Re: Live gigs on CD

[Lisa Ash <chipaway@th...freeserve.co.uk>]

Jim,
Honestly mate, do the travelling from Rotherham!  You'll get in...  The Fiddlers is quite large and these days the band don't take up half the building!

Chris and Anne, honestly mate(s), do the travelling from... What?  Oh.

Aaaaaah, this is nice innit?  Nothing like a bit of mindless ranting and the smell of bacon sandwiches to get people talking!  Cor though, imagine playing And Stones or Cardboard Box or something on a beach in New Zealand when the sun's going down... Chris you lucky bugger!

I would happily burn CD's for anyone who wants anything - but sadly two things prevent me.. 1] I dont have a burner and 2] I'm a lazy cow ;o)  so perhaps some lovely kind soul here will cater for Jim and Chris's requests (Oh come on, it IS Christmas!).  If not, can I suggest www.limewire.com for all your downloading musical needs...  There's the usual BA's stuff on there but also, I happen to know someone else on the list who has all things weird and wonderful by the band on his mac... perhaps he'd be willing to click the 'share files' button and upload them onto limewire??!  (You know who you are!).  It's free and I swear by it... (Ethincally it probably 'costs', but well, I dont care!)

Lit 1 and Lit 2 are (I now remember after Paul's post!) hard to come by - they were sold at the Christmas gigs I think...  dunno how you'd get one these days?  But these are all things that should go on a website so I'm keeping all these emails as research if you don't mind?

And finally, a crap joke (just coz I'm in an uncharacteristically good mood this morning and this made me titter):
Woman goes into Iceland (the freezer shop, not the country) and picks up a frozen chicken.  After weighing it up in her hands and prodding it for a while, she puts it back and picks up another.  Sizing the next one up, she sighs heavily, puts it back and picks up a third chicken.  After about three of four minutes of juggling the third frozen chicken from one hand to another, weighing it and feeling its size she turns to the Shop Assistant behind her and in a frustrated tone says, "Excuse me, but do these chickens come any bigger than THIS??!".  The assistant looks bewildered and says, "No madam.  They're dead".

Well, it made me laugh.
Lis
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<x-tad-smaller>Hello all. This is my first message to the group, I've been watching and reading from afar for some time now (New Zealand to be exact).  My potted BA story - first saw them at Newport Centre supporting REM, blown away. From that moment on bought anything I saw, caught them live all over Bristol (Fleece, Vic Rooms, Thekla, Anson Rooms, Fiddlers, & others I've forgotten the name of -  a cafe place on Park Street, a Xmaxs gig at a club in St.Pauls, help me with names please?!).  Moved to Somerset where I once sat in a cafe in Glastonbury on the table next to Rodney singing to his girlfriend. Bizarre.  Even my wife - not known for interest in things indie - has a soft spot for Rodders and the 'Planes and could be dragged along to gigs.  Last show was the Xmas gig before we moved down here (Dec 2002).  This recent flurry of e-mails has got me all nostalgic and home-sick for England, Bristol, but mainly for jangly guitars and pretentious lyrics  - "there's a Mexican boy playing with my shoestrings, what can I say? This is very sloppy writing today".  A good 80% of my vinyl collection is still in the loft back home and so I'm having to survive with my 'best of' CD and of course Swagger/Beatsongs.  I too have never heard of Lit 1 and Lit 2 but they sound right up my street.  Is anyone willing to burn me a copy and post to NZ and make a homesick indie boy very happy.  In return I will send you a compilation of hip Kiwi tunes (no honestly, there's some pretty good stuff down here!).  I will be there in spirit for the Xmas gig perhaps Gerard could dedicate 'Pony Boy' to his Kiwi fan club - Chris & Anne?!</x-tad-smaller>
On 2 Nov 2005, at 20:37, Jim Davis wrote:

<x-tad-smaller>Hi everyone,</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Just joined the mailing list after trying endlessly to find an official site.  Loved BA since swagger and seeing them at the Jug in Doncaster.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Hoping to get to Bristol next month (if I can get a ticket in advance, don't fancy travelling from Rotherham to risk not getting in).  If anyone has any gigs on cd from swagger era (decent quality) I will pay good money.</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Yours hopingly</x-tad-smaller>
<x-tad-smaller>Jim.</x-tad-smaller>
> <x-tad-smaller>-----Original Message-----</x-tad-smaller>
> <x-tad-smaller>From:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> blueplanes-bounces@st...net [mailto:blueplanes-bounces@st...net]</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>On Behalf Of </x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller>gareth james</x-tad-smaller>
> <x-tad-smaller>Sent:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> 01 November 2005 22:31</x-tad-smaller>
> <x-tad-smaller>To:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List</x-tad-smaller>
> <x-tad-smaller>Subject:</x-tad-smaller><x-tad-smaller> Re: [Blueplanes]</x-tad-smaller>
> Paul, that was me, again. On top of the treeful!
> yes, I'd love a copy of LIT, though I will no doubt miss the interplay of jangling guitars in the background.
> I take it you'll be at THE gig?
>  
> What I'd rather have, and happy to pay for, are some live gigs.
> I have one live gig, mentioned on here b4 called 'viva' I bought off ebay which has 2 shows on it milton keynes 1992 (awesome) and town and country sept 1992 (not so good, even though I would have been in the crowd whooping!) - copies to anyone who wants - plus the rather inconsistant 'fruit'
> so any booklegs would be warmly welcomed.
> cheerseers
> gtb
>
> Paul Vearncombe <paul_vearncombe@ho...com> wrote:
> > One of the many songs which seem to have been hanging around unreleased for
> > ages. See also "Bright Star Catalogue", "Raise the Roof", "Birthday Suit
> > and Badge", and several others, no doubt. "Tree Full" was released on
> > something wasn't it? Nick White did me a copy, so it must have been. What
> > was it on, Nick?
> >
> > Has anyone seen a track listing for the new album?
> >
> > Oh, and who was asking about LIT? Did somebody want a copy?
> >
> > PV2
> >
> >
> > >From: chris sharp
> > >Reply-To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> > >To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> > >Subject: Re: [Blueplanes] Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:33:43 +0100
> > >
> > >Tree Full Of Starlings is a song on the new album which I've heard is
> > >going to be called "Altitude".
> > >
> > >
> > >On Oct 31, 2005, at 19:20, gareth james wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>yes, just where is nora?
> > >>I've not heard her once since I joined you group of
> > >>obsessed saddos (and yes I count myself as one)
> > >>
> > >>I did, years ago, put a post on the website forunm
> > >>chat thinggy, but never got round to collecting
> > >>comments from it.
> > >>I much prefer this method, though it does clog up my
> > >>email, even if they are not to me peronsally it still
> > >>makes me feel loved!
> > >>
> > >>Oh a different matter (questions questions sorry!)
> > >>last years xmas gig had a song called 'treeful of
> > >>starlings'.
> > >>Now I thought I had everything by the BA's but this
> > >>track eludes me - who? when? where?
> > >>gtb
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>ps does anyonehave one of the tshirts that said - 'are
> > >>you now, or have you ever been a member of the ba's',
> > >>with a list of members on the reverse?
> > >>If you do and you wanna sell I'll buy as mine has
> > >>saddly been chucked in the bin by my misses! Ok, so it
> > >>had a few holes but come on, one of the best ever
> > >>t-shirts of ANY band!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>--- Lisa Ash
> > >>wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I've been trying to find Nora's site for ages. It's
> > >>>just... well,
> > >>>gone! Are you on this list Nora? If you are, hello
> > >>>and help! :o)
> > >>>
> > >>>And Gordon... is was blue GLASS! ;o)
> > >>>
> > >>>xxx
> > >>>
> > >>>On 30 Oct 2005, at 03:42, gordon wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>A website would be fine Lisa, and I can't think of
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>anybody better
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>suited to getting it there.
> > >>>>I doubt it would get as many hits as what we
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>alredy have, courtesy of
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Steve Thomas, but that's from a guy who bet
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>Everton would beat Chelsea
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>last week !
> > >>>>Also, you should look to the example of Nora's
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>site.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>I don't reckon any of us are any more or less
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>nutty about BAs than
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Nora is, and a lot of love must have gone into a
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>site that many of us
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>on this site have aloud to lapse.
> > >>>>Dunno what political infighting is involvlved in
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>that, don't want to
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>know.
> > >>>>I have no axe to grind here. I may or may not have
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>bought a Weird Shit
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>tape from Nora at the London Fiddler,( Nora ? )
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>but otherwise am not
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>aquainted.
> > >>>>It wasn't as easy to real off the kind of banter
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>on that site as what
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>has occured on this the last week.
> > >>>>That's not being picky picky picky, just lazy.
> > >>>>For instance, is or is there not a rumour going
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>round that Gerard et
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>al are going to play a set of bluegrass music at
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>the Fiddlers ?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>I mean I'm cool with that ; one of my best mates
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>has a cousin that
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>lives near the top of Blueberry Hill.
> > >>>>A gradually unfolding memoir of the Blue
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>Aeroplanes would be a great
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>feature of a site , written by those who have been
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>there.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>Richard Bells' three parter awhile back was
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>everything we'd want it to
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>be; concise, honest, self effacing and a terrific
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>read.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>If we could cajole people like Nick Jacobs, Max
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>Noble, Angelo,Wojtek
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>and uncle Tom Cobbly and all into believing that
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>we would really like
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>to read it, we'd be forming an archive of material
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>every bit as
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>important to us as another re issue of a Beatles
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>Song Book.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>I still get back to Nora though, and the very real
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>demands of Supply
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>and Demand ; no good throwing the rattle out when
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>the pisstakers come
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>knocking.
> > >>>>Enough cliches ? Enough Negativity ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>OK enough then, when you starting it ?
> > >>>>
> > >>>>Gordon
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>----- Original Message -----
> > >>>>>From: Lisa Ash
> > >>>>>To: The Blue Aeroplanes Mailing List
> > >>>>>Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 7:45 AM
> > >>>>>Subject: [Blueplanes] *sigh*
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Eh?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Okay, it's time this was said... coz frankly,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>I've had enough!
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>I report back to you lot everything I hear about
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>what's going on with
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>Gerard/the band/albums/gigs etc. because I assume
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>people would like
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>to know. I've been posting here for a number of
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>years and when I
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>first joined, kept stuff to myself purely because
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>I didn't want to be
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>seen as some pretentious little twat,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>loud-mouthing and lording it
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>about, saying that I'm a good friend of Gerard
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>Langley and in some
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>twisted way, coming across as 'showing off' or
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>something. Bristol is
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>a small place, I am sure I am not the only one
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>here who talks to the
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>man! I do however seem to be the only person here
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>doing my best to
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>keep people up to date by either clarifying or
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>dispelling rumours for
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>you all. Rumours that, in fact, grow and spiral
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>the longer they get
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>talked about here. Maybe you all like playing the
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>guessing game, if
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>so, let me know and I'll crawl back into my hole.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>I actually do pass
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>on stuff that I read here and try my best to get
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>answers for you
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>because Gerard doesn't ever read this and to be
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>honest, I'm not
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>entirely sure he'd reply even if he did!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>If, by any chance or for any reason whatsoever
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>people would like me
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>to just keep any news that I have to myself, then
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>really, just let me
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>know! I have a million things I could be doing
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>rather than grilling
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>my mate about stuff to do with 'work' when
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>actually, all either of us
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>wanna do is have a pint and watch the girls go
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>by! I'm happy to carry
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>on reporting back too, but you know what - I
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>would rather not bother
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>if there are gonna be certain people who are
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>constantly questioning
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>what I'm telling you... which is only, after all,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>what I get told,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>otherwise how the hell would I know and why would
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>I care! I don't
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>make it up!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Bruce, I have no idea what you really meant by
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>the "I dont care. We
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>don't care" line - perhaps it's a line from a
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>BA's song that I
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>haven't heard because *shock! Horror!* I prefer
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>the popular stuff
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>(Ooooh, shame on me!). If it is, then I still
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>make no apologies
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>because the choice of words was, frankly, in my
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>opinion, a virtual
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>V-sign directly related to my last post.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>PV1 - I have no idea either what you meant by
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>"I'm not sure how
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>disengenious he was being"... But to that I'll
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>say this: The Blue
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>Aeroplanes have, in one guise or another played
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>at the Fiddlers in
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>December for years and years. So yes, actually it
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>is ENTIRELY
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>possible that the booking is ongoing and that
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>Gerard didn't know the
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>exact date until last week. The EMI deal isn't
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>finalised, as I said,
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>so I can't tell you anything more about that and
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>yes, when you've
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>been offered a big deal from a major record
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>company, I expect it IS
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>difficult to ignore... The BA's are a long way
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>from getting up on
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>stage with Michael Stipe or driving around LA in
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>the back of a limo
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>with the Pixies!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Right. I feel better now. Slightly less insulted
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>and ready for my
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>Sunday breakfast (yes, I was lying in bed
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>thinking about this!). No
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>doubt I've pissed someone off, but I'm sick of
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>sitting here in the
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>comfort of my own home, feeling patronised and
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>accused.
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Finally, there are plans for a website. I,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>hopefully will be writing
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>for it. Something I'm very nervous, yet very
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>excited about doing
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>because, like all of us here, I love the Blue
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>Aeroplanes. How popular
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>it'll be(??!) depends on us, which is why I
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>thought it was a good
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>idea to ask for suggestions. Again, if this came
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>across as anything
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>other than a tit-bit of exciting good news, then
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>let me know and I'll
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>>>just get on with it quietly and in my own time.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>Thanks for listening.
> > >>>>>Lis
> > >>>>>x
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>On 23 Oct 2005, at 00:59, Bruce Smith wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>=== message truncated ===>
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