From: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org (good-noise-digest) To: good-noise-digest@smoe.org Subject: good-noise-digest V4 #81 Reply-To: good-noise@smoe.org Sender: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-good-noise-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk good-noise-digest Friday, April 20 2001 Volume 04 : Number 081 Today's Subjects: ----------------- No show, and no anger . . . ["cycle12345" ] Re: No show, and no anger . . . [Togg4@gateway.net] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:14:21 -0400 From: "cycle12345" Subject: No show, and no anger . . . Hello, gang! I was all prepared (only six rows back from the stage and with an aisle seat) for a great John Gorka concert experience last night at the acoustically excellent "Barns of Wolftrap" in Vienna, Virginia, but it never happened. I mean, I even had my pad and pencil ready to prepare a set list for Denise! You see, I had stayed at my office for as long as possible yesterday afternoon, trying to catch up on my work before leaving, then I drove up I-81 and across route 7 like a madman for four hours to meet my brother and his wife for dinner at the UNO restaurant at the Dulles Town Center in northern Virginia, then I drove like a second madman for another half-hour to Vienna in order to make it to the concert on time. As when I was there to see David Wilcox last fall, the parking lot was full of cars sporting license tags from several surrounding states, and I barely found a place to put my old Ford Explorer. I hurried in just as Alice Peacock was beginning to offer a soulful, spirited, witty half-hour warmup performance via two guitars and a piano. She reminds me of a younger, blonde Lucy Kaplansky, and I told her so after the show when she autographed her new CD for me . . . To that she replied, "Yes, that is a compliment; I've toured a little with Lucy and I really like her. It's comforting to know that if we had a flat tire or something while on the road, Lucy would be able to help me get past it emotionally since she's a licensed, trained psychotherapist!" However, after Alice's part of the concert, it was announced that John Gorka would not be appearing at the "Barns" because of transportation problems, and then the announcer offered some general information about how to get our refunds, etc., as we all sat there for a few seconds, hoping that it might be a joke. It wasn't. But the best part; the silver lining, the positive view of a negative occurence, was that no one got angry. Instead, people merely shrugged their shoulders and smiled at one another, and I heard one lady say to another, "I really wish you could have seen him - he's sooo good . . . " It was most comforting to observe several hundred people behaving in a civilized, respectful manner in the face of disappointment. I guess it just goes to show us the kind of company John keeps. Steve ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 03:25:32 EDT From: Togg4@gateway.net Subject: Re: No show, and no anger . . . Steve, What a bummer about the concert! I'm glad that the crowd was appropriate. I can't imagine what the headlines would have been if a riot had broken out at a folk concert. I was at a concert where John just made it by the skin of his teeth. The opening act, Carrie Newcomer, had to play a few extra songs to cover for him. Glad you found the silver lining. Gina ------------------------------ End of good-noise-digest V4 #81 *******************************