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In The Swamp – Isle of Wight festival 2012 – Complete

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Luke Smith

These journals are about music, drugs and the Isle of Wight. They’re about the joy of escape, the catharsis of being lost in a vibration, the comfort of anonymity in a large crowd and the strange things you see when … Continue reading →

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002 – In The Swamp. IoW Festival 2012.

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Luke Smith

First Day. Arrival. Meeting the neighbours. The Stranglers. Primal Scream. First impressions. To get to the Isle of Wight you can take a hovercraft from Portsmouth. It shakes like a cheap shopping centre massage chair. Novelty value fades quickly. Especially … Continue reading →

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005 – In The Swamp – IOW Festival 2012

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Luke Smith

  Third Day (cont’d) Eddie returns. Ryan takes speed. Pearl Jam. Campsite thefts. Neighbourhood declares the festival a washout and a failure. Exodus.  Ryan was still feeling the comedown. Eddie hadn’t shown yet. He was out there somewhere, past the … Continue reading →

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006 – In The Swamp – IOW Festival 2012

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Luke Smith

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Christian Security Guy. Drying mud. Penalty shoot-out. Fourth Day Every morning here you wake in the sunken mud print of your own body. Usually a slight headache. Lack of sleep and heat combine with the … Continue reading →

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