Fw: thanks for the welcome!

[Steve Thomas <planesmail@st...net>]

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Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:35:19 +0100 (BST)
From: gareth james <gtbcomps@ya...co.uk>
Subject: thanks for the welcome!


Blimey,
what a response!
Enough to scare any sensible sane man (or woman) away to hide forever in 
the ether of the internet.
 
Luckily, as liking the blue aeroplanes is one of the questions my 
psychiatrist asked me during my stint in a straightjacket it ain't a 
problem for me!
 
Hi all!!
 
The names Gareth and been a fan since I first heard '...and stones' blow 
out of the TV speakers on some saturday morning yoof program way back in 
the late 1980's (when ever it was released)
 

Followed them closely ever since, with at times disappointing returns (see 
life model and rough music), seen them some 15x live, some amazing, some 
decent, others (like the last time in Leicester at the Charlotte about 7 
yrs? ago) worse than seeing my gran trying to do karaoke to 'The Ace of 
Spades'

 

And yet I still listen  (much to the annoyance of my misses who hates them 
with a vengeance - though I did once get her to go to a concert at Town & 
Country Kentish town for a totally brilliant concert and thought , 
stupidly as it turned out, to make her swap her allegiance from REM) more 
the blues than any other artist. 

 

I was scared off the early stuff by the first friendloverplane, and only 
on the much later release of Warhols15 did I then delve into those first 
fabulous albums.

Now I understand why so many original fans would have got pissed off with 
the rather conventional  swagger albums onwards.

 

Tried, wholly unsuccessfully to get even one of my mates into the band, 
but none could get past Gerald, bless his cotton socks, the best and at 
times worst aspect of the BA's lack of mainstream fame and fortune

 

I'd love to know what live albums you all have out there, I got one off 
e-bay called VIVA!, which had 2 concerts (you probably all know this so I 
wont say more unless asked bar the first concert is fantastic second, even 
excepting ropy recording poorer)

 

Anyway, thought I better write something, still haven't waded through all 
of dec 04 entries, before I already got ostracised for my lack of 
correspondence.

 

Righto, I'll head away but if you want a longer desposition as to my love 
of the BA's I'll be happy to bore you, Christ knows no one else of my 
friends are interested!!

 

Mean Fiddler in London in Dec? (why london not Bristol???)

Count me in boys and girls!

Also how many sad people are there on this mailing list???

 

Have I now or ever been a member of the Blue Aeroplanes?

Unfortunately not, but my air guitar has to be seen to be believed

 

Gtb

 

ps is the above the right address to get to all the members??

>>>Steve here - You want to send list mail to 'blueplanes .at. 
>>>sthomas.net' :)
 


                
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