Dear Readers,
As summer gets closer, and we are all still on our forced Coronacation, those summer plans are on shaky ground. One casualty is the annual Download Festival in Leicestershire, England. Americans: Think metal Coachella or Lollapalooza (which are surprisingly still on as of today).
Here’s a post from Tara to help you recreate the experience while in isolation. (It reminds me a little of my low-rent spa suggestion.)
See you soon! (Maybe. With any luck.)
Beth
Oh those innocent days when we could wear other people like clothing and gaze lovingly into the eyes of our metal idols.How to have a Download Festival experience during the Coronacalypse
By Tara W.
For those of you gutted (Note from Beth for Americans: That means devastated) by the cancellation of Download Festival this year let me try to help you recreate it from the comfort of your home.
- Drive to the furthest part of your village/town/city, and park your car.
- Walk back to your house.
- Put your tent up in your garden/lounge (Note from Beth for Americans: Living room). It’s best to use a pop-up tent if you are putting it in your lounge.
- If you have an additional tent, put it up right in front of the doorway of the tent you intend to sleep in.
- Scatter the area around your tent with empty cigarette packets/bottles/crisp packets (Note from Beth for Americans: Crisps are potato chips).
- Crap and piss in a bucket to give to you the correct aroma. Do NOT clean the bucket.
- Play some great and some not-so-great rock/metal tunes.
- Make burgers or grass wraps (for the vegetarians), and charge yourself at least £8 (Note from Beth to Americans: That’s $9.88 in today’s money).
- Pour yourself a pint/short of your favourite beverage, making sure you charge yourself at least £5 (Note from Beth to Americans: A short is liquor — like a shot — and that’s $6.17). Put said beverage in the microwave for eight seconds to get it to the right temperature, and put a bit of grass in it.
- When you have finished your weekend, go and collect your car.
I hope this helps! 😉🤘
Observe and report 
I hope you’re okay. You’re in my thoughts.
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Doing well. A little stir crazy. How are you? I was thinking about you and so many friends in my favorite city.
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I’m alright. There’s still some level of emotion to deal with — the city is still dying by the hundreds after all and new hospitalizations are 1500+ each day — but life is manageable. If you must go out, be sure to wear a decent face covering.
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Crazy times. Are you ok? How are you managing? What are you doing in captivity?
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I continue to be very preoccupied with covid news and what my local government is doing. It hasn’t been anything like a vacation; I think NYC has a real mess on its hands.
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It is a mess. Anything I can do for you?
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I’m getting by. Thank you.
P.S. I goofed on the hospitalization number. This week was around 1200/day statewide.
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Wow.
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I hope you’re OK. I was thinking about you when I was out in “the big empty” and wondering how you are doing.
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Hilarious.
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