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Last week, I was at All Tomorrow’s Parties. It was completely brilliant. Not even being stuck on a train in Appledore for ages and ages could spoil it, even though we had to listen to a bunch of buffoons in the same carriage suggesting that the best way for David Cross to not get booed off stage would be to just come on and “sing a funny song” and not be offensive. As opposed to, say, by avoiding audiences full of idiot Sleater–Kinney fans. Incredible.

As Ste says, it’s impossible to convey why ATP is so amazing. Like the ant joke, it can only be experienced. So here’s an entirely inadequate list of those who made it amazing.

These bands were awesome:

• Herman Düne
• Broken Social Scene!
• Dinosaur Jr!
• Boredoms
• Radar Bros
• Black Heart Procession
• Fiery Furnaces!
• Big Business!
• Elf Power
• Electrelane!

These bands really weren’t, but totally couldn’t spoil it and granted us time to sit down and make jokes about them instead. Plus, two of them were at least responsible for inviting the amazing bands:

• Mt Eerie
• Dead Meadow
• Dungen
• Sleater–Kinney
• Destroyer
• The New Pornographers
• The Shins

These people made it perfect:

• The Triforce!
• Jude!
• goz!
• Marky!
• Max!
• Melissa!
• Kieron!
• James!
• Lapin!
• The guys from NonStuff!
• Declan!
• …and almost everyone else I met.

I had a lovely time and it was great to see everyone. See you in December!

PS: I took some photographs.