Shepherd's Bush Stories

[Damian]

DaveJnick - cant believe you didnt join me on the jagermeister - HOW DARE YOU.

I heard someone shout that as I went to the loo - were you all stood near the merch stand?

Yeah that was all us lot we where a tad loud at some points.

Ah man, more people I didn't meet up with on the night. Going to try and get to Hammersmith earlier.

[nig1012]

Alright Nig1012 - where did you get to? I thought you must have got an upstairs ticket as didnt see you again all night downstairs...eventually got back to the worlds hottest travelodge after finding my way on tubes. I think I must have turned into captain sensible as ended the night wth a pint of Cranberry juice and then I went straight home.....

Still coming down from a top night, amazing atmosphere (thinking about it probably THE BEST atmosphere at any gig I've ever been to...) good to catch up with you all again. Am now thinking of going to the Glasgow December show which coincides with a meeting in Edinburgh that day...

DaveJnick - cant believe you didnt join me on the jagermeister - HOW DARE YOU.

as soon as we got in the venue we got a drink from the bar on the left then went straight to the front were we stayed all night (apart from one toilet break, damn lager), we were just in front of scott sorry. it woz really an ewesome weekend. sometimes the trouble with going to the front you can't always guage how loud or how crazy the crowd are behind you. but i did notice on a lot of occasions a big smirk on gingers face while he was singing.i really hope the dvd catches the atmoshere.

[vickyp]

went straight to the front were we stayed all night (apart from one toilet break, damn lager), we were just in front of scott sorry.

Were you wearing glasses? I think I was stood in front of you for a fair bit. In fact you may be in my video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd67lxSWNnA
If that's you, I also have some lovely photos of the back of your head.

As for the Farringdon Travelodge, hope that was OK. At least you didn't get an 8.30 fire alarm like us Hiltoners!

You picked the wrong Hilton in that case. Ours gave us free cake.

[nig1012]

went straight to the front were we stayed all night (apart from one toilet break, damn lager), we were just in front of scott sorry.

Were you wearing glasses? I think I was stood in front of you for a fair bit. In fact you may be in my video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd67lxSWNnA
If that's you, I also have some lovely photos of the back of your head.

god thats is really scarey, i had to ask the wife if i put on someones specs on sat cus that really looks like me but i don't wear glasses

[nig1012]

have you put your pics up yet vickyp ?

[davejnick]

DaveJnick - cant believe you didnt join me on the jagermeister - HOW DARE YOU.

I know. I'm deeply ashamed of myself, and will try much harder next time

[Ean]

went straight to the front were we stayed all night (apart from one toilet break, damn lager), we were just in front of scott sorry.

Were you wearing glasses? I think I was stood in front of you for a fair bit. In fact you may be in my video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd67lxSWNnA
If that's you, I also have some lovely photos of the back of your head.

god thats is really scarey, i had to ask the wife if i put on someones specs on sat cus that really looks like me but i don't wear glasses

I kept getting you two confused 'cos you both kept moving around me. Cheers for the helping hand at the front there - I thought you'd have followed me once you had a hand on the barrier?

Loved every single second of the gig, but lost my LiSTEE badges in the crush somewhere.

Anyhoo, great to see everybody (eventually - thanks for the helping hand with navigation, unfortunately the three-legged donkey we were travelling on had already left Woolwich by the time I got the message ) - some old faces, loads of new ones, and some who I'm fairly sure won' t remember us (I'm looking at you here TheMechanic ).

Sorry to anyone I missed afterwards, I was having a minor merchandise headache mainly due to the fact that I'm an eejit, but hey ho, lessons learned and all that.

[vickyp]

have you put your pics up yet vickyp ?

Yes, just finished doing it now. They're on facebook though. Here's the links anyway:
Wildhearts, God Damn Whores and general tomfoolery:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... =776700323
Eureka Machines linky linky:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... =776700323

[Ean]

have you put your pics up yet vickyp ?

Yes, just finished doing it now. They're on facebook though. Here's the links anyway:
Wildhearts, God Damn Whores and general tomfoolery:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... =776700323
Eureka Machines linky linky:
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?a ... =776700323

Apparently we all need to be your friend to see them.

[vickyp]

Fixed it. Try again now.

[Ean]

Aye very true, least you didnt take a picture of me during the gig and then text it to me unlike the boards most prolific poster...................EAN!!!! freaked me out a bit that y'rotten swine and for the person who said I looked gay cuz I was wearing a stripey top, you're an arse.

Dude, you posed for it - you must've known something was coming?!

And I may have paraphrased, but you don't get many letters on a text message.

[goodjudge]

Didn't make the meet-up, would have loved to catch up with the old faces (Christoph, Pat (you were in the balcony right above me, tried to catch yr attention a few times), Trudi and Jason etc. - the only people I met at the gig were Dario, and Roadie about 4 times!) but ended up in a different pub as the two friends I'd got tickets for had fallen out w/each other just after I bought them, and the gig was the first time they'd met since, so I was playing peacemaker and didn't want to be distracted. (It was fine, and a good time was had by all).

So, that meant I missed most of Eureka Machines, last coupla songs were pretty good, wouldn't mind seeing again. Goddamn Whores were plain boring, and I never thought a band with Jon Poole in it could be that.

And the main event was ... pretty good. Well, no, really, really fantastic. How fantastic? Soooo good, that for the first time in years I didn't head to the bar or toilet during Everlone. Yeah, that good.

But the b-sides were the real specials. Dangerlust, Two-Way... and Beautiful Thing were just stunning. Loads of people knew all the words to them, not just the 'hits'. Nice to see Caffeine Bomb in the latter part too - I've not upgraded my original Earth Vs so it'd be odd for me to hear it in the 'wrong place' (no idea where they even put it on the reissue). And 29X to close, just perfect, will never get tired of that song, especially with a 2000-strong backing choir. I wonder how many they'll still be playing at Hammersmith.

Graham

PS - DarkLord, if you'd have nipped out into the foyer in between the bands, you'd have got yr t-shirt in about 2 minutes, so still would have had time to queue for beer.

[Ean]

But the b-sides were the real specials. Dangerlust, Two-Way... and Beautiful Thing were just stunning. Loads of people knew all the words to them, not just the 'hits'. Nice to see Caffeine Bomb in the latter part too - I've not upgraded my original Earth Vs so it'd be odd for me to hear it in the 'wrong place' (no idea where they even put it on the reissue). And 29X to close, just perfect, will never get tired of that song, especially with a 2000-strong backing choir. I wonder how many they'll still be playing at Hammersmith.

*anorak mode* It goes between Shame On Me and Loveshit.

Hopefully they'll have spotted the small hint that the B-Sides go down quite well and keep some of them in.

[davejnick]

Hopefully they'll have spotted the small hint that the B-Sides go down quite well and keep some of them in.

I said to Hayley on the train on the way home, it'll be interesting to see what the set it like in December, cos there were a couple of songs that hardly ever (if ever!) get played live that got the crowd going seven shades of bonkers (my own particular fave being "And The Bullshit Goes On")

Whether they'll take the hint, or whether they'll write it off as being a unique reaction because it was essentially a "fans" gig as opposed to a "random punters walking in off the street" gig, I don't know.

[Ean]

Hopefully they'll have spotted the small hint that the B-Sides go down quite well and keep some of them in.

I said to Hayley on the train on the way home, it'll be interesting to see what the set it like in December, cos there were a couple of songs that hardly ever (if ever!) get played live that got the crowd going seven shades of bonkers (my own particular fave being "And The Bullshit Goes On")

Whether they'll take the hint, or whether they'll write it off as being a unique reaction because it was essentially a "fans" gig as opposed to a "random punters walking in off the street" gig, I don't know.

One of my favourites too, along with Two-Way idiot Mirror - and they both work well live. Oh and more Dangerlust please.

In fact, play all the stuff that doesn't normally get played instead of all the stuff that does.