Re: Xmas gig HORROR!

["Paul Vallis" <paulvallis@ho...com>]

For those travelling from out of town, a 2 day stop in Bristol with Robyn 
Hitchcock on the Thursday and the Planes (NOT The Fall) on the Friday would 
be a great trip.
The Fall, are even more notoriously uneven in live performance than Badly 
Drawn Boy or Van Morrison.  I'm not a huge fan anyway, and was going to say 
that they have a great future behind them, but then realised that the same 
could possibly be said for that evening's competition.....
The Bierkeller isn't a great venue - very low ceiling, odd shape - but 
nevertheless has hosted some of the best gigs I've ever seen.  Those that 
immediately spring to mind: Mr Hitchcock again with The Egyptians in around 
1987 or so, The Levellers in 1991, and the best gig I've ever been to: The 
Richard Thompson Band in November 1988.  That Thompson gig was odd as Billy 
Bragg was playing the same night at the Colston Hall (with Michelle Shocked 
as support), so there must have been loads of other people who, like me, 
were torn about which one to go to.  Amazingly both gigs still sold out and 
both showed up in Venue's best gigs of the year poll a month or two later.
This time Hitchcock is playing at the Fleece, which is a really great venue 
- the best in Bristol IMO.  I've seen him there several times, and 
elsewhere, and he's always brilliant live.  Can't recommend highly enough.  
I'm pretty sure Gerard is a fan.  In fact I have a vague recollection that 
he actually reviewed one of RH's previous visits to the Fleece in (Bristol's 
What's On magazine) Venue.
I'll be at both.

PV1



From: "Nick Walters" <nickw@bl...co.uk>
Reply-To: blueplanes@st...net
To: <blueplanes@st...net>
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Xmas gig HORROR!
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:47:25 +0100

None whatsoever. The Fall always come on late.

I still don't honestly know what I'm gonna doooo....

At least Robyn Hitchcock is the night before. But you know what'll happen
now - that'll move to the 3rd, so I'll have to choose between The Fall,
Robyn and the Aeros!!!

Hurry up with this cloning business!

NW2


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Vearncombe" <vearn@wo...co.uk>
To: <blueplanes@st...net>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Xmas gig HORROR!


> Why???  Why must they do this to us?
>
> Mind you, it would make a great double bill.  What do you think are the
> chances of The Fall finishing their set before the Aeroplanes begin
theirs?
> About as thin as MES's hair these days...
>
> PV2
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Nick Walters" <nickw@bl...co.uk>
> To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 6:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Xmas gig HORROR!
>
>
> > I've just found out that The Fall are at the Bristol Bierkeller on the
> very
> > same night as the Aeroplanes Xmas Gig!
> >
> > THE HORROR!
> >
> > I must be loyal to MES.... but the Aeros Xmas Gig is a holy 
tradition...
> > does not compute! CRASH
> >
> > NW2
> >
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