Re: Xmas gig HORROR!

[EDoxtator <doc6502@ya...com>]

I can only go as far as a Southern Mark Smith.

-Doc

--- Nick Walters <nickw@bl...co.uk> wrote:

> Well I'm going to see The Fall. My first love. They're as good now as 
> they
> ever have been, and that's not just a knee-jerk reaction - they can and 
> have
> been shite, but the current incarnation of The Fall kicks ASS!
> 
> And I can always see the Aeros next year. With The Fall you never know...
> the gig might even be cancelled!
> 
> I might be mad enough to try to fit in both....
> 
> NW2
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Vallis" <paulvallis@ho...com>
> To: <blueplanes@st...net>
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Xmas gig HORROR!
> 
> 
> > 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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