ATP Day 2 (Rye)

26/2/05 Saturday -

Managed to get up sometime around when the bands were meant to start. Started breakfast with a Vokda mixer drink and then it was lots of listening to bands.

Later in the night, Slint played and it was totally amazing. After the gig, we went back to the chalet and as we got outside it started snowing. It was magic! Everyone tended to agree that Slint had blown them away. I heard that one person had tears in their eyes when Don Aman was playing. Well worth the long and complicated trip over.

I had been feeling amazingly good, considering the events of the night before, but I figured it would only last so long. I wasn't much feeling like listening to anything after Slint anyway. In the communal chalet, we watched this strange old horror film, I think it was called, "They Drink Blood". We had some instrumental music playing over the top of the TV, I think it was a band called Cinematic Orchestra. It made the movie even more amusing as it managed to sync with the unfolding events quite well. Started my way back to the chalet about 3am. Nearly didn't make it back, as I had left my jacket in the chalet and was wondering around the maze of chalets desperately looking for room 206. I managed to find it just before turning into a popsicle.