From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #564 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Wednesday, May 1 2013 Volume 15 : Number 564 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] A trip to the movies. [kwil ] To leave the list, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon-digest ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:01:16 -0400 (EDT) From: kwil Subject: [AVALON] A trip to the movies. Few Roxy-related events have been as surprising as Sunday's Not So Silent Cinema event at the Kings Place, Kings Cross. Starring Andy MacKay, Phil Manzanera and featuring Guy Pratt, amongst others, the performance consisted of live improv to three short silent films. Scary? No. These guys have worked with Bryan Ferry - they can do anything. And they did, exploring various riffs and licks and striking gold. At one point they swerved into Walk on the Wild Side, and at another we got a super smooth Love is the Drug, much to the audiences delight. Their only problem was finding an end point, as they - and the audience - clearly wanted to continue beyond the life of the film... Further fun was had at the bar as I had the honour of buying Mr. Manzanera a drink (half a cider if you were wondering) and the insanely talented Lee Sullivan presented Andy MacKay with a Doctor Who comic that he had drawn that featured a cheeky Andy cameo ("You always make him look so handsome" said a beaming Mrs M!) It's lovely to not be the kind of fan who wants multiple autographs and photos, and to actually give a little something back to the musicians. ...and with that, the cool kids (Jocelyn, Ivor, Lee and myself) enjoyed a few bottles of wine and mused on an excellent afternoon's entertainment. Who says you can't have fun on a school night? J ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #564 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest