Shangri-la rammed on opening night

Bored - come to Shangri-la

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#shafterlife

The shard @snagrilaglasto

the #shard #afterlife up and running at #shangi-la #glastonbury

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alley sign

Lit sign # shangrilaglastonbury in the alleyways between #shafterlife & # shangriheaven

Shangri-la lighting.

Chandelier in the alleys Shangri-la Glastonbury

 check out this great chandelier installation by Soya @shangrilaglasto between #shafterlife & #shngrihell in the alleyways.

A303 not the best choice.

I love the 303 with a passion. It is the ultimate long distance drivers road - not on the solstice.

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Finally some news on London Pleasure Gardens

so after a year badgering for a year and endless FOI requests to Newham Borough Council the powers that be....Its not really clear who 'they' may beat this stage have decided to give me a chunk of my kit back.  So although London pleasure gardens was almost a year ago, common sense has at lats prevailed.

It goes without saying that some of what has survived the theft epidemic it is returned without prejudice & it is not in seen as full and final settlement. I cant really say much more at this stage, since tit would be foolish to put all my cards on the table before everything is settled.

 If you are interested in LPG & the truth the keep an eye on this blog -- it will be sporadic & I will be very guarded until l I have secured my position a bit more, however in the, lets hope not so distant future, I will contain some of the home truths I have uncovered in my adventures in post LPG survival....watch this space.

Links to Shangr-La 2011 photos

the lik to the 2011 photos fell foul of the infraweb- you can see them here.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameswaudby/sets/72157626951241157/

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Shangri-La.Glastonbury: work under way on hell frontage

Shangri-La.Glastonbury: work under way on hell frontage: Hell Stage build Shangri-la Glastonbury #shafterlife build well underway [Posted with iBlogger from my iPhone]

heaven stage taking shape

Heaven stage frontage build Glastonbury

I can't wait to start playing with stunning structure by Andy Cross!

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work under way on hell frontage

Hell Stage build Shangri-la Glastonbury

#shafterlife build well underway

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Shangri- prep

2nd day prep- I think we need a bigger truck!

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Hmm, well, that went well, I'll find a different way to post the eye candy later seems I've broken the world wide web... best left to the kids.

What a `Cracking Start To Shangri-La

No, the title is not a reference to Stevie's foot! :)

Flat out at the warehouse today with Prep finally underway, the team is coming to the surface after a post curve sabbatical. ( OK, so i had to flush some of them out, but but then they had burrowed a bit deep)

Some keen players have chosen to sit this one out citing political reasons,- POLITICS in the hallowed fields - surely not! -no place for politics there me thinks.

- no, got that one wrong,

 No place for politics on Team Astral.

 We're still holding a place for the non-believer, we can only hope  he will forfeit his hotel ( do we bring back Jamie's tune of the day?)   & he'll show his unshaven corporate head during the week. - you know who you are! 

( did you see the double irony in the opening frames of the vid?- look familiar? does that cancel out the irony in hotel? does that make it dead pan?

For the friends & family of the Shangri-team, the Boy is only doing a massive bash in Geneva right now for your Friends & mine at Deliottes.

 oh & here comes the dead pan irony;

 I m only meeting our Friends SJ & Peter on Thursday to identify 'items in question' as it were, (I think I can say that) so ill probably spend Friday rounding up the horses while Kev bolts the Stable door. 

I think this shangri-la blog can afford a few asides on that adventure. Not the first time we've suffered from appalling timing.

 For those of you not in the Shangri- family, my asides & comments may seem a little oblique & a little too cliquey, bear with me, I cant reveal all for reasons that are at the moment, out of my control. names & places are disguised to protect the Innocent - & the some of the, perhaps,  (not that i know) not so Innocent.

 Stick with it, do a bit of research & you can draw you own conclusions as to what I'm on about.- plenty of conclusions to draw & it'll make it all the more colourful for all of us. lets face it Glastonbury festival is all about fun- there''ll be less boring stuff soon.

Personally I think the unbelievers are too well paid & looked after these days. - fortunately for myself & a lot of the  A team I'm particularly lean & hungry this year, & as such,we are still in good force for the ensuing ordeal. 

In other news; reports from the field reveal that catering is spot on this year-

 that has got to be a bonus!

 likewise everyone tells me the British weather is going to play on our team this year for a change. Lucky I didn't invest in s sideline of wellies & umbrellas this year - have i got time to order in sunglasses for China before the off?

well, I'm impressed, the views are flying in !

 Good for you lot, I guess you need a bit more than some picture of a caravan in a puddle?

The Snake Pit Glastonbury Festiveal

here are some of the light installations we did at Shangri-la 2010 to whet you appetite 

Slumberrave Hotel Glastonbury

 Wonder what we can do to top top This ?

then come along  & see us at shangri-la Glastonbury.

alleyways from above Glastonbury

& there is  more to come....

Work Starts On Shangri-La

welcome to my shangri-blog- follow this for the inside story, cool links & up to date pics & videos.

We thought it would never come round again at Astral Acres, but all the same I find myself at the final gig before the onslaught of booking, finalizing & reviewing crewing  for undoubtably the most epic show of the year

I managed to drop by at the caravan storage last night for a quick once over for the Munsterland (Caravan to you – trailer to some). soon to be home.

 At the same time dropping off the energy drinks donated by a recent event sponsor to the younger members of my crew- the older guys will be relying in Greek coffee no doubt.

 So, a massive project ahead of us in the hallowed fields of Avalon. I can only wonder what we have in store this year, we can only hope for an improvement on this.

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Truthfully, its already on the go down there, the guys have been at it for a few weeks, tomorrow is my chance to leave the corporate merry-go-round & stop shaving for a few weeks. & join in the unbridled fun.

This year there is no mapping Hell stage arena is a major challenge for us, we do not aim to disappoint on any level some we’ll be pulling the stops out on a creative level there, but we do have to follow this thanks to Bruce.

 Andy Cross is doing a stunning job both on the Hell arena, & on his designs for the heaven stage & the build is well underway, more specifics after I run over to site on Wednesday.

 I can’t wait to get my hands on his work having collaborated with him on a project at the curve last year more details on out plans for  this later.........