by general jack o'niell » Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:12 pm
must be a generational thing then, you see i am old enough to remember when the pubs closed at 10pm and you went to the vic regardless of what was on, be it hinton's disco, or any one of the live bands, from ourselves, wheels, ariel, west coast, kintyre, or any other, and it was never licensed, there was no need to, now i suppose the hardened drinker reputation the town has gained means nobody will go unless they can buy drink, unless of course its a weekend like this one where the music itself should be a big enough draw.
i'm obviously in the minority, but i don't relish being among 700 others for however long the night lasts, having to stand( a real chore on my part i might add) while they top up the drink they have no doubt consumed throughout the day. so mock all you like, very "take a drink!!!!" its that kind of mentality that has prevented me from ever going anywhere near anywhere connected with the festival since its inception, theres nothing as boring as a drunk, hence theres nowhere as boring as campbeltown of a weekend, keep all your "i can ha'd my drink" merchants, they bore me. always have, always will.
if you need a license to keep a crowd then the entertainment can't be up to much, never the less i intend to enjoy myself, its the company that counts, not the amount drank by the sweating masses of boring townies and annual hoochers(thats hooch as in loch, not hooch as chunder) any staggering drink holders coming near me will be waking up on sunday wondering why their balls are black and blue, courtesy of my toe