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@ Jack Elder
Re: Lemon Jelly @ the Junction
Was that in early 2003?
If so, I was the bingo caller.
Fuck me, yes it was. Small world, eh? I'm afraid I missed your star turn, as we turned up a bit late for it. Good gig, though; we were the ones up the front of the stage waving rubber ducks. Actually, that means there's a chance you were the bloke who I couldn't talk into letting us backstage to get the ducks signed (to be fair, I was rather drunk at the time).
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Any idea how late the session in the Thistle is likely to go? I'd like to attend, but am unlikely to be able to get there earlier than 9:30pm.
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One of my regrets is that I only got into Sleater-Kinney after they disbanded; I'd love to have seen them live.
Missing the first part of gigs: I went to see Lemon Jelly at the Junction in Cambridge. Doors opened 8pm, we got there at 8:45... and discovered that we'd just missed the band handing out bingo cards to the people through the doors at 8pm and calling a few sets of bingo for band memorabilia. Classic.
My favourite gig moment ever, though, was an Orbital gig back in 1999. My partner had lured me over to the UK with the promise that we could probably see some bands I liked, and lo, Orbital played the Corn Exchange not two months after I arrived. They played a great set, we all jumped up and down, everyone was happy. Then they went off and we all screamed for an encore. They came back on and started twiddling things. A series of slow bass throbs started; cue everyone in the crowd thinking simultaneously "I know I know this song, but damned if I can recognise it." More bass throbs. A twiddling bit starts. Then a familar sound -GANG GA GANG, GANG GA GANG, GANG GA GANG... - kicks in, and the entire audience realises what it is at the same moment and screams with joy as we all realise they're actually doing a version of the theme from Dr Who. Later on I found that it was a staple of their live show, but at the time none of us had a clue what it was until we all realised at once. Part of being a great happy single organism, which was a nice experience.
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One point to note about movies is that segments of the movie industry seem to be actively working to increase the appeal of "live" performances - that is, actually going to see the movie in the theatre. Particularly, the sudden increase in the number of 3D movies, which provide an experience that you can't get at home (at this point in time). Whether or not you think that 3D is a gimmick, the fact that the industry is moving towards it (particularly for the blockbusters that are most likely to be pirated) is an indication that some movers & shakers in the movie industry are tacitly accepting that improving the "live" experience is a good way to make money.
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Completely different. This was a salad fork. I don't know where that sits on the rock'n'roll scale, but I imagine it'd be quite low down.
I once had a fork thrown at me from a passing car while I was cycling up the Ngauranga Gorge.
I still have that fork.
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This did not please some of the family groups, and soon disgruntled parents started yelling at them to sit down as they were blocking the view of the stage.
Last summer, the Klezmer Rebs played in the Soundshell at the Wellington Botanic Gardens. Before the gig, the MC made a point of indicating the dance area up in front of the stage, and exhorted people to get in there and boogie.
The next day we were in a cafe with family and family friends. One of the family friends heard that we'd been at the gig, and proceeded to moan about how it'd been terrible, there'd been all these people dancing up the front so no-one could see anything... Clearly: she also made some disparaging comments about the band without recognising my wife as their lead violinist. Someone diplomatically made her aware of this before it went too far, thankfully.
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</quote>group hug for Philip -- unless that's too cliquey </quote>
No, that's more cult-y (cf Love bombing). Isn't the next step that we isolate him from his existing peer group?
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Pitchforks hurt!
Well, I've found my placard for the "Democracy March" this weekend.
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On the other hand, it can be read easily with one hand.
I'm not sure "one-handed reading" quite fits here.
Then again, whatever floats your boat. Trickledown economics, so to speak?
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Despite all that technology, nothing ages faster than a VFX movie....
Well, the ones where the strang und durm of the VFX are the entire point, maybe. Otherwise, where the VFX are used to support the storytelling, not so much. And one of the interesting things about contemporary VFX is how subtly they're often used, as Haydn says.
Anyway, there's a charm to some outdated effects. The Seven Voyages of Sinbad is still an excellent movie; yes, the skeletons are obviously stop-motion, but it's still a breathtaking fight scene, even if you do know how they did it.