From: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org (idealcopy-digest) To: idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Subject: idealcopy-digest V10 #131 Reply-To: idealcopy@smoe.org Sender: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-idealcopy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk idealcopy-digest Monday, July 2 2007 Volume 10 : Number 131 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [idealcopy] we're all devo [PAUL RABJOHN ] [idealcopy] we're all devo [PAUL RABJOHN ] [idealcopy] we're all devo [Ari ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 22:25:47 +0100 (BST) From: PAUL RABJOHN Subject: [idealcopy] we're all devo sorry i was busy and never got round to posting this at the time , but i did see a really negative review of devo at the RFH so i thought i'd let you know what i thought of last week's brum gig. devo were really big when i was at school , but they never played anywhere near where i was in their "heyday". i finally caught them in 1990 (tour for the final album) and it was a dull gig at the T&C , they looked tired and bored. i saw an ad for a short tour (the RFH date was part of jarvis' season , there were i think 3 other shows) so thought we'd go for it (same bunch of schoolfriends as previous) venue (surprisingly) was the symphony hall , big sterile classical music arena usually inhabited by the CBSO and "tasteful" acts like brian wilson maybe. i can't ever recall a band playing there who might have gone for it at all. and #40 a pop , maybe the most expensive ticket i've ever bought. i got in early and our seats were 3rd row , everyone charged to the front when the band came on so it wasn't anything like the usual snooze of a classical venue. the guys came on in the boiler suits / flowerpot men hats ensembles and (whaddya know) they really rocked the place. 2 of the band (mark m and bob casale) looked absolutely ancient , but they really went for it and everyone had a great time. halfway thu the boiler suits come off to revela the skateboard gear (note to paunchy late 50-somethings out there - this is not a flattering look). all the hits , nothing past the first 5 albums and a great time basically. suspect that'll be the last outing over here from the state of them , glad i caught a decent gig this time. talking of which i was made to watch an hour of the dead diana concert. fuck me i don't know where to start , just thank god sting wasn't there as just about every other shit act of the last 20 years appeared to be present and correct. i could actually believe this type of event is sent purely to irritate me personally but surely nobody could be quite that cruel. p ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 22:26:50 +0100 (BST) From: PAUL RABJOHN Subject: [idealcopy] we're all devo sorry i was busy and never got round to posting this at the time , but i did see a really negative review of devo at the RFH so i thought i'd let you know what i thought of last week's brum gig. devo were really big when i was at school , but they never played anywhere near where i was in their "heyday". i finally caught them in 1990 (tour for the final album) and it was a dull gig at the T&C , they looked tired and bored. i saw an ad for a short tour (the RFH date was part of jarvis' season , there were i think 3 other shows) so thought we'd go for it (same bunch of schoolfriends as previous) venue (surprisingly) was the symphony hall , big sterile classical music arena usually inhabited by the CBSO and "tasteful" acts like brian wilson maybe. i can't ever recall a band playing there who might have gone for it at all. and #40 a pop , maybe the most expensive ticket i've ever bought. i got in early and our seats were 3rd row , everyone charged to the front when the band came on so it wasn't anything like the usual snooze of a classical venue. the guys came on in the boiler suits / flowerpot men hats ensembles and (whaddya know) they really rocked the place. 2 of the band (mark m and bob casale) looked absolutely ancient , but they really went for it and everyone had a great time. halfway thu the boiler suits come off to revela the skateboard gear (note to paunchy late 50-somethings out there - this is not a flattering look). all the hits , nothing past the first 5 albums and a great time basically. suspect that'll be the last outing over here from the state of them , glad i caught a decent gig this time. talking of which i was made to watch an hour of the dead diana concert. fuck me i don't know where to start , just thank god sting wasn't there as just about every other shit act of the last 20 years appeared to be present and correct. i could actually believe this type of event is sent purely to irritate me personally but surely nobody could be quite that cruel. p ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 17:42:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Ari Subject: [idealcopy] we're all devo >> talking of which i was made to watch an hour of the dead diana concert. fuck me i don't know where to start , just thank god sting wasn't there as just about every other shit act of the last 20 years appeared to be present and correct. << No doubt because they had better sense. Arii (who saw maybe 4 seconds of it channel surfing, no idea who was trying to sing) can't find that charity? http://www.charityads.org/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC ------------------------------ End of idealcopy-digest V10 #131 ********************************