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Summer 2009 promises to be an exciting festival season. With Primavera kicking off this weekend, followed in June by the famous Glastonbury and many other smaller festivals at home, we decided to look further afield to a new festival for ourselve

Located on an 108 acre island in the river Danube in Budapest, Hungary it has grown in the last number of years since it started in 1993. A 5 day camping festival, wtih 2 ‘pre festival’ days promising international and hungarian acts, this year’s line up does not disappoint in the big festival headliners. Commonly dubbed the european Burning Man festival it not only boasts your usual main stages, small tents and bars, but also has relaxation areas, cinema, tattoing, massages and a range of sports and activities. It has an open camping policy, leaving it up to you to camp wherever you choose, within reason & who wants to camp beside the portaloos anyway?!

Tickets for camping are just €180 giving you access to the site for 7 days, €150 for non-camping with 5 days entrance. Check out the lineup and further details on: http://www.szigetfest.co.uk/festivalinfo – an informative website, giving lots of information for people travelling from abroad.

hope to see you there!

Because he is AWESOME

Leeeeeeeeeeeet the sun shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!

Thank fucking christ!! Hello poppets, fag here with tidings of joy for one and for all: It’s beginning to look like summer, everywhere you goooooo!

So get that parka back in the cupboard (or put it into the bin because they are last season, let’s face it) and get your mankinis out boys!  I know I will…

Ciao for now – need to oil up

Ahoy hoy you losers!

Fag here thinking to myself “What if the man from Del Monte said ‘No’?”

Anyways, back to more imoportant things – it’s been fuckin donkeys since we (Wee, Pyjamas and I) have updated this so it’s time to dust off the cobwebs and make retro fashionable.

So what’s been happening? To be honest, lots! Holidays have been planned, men have been “initiated” (wee is a filthy slut) and it’s soon approaching the most amazing time of the year… festival time!

So where will yours truly be pitching his tent (now now) this summer???  After being at the launch party for Electric Picnic on Wednesday (yes I’m THAT popular) it’s safe to say that I’ll be at that but then again it’s a given at this stage.  With a pretty good lineup already announced and the added delight that more big acts will be announced soon it would be a shit idea to not go.

Also, there’s a possibility, a SLIGHT possibility that Airbound may have to be graced by my presence.  For those not in the know, it’s a festival on the fucking awesome shores of Croatia on the August BH weekend.  Really intimate, painfully stylish and only for the beautiful people.

Finally, the hags and I are packing our backpacks and hitting the continent for Sziget in Budapest.  This is something that’s gonna be epic! The lineup for that is pretty decent, with a mixture of the lineups from other european festivals (like bennicassim and pukklepop) and with the added incentive of being on an island, prepare to possibly hear about me on Hungarian crimeline!

So eh…. what else has been happening.  Oh yeah, Americas Next Top Model. WHAT THE FUCK!?

They let McKey win? MCKEY? Mickey more like that, Jesus she’s more butch than me!  Then again I was firmly in Team Annaleigh so maybe I’m just being biased.  Tyra has also lost her mind (well it’s safe to say that happened long long ago) but it was much more apparent this cycle.

New music peoples:  For those in the know you don’t really need to read this (unless you want to add to it), but seeing as festival time is upon us we need to stock up on tunages; roysh here we go!

Fleet Foxes – Canada has done it again to be honest.  They’ve let loose another PAINFULLY cool band on the world.  I seriously recommend this album.

Pet Shop Boys – They’re baaaaaaaaaack! Great great album. love love love love. ❤ ❤ ❤

MSTRKRFT – If you don’t have this on your ipod/zen/brick already…. WHYTHEFUCKNOT!?

Anyways I’m off now fuckos, I have to look painfully hip in public.  Just remember, wayfarers and skinny jeans are a must this season!

Ciao

Oh noes!

Your one and only Fag here with bad tidings…. Our very own Pyjamas isn’t feeling the Mae West at the moment, so I think it’s safe to say that we all wish her a speedy recovery!!!……

Or else we’ll have to bring you out the back and shoot you.

Kisses!!

Side note: ^^ – coolest thing to have when you’re sick EVAR!!

– Fag

Hey guys and gals, your one and only fag here wondering why I’m awake so early!!

So today is our national day, Paddy’s Day.  Shut up the offices and don the shamrocks because it’s going to be an epic day of ceol agus craic!  I will be in attendance with our resident Jammies to watch the parade, have some shamshakes and possibly partake in a boogie on the street.

Anyways, best be off and finish slipping into my green cocktail dress.  Ciao!

The results are in!!

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ swept the awards last night in Hollywood, with an impressive 8 statues.  This is the second best film from the UK to achieve a high praise from the Oscars, second only to The English Patient.

The brainchild of director Danny Boyle carried away Best Picture, Best Director, Best Music (song and score), Best Film Editing, Sound Mixing, Cinematography and Best Adaption to Screenplay.

It wasn’t the only victory for the Brits as Kate Winslet , who finally got the award she longed for after 5 prior nominations and winning Best Actress.  There was a surprise win for Sean Penn who clutched the award for Best Actor over the favourite of the night, comeback kid Mickey Rourke.  The late Heath Ledger became the second posthumous recipient of an Oscar after claiming the statue for Best Supporting Actor, while Penelope Cruz won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allens flick Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

– Fag

So what shall you be giving up???

Will it be smoking?  How about the oul drink?  Perhaps you should lay off the porn for 40 days?

I myself shall be laying off the good stuff of being a good boy – LOCK UP THE HOTTIES!!!

Faggingly yours,

– Fag

Hey kids, it’s your one and only Fag here sharing the sparkly love and joy with you all on this most wonderous occasion of occasions…. PANCAKE TUESDAY!

Let me share with you my pearls of wisdom about this joyous occasion.

Founded by the Germans in 1869 (the same year wee was born coincidentally) by a frau named Olhausenina Weinerschnitzel in her lowly dank kitchen in Munich, she discovered that when the cow poo she was drying out on her stove (to make a hat obviously as was the style in 19th Century Germany) accidentally got mixed in with her breastmilk it made something….wonderous.

Something marvellous…

Something……pancake-y

THUS (with the wonders of additives and flavourings these days) the modern pancake is now a staple meal. Once a year. Because eating poo and titty milk isn’t the best thing in the world; I mean you don’t exactly get your 5-a-day out of it now do ya?

Get them down your neck!! (and try not to look like Helen Keller there on the right)

check out this website where you can bag yourself a piece of gum chewed by your favourite popstar or a green stained snotrag that once belonged to bradus pittus

http://www.hollywoodstartrash.com/