[kj] OT: Amy's request...The Damned
Christof hamille
gathering@misera.net
Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:57:25 -0500
Now see I saw the Damned again during the Fiendfest tour this summer and I
thought Monty Oxymoron looked like the character in the movie Eat the Rich.
Hair and all. I cannot remember his name but he was the one playing the
piano while the lady was giving birth to Nosh's son in the restaurant
chris
>From: "Antoni Adamiak" <antoni@clara.net>
>Reply-To: gathering@misera.net
>To: <gathering@misera.net>
>Subject: Re: [kj] OT: Amy's request...The Damned
>Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 19:04:16 -0000
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shadforth, Jane E SUKOP-UOIT/42" <jane.shadforth@shell.com>
>To: <gathering@misera.net>
>Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 12:18 PM
>Subject: [kj] OT: Amy's request...
>
>The Damned I saw a couple of times in May (Manchester & Liverpool), then
>also at Glastonbury, then 3 times this month, (Bristol, Northampton,
>London). This seems to have been a really good year for them, as not only
>are they now selling out venues this month, but they now seem to be
>attracting youngsters into the fold, which has to be a good thing when so
>many bands of their era are seeing diminishing attendances of a few old
>punks. For a band who have had there up's & downs over the years, (and I
>have seen them perform dismally on more than a few occasions), they seem to
>really have it sorted at the moment & all the gigs I've seen this year have
>been consistently blinding... They play a good mix of old favourites from
>throughout their career, combined with a few songs from the current album,
>and the atmosphere is always brilliant fun, and can be very lively. The
>only
>downside of the last 2 dates was Captain Sensible airing his Punk Aid
>single, which whilst being for a very good cause, is not a good song...
>
>Antoni - anything to add from Saturday??
>
>Yeah, it was really funny watching the keyboard player (Monty OxyMoron)
>leaping about during the real old numbers as they had no keyboard parts in
>them - the poor bloke looked like Nigel from Eastenders. At the end seeing
>the inflatable Santa left discarded in the security pit was a bit sad,
>resplendant with his "I Love The Clash" graffiti. Absolutely cracking gig.
>
>Regards,
>
>Antoni
>
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>
>
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