Prodigy at Brixton Acadamey

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Post by Best First » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:39 am

11pm - OK, so the gig ends and after Alison has had a quick spin around on the spot to Love is in the Air we get to the queue It does not look good.

|....|  we are here
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|....|.. cloakroom

11.15pm: Obviously a few people share this opinion, as round the corner everyone starts pushing in. As pushing in is anathema to the being British I can only assume these people were Nazis. As Indy would say “I hate these guys”. Luckily security are on hand in their orange Sainsbury’s lookalike uniforms to do nothing about it. Naturally the queue now stops moving as the it is 7 deep at the front.


|....| still here
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|...........|.Nazi scum
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11.25pm: Obviously the only option is to now betray the Monarchy, spit on the Magna Carter and wave your arse at David Jason in a bid to get out of here. I may love all things British but it is time to push in. But! Oh! After watching the queue swell to a similar width to Bella Emburg Security have now moved in and are policing the front of the queue, which is now doubling back on itself. Luckily they are not bothering with the back of the queue so people are merrily trying to hop from the right side of the queue to the left. Luckily Alison is on hand to point people out loudly who do so and I am on hand to get far more aggressive than my meagre fighting skills should allow. After turfing one bloke out his witty retort is “At least I’m not being aggressive”, to which the only response is naturally “Because you were the one who was pushing in you c***”. We have still yet to move, but at least now there is a possibility of getting in a fight to pass the time.

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|..*.|...........|....| *still here
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|.....\..........|....|  yet more Nazi scum
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|.........\..*...|...| *£3 50 an hour security idiots
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11.40pm: Security decide to make everyone go single file…


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../...____*__..\*Yes,.we.are.moving.backwards.
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11.50 we get our motherf***ing stuff. I have since burnt mine in disgust. On the plus side the bloke in the queue behind me has asked me to be his best man given that he has spent more time in my company than that of anyone else he knows.

Amazing gig tho.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:44 pm

went last Saturday - Bournemouth.

sorry to hear you had a ***** time, it was brillant tho.
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Post by Best First » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:46 pm

didn't have a sh** time. Just a post gig debacle which was so shambolic i felt compelled to share.

I am still buzzing from the gig itself. And leroy was back!
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Fri Dec 02, 2005 2:47 pm

Yeah sorry didnt mean u had a **** time at the gig, ment before hand.

queing is one of them things that winds ppl up, and I dont blame them.
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Post by Best First » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:07 pm

i do.

get in line, wait your turn, it will be over soon enough. if someone gets there before you - tough shizzle, they were more organised than you. Pushing in is like saying 'i am more important than you'.
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Post by Impactor returns 2.0 » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:10 pm

again - sorry I agree with you was what I meant. not the ppl who push in.

Exactly what you said "im more important/betterdeserve to be in front of you because?"
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Post by Metal Vendetta » Fri Dec 02, 2005 3:50 pm

That bugs me too. I usually tie my coat around my waist these days.

Saw 'em at the Academy in August. Top form, I particularly like the reworked Firestarter. Caught me out every time.
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Post by Best First » Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:16 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:again - sorry I agree with you
ha - sorry dude.

seriously = one guy i challenged used the justification "i have a train to catch" - uh...who doesn't? bell

MV - agree - coat andbag was a tactical error - thought i would bring a bag for my book so i had something to rad on the train home.

of course i missed said train...
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Post by spiderfrommars » Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:54 pm

Those queue diagrams... I've been there. So many times.

Grrrr!


What's Keith's hair doing these days?

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Post by Brendocon » Fri Dec 02, 2005 7:52 pm

spiderfrommars wrote:What's Keith's hair doing these days?
Partnering Peter Crouch up front for Liverpool, I think.

Flatmate's going to tomorrow night's Brixton gig. Am well jealous. Am consoling myself with my NME Award Winners Tour tickets.
Grrr. Argh.

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Post by spiderfrommars » Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:57 pm

Brendocon wrote:NME Award Winners Tour tickets.
Who's playing?

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Post by Brendocon » Sat Dec 03, 2005 7:02 pm

Maximo Park, Arctic Monkeys, We Are Scientists and Mystery Jets

WAS were great supporting Editors in October. Psyched for MP and the Monkeys. Never heard of the other lot, tbh...
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Post by Metal Vendetta » Sun Dec 04, 2005 1:51 am

Brendocon wrote:WAS were great supporting Editors in October. Psyched for MP and the Monkeys. Never heard of the other lot, tbh...
Saw MP recently and met the lead singer fella afterwards, they're a good band. Don't know much about the others.
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Post by spiderfrommars » Sun Dec 04, 2005 2:17 am

Mystery Jets are absolute bloody genius. The singer's dad is in the band.

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