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Treeb

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  1. Best gig was Rush on the R30 tour at the SECC, Glasgow, in 2004 ... the band were really up for the gig and it was fantastic.

    Worst gig was Chris de Burgh at the Edinburgh Playhouse ... must have been around 1986/7 ... was dragged along by a girlfriend ... absolutely freakin' tedious doesn't begin to describe the misery of the experience 😱

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  2. Saw Jethro Tull in 2005/6 performing the whole of Aqualung.  As well as Ian Anderson's voice being a bit past it, they were accompanied on stage by a young violinist and a chunk of the set was just boring.  The natives were well restless.

    5 hours ago, Cliff Edge said:

    A kind of sub thread for “surprisingly outstanding ”. 
    The Indigo Girls. 
    I went to see them at Radio City in New York. Naturally the place was full of young girls, but Christ that band was good. Well worth the air fare and the tickets. 

    Totally agree.  Seen them twice ... once as just a duo (supporting 10,000 Maniacs) in the late '80s and once as a band in the early noughties.

     

  3. Bought a Dingwall D-Roc from BD earlier in the week.  Part of the payment was coming from my employer (30 year service gift!) and Mark was very helpful during somewhat involved email discussion leading up to the sale.  Excellent customer service.

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  4. Mike Oldfield - got me properly listening to music when I was 14

    Rush - saw them on the Permanent Waves tour and they blew my 16 year old mind

    Godspeed You! Black Emperor - a much later influence (in my mid-30s), introduced me to post rock and further musical possibilities

  5. First concert - Rush - Glasgow Apollo 1980
    Last concert - Gypsy Circus - Mash House Edinburgh 2019
    Best concert - Rush R30 - SECC Glasgow 2004
    Worst concert - Chris de Burgh - Edinburgh Playhouse early 80s ... was dragged along 😒
    Loudest concert - AC/DC - Glasgow Apollo 1980
    Seen the most - Rush
    Most surprising - Brian Wilson - Edinburgh Playhouse 2002
    Next concert - The Musical Box - Usher Hall, Edinburgh (this coming Saturday)
    Wish I would have seen - King Crimson - Red / Starless and Bible Black era

  6. 10 hours ago, wateroftyne said:

    True. Also, does anyone think Alex's side-project Victor is frankly the band Rush could have been?

    Totally agree - I remember making a comment on a Rush fan site when Vapor Trails was released - "... too much My Favourite Headache, not enough Victor ..."

  7. On 21/02/2019 at 15:08, lozkerr said:

    In the garden shed?? That would be a hanging offence in my book!

    'Twas a bit surreal - I managed to keep calm (my son was only five at the time and I didn't want to totally lose it in front of him) - I took the bass to Guitar Guitar to get it checked out straight away (I walked there to calm down - only 25 mins from me) and Bob assured me that it could all be easily sorted.  Was much calmer when I got home!

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  8. I used Bob Mould at Guitar Guitar in Corstorphine several years ago and he did a great job.  At the time I was travelling a lot with work (and not playing ... sadly still don't have time to play much) and found that my bass had been stored in the garden shed :/ ... it was a bit slimy, smelled damp and clattered a bit ... Bob sorted it all out for me!

  9. 3 hours ago, Bassassin said:

    Speaking as a man (of sorts), I can say with confidence that I am far, far better than any, and I mean ANY woman, at urinating whilst standing up.

    And... er... that's it.

    I'm not so sure.  Many years ago, a female friend who was sick of queuing for the ladies toilets at T in the Park, bought a pack of devices to enable her to pee standing up (they look a bit like a kazoo).  She said it took a wee bit of practice in the shower, but she mastered it.  She used the device at the gents peeing trough the following year ... it freaked a few of the guys out!

    My wife has also used these when we've been travelling - she says they are much better than squatting in some of the dodgy toilets you find in some places ...

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  10. On 28/11/2018 at 09:48, Silvia Bluejay said:

    I think they're moving to a NAMM-style exhibition too, as the target dates for the bass show appear to be the same as the guitar show, which suggest they are trying to house both shows in the same building (albeit - I think - separately), thereby optimising space renting costs and offering visitors the option to go to both shows.

    I'm looking forward to a full detail press release. :)

    I'd happily travel down to attend both shows ... it will be my son's birthday on the Sunday (he's learning guitar ... and becoming a bit of a guitar geek) ... gives me the perfect reason for going 🙂

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