Re: Photography at Dingwalls Nov 12th

["Philip Hendry" <philip.hendry@bb...co.uk>]

You're such a tease....we'll believe it when we see it....
 
Phil the Beeb 

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From: blueplanes-bounces@bl...org
[mailto:blueplanes-bounces@bl...org] On Behalf Of Chris Sharp
Sent: 06 November 2008 18:27
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Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Photography at Dingwalls Nov 12th


There is a video of the band starting with Broken & Mended at a gig in
1994 behind a polythene sheet. They did it as a one-off. This video is
planned to be released on a video compilation DVD some time next year.
Don't ask me when,as these things seem to change every week (As I've
been learning over the past few months!) 

On 2 Nov 2008, at 16:47, Neville Street wrote:


        I was there Rocker - right at the front. It was a fantastic gig.
I believe Wojtek used a Stanley knife to slice the plastic. I tried the
same thing with my band a few years later, with a razor blade attached
to a bamboo cane. The razor blade pinged out after the first 'slash' so
we had to hang off the (industrial) plastic until it eventually started
to rip. The audience weren't too impressed but we were laughing so much
we buggered up the opening song - Hangin' Round by Lou Reed. 
         
        "You keep hangin' round me
        and I'm not...... so glad you found me
        You're still doing things that I gave up years ago"
         
        Aaaah yes, sigh.... the rock 'n roll years... :-)
        
        
        Neville

                ----- Original Message ----- 
                From: Rockerq@ao...com 
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                Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 2:48 PM
                Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Photography at Dingwalls Nov
12th

                

                        <<my first BA gig at  the Hope Centre in Bristol
in the 80's (starting their set behind a backlit polythene sheet and
cutting it to pieces with guitars )>>
                        

                
                I remember the band came on and played their first
number behind the polythene - Wojtek held a blade of some sort, and as
he danced in his usual maniacal / balletic way he would occasionally
slash out at the polythene, which became cut to ribbons, and eventually
when the bulk of it was shredded, the band joined in and pulled the
remainder down - the NME reviewed it with the strapline "Exploding!
Plastic! In Bristol!"
                
                I wonder how many on this list were there? Or if it was
videod? (Possibly a bit early for that sort of technology at a gig - but
am sure Gerard would have wanted the work of art preserved for posterity
- or maybe its very transience was part of its appeal)
                
                Rocker (pretentious, moi?)
                
                

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