Field Day August 10, 2008
This weekend has been a wonderful weekend from heaven. Yesterday I was lucky enough to go to Field Day with my friend Melody and her sister Vanessa. It was a rainy and nasty day, but a surreal and great one too. The festival took place in East London (in Victoria Park), really close to my house, and had indie and electronic/house artists. It was set up like a county carnival, complete with a bucking bronco, life-size connect-4, cotton candy, and potato sack racing. There was even a fake cow milking contest. The crowd at the event were pretty much the most attractive group of people I’ve ever seen in my life. Vanessa summed it up nicely when she said that she’d seen two ugly people all day, and they came with really pretty friends. It was like a giant fashion show. So, I spent most of the day staring at people and surreptitiously taking their photographs.
The music was great. There were multiple tents with DJs, where people just danced their fannies off. We showed up at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, and the above picture was taken as soon as we arrived. People were just going crazy and dancing like maniacs. My kind of people. Of Montreal played later in the afternoon, which I was excited about. Unfortunately it was raining pretty steadily during their set, so I really don’t think I got the whole Of Montreal experience I hear so many people talk about. Though I did see a guy doing interpretive dance in a silver bag/cape, and giant balloons being popped over the crowd. Outside of the DJs and hyped up indie bands, there was also a small brass band that played in the middle of the festival, kitted out in brass band suits. It was fantastic.
Later in the day I went to the pub with my new roommates, and that was fun. Both of them are musicians, so I got to tag along and hang out in their studio while they played music until the wee hours of the morning. I love my life.
