Saturday begins with the odd realization that the festival has only just begun in earnest- and is already heading into it’s second sold out day, a far cry from early times when it never occurred to you that tickets would not be available at the entrance. Many other festivals don’t even have day tickets anymore…
Category: Sziget
It’s Starting to Look a Lot Like Sziget
I’ve never been an ace at maths (except scoring awfully well at a machine placed test once, which was either a fluke, or a serious reason to doubt the efficiency of AI for the time being), so I always count the number of ’my Szigets’ on my fingers- suffice to say, by now I always…
Wednesday Pleasures- More Names for Sziget 2016
The last bigger Sziget line up announcement has just landed, and as the weather gets ever hotter and nicer, and hopefully less stormy (though what is Sziget without a major soak), the thought has to sink in: it’s festival season, time to dig out onesies, wellingtons and flowery headbands- all apply to both genders and…
Monday Pleasures: New Names for Sziget 2016
I will be frank and admit I had two main hopes for the new Sziget line up announcement, which seemed to be pretty much in the cards based on the traditional beginning of year festival/concert schedule watch, namely The Last Shadow Puppets and LCD Soundsystem. Both are returning after a long(ish) hiatus and kept filling…
A Good List Goes a Long Way- The 2015 Edition
What better way to spend New Year’s Day than cooking up some lists- since even in the new year I’m still the old me and really can’t cook anything else. And I just don’t do new year’s resolutions either, I like the element of surprise of my accomplishments throughout the year. I could probably pull…
Best Concerts of Sziget 2015: #2 Foals
There’s always one concert on every Sziget that doesn’t immediately feel great for any number of absurd reasons. Like you have a cramp in your left toe, the crowd around you is fidgetier than an anthill, the bottom left stage reflector is pointed straight at your over sensitive retina, and the list can go on…
Best Concerts of Sziget 2015: #4 Kasabian
Anyone who knows me and has at least partial access to my dementia has probably been bored stiff by the story of how I saw Kasabian in Pecsa with a handful of people back when they were considerably less known in this part of the world. I do totally confess to being guilty as charged,…
The Gods of Rock Bring Wine and Mathematics- Sziget Day One
After two days of missing out on the ritual, I finally pulled myself together and had the classic pre-Sziget meal in Szeráj, the veteran of Budapest’s ever expanding and changing Turkish fast food scene. As I was sitting there and munching exactly the same dish as ever in the past thirteen Sziget years, it dawned…
Sziget Begins Where Robbie Williams Ends- Day Minus One
In times of extreme boredom, like let’s say on a long distance bus or when stuck in an airport during a transfer, I entertain myself with idle thoughts, such as imagining a superbly civilized alien society visiting our tiny planet, and deciding, based on some totally random human behaviour, whether to spare it ultimate…
Sziget Around the Corner
It already feels a lot like Sziget, as the first people have started moving in over the weekend and are roaming around the city to take in the sights- great occasion to have a first glimpse at how this year’s bracelets will look. Which is of course totally relevant and useful information. And as we wait for…
Pocket Diary Budapest 