tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post1571227816378826764..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: einstürzende neubauten, or possibly notDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-54449366185786224192009-02-19T15:52:00.000+00:002009-02-19T15:52:00.000+00:00Perhaps it was guilt made him do it, Liz... I unde...Perhaps it was guilt made him do it, Liz... I understated my psychedelic musical leanings among my punk friends (though I was v fond of punk too) lest I be thought oldy-moldy.<BR/><BR/>I had to look up Scorpions, Rufus. Hmmm. Einsturzende Neubaten gets you loads of Brownie points though, as I've only heard them on John Peel. My first gig was Humphrey Littleton, and I ended up walking home as I'd missed the last bus. So it was *very* memorable.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-43036515508128502732009-02-18T20:57:00.000+00:002009-02-18T20:57:00.000+00:00I lost my proverbial gigging virginity to Colston ...I lost my proverbial gigging virginity to Colston Hall. Unfortunately it wasn't Hawkwind (waaaay before my time), but it was the Scorpions in 1981 on a 'school trip'. Does this class in the same league of 'cool' as Hawkwind? I think not, but at the time I thought it was.<BR/>I have however seen the band which is the title of the blog (that surely raise my cool levels a wee bit?)Rufus Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00082552614286412483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-227485477929316532009-02-18T19:35:00.000+00:002009-02-18T19:35:00.000+00:00Yup, that's about it.Yup, that's about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-84392712219126271312009-02-16T07:42:00.000+00:002009-02-16T07:42:00.000+00:00Still working out how to Twitter, L. It's like joi...Still working out how to Twitter, L. It's like joining in a conversation in Forren, or something.<BR/><BR/>He went off into the night in his loons and patchouli without saying anything? You suspected nothing?Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-88769683847211216032009-02-15T22:28:00.000+00:002009-02-15T22:28:00.000+00:00I just love your Twitter updates. Must get round t...I just love your Twitter updates. Must get round to joining Twitter one of these fine days. <BR/><BR/>I never saw Hawkwind. Hubby went and never told me till afterwards. Just one of those little things that still rankles 20 years later. Oh well, if that's the worst of it ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-10711709888469814142009-02-13T05:04:00.000+00:002009-02-13T05:04:00.000+00:00If their other gigs were anything like the one I w...If their other gigs were anything like the one I was at, Anji, anyone who claimed not to be stoned would be fibbing. You could get high on the atmosphere alone.<BR/><BR/>On the names front, I would probably have liked Hatfield and the North even if I hadn't heard their music...<BR/><BR/>I hope so too, Alan. I shall continue to be vigilant.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-7623293296087128292009-02-12T20:15:00.000+00:002009-02-12T20:15:00.000+00:00Should your "alter ego" become a problem there are...Should your "alter ego" become a problem there are those smarter than I out there who can probably tell you how to track their I.P address. I hope it doesn't become one!<BR/><BR/>I love the stories of youth...<BR/><BR/>alanalanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06013341654649926300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-56772327321821288612009-02-12T13:29:00.000+00:002009-02-12T13:29:00.000+00:00The only reason I went to see 9.30 Fly was because...The only reason I went to see 9.30 Fly was because my boyfriend at the time had heard that the girl singer did some dodgy stuff with a telescopic microphone stand. I saw Planet Gong in Cheltenham somewhere around the same time as you. All I remember about it is being stoned (did I just type that?).<BR/><BR/>Bands don't have names like they used toAnjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-32075695550775888262009-02-12T09:35:00.000+00:002009-02-12T09:35:00.000+00:00I saw Planet Gong in an upstairs room at a hotel i...I saw Planet Gong in an upstairs room at a hotel in Newport, on the Floating Anarchy tour in 78 (? -ish), though by then Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth had left, so it was essentially Here And Now. It was a good gig. I subsequently saw a couple of the reincarnations of the band based around Daevid Allen... never heard of 9:30 Fly, so must do some Googling. I'm currently waiting for an Art Bears CD to arrive, as I've been revisiting some avant-gardy things I used to like, and finding new things I've not heard before. Interesting times.<BR/><BR/>I suppose it must have been a similar story in many places; Swansea's Patti Pavilion started, I think, as an opera house, but some of my welsh rocker acqaintances get misty-eyed about the Christmas at the Patti gig back in the 70s...lDru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-16008405951759309942009-02-12T09:27:00.000+00:002009-02-12T09:27:00.000+00:00Do you mean Planet Gong? What about 9.30 Fly? Ma...Do you mean Planet Gong? What about 9.30 Fly? Malvern Winter Gardens was THE Place to see bands in the early 70's.<BR/>(Just Googled 9.30 fly and there is still interest in them)Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-15708648753177350372009-02-12T08:46:00.000+00:002009-02-12T08:46:00.000+00:00Goodness, so I am not alone in liking Hawkwind the...Goodness, so I am not alone in liking Hawkwind then? I really liked Gong, but they'd broken up by the time I got into them... the Malvern Winter Gardens sounds far to poshe for Hawkwind, Anji; I imagine a string quartet, perhaps. <BR/><BR/>I used to drive a van, Caroline, and it was a nice van but I never really fancied it in *that* sort of way.Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-48056184902999719612009-02-11T20:27:00.000+00:002009-02-11T20:27:00.000+00:00The best thing Google had to throw at me was this:...The best thing Google had to throw at me was this:<BR/><BR/>Need help with Caroline RANDELL, b.aft. 1751 in Gosport, England. Married Unkn. VANS of Gosport, England.<BR/>Issue:<BR/>Caroline and Catherine Vans.<BR/>Thank you, L.F.Randell<BR/><BR/>I was definitely born after 1751 but I promise I've never married a van, let alone more than one!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-78851054022205564822009-02-11T20:22:00.000+00:002009-02-11T20:22:00.000+00:00When did Godzilla join your cloud? Looks only slig...When did Godzilla join your cloud? Looks only slightly menacing...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-249097121584555862009-02-11T20:21:00.000+00:002009-02-11T20:21:00.000+00:00Cor - Hawkwind... I last saw them in 19..um well I...Cor - Hawkwind... I last saw them in 19..um well I'm not entirely sure... it was in Brighton probably 1987... and they were amazingly good... every note was pure and true - to be honest not something I'd been expecting...<BR/><BR/>Identity theft? HOw weird... looks like someone trying to get your attention... though how you find out who did it I've no idea... not like the conservatives been traced to have altered wikipedia today to make David Cameron right for 5 minutes!!<BR/><BR/>Now I'll just have to do some googling and see if anyone has been taking my name(s) in vain...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635758748108011584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-18720265352056758642009-02-11T18:03:00.000+00:002009-02-11T18:03:00.000+00:00I hate to say this but it's more than 30 years sin...I hate to say this but it's more than 30 years since I saw Hawkwind at Malvern Winter Gardens. I also saw Supertramp before they were famous and I'd not long read the book. And Colin Blustone walked right past me in hes Argent days; he was the first man I ever saw wearing makeup. - sorry, got a bit carried away.<BR/><BR/>Those figures in stone are possibly having more fun than it says officially...<BR/><BR/>I think it's good to Google. It's important to know what you might be getting up to. I came across a blog once, when I first started blogging, and they were having a lot of fun at my expense.<BR/>However, I am still here - I wonder if they are.<BR/><BR/>The new building is very yellow.Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.com