Foxy and I have both been invited to hospitality at this gig tonight. Personally I'm not too bothered about Blondie but I am looking forward to a gig at the Castle , as Ive not attended one.
It should also be fun asking people why the band is called Blondie then watch them laugh nervously whilst looking around at others for assurance, as they believe the answer is so obvious.
Blondie
I saw Van Morrison at the Castle about 20 years ago or so. The weather was lovely and it was as near perfect a night as I've known.
The big bonus was that it was long enough ago that Van still had a back catalogue that didn't feature Cliff and God.
I'd rather have the Blondie hospitality than see the gig.
The big bonus was that it was long enough ago that Van still had a back catalogue that didn't feature Cliff and God.
I'd rather have the Blondie hospitality than see the gig.
...it's ok we'll take our ownecm wrote:Well, you enjoy a bucket or two then but be careful, it's a rock 'n' roll lig so there may be drugs on offer.Porty wrote:So am I darling. Well apart from the food.
Probably just anti-inflammatories, pain killers and the like (Debs has arthritic knees these days) but you never know.
Hee hee!! Although I would say exceptional rather than brilliant.ecm wrote:There's nothing wrong with the occasional brilliant pun.Porty wrote:If you cant beat them?ecm wrote:De knees De knees.
You can imagine how diifficult I'm finding it to keep a pun free hovercraft thread. I don't think any of the usual suspects have ventured.
Gig review; got soaking wet listening to upscale karaoke. Debs still has a voice and its pretty good, She sang the first 45 minutes or so with a black hat on that covered her 'blond' hair. I said to Foxy;" do you think she is deliberately wearing a hat so that many of the crowd can cheer and clap when she removes it?" I have to say that Foxy scorned this idea.
Approx 90 secs later, the heavens opened a little bit further and manna fell
out with the torrential rain, Debs removed her hat and the bods in the pit went ape.
There was no bar, no drugs and no atmosphere. You couldn't even see the castle from the floor.
Debbie came on stage and in a gesture of oneness with the drookit audience she pronounced "you people must be some of the craziest I have ever seen'. My mind flipped to Studio 54, Andy Warhol and all the rest of the supposedly bonkers posse. I guess we are crazy here in Edinburgh. The waxed jacket brigade were positively glowing with her compliments. The last time I had Castle based fun like this was 'watching' the 2005 Tattoo with ECM on POL.
Approx 90 secs later, the heavens opened a little bit further and manna fell
out with the torrential rain, Debs removed her hat and the bods in the pit went ape.
There was no bar, no drugs and no atmosphere. You couldn't even see the castle from the floor.
Debbie came on stage and in a gesture of oneness with the drookit audience she pronounced "you people must be some of the craziest I have ever seen'. My mind flipped to Studio 54, Andy Warhol and all the rest of the supposedly bonkers posse. I guess we are crazy here in Edinburgh. The waxed jacket brigade were positively glowing with her compliments. The last time I had Castle based fun like this was 'watching' the 2005 Tattoo with ECM on POL.
Yes, we must try and make an effort to cover this year's Tattoo, if we can.
Debs was spotted by my pal's niece in the clothes shop Cult which is next door to the Carlton Highland Hotel on the afternoon of the gig.
She was trying on some gothy/punky top apparently. Perhaps the band were staying in that hotel?
Shame about the weather and how can they have called it hospitality when there was no bar??
Debs was spotted by my pal's niece in the clothes shop Cult which is next door to the Carlton Highland Hotel on the afternoon of the gig.
She was trying on some gothy/punky top apparently. Perhaps the band were staying in that hotel?
Shame about the weather and how can they have called it hospitality when there was no bar??