Carlisle 28/03/13 Review

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Carlisle 28/03/13 Review

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At 5am the two travellers began to face the day ahead.
A little later after much toil and hardship (and a lie in for one of them),
They left Southampton and headed north...

Arriving in London much later they sought out the one known as Elvis in The Clouds, adding him to their number.
Then they were three!
This unlikely trio set sail on the old black river again heading north, always to the north.
Crossing the calmness of the m40 they headed fearlessly on to the m6,
Despite all the portents of doom and gloom!
It was a fierce battle but eventually they made good progress (just past Preston actually)!

Then as the evening sun began to set, they feasted their eyes on the beauteous joy afforded them by the surrounding landscape
(This almost made up for spending most of the day sitting on the m6!).

Finally they came upon the enchanted village of Carlisle...
Where (after visiting the sanctuary known as premier inn) they ventured into the heart of the local festivities. Arriving at the juncture of the midway point in the set of those brave warriors the godfathers... Whose sound the three approved of.
Then in the pause of the festivities the one known as EiTC sought an audience with the great sage Toiler on The Sea ( nice to meteor).

Before long it was time... A strange sound heralded the arrival of the saviours...
The Meninblack were here and the people were joyous and most grateful for the aural delights.
The warrior Jet Black was not in attendance but this did not dampen the celebrations too much in spite of him being sorely missed. In his absence the masses were treated to Down in The Sewer and the band did sound very good and the crowd were very happy and it's been a flipping long day and the narrator is off to bed g'night!
Thank you very much
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G'morning - don't know where my head was at last night...
Nice venue, crowd, sound!
No jet :( (plenty of room though)!
ND, Sewer and Bitching!
F*cking Ace :wink: 8)
Thank you very much
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Thanks for the review mate.
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nice write up :-)
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Couldn't have put it better myself. Great meeting you last night.
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Very poetic last night!

Regression this morning!

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Enchanting reviews :mrgreen:
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Great gig last night despite a strange venue where the bouncers threw somebody out for enjoying themselves. The Stranglers roadie & Baz & JJ were not amused by their pathetic behaviour and. Dud manage to throw some beer over 1 of them.

Managed to get the Missus on the front row & it was very quiet at the front although it livened up later in the show.

The sound was surprisingly good considering I was at the front and with it being my first gig since the early part of the tour still sounded fresh (or maybe it's just the altzimers kicking in).

Massive bonus for me was the inclusion of Sewer at the end of the set (having no Jet can have some benefits) with them also playing Nuclear Device & Burning up Time. MSD & European Female were also included and dropped from my earlier gigs were Genetix, Thrown AWay, Always the Sun & English Towns. The 3 or 4 Hugh fans there however were disappointed that In the Shadows was left out.

As a set list could go it was nearly perfection for me with highlights being - WWTW, Norfolk Coast, Sewer & Relentless.

I'm sure it will be a lot livelier at Manchester on Saturday but the crowd & band thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the vast majority of the crowd went home happy to shag their cousins.
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Great review McTownie, thanks
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Excellent review mate.
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Just home from the gig.
Great to meet Toiler On The Sea,Les The Steeplejack and many many more of you guys.

Venue was a sports hall type thing but the sound was great and the set was superb,Hope We see Jet and the double drum version of Tank on Saturday.

Enjoy Newcastle tonight 8)
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cassydale wrote:Just home from the gig.
Great to meet Toiler On The Sea,Les The Steeplejack and many many more of you guys.

Venue was a sports hall type thing but the sound was great and the set was superb,Hope We see Jet and the double drum version of Tank on Saturday.

Enjoy Newcastle tonight 8)
Great to meet up with you too fella.

Yet they refused to let us have the rollerskates?????
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Liverpool Sound and Vision March 8th 2013.
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