Re: Fleece

[David Hanson <david_and_sarah@ho...com>]

I'm absolutely gutted that I couldn't get down for last night's gig. 
Sounds like it was a cracker! Hoping that I can get myself organised for 
the Christmas gig if there is one... Has there been an announcement of 
anything for Xmas yet?

Thanks,

David

On 3 Oct 2010, at 19:28, "Nick Walters" <nickw@bl...co.uk> wrote:

> Forgot to mention the air conditioning - I am a fat bastard, and wear a 
> heavy leather biker jacket, and often get hot / sweat a lot - especially 
> at packed out gigs. But last night - not so much - only took the jacket 
> off once or twice!
>  
> As Robyn Hitchcock said when he played earlier this year, "The air 
> conditioning is in the key of G."
>  
> NW2
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sound Lizards
> To: blueplanes@bl...org
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 6:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece
> 
> Fully endorse Nick's views, the Fleece has well and truly got its soul 
> back. Inspired choice of support acts, great mixed crowd - an atmosphere 
> most other bands can only dream about and those unique little touches 
> like the attention given to the placement of bike lamps (this will be 
> meaningless if you weren't there). It's left us hungry for more and 
> optimistic about the future. 
> 
> Application for a Fleece season ticket already in.
> 
> Nigel
> 
> 
> 
> From: nevstreet@ho...com
> To: blueplanes@bl...org
> Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 17:17:21 +0100
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece
> 
> Nicely written Mr Walters. Pleasure to read that review of the evening 
> :-)
>  
> Neville
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nick Walters
> To: A Discussion list for The Blue Aeroplanes
> Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2010 4:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [BluePlanes] Fleece
> 
> Amazing it was!
>  
> I was not in the mood for it at all after a      post-work real ale 
> session on Friday which left me with a stinking hangover on Saturday. 
> This meant that I took it easy (for me) and experienced my soberest 
> Aeroplanes gig ever - only 5 pints over the whole evening - and they 
> were probably what kept me going right up until the end of Breaking In 
> My Heart!
>  
> Missed the first act but caught the Paris Riots and the Yes Rebels. The 
> former had a really tight, powerful sound with amazing bass and great 
> guitarist ("he leaves plenty of space - not many guitarists these days 
> do that" - Paul Vallis). The lead singer with his shaggy locks and Jim 
> Morrison poses played up the total rock star, very entertaining! Some of 
> the songs built up to quite amazing crescendos. The Yes Rebels (who used 
> to be Fortune Drive I'm told) were also excellent - amazing energy and 
> again extreme volume - my poor ears! - with an amazing drummer, who 
> could give John Stapleton a run for his money!
>  
> In between acts a female compere dressed in a kind of baroque burlesque 
> music-hall costume introduced the act and revved up the audience with, 
> in my opinion, rather too much use of the word "beautiful". But still - 
> "it's a good idea to have a compere 'cos most bands are crap at telling 
> you who they are" - another pearl of wisdom from the      mind of Mr 
> Vallis.
>  
> As we entered we were handed paper aeroplanes (GUESS which colour!) with 
> the intention, presumably, that we let fly with them at the band when 
> they took the stage. This, however didn't happen - probably for the 
> best, as they had quite sharp points and could have hurt if caught in 
> the eye (or Wojtek's nipple), though Gerard would have been safe behind 
> his shades. A blue balloon did the rounds for a bit though, until some 
> cunt burst it.
>  
> The Aeroplanes took the stage at 10.55, and immediately took of with a 
> storming Broken and Mended, followed by an incredibly storming, 
> blastingly loud, triumphant sort of "greatest hits" set which included 
> (in no particular order), Jacket Hangs, Raise The Roof, 25 Kinds Of 
> Love, Yr Own World, Pony Boy (which didn't break anything this time, 
> except my eardrums!), Sulphur, a new one I don't know the title of, a 
> Rita song, a Gerard Starkey one, Oak Apple Tree, Warhol's 15, Severn 
> Beach (don't think I ever heard them do that before!), Fun, and the 
> usual climactic Breaking In My Heart, during which I entered the Death 
> Zone and received the requisite number of bruises.
>  
> After the gig Ann Sheldon bounded and twirled (yes, quite literally!) up 
> to us and invited us backstage, and so we (PV2 -      not the Vallis, 
> the other one)  and 1) trooped upstairs to a bizarre little attic room 
> complete with washing machine. We chatted to Wojtek for a bit  - he 
> lives in London and teaches English (not through sex and death I hope) 
> to Bangladeshi kids. Also chatted to Gerard about the popularity of the 
> Planes in the States (they're more well known there than other Bristol 
> bands e.g. MA) and bands such as the Drive-By Truckers. I tried to 
> introduce him to Those Poor Bastards, who are similar to the Truckers 
> but he seemed to get the wrong end of the stick and thought I was 
> labelling the Truckers as a comedy band. Oh well! And it's not even as 
> if TPB are completely a comedy band... anyway. We also asked him about 
> the new album and, although it is finished, he told us he is still 
> looking for a label. When PV2 mentioned EMI Gerard all but kicked him in 
> the bollocks! Poor PV2. We are truly not worthy of Gerard. But my heart 
> sank when he said it could take "6 to 8 months to find a label." Wail! 
> Shriek! He knows what he's doing, but he must also know that the fanbase 
> is gagging for it. GAGGING!
>  
> Anyway PV2 and I left at about half 12 not wanting to hang around, we 
> are only fans anyway, and not mates of the band, and it was a privelige 
> to be allowed backstage in the first instance. Thanks to Ann for that. 
> According to Rocker the party went on beyond 4 - I doubt I would have 
> lasted!
>  
> Outside also managed to say hi to Chris and congratulate him for an 
> amazing evening. And again, I will congratulate him here and thank him 
> for what was, truly, a legendary evening. It really felt like the 
> beginning of something! Though it was almost the end of my eardums.
>  
> Pardon?!
>  
> NW2
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