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FASTFUDE IS 10 | JAN 05TH | EMPIRE MUSIC HALL, BELFAST
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fastfude
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 3:22 pm
FASTFUDE is 10
EMPIRE MUSIC HALL
Botanic AvenueSATURDAY 05TH JANUARY 2008
( déjà-vu anyone? )
We couldn't get Sir Tim Berners-Lee to DJ, so instead there will be live sets and dancefloor mayhem from:
CODA - new addition!
STAND-UP GUY
ESCAPE ACT
THE DANGERFIELDS
TIN POT OPERATION
BOP YESTRUMwith between-band DJ cameos from assorted wretches in order of their scene points
Doors 8.30
Adm £5
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Ten years! Where did that go? Still, Fastfude wouldn't be here if you lot weren't constantly fuelling the site with debate, discussion, banter and argument.
This gig is really just a party to mark the milestone, and to say thanks to you all for reading & contributing over the years. Hopefully it'll continue to be useful, informative, provocative and good craic for many years to come!
I was young and foolish then, I feel old and foolish now
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Press Release Gubbins wrote:
Fastfude is the home of Northern Ireland's music scene online.
Since 1998 it's been a meeting place for bands and fans, as well as a pool of knowledge and shared experience for musicians.
Full of informed debates, hard working resource and even soapbox ranting, Fastfude has constantly supported and enhanced the outstanding music of Northern Ireland.
Ever contentious, and always full of wry NI humour, the site is built by its readership – which now stretches across the world as Northern Ireland's music gets better and better. Tens of thousands of people contributing hundreds of thousands of topics and comments every year.
This year Fastfude is ten years old: an amazing achievement for any website, and a milestone for music here.
To mark the occasion and say thanks to everyone who has been a part of the site and its community, we're having a party on Saturday January 5th in Belfast's Empire Music Hall. We want you to be there.
The show kicks off at 8.30pm sharp with live bands and DJs, and we'll party till we can't party any more.
Fastfude is 10 – join us to kick in the new year, and here's to another 10 for Northern Ireland's loudest website!
http://fastfude.org[/url]
UPDATE: Coda have been added to the lineup in place of The Elliots who've had to bow out.
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Strong Reaction
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 3:43 pmJeez. Ten Years?
Nice to see Stand-Up Guy on the bill.
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Speed Demon
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 3:45 pmSame price as five years ago! What a bargain!
And, further exercising my arithmetic skills, Roger will be 30 the next day?
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tenrabbits
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 3:54 pmAre we gonna have badges with our online names on? Although inevitably everyone would get on great in person as we're all luvvies at heart.
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thebatgranny
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:12 pmShould there be a special old geezers area with complementary pipe and slippers for the likes of Feline 1, Zebulon and myself who have been here from the start?
Oooh, and can we have cardboard cutouts to represent gone but not forgotten posters such as RadioheadGuy1 and In Prog We Trust?
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chrisjedijane
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:16 pmoh noes! I'm out of the country for this!!
I was at the 5th birthday gig, too...
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Iso9
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:24 pmha..10 years. the 5th birthday doesn't seem that long ago at all. was good steam playing at thon. shoulda got me again
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Rich9
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:28 pmcool, we're looking forward to this muchly
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clss_act_00
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:29 pmfastfude wrote:
SATURDAY 05TH JANUARY 2007
so this happened a year ago.. anyway, sounds good, nice lineup!
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huggy baps
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:39 pmIf 'In Prog' has this madness (link) sorted in time can we have him added to the bill please Roger? Im sure we'd all love to see it
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Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:40 pm
It's also my 30th birthday that very night, so I'm just in denial
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ShowYourBones
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:44 pmI'll be at this, post 26th Birthday celebrations and all that jazz.
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cruz
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:44 pmNow I feel old, was it the 1st birthday shindig in the Duke of York I played with Desert Hearts and (whisper it) Snow Patrol back when I was in Foam? Or was that something else?
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Daithi jasper
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 4:46 pmI'm supposed to be out of the country as well.
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Baronation
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 5:18 pmI'm hoping to be out of the country.
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Ratoot
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 5:21 pmsomeone wrote:
I'm supposed to be out of the country as well.Do you want me to blow up whatever country it is you're meant to be so as you can stay?
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T Entertainment
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goatboy
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 5:50 pmT Entertainment wrote:
Official websiteAye, you're right there. With the TPO on board, it's bound to make the laltometer explode.
I shall unfortunately be out of the country too.
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rigsyATL
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 9:11 pmthebatgranny wrote:
Should there be a special old geezers area with complementary pipe and slippers for the likes of Feline 1, Zebulon and myself who have been here from the start?
Oooh, and can we have cardboard cutouts to represent gone but not forgotten posters such as RadioheadGuy1 and In Prog We Trust?i've been there from the start as well
i've made some friends...and probably some enemys along the way
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racecarisracecarbackwards
Wed 5th Dec 2007, 9:30 pmIs EPK gonna be there?!
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Wed 5th Dec 2007, 10:05 pm
If he makes parole.
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Wed 5th Dec 2007, 10:40 pm
Baronation wrote:
I'm hoping to be out of the country.
You can never leave.
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[misterbillz]
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 12:37 amthat is a beezer post by fastfude..
i'm in canada for six months doing my tang so unfortunely i won't be able to make it..
violins?
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Niall Harden
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:06 amhah, i was in a band with RadioheadGuy1, six or seven years ago
:-|
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EPK
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:20 amsomeone wrote:
Is EPK gonna be there?!
I hope not, he's a c*nt.*
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kingmob
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 8:09 am
EPK'S ALIVE???
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 8:42 am
Fastfude is 10 is no Atomic 80s night.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 9:10 am
EPK wrote:
I hope not, he's a c*nt.*He will be dragged kicking and screaming to the bar if he knows what's good for him
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The Fires of Hell
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 10:12 amUtterly lalty.
There with bells on.
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tinpot anto
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 10:20 amI think Rog should be seated on stage through the whole performance in one of THESE!
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nonlogic liam
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 10:44 amYes, a throne of lies!!! Do I have to go, can I not jump off a highrise building instead? All those faces, all those painful memories.....
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 10:47 am
There should be a papal procession through the streets of Belfast beforehand, like Liverpool fans did before the Porto game. Rog's face should be in the place of Rafa's.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 10:50 am
Shirley?
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 11:17 am
What does Lalty mean anyhows?
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 11:21 am
The country I am supposed to be in is the US of A Raymie, so I think thats on your list anyway.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 11:24 am
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 11:58 am
T Entertainment wrote:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=laltyI feel decidedly ill........
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icedcoffee
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 12:16 pmcan everone wear name tags?
Username & real name.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 12:49 pm
T-entertainment - "Hi I'm tentertainment".
Enfant terrible - "your that
cu-nt that's been badmouthing me on Fastfude, I kill you, I KILL YOU!!!".Roger - "moderators, send this fight to the egregious section. Oh no, it's real life!".
Conclusion, Roger kills oneself, T-Entertainment gets a large cash settlement and Enfant Terrible gets 5 - 10 in a low security prison.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 1:26 pm
Lalt v. lalty
A perjorative term for the recreational activities of the lower orders. Used by only 8 people in the world.
A handful of magic beans to the first person to correctly identify "Ciaran Blessed"
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rentaghost
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 1:30 pmwill DJ Big Smitty be unleashing his wheels of steel?
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:06 pm
someone wrote:
being inebriated and rowdyWha?
That pretty much includes 90% of the population then eh?
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The enfant terrible
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:09 pmNo no no, it'll go like this.
Enfant Terrible: Hello gang, it's me The Enfant Terrible!
People who post/read fastfude: That's the C**t who said ________(insert your greivance here). Get him!
(Sweaty metal types lead the charge, while angry indie peeps stay at the back to avoid getting their pretty faces hurt).
The Enfant Terrible: Leave me alone! I'm nice! I came here to make new friends and maybe kiss a girl (or two)!
Massive scrap ensues where I get pummelled to death. Posters on fastfude hear members of my family and regulars of bookfinders cafe say nice things about me at my funeral and feel so guilty one of them creis.
A young loner reads my poetry and picks up the torch...
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sheriffjohnstone
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:14 pmThe enfant terrible wrote:
A young loner reads my poetry and picks up the torch...
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:26 pm
Aye to burn it.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:31 pm
Or maybe it'll go like this:
Ratoot: "Bout yiz"
Rest of fastfude: "Oh fuck, he wasn't sleggin, he could actually knock all our ballixes in...!"
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:41 pm
Random - "Are you Nonlogic Liam from Fastfude?",
Nonlogic Liam - "Don't talk to me, Don't touch me".
Nonlogic Liam goes home, le fin.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 2:47 pm
someone wrote:
Aye to burn it.And being a torch this is a bad thing?
Here's how it really goes.
Fastfude member x: Ah so you're Fastfude Member y, you talk a load of sh1te
FF member y: Aye I know so do you, wanna pint?
FF member x: Aye sound one, here aren't the TPO class?
FF member y: Aye they're lalty
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 3:52 pm
tinpot anto wrote:
The Fires of Hell wrote:
Gerard McKeown is the greatest poet in the world (ref. Mark B and Blade).
And being a torch this is a bad thing?
Fuc-king right man, did you see Heroes last night, fu-ck me. I did one of those which Heroes characters are you tests on the internet- and I was Peter Petrelli, I'm a bit worried now.
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Dirty Stevie Grizz
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 4:55 pmHows about organising a show of strengh from the Fastfude Hardmen?
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 5:08 pm
Who would that be?
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 5:27 pm
My guesses are:
Andrewslucy. Ryankozzi. That guy who went on about 'special blood'. The original singer from the Dangerfields. Raymie. That guy who threatened Baron for being a spoilt kid from the Malone Road. Liam Gory.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 5:40 pm
Ancient fastfude manuscripts reveal the Fastfude Hardmen were spawned by Lily Allen
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 7:55 pm
I may be an old-timer, but I've only been on fastfude since 2005. But I was just thinking about how many people from here that I've met in real life.
Just off the top of my head, there's fastfude (of course), dirty stevie smitty, rentaghost, cruz, Chi-Lite, drive by fader, chrisjedijane, AngelaMOK, elms, rigsyATL, TalkShowMan, lemonade, Estrella Ojos, trixie sidebottom, kasey, georgia, Captain Kennedy, Mikeymoto, gregz, huggy baps, mcflymo, smittennn, xfirefishx, The Fires of Hell, gl2400, Halfcaste, jenniemcc, Tates Modern, lauramstevenson, FiddlerOnTheRoof, Alice, charlysays2, Pete, MSB Mastering, comprachio, Amz, tinpot anto, Ratoot, Daithi jasper, icedcoffee, goatboy, greensleevesisgod, scott_evil, hardstaff0p, Kid Al, thesacredhearts (those last four due to buying or selling stuff).
That's about forty, but I'm sure there are many more that haven't come to mind immediately. And I'm not counting the many people I know by sight, having seen them play.
Come to think of it, if it wasn't for fastfude, I'd have no friends. I'll bet that was Roger's idea for himself when he started it. We nerds need help to get a social life.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 8:02 pm
You bloody nerds need help with everything... I pay me taxes to keep yous.... etc etc etc
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 8:06 pm
Dirty Stevie Grizz wrote:
Ancient fastfude manuscripts reveal the Fastfude Hardmen were spawned by Lily Allen
(having re-read that, it was a thread of genius with the freestyling and the Fiest/Feist)
The kids don't know what the Feist/Feist is all about! screeches Bill Cosby, yesterday. -
dirty stevie smitty
Thu 6th Dec 2007, 9:43 pmHappy Days, looking sweet.
Bring on the lalt.
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Thu 6th Dec 2007, 10:44 pm
Yes but surely:
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 8:56 am
Always been my favourite scene from Nerdfellahs.
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 11:05 am
I predict a scene where ryan "unplugged" kozzi attempts to convince Chris that the £2.99 bottle of Liebfraumilch that his mate smuggled in is actually just as nice as the £17.99 Chablis that Chris is swalling, and I mean he's drank his mates Chablis before and it really was just as good.
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Andrew
Fri 7th Dec 2007, 11:28 amMany thanks to Roger for inviting the Dangerfields to play at this. And so we trundle on into another year, our eighth! Very soon we will be celebrating our own ten years of pap.
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Lap Dog Shuffle
Fri 7th Dec 2007, 12:48 pmAw, good times... I remember when fastfude was the only place on the internet with Belfast event listings - Cecils Flea Circus or Roo (what ever happened them?), decisions decisions...
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 2:32 pm
Eh? Cecil's Flea Circus...Eh? oohh, Petri eh? Sugar Island, eh? Bill Guiney in the back bar?? eh? NOT St. Patricks Day, eh? oooh fastfude demo competition eh? Kaleidoscope? aaah Feline Dream Kill a Spyde eh? hmmm Music Box, Nixon, Kelly Cellars eh? Pharoah 3, wha? Friday Night Mandela Hall, Watercress and Lazy? Keep Ulster Bratish? eh? Wha? oooooh, eh? Jumpers for Goal posts... good times
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Chi-Lite
Fri 7th Dec 2007, 2:38 pmPetronella, wha....?
And Jinx, 'member?
Sexual Chocolate though, now that's going back a wee bit more
Nixon were class.
Not a day goes by when I don't think they all made a big mistake splitting up that band.
Bring me the head, and all that. Cracker.
Mon, Raymie, what about it.....
Mick.....I've seen you knocking about here too.
And I saw Kev and Mackers in Auntie annies about this time last year.
It's not too late lawds.
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 3:23 pm
ha ha, enjoyed that post anto, NOT st patricks was me and rich's gig - i remember bein blown away at how well attended it was
there was loads of decent gigs in morrisons around then. forgot about keep ulster brattish as well, ha ha
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 3:42 pm
Stereotype anyone?
Barney in the Duke of York?
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Ronan Yakuza
Fri 7th Dec 2007, 3:45 pmWe played at Not St. Patricks day!
Holee vuk!!
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 4:29 pm
tinpot anto wrote:
Eh? Cecil's Flea Circus...Eh? oohh, Petri eh? Sugar Island, eh? Bill Guiney in the back bar?? eh? NOT St. Patricks Day, eh? oooh fastfude demo competition eh? Kaleidoscope? aaah Feline Dream Kill a Spyde eh? hmmm Music Box, Nixon, Kelly Cellars eh? Pharoah 3, wha? Friday Night Mandela Hall, Watercress and Lazy? Keep Ulster Bratish? eh? Wha? oooooh, eh? Jumpers for Goal posts... good timesNot to mention Killing Susan, Fine American Blend, Babylon By Bus and Gecko (who are on the comeback trail I believe), Riffmaster General, The Cheese Junkies, Poultice, Peppermoth, Zerotnin and the mighty Jasper!
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 4:58 pm
tinpot anto wrote:
Petri eh?That'll be Petrie. We're planning to play a couple of gigs in 2009 to mark the 10 year anniversary of us forming.
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Fri 7th Dec 2007, 5:23 pm
Coalesce!
The Melon Farmers!
The Lemon V-necks!
Ensenada!
Oh too many to mention
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Ooopsapocalypse
Fri 7th Dec 2007, 11:07 pmAh...the memories from the Kelly Cellars gigs through Music Box(Mike Doyle of Just For Laughs Fame,the wee baldin' fella with the glasses),first gig in The Penny Farthing with Cecils Flea Circus and countless gigs @ The FP when I was in Ooops,Belfast's No. 1 Punk Band,if the the rumors were to be believed...??
Any news on set times?
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Sat 8th Dec 2007, 11:26 am
goatboy wrote:
tinpot anto wrote:
Petri eh?
That'll be Petrie. We're planning to play a couple of gigs in 2009 to mark the 10 year anniversary of us forming.Can I have a "PLEASE"?
Can I have a "DON'T"?"Out of my bedroom, out of my home" etc.......
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kickintheteeth
Sat 8th Dec 2007, 11:50 amHaving never attended a fastfude event, I'll make an effort to go to this !
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Sun 9th Dec 2007, 4:05 am
No-one usually gets killed...
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Pete
Sun 9th Dec 2007, 9:20 amtinpot anto wrote:
The Melon Farmers!Jeebas H. Christ, someone remembers us? I was just starting to convince myself it had been a bad dream.
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Mon 10th Dec 2007, 1:08 am
tinpot anto wrote:
Eh? Cecil's Flea Circus...Eh? oohh, Petri eh? Sugar Island, eh? Bill Guiney in the back bar?? eh? NOT St. Patricks Day, eh? oooh fastfude demo competition eh? Kaleidoscope? aaah Feline Dream Kill a Spyde eh? hmmm Music Box, Nixon, Kelly Cellars eh? Pharoah 3, wha? Friday Night Mandela Hall, Watercress and Lazy? Keep Ulster Bratish? eh? Wha? oooooh, eh? Jumpers for Goal posts... good timesfive-mile smile
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Mon 10th Dec 2007, 12:30 pm
nonlogic liam wrote:
goatboy wrote:
tinpot anto wrote:
Petri eh?
That'll be Petrie. We're planning to play a couple of gigs in 2009 to mark the 10 year anniversary of us forming.
Can I have a "PLEASE"?
Can I have a "DON'T"?
"Out of my bedroom, out of my home" etc.......I think you're getting a bit confured there, Liam.
1). You have never seen Petrie live before. We disbanded mid-2000.
2). That's a Petrina Goatboy song. Thankfully, there are no more Petrina Goatboy shows pencilled in for ever again.
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Mon 10th Dec 2007, 12:45 pm
Which band was it you were in that famously nobbled a FF battle of the bands?
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Mon 10th Dec 2007, 1:18 pm
T Entertainment wrote:
Which band was it you were in that famously nobbled a FF battle of the bands?
Tell the story, I can't remember it but know it's hilarious.Indeed. Way back towards the beginning of '99, I was in Backbeat (probably picking up the latest Kaleidoscope demo) and picked up an application form for the Fastfude Gourmet season demo competition.
Myself and my friend Graeme decided to try and write and record a song for a bit of fun to send in. We recorded a song called "The Cardboard Cow" under the guise of "Chickenpox", which featured Graeme playing guitar (he couldn't really play guitar) and I was playing bass (I wasn't too hot at that either), singing and hitting a tambourine with my feet completely out of time and all recorded live on a sh*tty tape recorder).
We sent it in and we ended up in a heat with 5 other bands, I think. We pretty much cheated as much as we could and got a sh*t loads of votes, more than any other band in the whole competition, including Roo and Cecil's Flea Circus.
As we won our heat, we had to play 3 tracks in the Limelight. We weren't really too sure what we were going to do, but we managed to rustle up a bit of a band with Graeme on bass, his friend Guy on guitar and vocals, me on keyboard and Brian from Watercress helped us out by drumming. We didn't play The Cardboard Cow as we opted to play 3 of guys songs instead. We got 1% of all of the votes (4) on the night and word on the street is Radio 1 DJ and TV presenter Colin Murray voted for us!?!?!?!?! We would have had more votes, but unfortunately every single member of entourage got kicked out for being underage (we were only 14/15, as was our entourage).
After the gig, we got a drummer and changed our name to Chickenpox Pet Rescue, later changing it to Petrie. We had some seriously decent tunes. We probably should have played the "age" game a bit more, but we decided to pretend we were over 18 so we could get pissed and play in pubs instead.
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Mon 10th Dec 2007, 1:20 pm
I love the way you ruined the opportunity for a more deserving act.
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Mon 10th Dec 2007, 11:57 pm
I demand Roger Herbert is carried in on one of these;
while M People's "Search For The Hero" is played over the PA
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Tue 11th Dec 2007, 5:15 pm
Heather Smalls had an unfortunate name and looked like a pineapple.
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Wed 12th Dec 2007, 9:53 am
someone wrote:
Sexual Chocolate though, now that's going back a wee bit moreThey were the worst. We played with them one night in the Rosie, and when noone turned up they packed their kit away unceremoniously and just left.
I suppose we all should have.
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Wed 12th Dec 2007, 2:39 pm
Good news. Looks like I can make this. I can work from home all of New Year's week, so I shall be changing my flights and staying until the 6th.
Wahoooo.
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Zwaddap_deep_doo
Wed 12th Dec 2007, 3:04 pmGood news?
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Wed 12th Dec 2007, 4:01 pm
C'mon Goat, plenty of time for you to think up a scheme to balls up this one too!
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Wed 12th Dec 2007, 4:15 pm
But goatboy, are you not barred from The Empire?
oh wait that was Fastfude Is Five.
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Wed 12th Dec 2007, 4:19 pm
Was that not Niall "Dressing Gown" Harden?
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Mickeycolensoparade
Thu 13th Dec 2007, 12:05 amI is out of the loop, yeh?
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Thu 13th Dec 2007, 8:37 am
Ain't no body worth a mention that hasn't had a barring from the Empire at some stage in their life.
Yeee haaar
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Thu 13th Dec 2007, 11:36 am
Dirty Stevie Grizz wrote:
But goatboy, are you not barred from The Empire?
oh wait that was Fastfude Is Five.Indeed. I was barred prior to Fastfude is Five due to the bouncers being utter b*stards at a Feline Dream gig.
I remember having to be sneaked through the back entrance of the Empire for Fastfude is Five.
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Thu 13th Dec 2007, 2:13 pm
aye, it was me that sneaked you into the Empire that night, and you still got charged like everyone else for 4 quid.
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Thu 13th Dec 2007, 3:05 pm
hah, yes i got banned fo' life from the empire that night too
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Thu 13th Dec 2007, 3:21 pm
A moderator giving Niall Harden a 'dressing' down, 5 years ago, yesterday
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Fri 14th Dec 2007, 12:15 pm
Coda are now on the bill!
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Fri 14th Dec 2007, 9:34 pm
Cool.
as well as... or instead of....?
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Fri 14th Dec 2007, 10:07 pm
I demand The Coronas are added to the bill
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Sat 15th Dec 2007, 9:56 am
I demand "The Tennants" are added to the bill...
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Mon 17th Dec 2007, 8:34 am
Oh holy CHrist on a hairy bike!
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Mon 17th Dec 2007, 10:47 am
Don't panic Anto,it was only a giggle.
Good to see Coda on there,Julianne's been around a bit.
I'm in trouble again,aren't I.
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Mon 17th Dec 2007, 10:56 am
And as for the "Harden" evacuation...
Back in the days when they had "Acthung Minen" around the front of the stage were people feared to tread....but,
Bar the Harden of the party spirit(s)?,bolluxed as he was...he swayed,flayed but ultimately decayed.
If he was a wreastler he would've been carried out on a stretcher.
Bein' the Empire,he was trailed out by the scruff...
Still,made me laugh.
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Sansie
Mon 17th Dec 2007, 11:44 amoi!!!!!!!
party, party, and PARRRRRRRRTAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
OOohhhhhhhhhhh yes!
Its our drummers birthday too, there may be birthday hats involved!
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MULLAN Extraordinaire
Wed 19th Dec 2007, 3:44 pmIs there an aftershow party? Don't know if I'm allowed to associate with you indie types
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Thu 20th Dec 2007, 1:00 pm
It is, in Goatboay's bedroom.
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Thu 20th Dec 2007, 5:24 pm
It's in Liam's house. Everyone is invited.
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Thu 20th Dec 2007, 5:34 pm
Class, will Liam be there?
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Fri 21st Dec 2007, 9:58 am
It seems I'm DJ'ing before the Tin Pots go on. What soul record do you want to come onto stage to Anto?
I was thinking War by Edwin Starr myself.
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Fri 21st Dec 2007, 10:04 am
Good choice smitty, my man.
That or Running Away by Sly and the Family stone
Also requests for I'll take you there by the Staple Singers and Express Yourself by NWA
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Fri 21st Dec 2007, 10:09 am
We're are only getting 20 minute slots in between the bands for each person that is DJ'ing. I'll give you the NWA tune and that's you lot boyo.
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Fri 21st Dec 2007, 10:11 am
Auch go on, maybe even a blast of Sir Duke?
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Sun 23rd Dec 2007, 5:32 pm
I am no longer going to be out the country so you will all be delighted to know that I can indeed attend this event. This means that the Tennants are now available to play also.
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Thu 27th Dec 2007, 2:19 pm
i tell ya what - it's very odd to see the word 'fastfude' outside of the internet on the posters!
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Fri 4th Jan 2008, 9:14 am
These might change, I'm not sure if they've been entirely confirmed:
old stage times snipped by Rog to avoid confusion - sorry!
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The Ronster
Fri 4th Jan 2008, 9:30 amThe bands only get 20 minute sets?
Seems a wee bit short - I'd rather the DJs were cut back to give each band an extra 10 minutes...
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Fri 4th Jan 2008, 9:53 am
It's a logistics thing alas, 10 mins would not be enough changeover time
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Fri 4th Jan 2008, 11:17 am
Irish News wrote:
More prestigious than egregious
Noise Annoys
BY DAVID ROY d.roy@irishnews.com
Hello and welcome back to Noise Annoys, the local music column that stubbornly refuses to start the new year by making a few carefully selected lifestyle changes.
Instead, my first order of business for 2008 is to tell you all about the marvellous party a friend of mine is throwing tomorrow evening at that most auspicious of local venues, The Belfast Empire Music Hall.
It’s kind of a double celebration actually. Not only will Roger Herbert be heartily congratulating himself on managing to stay alive for a whopping three decades, he’ll also be whooping it up over a whole ten years of success for his living legacy, www.fastfude.org
The online home of the Belfast music scene, Fastfude was set up by Roger as a college project way back in the dim and distant days of 1998.
For the past tenth of a century the perplexingly named website has been a virtual meeting place and vital resource for Northern Ireland based bands and music fans.
With discussion forums expressly geared towards all areas of local music, plus live gig listings and a classified/wanted section, Fastfude is an invaluable free and totally independent resource crammed with useful user generated content.
The site boasts thousands of people contributing hundreds of thousands of topics and comments on everything from the latest gigs and the best place to record a demo to why their mate’s band were “totally robbed” at that last battle of the bands, so they were.
There’s even a little bit of tangential topical debate to keep things spicy and relevant, not to mention an entire lexicon of site-specific colloquialisms and humorous “routines” that newcomers complain about right up until the moment they start using them too. Trust me though, if you’re the kind of crazed loner who reads this column on a regular basis, you’ll fit right in over on Fastfude.
Anyway, to celebrate his creation’s tenth birthday, Mr Herbert has organised a rip roaring knees-up called Fastfude Is 10, a thank-you to everyone who’s been a part of the site and its community in the past, present and hopefully future. He wants everyone to come along and enjoy themselves just as soon as they’ve paid the requisite £5 entry fee, preferably in exact cash.
For this paltry sum, you’ll gain access to a smorgasbord of local music delights including live performances from Coda, Escape Act, The Dangerfields, Stand-Up Guy and The Tin Pot Operation linked together by tons of pre-recorded local tunage courtesy of DJs from the Fastfude user base (including yours truly) who’ll be frantically cramming as many homegrown songs into their 20 minute slots as possible.
All the bands featured have long used Fastfude as a tool to help them gain a foothold on that slippery, slimy beast we call the local music scene, while the night will end with a full-on lalt fuelled rave-up courtesy of dedicated Fastfuders turned eclectic local club and comedy revue, Bop Yestrum: expect masks, free-form percussion and high speed collisions between Jesus Lizard, KLF and Can.
Doors open at 8:00pm and the fun will last as long as the patience of the Empire bouncers holds out. Here’s to a happy birthday for Roger and another ten long years of Fastfude based shenanigans for us all. -
Fri 4th Jan 2008, 2:04 pm
someone wrote:
a full-on lalt fuelled rave-upA use of the word Lalt?
In the Irish News?I'll get my tin helmet and a few sandbags and settle down with the remainder of Goatboy's new year Buckie bottle to watch this one....
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Recycled Alien
Fri 4th Jan 2008, 3:50 pmI'm disappointed that there was no attempt to organise a fastfude supergroup to play this.
Say,
smitty on lead vocal
me on bass
anto & fires of hell on guitars
greensleeves on keys
esotericeric93 on drumsThere's still time, I suppose...
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Fri 4th Jan 2008, 3:51 pm
whats on the fastfude cd?
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Fri 4th Jan 2008, 4:54 pm
The main reason I stayed a bit longer in Belfast for Christmas was to go to this gig, although now it's looking like I can't make it, unless I start feeling a bit better.
Since New Year's day I have had a cold which seems to be transforming into a flu and is progressively getting worse. I plan to blast it tonight with lots of hot whisky. I really am hoping I'll make it.
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Stand-up Ian
Fri 4th Jan 2008, 5:21 pmStand-up Guy are looking forward to this!! 20 mins gives us 3 songs (and those are our short songs) to whip you Indie folk into submission. Expect big riffs, a ginger rhythm section and more big riffs.
See you all there
Ian
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Fri 4th Jan 2008, 6:16 pm
"I plan to blast it tonight with lots of hot whisky."
Goat, believe it or not, drinking heavily in any shape or
form will NOT aid your recovery...it may make you feel a bit better for the period of your intoxication but the only possible effect it can have on the course of your flu (if any) will be to lengthen your recorvery time!
Take 1000mg of Vitamin C, 3 co-codamol and stay in bed til tomorrow afternoon to give yourself the best chance. -
whosbainejakey
Fri 4th Jan 2008, 6:27 pmrentaghost wrote:
someone wrote:
a full-on lalt fuelled rave-up
A use of the word Lalt?
In the Irish News?I was more impressed by the use of "egregious."
Do not fear the lalt. Embrace the lalt. Lalt is for us all.
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the dirty weed
Fri 4th Jan 2008, 9:46 pmlate change to the running times.
there will be a show of strength from the fastfude hardmen at around 11.55pm
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 12:33 pm
Fastfude hardmen?
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 12:43 pm
for anyone interested, roger was on ATL last monday for a good half hour talking about this gig, the bands involved, fastfude's beginnings and ten years of forum madness!
you can listen again at www.bbc.co.uk/atl
it's the last half hour of the show.
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Rosshunter
Sat 5th Jan 2008, 1:59 pmStand-up Ian wrote:
Expect big riffs, a ginger rhythm section and more big riffs.
Can't wait for this.. Any SuG merch on sale tonight? Need to get the new shirt or cd.. or both!
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die the flu
Sat 5th Jan 2008, 2:05 pmWhat time are SuG on at?
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 2:14 pm
old stage times snipped by Rog to avoid confusion - sorry!
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 2:18 pm
THERE WILL BE NO FUN, PARTIES OR HAPPINESS AT MINE: EVER...
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 2:32 pm
Those times have shifted slightly I think, though I dunno what the current ones are. Er, Shep?
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 4:53 pm
Liam, I've been flyering about that party at yours for weeks!
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 5:04 pm
T Entertainment wrote:
Liam, I've been flyering about that party at yours for weeks!Would you want a repeat of this at your house?
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Sat 5th Jan 2008, 5:55 pm
Is there a pre-show knees-up at the vacant lot opposite russells cellars in india street?
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 1:34 am
Big apologies to everyone that the TPO were unable to make this gig.
Urgent personal stuff, hope you all had a good time without us.
Happy birthday Fastfude and Rog.
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Portadown News Editor
Sun 6th Jan 2008, 1:46 amJust back from this - fantastic, like a cross between a school reunion, a works night out and a great little gig at a small-town club. We should all have worn badges with our user-names, but otherwise I can't think of any way it could have been better.
Roger - more of this sort of thing, you sexy mother-f**ker. -
Sun 6th Jan 2008, 9:54 am
Thanks to all who turned up last night and endured our set, probably not everyones cup 'o' tea but we greatly appreciate the reception. We (Stand-up Guy)had a great time. Happy Birthday Fastfude.
Ian
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 10:50 am
Here is Roger, crowned with the Cape of Glory by the Dangerfields.
All the bands were great. I left straight after the Dangerfield's set because I was feeling very sick. Not because of the band's performance (although you never know). I hope it's not that hospital puking bug, and I hope if it is I haven't infected the fastfude community...
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:16 am
First time I'd seen Coda and Stand Up Guy, but I was impressed by both, and I'd take them in again. The DF's were perfect for finishing the night off.
Escape Act are getting stronger every time I see them, bloody marvellous. Band of the night for me.
Pity about the TPO not being able to play, I had to radically change my dj set at the last minute, but my 20 minutes worth were:
The Hold Steady: Hot Soft Lights
The Walkmen: The Rat
British Sea Power: Please Stand Up
The Replacements: Alex Chilton
The Twilight Singer: Teenage Wristband
I'll see you for the 15th birthday. -
Warren Drugs
Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:34 amStand-Up Guy are pure deadly balls.
Malthusian Benatar.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 12:57 pm
My poor, poor head.
ops: Class night!
Stand up Guy were almighty.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 1:16 pm
The place was rammed wasn't it?
I think Coda stood out for me as the most interesting band, and the one I'd be most likely to go see again.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 4:11 pm
Auy, Stand up Guy were awesome... Coda too. I had to split after Iso9's set, but twas a great wee night... cheers Rog.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 4:22 pm
Yeah, a great night altogether, fantastic to see such a strong turn out. Here's to the next ten *ching*
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 4:22 pm
I didn't make it as I was at Astral Weeks Revisited in the Oh Yeah Building, and was much too tired after it.
I will be in there at the next one, 2018!
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 4:24 pm
Yep,great night,mornin' etc.
Anyway,Stand Up Guy were immense as were Escape Act,gutted to have missed Coda.
The Dangerfields will,and forever be,The Dangerfields.
Great to see some people again.
Good fun...another 10 Rog? -
unplugged
Sun 6th Jan 2008, 4:52 pmRaging i missed this. And you wanna know the worst? I was 20 feet below you all. I had to go to mates birthday downstairs where Doghouse were playing. Not a bad band i must say. Ska isnt really my thing but wasnt a bad night.
Spent alot of time laughing at Drews humour outside so im sure i seen alot of you - Drew, that man is a legend.
Heard good reports though about the party upstairs from few of you i talked to. Hope all you guys had a good night. Sounded like a blinder. Well done to all the bands and Im not the only one to say that Mr Herbert is a genius for brain-childing this site. Well done Rog.
I think how many bands are on the scene now that wouldnt have came to light if it hadnt been for this site?
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 6:23 pm
I spent the night in the bathroom. Joy. Glad it went well, gutted i missed SUG, guess i'll have to wait til feb. I heard the lalt was in effect all nite long. Did any arguements carry over from the forum?
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 6:55 pm
No-one got hurt as far as I'm aware.
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The Dark One
Sun 6th Jan 2008, 6:55 pm'Twas a fantastic evening of multifarious, musical melarky.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 8:03 pm
I had an absolute blast at this.
Stand-up Guy were marvellous, as were Escape Act. I really liked Coda's new song too.And Roger - capes are clearly the way forward!!
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 8:34 pm
Get cape, wear cape, die.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 8:45 pm
Just in case anyone hasn't seen it, this is the Cape in better days:
I have a few more photos of the actual night. I'll get them on line tomorrow.
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caro1yn
Sun 6th Jan 2008, 8:47 pmgreat larks! thoroughly enjoyed that, i did.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:01 pm
A host of absolute b*stards.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:03 pm
Did Ryan Kernaghan beat up any cheetahs?
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:05 pm
That was left to the Fastfude hardmen.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:09 pm
I hadn't realised that this was a male model convention as well as a gig.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:19 pm
Any girls I know who were photographed made it quite clear that posting on FF would result in castration. With one honourable exception.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:20 pm
I particularly like Roger's choice of Tshirt for the biggest day of his entire life.
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Sun 6th Jan 2008, 11:26 pm
You really have have a low opinion of what Roger can expect from life, don't you?
Also:
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 4:51 am
I have no idea who half those people are... Infact I generally have no idea if I know who anyone here is as I've never attempted to bridge the username/ real name void... I spent most of my Saturday hoping that I wouldn't be required to say "lap dog shuffle" at any point and generally cowering amongst groups of familiar scenos that I hadn't seen since the last time I was in the Empire (5 years allready!?)
I really should have tried to figure out who everyone is because although the anonymity has never bothered me before, I'm now looking at these posts wondering "Who the fuck is T Entertainment??"
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 8:41 am
Who has the Thatcher pic?
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 11:36 am
Many thanks to everyone who watched us (S-UG). Didn't think we'd go down so well. So thanks for sticking us out!
Well done to Roger and all the organisers and many thanks for having us on the bill. I fúckin love playing the Empire. -
Mon 7th Jan 2008, 11:40 am
Great night all round.
Unfortunately, I only caught the last couple of Coda songs, but they were great as always.
SUG weren't really my cup of tea. Musically, I quite enjoyed it but all that screaming was a bit too much for me.
Escape Act were fantastic. My first time seeing them and I was very impressed.
That was my first time seeing the Dangerfields with Jasper and they were great, as usual.
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 11:41 am
Oh, important to thank Shep as well, who kindly took this on board and made sure everything ran swimmingly.
Cheers, big lawd. -
Mon 7th Jan 2008, 12:18 pm
I was bloody sick and missed it all, oh well, congratulations on your birthday all the same.
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 2:33 pm
Excellent night. Kudos to all involved
Stand up guy fcking slayed!
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 4:25 pm
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Mon 7th Jan 2008, 8:22 pm
I didn't get home until 11am yesterday morning. That can only mean one of two things: either I fell out with everyone I have ever met, or I had one hell of a night! I prefer the former.
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Tue 8th Jan 2008, 12:34 am
It goes without saying that I will never allow myself to be dragged onstage again. I now know the true meaning of the word "scundered".
Sincere and heartfelt thanks to everyone who has kept this avalanche rumbling for a decade. I may be the one turning the crank-handle, but you lot are the ones that make the site what it is. There would be no point in maintaining it if people didn't use it, and that wouldn't happen if it wasn't useful and productive as well as being good craic, so first and foremost thanks to you all.
Special thanks then to Coda, Lap Dog Shuffle, Stand-up Guy, Iso9, Escape Act, Dirty Stevie Smitty, Whosbainejakey, The Dangerfields and Bop Yestrum for a sterling evening's entertainment. Additional special thanks to The Empire staff, Dee & Deezer, Shep, Chris, Ciaran, Eamonn, Dave, Phil for the organisation and smooth running of the show. Yet more thanks to Rigsy & Paul, Rory, Dave, Phil, Eddie, Edwin and anyone else who plugged the gig or marked the event in the meeja. I have almost certainly missed a few there, but only because my brain has yet to resume normal functions since the weekend, apologies if you should be in that list somewhere, but aren't.
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Tue 8th Jan 2008, 10:10 am
It was as well you went relatively peacefully after a bit of cajoling, Herbert - four burly men (well, me, Flumox, Smitty and PDN Ed) were primed to carry you on stage if there had been prolonged resistance. For the de-bagging of your life.
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Tue 8th Jan 2008, 1:53 pm
It was indeed good craic this.. I stayed down the back in case I wandered into some kind of fastfude hardmen/wookie/lalt themed stuff down the front right.. a dangerous place for any man without the correct jabs.
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Fri 11th Jan 2008, 2:30 pm
Almost forgot about this - have you ever seen a jaw as square as Crossey's?!
It's the manliest jaw in the scene. If the last ten years are to mean anything, surely that's it?
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Fri 11th Jan 2008, 4:52 pm
Is he having difficulty swallowing a box?
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Sat 12th Jan 2008, 3:16 am
Oh Matron!
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