From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #264 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Saturday, December 17 2011 Volume 15 : Number 264 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [AVALON] A few quid in the hand is worth two gigs in Shepherds Bush [] Re: [AVALON] A few quid in the hand is worth two gigs in Shepherds Bush [] [AVALON] What is it about sax players? [Richard Evans Subject: Re: [AVALON] A few quid in the hand is worth two gigs in Shepherds Bush Sorry I missed it - sounds fun Happy Xmas all On 16 Dec 2011, at 14:27, Jocelyn Fiske wrote: > The last two nights at Shepherds Bush belatedly heralded the beginnings of the festive season in the Fiske household (they usually start in August but hey, we are in recession). Great to be back in a smaller venue, low slung stage, baroque beer soaked surroundings et al. The Blitz spirit was alive and well in the frozen queuing hours spent outside. But the reward within was worth it. As the vets amongst us know, once you stake your place half the battle is keeping it throughout the night, so by default, I was forced to listen to the support band. Well! The Phenomenal Handclap Band may be the owners of the worst name in band history since The Incredible String Band, but they along with Vintage Trouble are now my favourite band of 2011. A bit psychedelic, a lot funky, smatterings of Talking Heads, Arcade Fire, Bat For Lashes, Polyphonic Spree, Princey riffs, TGPTish drums - what's not to love? Best Ferry/Roxy support in my book since The Sadistic Mika Band. They're back in Lon! > don for dates next Feb apparently, so catch 'em if you can. > The Wednesday and Thursday Ferry concerts complemented each other and if you stuck them together as one, you got a really good gig. Apart, they were fun, but I doubt I'll be revisiting them in years to come as landmarks. Wednesday was by far the better show from a musical point of view, but Ferry was exhausted, rake thin and so obviously in need of a proper healthy break. He was also in one of those trancey other world modes, only beaming back to mother earth for the barn-storming encores Hold On and What Goes On. However, where I was, TGPTs booming drums and Jerry Meehan ( who was a-ma-zing) shook up my vital organs to the point of club style ecstacy. Alphaville particularly, manifested from the sultry recorded version into a dark funky anthem. Casanova carried on the theme. In fact, a bit like on the Dylanesque tour, I felt the Olympia tracks worked better in the live arena. Oh, other than Reason or Rhyme which is begging, just begging on its knees to be played stripped ba! > ck, just Ferry and the piano. Now Thursday was a different kettle of fish. Ferry still running on empty, was lifted up almost literally by his designer lapels by the energy of the crowd who were bursting to party. He even spoke to us! The knee jerks were back, the shaky jowl dance, the working the entire stage and thankfully .... the smiles. Maybe it was with relief of at least two weeks off for Xmas and New Year? So the old boy threw himself into it with gusto and even though What Goes On got dropped, we got an amphetamine Editions of You as a trade off. As a point for the health and safety officers amongst you, please petition for Avalon to be taken out of the set as it appears to attract nutters to stage front like moths to a flame. It ended in kidney punches on Wednesday and a double sexual assault on Thursday!! But it's Xmas season in London so what else do you expect? > Fabulous to see Andrew, Terry, Paul, Jane and Al and the host of Geordies, Scousers and Scots who travelled. It made it that much more fun. > Hope all your celebrations are as enjoyable but less violent! Happy Xmas one and all. > > Santa (get your Claus out) > > > Sent from my iPad > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:11:00 +0000 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: Re: [AVALON] A few quid in the hand is worth two gigs in Shepherds Bush Meant to add, a spoilt Xmas for many of you male admirers but hearty congratulations to Jorja Chalmers on getting engaged. Sent from my iPad On 16 Dec 2011, at 14:52, Richard Evans wrote: > Sorry I missed it - sounds fun > > Happy Xmas all > > O >> >> >> ___________________________________________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:02 +0000 From: Richard Evans Subject: [AVALON] What is it about sax players? Glad to know the Bush gigs went well Thursday night for me was spent at a jazz gig in Bristol listening to a hot band called Milestones performing the whole of Kind of Blue - leading the way on sax was none other than Alan Barnes who played on ATGB and the ATGB tour - great sax player and really nice guy - he said he enjoyed the ATGB stuff but said it got a bit too rocky as the tour hit the states. Well having worked with Jorja and bumped into Mr Mackay in a Somerset pub I should have taken up the sax rather than the drums Cheers Richard ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:27:12 +0000 From: Jocelyn Fiske Subject: [AVALON] A few quid in the hand is worth two gigs in Shepherds Bush The last two nights at Shepherds Bush belatedly heralded the beginnings of the festive season in the Fiske household (they usually start in August but hey, we are in recession). Great to be back in a smaller venue, low slung stage, baroque beer soaked surroundings et al. The Blitz spirit was alive and well in the frozen queuing hours spent outside. But the reward within was worth it. As the vets amongst us know, once you stake your place half the battle is keeping it throughout the night, so by default, I was forced to listen to the support band. Well! The Phenomenal Handclap Band may be the owners of the worst name in band history since The Incredible String Band, but they along with Vintage Trouble are now my favourite band of 2011. A bit psychedelic, a lot funky, smatterings of Talking Heads, Arcade Fire, Bat For Lashes, Polyphonic Spree, Princey riffs, TGPTish drums - what's not to love? Best Ferry/Roxy support in my book since The Sadistic Mika Band. They're back in London for dates next Feb apparently, so catch 'em if you can. The Wednesday and Thursday Ferry concerts complemented each other and if you stuck them together as one, you got a really good gig. Apart, they were fun, but I doubt I'll be revisiting them in years to come as landmarks. Wednesday was by far the better show from a musical point of view, but Ferry was exhausted, rake thin and so obviously in need of a proper healthy break. He was also in one of those trancey other world modes, only beaming back to mother earth for the barn-storming encores Hold On and What Goes On. However, where I was, TGPTs booming drums and Jerry Meehan ( who was a-ma-zing) shook up my vital organs to the point of club style ecstacy. Alphaville particularly, manifested from the sultry recorded version into a dark funky anthem. Casanova carried on the theme. In fact, a bit like on the Dylanesque tour, I felt the Olympia tracks worked better in the live arena. Oh, other than Reason or Rhyme which is begging, just begging on its knees to be played stripped back, just Ferry and the piano. Now Thursday was a different kettle of fish. Ferry still running on empty, was lifted up almost literally by his designer lapels by the energy of the crowd who were bursting to party. He even spoke to us! The knee jerks were back, the shaky jowl dance, the working the entire stage and thankfully .... the smiles. Maybe it was with relief of at least two weeks off for Xmas and New Year? So the old boy threw himself into it with gusto and even though What Goes On got dropped, we got an amphetamine Editions of You as a trade off. As a point for the health and safety officers amongst you, please petition for Avalon to be taken out of the set as it appears to attract nutters to stage front like moths to a flame. It ended in kidney punches on Wednesday and a double sexual assault on Thursday!! But it's Xmas season in London so what else do you expect? Fabulous to see Andrew, Terry, Paul, Jane and Al and the host of Geordies, Scousers and Scots who travelled. It made it that much more fun. Hope all your celebrations are as enjoyable but less violent! Happy Xmas one and all. Santa (get your Claus out) Sent from my iPad ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:03:41 -0500 (EST) From: Mikejhallett@aol.com Subject: [AVALON] Shepheds Bush Empire Wow is it me or have the shows just got better each time ? - - NEC (Roxy), Westonbirt and Shepherds Bush Empire BF - all in one year for me and Thursday Night was an absolutely belting performance. Share the view on The Incredible Hand Clap Band - thought they were excellent - will be buying the album. All well worth the trip from Bristol. Mike ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #264 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest