What gig did you go to last night? (8 Viewers)

[seanc]

Actually, genuinely, it was amazing. Set design, a string section, Jarvis comporting himself like golf clubs shot out of a canon. Quite possibly the best stage show I've ever seen.

At the other end of London, a random said to me "good gig", I'm confused. She said "we were sitting in the row behind you".

 

[Unknown Convict]

Some overzealous security meant that I missed Lisa O'Neill.

Presumably they saw the soundcheck and did it for your own good.

 

[seanc]

Went back to Hammersmith last night for round two. Missed Lisa again. Though I did see her join Pulp for the encore of the encore of the encore. This time it was due to train strikes and engineering work. Took me six trains. Six. Fucking. Trains.

Then there was an after party thing. I had fun. Hope I didn't embarrase myself.

 

[seanc]

embarrass

How embarrassing. It just looks wrong as a word.

 

[rettucs]

Presumably they saw the soundcheck and did it for your own good.

I wish I could like her but that voice. NO.

I think this is one thing me and @Cornu Ammonis can agree on

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I will say that even though she’s really not for me, it is great to see someone with a very unique (and challenging) style doing so well. Fuck homogeneity!

 

[JohnnyRaz]

A new start after 60: At 74, I go to a gig every night – and once went to 725 in a row

Roger Mairlot was working as a car mechanic and struggling to sleep at night when a chance encounter led him to start attending gigs. He plans to keep going ‘until I drop’

www.theguardian.com

 

[pete]

A new start after 60: At 74, I go to a gig every night – and once went to 725 in a row

Roger Mairlot was working as a car mechanic and struggling to sleep at night when a chance encounter led him to start attending gigs. He plans to keep going ‘until I drop’

www.theguardian.com

I bet @GARYXKNIFEDX knows what I’m going to post next…

 

[pete]

A new start after 60: At 74, I go to a gig every night – and once went to 725 in a row

Roger Mairlot was working as a car mechanic and struggling to sleep at night when a chance encounter led him to start attending gigs. He plans to keep going ‘until I drop’

www.theguardian.com

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[nuke terrorist]

A new start after 60: At 74, I go to a gig every night – and once went to 725 in a row

Roger Mairlot was working as a car mechanic and struggling to sleep at night when a chance encounter led him to start attending gigs. He plans to keep going ‘until I drop’

www.theguardian.com

Can relate -
I went to my first gig aged 17 and second one shortly before I was 28.
My third gig was well into my 30's.
In 2019 aged 43/44 I went more gigs (about 18) than whole of my life before that.
Much easier to go to things on yer own in my experience.

 

[rettucs]

I went to see Philip Selway on friday in the big cathedral here in Kilkenny. He was playing with the Irish Chamber Orchestra as part of the arts festival down here.

Really lovely gig. Some of his compositions are are wonderful, but others of his songs are not so strong. Having the ICO with him carried the weaker songs, and elevated the stronger ones.

By his own admission he's a drummer, so turning his hand to the piano, guitar and bass at different points during the night must have been somewhat daunting for him.

He comes across as a genuinely lovely guy too, often cracking jokes about the differences between this setup and that of Radiohead.



Other than Selway, I went to the Carducci Quartet yesterday, who were playing a variety of classical pieces. It was a lunchtime show in a small church, and it was lovely.

There were also 'secret garden shows' on in different venues over the weekend. We made one on saturday, a fiddler named Liam O'Connor who played some nice trad pieces for 30 mins or so. We missed one we wanted to go to yesterday because we got the times mixed up. We found out after that the act was the Carducci Quarter, so we'd just seen them anyway, so not the end of the world.

From pure curiosity we went to an interpretative dance thing on saturday afternoon. I still have no clue what any of it was about, but shur fair play to them.

 

[Anthony]

I was too wrecked on Saturday for a drive to Tullamore but not to walk into Navan for a pint. I saw half the set of a Dundalk band called Arco Arena. Decent enough rock band.

 

[Cormcolash]

A new start after 60: At 74, I go to a gig every night – and once went to 725 in a row

Roger Mairlot was working as a car mechanic and struggling to sleep at night when a chance encounter led him to start attending gigs. He plans to keep going ‘until I drop’

www.theguardian.com

Yeah but what the fuck did he go to on Christmas Day? Choir in the local church?

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Yeah but what the fuck did he go to on Christmas Day? Choir in the local church?

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[Anthony]

Saw Pat McManus in Navan last night.
Great night. I was hit and miss about going but my old HBM bud showed up and we went together and had pints. Pat's gigs in Navan really bring out an odd crowd. Let's just leave it at that.
Good chats and Pat was playing a beautiful Flying V, couldn't cop the make. It wasn't Gibson anyway. It seemed huge on him. I've seen him better but, hey, a free gig 10 minutes walk from my gaff. Can't complain.

 

[Anthony]

Saw Pat McManus in Navan last night.
Great night. I was hit and miss about going but my old HBM bud showed up and we went together and had pints. Pat's gigs in Navan really bring out an odd crowd. Let's just leave it at that.
Good chats and Pat was playing a beautiful Flying V, couldn't cop the make. It wasn't Gibson anyway. It seemed huge on him. I've seen him better but, hey, a free gig 10 minutes walk from my gaff. Can't complain.

That Flying V is an Edwards Guitar. Don't know anything about them.

found this, they're made my ESP

Edwards Guitars

One of the world's leading manufacturers of high quality guitars and basses.

www.espguitars.com

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Swans.

Michael Gira played acoustic guitar so it wasn’t quite as loud as normal. Still, good gig. Saw @moose but at a distance. Some dickhead young fella kept throwing his arms around me and shouting in my ear, words had to be had.

 

[MacDara]

I was too wrecked on Saturday for a drive to Tullamore but not to walk into Navan for a pint. I saw half the set of a Dundalk band called Arco Arena. Decent enough rock band.

This is a very niche reference, but all I can hear now is Lapsed Kevin Nash in my ear saying “Arco”.

 

[Space]

Swans.

Michael Gira played acoustic guitar so it wasn’t quite as loud as normal. Still, good gig. Saw @moose but at a distance. Some dickhead young fella kept throwing his arms around me and shouting in my ear, words had to be had.

It was a nice volume for a Monday. Dana was the star of the show imo

 

[Cormcolash]

It was a bit overly loud, which is the reason his mic started feeding back