Slash is a GOD.
I just saw him play at Glastonbury and he continued to fulfill all the ridiculous stereotypes of a rock star. He barely spoke (can he speak?), wore his big hair and hat (so even those at the back of the crowd could see who he was), played his guitar effortlessly, and at one stage behind his head without looking! I grew up idolising Slash and he lived up to it. However, being at Glastonbury seeing him was a little bizarre, as this makes his music accessible to all, so at the ends of songs several people clapped and shouted, 'Jolly Good. Well done old chap'. Seriously though, it was a weird environment as i'm used to gigs where people will do whatever it takes to see these musicians, standing for hours and living the music, singing along like people had come to see them perform. But at Glastonbury people didn't even know the words! I enjoyed it thoroughly though, and having now seen Slash, Hole, Metallica and the Foo Fighter - I only need to see Axel, Aerosmith and Silverchair to be able to retire from live music forever.
During the course of Glastonbury i got to spend some quality time with my in-laws (who go every year and love it). The highlight of which was a conversation around GA Wainwright reckoning his name is boring. He managed to find an alternative luckily: Glastonbury Avalon Wainwright. In this way he can keep his initials and not have to change all his post etc. Xss and I like unusual names and are often joking about what we might call our future child. We are quite taken with giving our child the suffix 'the second', so have made a deal with GA, that if he does indeed change his name, we will call our son the same! I mean its not really a girls name is it.
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