Saturday, 6 July 2013

Glastonbury Crew picks (PT3)



Going to start pt 3 crew picks with Leo… he started crewing Glastonbury at about 15 as fire montor . Looking after the fire and making benches for the rest of the crew to chill out on after work . Going on to the peg out of stalls for years . Now works on the meet and greet taking on the main mantel at the bottom of Muddy Lane…Nice one Lee.

LEO  




Next up is Robbo ……He is a legend nearly on par at Glastonbury as the farmer is . Always there to help the new crew settle in .  Will always stop for a chat one of the true great spirits of Glastonbury Festival.

ROBBO 







Last but not least for pt 3 is Lisa going to Glastonbury for quite a while now 2nd year on the meet and greet ace laugh lovely with it. From the land of my fathers through and through .

LISA  








Well there is my Glastonbury Crew Picks pt 3 part 4 tomorrow
CHEERS NORM 

ALL CREW PICKS 2013 WILL BE IN MEMORY OF STEVE WATSON. ONE OF THE BEST SOUND ENGINEERS THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED . WHO SADLY DIED A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FESTIVAL ....RIP MATE




Friday, 5 July 2013

Glastonbury Crew Picks (PT 2)


Right here we go (PT 2) (The Yeoman)… Stevie Yeoman’s has been part of Mary Macs meet and greet crew for quite a few years now. He combines his job with playing gigs around the site and entertains us round our crew camp fire on a regular basis. As I have noted in an earlier blog Stevie hosts open mikes and gigs at least 4 times a week. So his music is of high quality catch him if you can. For more info on Stevie https://www.facebook.com/stevieyeomansmusic?ref=ts&fref=ts

STEVIE YEOMAN'S



AND STEVIES PICK  IS........https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sww3CHaTfQI  SORTED FOR NEXT YEAR MATE 



Danger Kate she also has 4 languages under her belt always handy working in a Glastonbury market office. Kate has worked the market gates a few times in the past but she worked in the office this year. Also a Graduate from Liverpool Uni. Kate originally from Lincoln….. She defo has that Lincoln way about her which I always like… loads of fun. You can find more about Kate at her translation web site  claritylanguagesolutions.com

DANGER KATE


 AND KATES PICK IS..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036pjjy/Glastonbury_2013_The_Rolling_Stones/


Johns  1st year at crewing Glastonbury he worked on the market gates this year which takes a cool and calm head especially on the night shift. With so many people off their heads at 4 in morning having a good time. John took to it like a duck to water. I am sure we will be seeing a lot more of John a welcome addition.

JOHN  


AND JOHNS PICK IS....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNBK-FyK6jM  SHE IS GOING TO BE A STAR nice one John 




Well there is my Glastonbury Crew Picks pt 2 part 3 tomorrow

CHEERS NORM 

ALL CREW PICKS 2013 WILL BE IN MEMORY OF STEVE WATSON. ONE OF THE BEST SOUND ENGINEERS THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED . WHO SADLY DIED A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FESTIVAL ....RIP MATE  


Thursday, 4 July 2013

Glastonbury Crew Picks (PT 1)



Well I did not get this together do it live on site. The computer speed was far too slow it would have taken forever. I would have missed every think I am sure you would not have wished that on me.  Any way home now so let see some choices.

Going to start with Robbie Swang ……. Swang is a part of Mary Macs… Meet and Greet Crew…….A crew ran by Mary for 15 years . As a link between the arriving traders and their market managers. But as you can imagine this crew deal with every think Circus’ Stages ‘Theatre’ Cabaret ‘ it is to stop the site turning into a sugar cube with ants swarming all over it . In other words utter chaos . Every one to get where they need to be as quick as poss so we can start the party . Had the pleasure of managing Swangs band SWANG PARTY IN LATE 80S still one of the best bands I have ever seen will try and dig some stuff up and put it up  

Robbie Swang  



Next in line is Charlie Miller……Charlie was my old crew boss on the Pyramid throughout the 90s …..He is now running music production at the Green Rooms. Charlie also does a lot of stuff for Children’s World a Glastonbury based children's  charity . Who do shows all over the country in inner city schools. He informed one year that they had do a series of shows in my old school in Walton Liverpool . He also plays gigs around the site with his band the Soul Agents.

Charlie Miller


AND HERE IS CHARLIES PICK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjZk7XaFrE

My lovely step daughter Roxy has never missed a festival from birth. She is now is fluent in 4 language’s which must come handy with the many traders that come to the festival from all over the world. She is one of the main cogs in J’F & K market office. Graduate from Liverpool Uni just returned from translating roles at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Roxy Dumble 

  

 Well there is my Glastonbury Crew Picks pt 1 part 2 tomorrow

CHEERS NORM 


ALL CREW PICKS 2013 WILL BE IN MEMORY OF STEVE WATSON. ONE OF THE BEST SOUND ENGINEERS THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER PRODUCED . WHO SADLY DIED A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE FESTIVAL ....RIP MATE  

Friday, 21 June 2013

Glastonbury Crew Picks



Footie stuff. is taking a back seat now because it is Glasto time. Having been part of the Glastonbury crew for 30 years some of you might have read my series of Glastonbury memories on the Blog. So this year I thought I would take time out see if I can to let the crew talk for themselves. So I will going round site in my down time hunting out as many as the original crew I can find. Then with a quick 30 second clip let them tell you their most memorable Glasto music moment over the years. Then also throw some of the 1st time crew on… who they are looking forward to this year. Then post a clip of  their selection underneath…. Should be interesting. I will try to get them out as live as I can depending on reliable wi fi links. I will post them up on my blog . For you to have your say. I will be on site in 2 and half weeks so I might get some early ones up .  Check out all my Glasto memory pieces they are on the blog..Should be a cracker this year  
Cheers Norm
ps could get some well known faces on there  
Also I will be going round the site doing a Football Flag Gallery for http://www.yourtactics.com/ and posting them on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/YourTactics/415480938469405?ref=hl bit of pre season fun 

Tuesday  

3  .days till on site should have have the 1st crew top picks up ...Sunday afternoon ...ish 

Thursday
on site tomorrow working on a few star Crew Picks....See if I can catch them at the right time ..got to try 
cheers Norm

Friday 

OFF on site in a couple of hours Weather good few bits and pieces of rain tomorrow and Sunday . Nothing to write home about keeps the dust down . Then mostly sun all week looks good . Hoping to dig out a strong wi fi  signal so I can start blogging 

CHEERS Norm 

Friday, 31 May 2013

END OF THE FOOTIE BLOGS 2012/13season




I end this year of footie blogs on a sad note. As a diehard Liverpool supporter I understand the views of the modern day pansy supporters. But I fail to summit to them. You get a player who wants to play…. But some types clamber for football easy glory. Like the player who spends time on his hair or gang rapes women after a night club binge.
But surely that is not right. As we line up on a Sunday morning with hang overs from the night before. After losing the previous 8 games .But maybe I am mislead as …  Roy Keane shouts out you prawn sandwich twat. That fucker was right.
The truth is for the first time in my life my club are losing a player because of shit. It is his job to be a football player. A football player he was. What is the game turning into? We pay thousands of pounds in entry fees not to mention the travel. To watch football players play football ….Hard committed players giving 100%. Honest from all parts of the world the best players. When they quote it is my job … To right it is your  job.  For all of us …WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN ROLLER BALL …..It is better on the pitch than on the street…….
We are Human beings ….              What happens on football on the pitch stays on the pitch ….If you think different you are a knob...Do not say think of the kids or you are a bigger knob ...We pay to watch the players who are the best at their job. The difference we hope they don’t get injured but they always do …. Only a few players never get injured …….(tends to spook the pretend  players ) ……Very rare that players give 100% in every game they play and never get injured …….Think on media don’t mess with the game to much …Otherwise your dinner will be missing from the table .

THIS IS DEDICATED TO Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz



Monday, 20 May 2013

We Must Retake the Throne


Another frustrating season bites the dust. With only a slight improvement on the previous season. With a closed season of anticipation already set in we tick the days off on the calendar.But can we add tempt or keep hold of are main assets to be a part of the squad next season??

With no European football at Liverpool Football Club next year it is going to be interesting. All are emphasis has got to be on clean sweep of domestic success. If it is there to win we must win it. Anyone who we want to keep or buy in we must convince them of a short sharp 2 year plan. Then the club can start moving forward at pace we are accustom with.   

The owners (FSG) can really start the ball rolling with this movement by nailing the refurbishment plans for Anfield with some solid start dates. It will help to persuade quality players to take a chance to be part of something big.  The Suarez situation if we can keep him for the start of the next season and he gets some games under his belt, I think it will be OK.But he will need some help as I said in a earlier blog http://styfnorm.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/suarez-value-for-money.html  . 

The kid needs to play football a lot of football. But with the retirement of the Legend that is Jamie Carragher we need a centre back cover. I think we could get Lugano in for a year on the cheap. He is on loan at Malaga from PSG at the moment becomes a free agent in June. Surly the captain of Uruguay could add some stability to Suarez. Plus Lugano could play a roll like McAllister did some years back we won 5 cups that year. 

Next season I would be happy if we added 4 quality players to the squad. A striker holding midfielder…. play maker midfielder.. and a centre back. With a huge push on the youth policy to bring 3 or 4 through that is in the perfect world. But now we can only dream with wish teams. But we all know it is going to be a huge season for the future of the club.


Ø Hillsborough inquiry
Ø Anfield Refurbishment
Ø Premiership Top 4 at least
Ø At least 1 domestic trophy
Ø Suarez his future
Ø 4 Quality players in 4 home grown players through the ranks

The Throne of English Football back.
 For what it is worth here is my 1st stab at my dream team for the 2013/14 seasonNorm YNWA –JFT96



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