They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video is probably worth a million. Here's some top footage of one of the real high points of last night.

That gives you a real feel of what the whole thing was like. This was my first non-Greenbelt festival, and I was a bit wary of how commercial it would be, but it was easy enough to ignore the logos and just enjoy the music. And I have to say that the music I saw last night, from all three bands that I watched, was light years ahead of the other live acts I've seen. It's no surprise that Siouxsie and Morrissey have been around for so long - to remain in the limelight for 30 years, you have to be special, and special they are.

Mozza kicked off in fine style, with "Last of the Famous International Playboys", to uproarious approval from the crowd. He strutted boldly onto a stage decorated with vintage criminal mugshots, appropriately wearing a "Playboy" t-shirt, as did his band. He was so confident and bold, and just stunning to see, full of energy and raw emotion - every word sounded like he really, really meant it. He performed a mixture of his solo material, along with a few old Smiths classics - such as "Ask", "What She Said", "Rubber Ring", "Vicar In A Tutu", and "Death of a Disco Dancer". This last one was incredible, with the nails-on-a-chalkboard guitar sending shivers down my spine, and Mozza's lyrical performance equally powerful. It ended in a spectacular musical crescendo, with Morrissey lying on the stage looking like he'd just dramatically died. Towards the end, he performed "How Soon Is Now?", which to me will always be his finest hour, and fine it was - as the guitar began, I squeed like a loon and enjoyed something I've wanted to see live since I was a teenager. I wasn't even remotely disappointed, and it was just as good as I'd have imagined.

Morrissey didn't treat us to "Meat Is Murder", but he gave us a good anti-meat rant, complaining about the stench of death from the burger vans. Other targets of his anger included George Bush, and Kylie Minogue - "I see she's been awarded an MBE for her services to music. It's long overdue, and well deserved, and I'm sure you'll agree" - how we laughed!

I'm shockingly unfamiliar with huge swathes of his solo work, which I'm now really keen to check out in more detail, but every song was loaded with his ambiguous, powerful, intelligent lyrics, delivered with passion, energy and emotion.

Stunning. Absolutely stunning.

1. "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" by Roald Dahl (read to the children at bedtime)
2. "Bush Falls" by Jonathan Tropper
3. "A Bear Called Paddington" by Michael Bond (read to the children at bedtime)
4. "I Hate Myself And Want To Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard" by Tom Reynolds
5. "The Islamist" by Ed Hussain
6. "Dawn of the Diesels: The First Volume" by John Spencer Gilks
7. "Memoirs of a Spymaster" by Markus Wolf
8. "Dawn of the Diesels: The Second Volume" by John Spencer Gilks
9. "Britain Under Fire" - a book published in 1941 showing photographs of air raid damage in British towns and cities
10. "Dawn of the Diesels: The Third Volume" by John Spencer Gilks
11. "The Boy's Book of Survival: How to Survive Anything, Anywhere" by Guy Campbell
12. "Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945" by Tony Judt
13. "The Necropolis Railway" by Andrew Martin
14. "As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me" by Josef M. Bauer
15. "Love Jude" by Annie Porthouse
16. "He Never Said..." by Steve Chalke
17. "Dear Bob" by Annie Porthouse
18. "Affluenza" by Oliver James
19. "Live and Work in Scotland" by Nicola Taylor
20. Extract from "What Are We Doing Here?" by Brian Norris (the part about his time in East Germany) - sent to me by the author
21. "Working for Yourself" - Which? Essential Guides
22. "Cell" by Stephen King
23. "Out of the Tunnel" by Rachel North
24. "The Historic Locomotive Pocketbook" by H.C. Casserley
25. "The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams
26. "Mysterious Britain" by Janet and Colin Bord
27. "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" by Douglas Adams
28. "Life, The Universe and Everything" by Douglas Adams
29. "Railway: Identity, Design and Culture" by Keith Lovegrove
30. "So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish" by Douglas Adams
31. "How to be Free" by Tom Hodgkinson
32. "The Essential Guide to Festivals: Tents and Mud and Rock 'n' Roll" by Sharon Watson

Number 31 - 'nuff said before about this one. A treat to read again, and enough to make me determined to stick two fingers up at the world and plough my own anarchistic furrow. Number 32 - written by none other than fellow LJ-er twinkle_lfs, with contributions from me! My name is in the acknowledgements at the back, and my contribution got me a free ticket to Greenbelt last year. :) I spotted the book in HMV today and picked it up - and very good it is too. It's made me want to spend my entire summer going from one festival to another. I popped my non-Greenbelt festival cherry yesterday, and I really fancy checking out some more. This book is a fine guide - very readable, very informative and full of useful stuff.