The Interval

[theraven1979]

What happens? Do you get choc ices?

Jim

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[Bear Cage]

What happens? Do you get choc ices?

Jim

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I saw Lou Reed on his New York album tour at the London Palladium when he did two sets (first one all of the New York album, second one a normal set) with an interval. They actually had the old style usherettes with ice cream trays wandering around at the interval selling ice cream tubs and choc ices.

[jason]

They should have given the old Battersea park strippers a call!

[droopsnoot]

They were coming round with free ham toasties and cold drinks at Manchester, just as a thank-you for us all coming out*. The background music during the interval was all covers of Stranglers tracks by various artists, they put a playlist on Spotify a week or two back: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DTrO ... 3d16074cb1





( * Not really)

[MiB81]

They were coming round with free ham toasties and cold drinks at Manchester, just as a thank-you for us all coming out*. The background music during the interval was all covers of Stranglers tracks by various artists, they put a playlist on Spotify a week or two back: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1DTrO ... 3d16074cb1

Sounds fun, at Glasgow we all got Haggis suppers, but had to endure a half hour set of Jock the Box doing "punk classics".
I recall that these included, "Heart of Glass", "2,4,6,8, Motorway" and "Jocko Homo".

[shaneg]

What happens? Do you get choc ices?

Jim

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I saw Lou Reed on his New York album tour at the London Palladium when he did two sets (first one all of the New York album, second one a normal set) with an interval. They actually had the old style usherettes with ice cream trays wandering around at the interval selling ice cream tubs and choc ices.

I was at that gig.It was really good. I remember the usherettes.

[aldinblack]

I once went to a Hugh Cornwell gig in my nearest local town. It was in 2009, part of his hoover damn tour with Caz.
It was all seated with maybe 20 or 30 people attending.
Obviously no atmosphere at all. They did their usual play the whole of Hooverdam, then an interval followed by Stranglers songs.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when the usherettes stood there waiting for people to buy ice cream, like at a kid's pantomime!
I did meet Hugh briefly after the gig though, and purchased the vinyl and cd set off him..
He's never been back since....

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[theraven1979]

Yep seated venues don't work IMO. Just kills any potential atmosphere.

Jim

I once went to a Hugh Cornwell gig in my nearest local town. It was in 2009, part of his hoover damn tour with Caz.
It was all seated with maybe 20 or 30 people attending.
Obviously no atmosphere at all. They did their usual play the whole of Hooverdam, then an interval followed by Stranglers songs.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing when the usherettes stood there waiting for people to buy ice cream, like at a kid's pantomime!
I did meet Hugh briefly after the gig though, and purchased the vinyl and cd set off him..
He's never been back since....

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[PaulinLondon]

Sounds fun, at Glasgow we all got Haggis suppers, but had to endure a half hour set of Jock the Box doing "punk classics".
I recall that these included, "Heart of Glass", "2,4,6,8, Motorway" and "Jocko Homo".

Someone else told me it was smoked salmon sandwiches, prosecco and jazz through the PA.

[Ruby]

Talking of sandwiches I notice Baz is doing his usual banter about people sat in the higher seats.How original

[Arthur Streeb-Greebling]

Albatross!

[MiB81]

Sounds fun, at Glasgow we all got Haggis suppers, but had to endure a half hour set of Jock the Box doing "punk classics".
I recall that these included, "Heart of Glass", "2,4,6,8, Motorway" and "Jocko Homo".

Someone else told me it was smoked salmon sandwiches, prosecco and jazz through the PA.

Aye, only in that fucken London