You know how you saved up for months to go to Glasto / T In The Park / wherever, only to get rained on all night every night as you tried to slumber in that pitiful Argos tent? Susi Weaser, editor of Shiny Shiny, has no such problems. The latest fest she blagged her way into was Bestival at the weekend. Allow her to educate you regarding life on the other site of the VIP cordon. Jealous? Moi?
1. Kindly tell us your name, age and where you’re from. Now.
I’ve told you before. I’m Susi and I’m 25.
2. Which festival have you recently attended?
Bestival.
3. Have you attended this festival before? If yes, how does this year compare?
No. So, um, I’m not sure. There were no wankers lamenting the commercialisation / lack of young people / too many young people.
4. Which act gave the best performance, and why?
DJ Yoda was awesome (Ed: it later transpired that Susi in fact missed all of DJ Yoda’s set. She would like it to be known that she was just drunk, and not stupid.)

5. If you could have promoted one act on the bill to headline status, who would you choose? Why?
The guy doing stretches outside my pod. A sight I wish the rest of the festival could have shared.
6. Did your opinion of any acts change radically as a result of their performance?
The Beastie Boys – they always look older than you expect them to.
7. Nicest surprise / biggest disappointment (music-related or otherwise)?
Everyone was dressed up. Everyone. I’m a big fan.
8. What was the best heckle you heard?
Based on the past summer, I think amusing heckles may be dead.
9. Any high-quality onstage banter you feel deserves highlighting?
Pretty soon it’s going to become apparent that I didn’t actually see that much music.
10. What was the funniest moment (music-related or otherwise)?
Glitter wrestling. Enough said.
11. Weirdest moment (if different)?
Yeah, it’s not different.
12. Any moments of sheer terror you’d like to share?
The moment I thought I’d only be able to drink pear cider.
13. Anything you wish you’d brought with you?
My helicopter. Isle of Wight to North London via public transport with a raging hangover is no fun at all.
14. Anything you wish you’d left behind?
Said hangover.
15. Please mark the following elements out of 10, with any comments:

General facilities:
9 / 10. I got to use the facilities for special people (although they still ran out of toilet paper midway through Saturday afternoon).
Crowd / audience:
10 / 10. No-one can be cross when dressed as a pirate or wizard. Or smurf. Or Top Gun. Or Mario. Or a starfish.
Food and drink value for money:
3/10. It was more expensive than any other festival, although it may be my own fault for drinking margaritas.
16. Finally – anything else you’d like to mention?
I will never again stay in a tent. It’s a podpad or nothing from now on.

Possibly related:

1. In-Tents Questioning: Bestival - Simon Barrett

2. 02 Wireless, London, Thursday: In-Tents Questioning

3. In-Tents Questioning: Lovebox Weekender (Sunday) - Glenda Young

4. In-Tents Questioning: The Big Chill - Phil Baldwin

5. In-Tents Questioning: Carling Weekend (Reading) - Clare Joslin

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Posted by Stuart Waterman on Tuesday September 11th, 2007 at 5:18 pm