A week after coming back from HK, still jetlagged, but oxegen is upon us.

Oxegen is a 3 day music festival (www.oxegen.ie) that takes place literally in the middle of nowhere in Ireland :) Luckily by the time I get tickets, camping tickets are already sold out. I said lucky because I would have gone for camping tickets thinking it'll be great fun. But with the weather and all the drunken teenagers, I am not so sure.

I didn't take Friday off for the festival, so we only went for saturday and sunday. Daytripping from Dublin each day.

For me, it's always fun to see crowds. Big crowds of people having fun. In this case though, I have to say it wasn't as enjoyable as I imagined, as we are talking about drunken teenagers here, coupled with the rain that comes and go, making the whole place a mud-fest. Honestly, if there weren't bands that I really wanted to see the next day, I wouldn't have bothered to come back.

Overall though, really enjoyed the music. I particularly liked Stereophonics and the Raconteurs, and the swell season (the guy and girl from the movie once). Amy winehouse drew an amazing crowd that stretches over the whole area, which was fun. There are many other big names too.

So, good festival, bad crowd. Bumbershoot in Seattle is much, much more civilized. Wonder if I'll get to go this year (actually possible at this point. We'll see)

Some pictures. more will be uploaded to the album