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Jun8
Hmm, having no joy tracking down the full 100 of Time Out's best london gigs chart they did last issue, but prompted by a thread on PopExcellent I've had a think about my top five gigs... I'm sure I'll think of more later and strike these out...
1. Blur @ Goldsmith's College, New Cross, That London, Reading warmup 1999 (I think) - BLIND drunk, fell in a bush in front of my new boss, and you can see me getting dragged out of the photo pit by security on the South Bank Show Special that was filmed there.
2. The Revolting Cocks @ London Astoria, January 1991 - they had strippers on stage, you can see me stage diving on the bootleg video of the gig.
3. Wolfsbane @ The Marquee, October 1990 maybe? Can't remember too much about it, but I know I always put this gig on my list, even though I went there on my own. More stagediving.
4. Belle & Sebastian, Union Chapel, July 1997 - Partly just because Idleberry popped up again here and I know she's a monster fan. We paid way over the odds from a tout to get in, but just had to see them. Got into the after show in the back bar, there was no-one there but a few of my friends and Jarvis Cocker, it was ace. No stagediving.
5. Suede, Camden Electric Ballroom, July 2002 - Fan club gig, first we had to yawn and drink through the new album, but then they played a hits set (which they'd been not doing for a while), then a set where they had a "wheel of fortune" on stage with all the songs they NEVER play, so we got some of their best stuff including "My Dark Star" and "The Living Dead"...
Hmm, I have no local gigs here, from my many years in Portsmouth and Southampton, mostly because I can't remember much about them, what a shame... Also none from gigs by my fave bands that I've seen, like Pixies, AC/DC, Motley Crue, and KISS. Also I have no Darkness gigs here, even though I've seen them 40 times or more. maybe just because I'm slightly down on them right now. It's time to threaten to go through all the old ticket stubs again and put all these old gigs in my online calendar!
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Ah sod it, I WILL go out tonight...
Ah sod it, I WILL go out tonight... just got my eleventh hour confirmation of a Cooper Temple Clause @ The 100 Club ticket for tonight, and that makes me a happy man... The debut single is out (though all sold out in a few hours), and there is a real buzz surrounding this Reading Sextet.
If it wasn't for this, my pick of the night would be Kathryn Williams at the Union Chapel... everyone seems to have gone a bit quiet since her Mercury near miss, but if you've not seen her, check her out.
If you have seen her, go and see her again.
If there's anyone who bothers reading these posts who isn't in London, you might be interested in Cousteau at Northampton Soundhaus, I Am Kloot at Ronnie Scotts (the Birmingham one), Terrorvision at Brighton Concorde or the STEREO MC'S at King Tuts Wah Wah Hut.
