Subj : Re: Totally Tubular Festival To : All From : Nigel Reed Date : Wed Aug 07 2024 17:08:05 On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 15:43:10 +0000 "J0hnny A1pha" (21:4/158) wrote: > BY: Nigel Reed (21:2/101) > On Wednesday,August 07, 2024 at 01:07 AM, Nigel Reed (21:2/101) wrote: > > NR> > I've seen recently. Saw The Cure in Houston in '19 and Elvis > NR> > Costello earlier in the summer. Saw Post Modern Jukebox this > NR> > last weekend in Austin. > > Saw The Cure at Shoreline Ampitheater in Mountain View, CA last year. > Such a great show. We had lawn seats, but the view/sound was awesome. > They played "Burn" from the The Crow soundtrack, and Fascination > Street, two of my all-time favs... > > NR> Previous to this I saw The (English) Beat and Adam Ant in Dallas. > NR> Was supposed to see The Alarm in Fort Worth but unfortunately > NR> Mike Peters cancer has come back so he couldn't travel and tour. > NR> Seen The Beat 4 or 5 times now. > > Dave Wakeling (The Beat/General Public) really gets around now, saw > him at a local club last year as well and he sounds fantastic with > his band. Sad that Rankin' Roger passed, I would have loved to see > him play. Apparently his son, Rankin Jr, is carrying the ska torch > now :) So, a bit of a story here. We booked a flight from Dallas to Ontario, California to see The English Beat at The Cavern, 5 minutes after I booked the hotel, got an email to say the gig had been canceled and rescheduled for the next month. On a whim, I hit the facebook page to express my displeasure at having to rearrange my trip and they offered to send me something, asked for my address. I said no need since I could cancel the hotel upto 24 hours before and flights on Southwest can be changed at no fee. Then I saw they were also playing the Canyon the night before. I mentioned it and they said they would put me on the guest list. A few hours before the gig, I'm looking up where it is do I can get an Uber (I didn't rent car). I was checking the venue website and I didn't see the band listed. After a bit of a search I found them, not at The Canton Montclair, but The Canyon Agoura Hills, 68 miles away! We decide we'll hire a car, but the only place open was at the airport. I booked, got another Uber back to the airport and at the rental desk was told they had no cars available even though I had a booking. Went to another counter, $126+taxes for 24 hours. Anyway, got the car and drove the 69 miles which obviously takes a bit longer in California. The parking lot was overflowing. Circled round a few times and eventually crawled behind some people heading to their car and got the spot. Headed into the venue and barely got a beer before the show started. Got to meet Dave after the show. Great guy, down to earth. Was a fun night...except having to drive back after the show. Since we had the car, decided to go up into the mountains next day before returning it. We a good long weekend trip. -- End Of The Line BBS - Plano, TX telnet endofthelinebbs.com 23 --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (21:2/101) .