Myspace cuts back with 30% job losses

Showing that the Internet does not stand still and last years hot think can quickly become yesterdays thing Myspace have slashed 30% off their staff this week due to a drop in revenue and traffic... I am not surprised. We stopped actively supporting Myspace some time ago. It had not moved on and there ununiformed look of the user generated pages really made my eyes hurt. Facebook really has taken over from it as the place to be. How long until that gets obsolete? I can think of numerous problems including the increasing amounts of spam daily! Plus its really hard to track down someone you know, it needs better search functionality especially for common names where there can be 100's to trawl through

Big Festivals vs Small

Just received an email regarding a small festival in Wales called the New Foundland Festival. It looks cool and got me thinking about Big festivals vs Small ones especially as I am off to the biggest of them all next week Glastonbury... All festivals depend to some extent on getting good weather. But perhaps because I am getting old and don't want to walk 10 miles from my tent to the stage or perhaps because my old eyesight can't see a person on stage from 500m away there is something about small festivals that really appeals. I do like the intimacy and the chances are you will keep meeting up with the same people all weekend which is great when you are not in a huge gang.

Anyway New Foundland looks good and we will be happily giving it a plug on the website as much as we can

http://www.newfoundlandfestival.org.uk/home_page.html

Festival Fun?

As I am sure I have already posted I am going to Glastonbury for the first time this year. I have alway wanted to go, but for one reason or another, normally being to disorganised to get my shit together never got around to it. Plus I am not sure I love being drench in mud. This year though its what a close friend wanted to do for his stag do so there was not excuses and so we are going.....

Now planning has started...... surely a word that the original attendees, mainly hippies, would not have given any thought. My friend is planning on taking chemical loos, camp bed, several tents, gazebo etc etc etc..... I can already see the purchase bill running into the hundreds of pounds, so not cheap given the £175 ticket price. Its not really the carefree rough it event I was thinking off. Several problem have already occured to me..... 1. how the bloody hell are we go to get all this stuff from the carpark, which on those aerials shots from last years newspapers, looks miles! 2. Are we not advertising to all the criminals or just jealous other campers come and steal from here we have done the hardwork lugging it for you. I have visions of setting up our palladium camp site and coming back after the first night to find it all gone.....

Well I will give you a report of what happens after the event, wish me luck, I think us clueless people are going to need it. Now where is my viking horn hat?

Coloursfest this weekend

Will the weather hold for Coloursfest this weekend? It would be a shame having had such good weather recently if it does not hold for just a few more days. Raving outdoors in the sun is a special experiance and being rained on is not a highlight. Lets keep our fingers crossed

Who said the super DJ age was over? Think again

Apparently Carl Cox was paid £20,000 for a recent gig at a Cardiff nightclub, an amazing amount for 3 hours work on a Saturday night in a regular venue. I guess the age of the superstar DJ is alive and kicking! Of course if anyone is worth its its Carl...

Twitter, Facebook, Bebo, Myspace etc

We have now signed up a Twitter account to go alongside the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Bebo etc etc

Not entirely sure what ts all about but it only one thing at least Facebook takes its posts and uses them on the site saing us from having to duplicate the posts. Though seriously if any more hot new programmes come along I really don't know if we can take any more time on them. Keeping tracks of 5 programmes that constantly up date is more than enough!

DJ Core Dredd. Who you ask?

Who you ask? lol well thats my suggested DJ name provided by the new Fantazia Rave DJ name generator. Have a go yourself:

http://www.fantazia.org.uk/interactive/djname_generator.htm

Global Gathering 2009

Something bigger for Fantazia this Summer following on from last years great appearance at the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System. We are going to be hosting an arena at Global Gathering. The biggest of the dance festivals with 50,000 people each year, this should be an amazing time. We are once again hosting an old skool / rave arena with Fantazia favourites like Ratpack, Baby D, Altern8 and more.

See you there and fingers crossed for a great summer this year. 25/07/09.

Global Gathering information

Site changes

We are changing the clubwear and shop sections around at the moment. We have given first the Clubwear section its own top master menu separate from the global one that applies to the rest of the site. Now that we stock so much different stuff it makes sense to reorganise things to make each item a little easier to find.

If we are happy with the result then expect each section to get its own new colour scheme and perhaps later completely separete look to the main site.

Summer comes...

..it always does, but is it me or does winter just seem to get longer each year? Now that the amazing Fantazia Valentines party is behind us its time to look ahead to the summer festival season. Long hot days, dancing in fields (well alright may in muddy fields if the last two years are any thing to go by). After our appearances last year at the Summer Sound System and the Sanctuary Festival plans are progressing for new appearances this summer and we hope to be able to announce something exciting very soon so do keep checking here.

On a personal note though I will be off to Glastonbury for the first ever time. Can I ask for prayers for nice weather. I have put off going for to long really, with so many people the mud has always been legendary far surpassing any of the other festival but this year I feel lucky... but I will be packing wellies to be sure.

See you there, oh and at Godskitchen, Creamfields, Sanctuary Festival, Coloursfest and more....