One night in Elfland

[lizwilliams]

We went to a gig last night - a band from Oregan, IIRC, called Woodland, supported by a local group called Daughters of Gaia. Both were pagan. I have to say that I'm not all that wild about specifically pagan music - it's a bit like Christian Rock and there's a reason for the fact that, when one or more Druids are gathered together, someone will invoke the sacred liturgy of the Blues - but this was perfectly OK and got us out of the house.

The nicest thing about it was that, on the poster, people were invited to dress up, and if there's one thing at which the residents of Glastonbury excel, it's dressing up and making a spectacle of themselves. So the dancefloor included someone in full-length green man costume, lots of winged sprites, a man with a four-foot butterfly attached to his shoulder blades and much else besides.

As we were waiting to get in, a woman behind us lost the top to a tube of glitter she was holding. There's only one way out...

Oddly, the girl who works in one of the bookshops and who always wears elf ears, didn't. Night off?

Also - and this is going to sound really pathetic - the Assembly Rooms bar serves cups of tea, which is great if you're either driving or just fancy a cup of tea (both, in my case).

Overheard at the bar: "I'm going to serve this woman behind you. You're being too slow and anyway, you're wearing lace."

Comments

[jess-ka.livejournal.com]

I've met people with a pathological fear of glitter. Personally, glitter, glitter, more glitter! I'm a magpie.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I don't seek it out but I have no objection to it when it's offered!

[spytfire.livejournal.com]

That reminds me.....Liz, there'll be an incoming email from my spitfire addy.

Oh, and I nearly lost a mouthful of coffee on the last line of your post.

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

Bizarrely, there was half an incoming email! Not sure what happened!

Sometimes T's emails get cut off halfway through and it's some kind of fault, obviously.

[spytfire.livejournal.com]

Just re-typed the last half of the email and re-sent. Since it was cut off in my in-box, it could have been on my end. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I really like Woodland. I first heard them at the Faerieworlds Festival this year and proceeded to buy all their stuff. But then, I like a wide range of music, from hard rock to eighties pop to folk to world to classical, so I tend not to think of it all in categories, just "ooh, I like this must own it and listen to it frequently." :-)

How were Daughters of Gaia?

Cheers, Dayle

[mevennen.livejournal.com]

I thought the fiddle player was excellent. D of G were pretty good, especially since their lead singer was hospitalised and couldn't appear.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, it's the fiddle player who makes it really good, as opposed to marginally good.

Will check out Daughters of Gaia!

Cheers, Dayle

[caskared.livejournal.com]

Are you sure you moved from Brighton and you didn't just start getting scripted by Joss Wheadon instead? I am enjoying reading your blog!