, 2008
    8:58 am

    I’m with Ian on the timetable neck sales. After paying €240 for the ticket I think it’s a bit much that they expect us to fork out more for a line up timetable that should be included in the price of the ticket and available for free to the festival goers.

    That’s my daily moan out of the way ;o)

    Comment by Caroline
    29.
    August 28, 2008
    11:01 am

    Especially when, as pointed out, expensive neck timetable is UNUSABLE. Especially past a certain hour (11.17am).

    Comment by frank
    30.
    August 28, 2008
    11:18 am

    Bah! Fuck this, I’m just going to buy the programme when I get down there. There are far too many stages and shit to print stuff out, unless you want to be leafing through a giant document everytime you want to check something.

    I’m kind of glad there is no band I’m aching to see (that I haven’t seen before) apart from Foals. It means more freedom! Mostly, I’m looking forward to thisispopbaby. It’s cool that thisispopbaby, Antics in the circus tent a few other things stay open until 3am or 4am. The worst thing at a festival is everything shutting at midnight, and forcing people back to the campsite.

    Roll on tomorrow!

    Comment by unarocks
    31.
    August 28, 2008
    12:11 pm

    so it looks like Santogold has been moved, this is a good thing! Why oh why with less than 24 hours to go have no official times being posted. I’ve been to 2 european festivals this year and both of them provided times weeks in advance. I don’t get it.

    Comment by Vince
    33.
    August 28, 2008
    2:32 pm

    Void, how goes it?! I am tiring of this delay from the organisers…

    I am in a mad rush to curse the clashes. Damn you, clashes.

    Comment by Fasty
    34.
    August 28, 2008
    2:58 pm

    Prins Thomas & Lindstrom on the Sat for 4 hrs,,,,, lucky-lucky Bastards (that’ll be at it)

    Comment by fill3rup
    35.
    August 28, 2008
    4:45 pm

    http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5191b5eb5e79b97cd2db6fb9a8902bda

    unfortunately i was delayed a few hours today (my ticket went tits up) and now there’s a pretty good official one out. Which is less bad news seeing as this one isn’t really printer friendly.

    Wont even get to use it myself now

    Comment by Void
    36.
    August 28, 2008
    4:45 pm

    what a load of pants, I hope it buckets down with rain all weekend long

    Comment by askmehole
    37.
    August 28, 2008
    4:51 pm

    well askmehole, that ain’t gonna happen. Next time, buy your ticket in advance and quit being a whinger

    Comment by Jim Carroll

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