5th April - Newcastle - Uni - Lunchtime Gig |
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Ah yes, another lunchtime gig. Not much to say about this one really. We turned up and played in front of about 30 students and the only person to even acknowledge our existence was the sound engineer. My friend Sarah had travelled with us up from Sydney and she says that we played oK, but obviously not well enough to stir the hearts of today's students. Oh well, you can't win them all, at least we got paid for it ;-) We spent the afternoon on the beach. The boys went for a swim whilst I sat on the beach chatting and watching the world go by. It was very pleasant indeed. To avoid a sudden deluge of rain, we slipped into a cafe and grabbed something to eat before going to the movies to watch The Buena Vista Social Club (a very good film, by the way). |
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5th April - Newcastle - SJs |
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We found tonight's venue with consummate ease, loaded in the gear for the second time today and went off to get something to eat in the Restaurant attached to the venue. The food was excellent and we got it cheap as we were playing there tonight. It all looked quite hopeful as the support band Supaslide went on-stage, the smallish crowd seemed to be there for fun. To be honest, the band weren't really my cup of tea, they specialised in retreading the same territory of bands like Led Zeppelin, Cream etc, bands that had split up long before these guys were born. Being an old git, I can remember the originals and prefer to keep it that way. Sorry fellas, no offence meant. Jason and I played a few games on a videogame thing, which involved shooting lots of ninja's. That was quite fun, but it hurt my drinking arm, so I had to give in. We went on-stage to a luke warm resection and things kind of went down hill from there. Once again, we played OK, but no-one seemed to be that interested. I learnt from the sound engineer that most of the audience were in bands themselves, in which case, I guess they were too busy stealing our wonderful ideas to clap. I had a pretty rotten gig to be honest and came off-stage in a terrible mood. A few people came up and said that they enjoyed the gig, I even sold a few t-shirts, which I wasn't expecting. I hope that I didn't seem rude to anyone, I was just being a little grumpy. The people at the venue were fantastic, really friendly and helpful. I hope that we can return again and that the locals will warm to the sound of Abdou. After the gig we said our farewells to friends and drove off in the general direction of Brisbane hoping to drive right through the night to Stradbroke Island. After three or four hours though, tiredness won through and we stopped in Kempsy and woke up a local motel owner. I must say that this was a great relief to yours truly, I was knackered and really needed some kip. Nightie Night. |
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