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Premiere of 'Tales of us' at Manchester Int Festival, July 17/18 2013
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  • Yeah, I'd wager to our view of a touring band from this side of the stage is probably very different to the realities for them!
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.
  • Absolutely! Did you ever and I'm sure you did see Hazel O'Connor in Breaking Glass? Well that gives an inetersting perspective on the not so glamourous side of the music industry, albiet a fictionlised one, but I am often reminded of the last 15 minutes or so of said film when considering how glamorous or not it must be to be big in the music industry...


    It's a re-creation
    Again I live another life
    My imagination
    Can't cross the borderline
  • Consider me and Chrissy confirmed! Although I've no idea what time we're getting there or what we're doing about getting back to liverpool afterwards haha! That can all wait!
  • The Radiohead touring documentary "Meeting People Is Easy" also gives an uncomfortable peek into how unglamourous touring can be.
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    "I think it is our job to dream"
  • Consider me and Chrissy confirmed! Although I've no idea what time we're getting there or what we're doing about getting back to liverpool afterwards haha! That can all wait!



    It's good to see that you've made the 'getting there' the priority. It's the only important bit :D
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.
  • 17th

    Carpy
    redp3k
    Úna
    Halloween Jack (Elliot)
    Laura
    Stuart P
    ping
    chokka
    Sparky
    Sonap
    st185cs
    tweety
    paolo t
    Bottlehead
    kokofrapp
    Discopony (coming in from Canada)
    Sartori
    Dreeke and wife
    dick1814
    Jude and Hubby
    VisualFallacy
    ChrissyBobs

    * alex_f
    * pob06
    * Fenlander62
    * Keith
    * DCBaxter
    * Layla
    * Sian
    * tomato23
    * Gavinj
    * FeltMountaineer
    * Icesky

    18th

    Carpy
    Úna
    Stuart P
    Border_Mind
    st185cs
    tweety
    Chokka
    Discopony (coming in from Canada)
    * Hells_Bells

    * = posted on GMB and/or FB that they were coming but not yet confirmed on here

    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2013-07-03 09:12:13
  • Sally, looking fwd to seeing you again (and the 'bobs for the 1st time) :)... did you consider staying in Manchester for the night? A lot of us are staying here: Mitre

    Oh, if anyone wants to append their real-life name (assuming you have one) to the list, feel free... ;)

    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2013-07-03 09:16:02
  • 17th: Carpy,
    redp3k
    Úna
    Halloween Jack
    Laura
    Stuart P
    ping
    chokka
    Sparky
    Sonap
    st185cs
    tweety
    Phil, (Fenlander62)

    18th: Carpy
    Úna
    Stuart P
    Border_Mind
    st185cs
    tweety
    Chokka
  • huh!? the list has suddenly shrunk!
  • You managed to lose quite a few people off that list, Phil ! :))
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.
  • LOL, I dunno how Phil truncated the list, but here it is in its full version, with real-life names that I know of (PM me if you want any removed)

    17th

    Carpy (Andrew)
    redp3k
    Úna
    Halloween Jack (Elliot)
    Laura (AlisonsBeloved)
    Stuart P
    ping (Louise)
    chokka (Marky)
    Sparky
    Sonap
    st185cs
    tweety (Giles)
    paolo t
    Bottlehead
    kokofrapp
    Discopony (coming in from Canada)
    Sartori (Rob)
    Dreeke (André) and wife
    dick1814
    Jude and Hubby
    VisualFallacy (Sally)
    ChrissyBobs
    Fenlander62 (Phil)

    * alex_f
    * pob06
    * Keith
    * DCBaxter (David)
    * Layla
    * Sian
    * tomato23
    * Gavinj
    * FeltMountaineer
    * Icesky

    18th

    Carpy (Andrew)
    Úna
    Stuart P
    Border_Mind (Roger)
    st185cs
    tweety (Giles)
    Chokka (Marky)
    Discopony (coming in from Canada)
    * Hells_Bells (Helen)

    * = posted on GMB and/or FB that they were coming but not yet confirmed on here

    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2013-07-03 10:08:08
  • ^^Nooooooo!!
    Post edited by tweety at 2013-07-03 10:01:58
    "its MY favourite song"
  • nice work mr jack! :)
  • Is that a "take my goddamn RL name off", tweety?
  • Is that a "take my goddamn RL name off", tweety?



    Surely "Tweety" is the first name (and "Pie" the last) :D
    A million fires before your harvest comes. To burn out.
    Wear the mask of a heathen. For the moon's lonely eyes.

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