the pickanick

Just back from Ireland's biggest boutique festival, whatever that means, the craictastic electric picnic . Highlights included the lep-around fabulosity of Jape, Paul Noonan of Bell X1's solo set with backing vocals provided by the exuberant offkey punters, and the thigh-slappin', crowd-hollerin' set from Crawdaddy Tent king Josh Ritter . That's not to mention the inflatable church with its cavalcade of weddings, the stitch-n-bitch knitting tent (very rock-n-roll), and the chocolate cake tea-party on a sunny Sunday afternoon for Anya's birthday. And Keith Harwood standing before the carousel at four in the morning, calling for "One more tune! One more tune!" every time it stopped twirling. Goooooood times.