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OK the *Ga *Ga's are playin' 2nite and it's a fiver to get in (cheap as chips I know...) are these guys good...bad...indifferent??? most of you know the tunes I like, is it worth a fiver for the gig, a fiver for petrol and then ?20 for a can of Redstripe??
Ta muchly!
I'd say a fiver to see them isn't a bad deal. I wouldn't bother with the Red Stripe though.
I won't get to see them in London. They play here the day before Danger Danger. Two nights in a row on London beer prices is stretching it a bit.
?20 for a can of beer??? Correct me if I am wrong, but in US dollars, that is over $20??? Isn't that symbol: ?, the symbol for a pound, or a quid, or almost a dollar? Am I wacky???
20 UK pounds= 38,5 US dollars. Huh.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ March 10, 2005 03:28 PM: Message edited by: fading ways finland ]</font>
I MIGHT consider that price for a Westvleteren if I hadn't seen any for YEARS upon YEARS, but I am not so sure that Red Stripe is all that hard to find. Well, here in the States it isn't all that rare, maybe in the UK it is? But even rare, it surely isn't worth that price, not even in the desert.
Cheers Stace, I shall swing by, maybe i'll just see what lovely bevvies are on special...parazone...domestos etc lol! [img]cool.gif[/img]
Adam, doesn't your *ahem* lady friend have feelings on whether they're worth it? I thought she was a rather big fan.
OK Mr Carl...not quite ?20, but ?3.90 a can (hell the gig was only ?5!) what's that in $$$ bout $8 I think, it tastes like water, maybe next time a hip flask is in order! lol! I slipped down to the local after the show and had meself a couple of Guiness just to keep my body from going into spasms after the expensive watery foul! lol!
Mr Cotton...you are correct on your asumption about my other half, AND she has managed to get herself and moi on the guestlist for the Manchester show as it's her birthday, she could sell snow to eskimo's I tell ya! lol!
As for the gig WELL worth ?5, support was a band called Zen Motel, they were a real good 3 piece that sounded like a 5 piece very Backyard Babies, just kinda down n dirty low slung RNR a good little warm up well worth checking out, especially the guitarist the things he got outta that guitar...amazin!!
Then onto the Ga Ga's they put on a great set, the vocalist 'apparently' was feeling a lil ill but I couldn't tell, sporting a voice that seemed to be very well trained and crisp (not that I know ANYTHING about vocals!) with many tracks not dis-similar to the vocal style of Ville Valo of HIM, but then also mixed up with some cracking high energy tunes, complete with guitarist standing on the bar battering the crowd with some crunching power chords, not sure what the bar staff were thinkin!!!
So all in all well worth checking out and I think a band to keep watching if they get a big enough break they wil run with it and could be very successful! [img]wink.gif[/img]
Damn! ?3.90 a can!!! I thought the Astoria was bad at ?3.20!!! Glad you enjoyed the show though.
Carl, exchange rate at the moment is about ?1=$1.87 so you're talking about between 6 and 7 bucks a beer, depending on the venue.
<font color="#FF0000" size="1">[ March 11, 2005 10:29 AM: Message edited by: Stacey. ]</font>
6-7 bucks for a beer?
I swear to god I will never complain about the prices of beer in this city ever again.
That's just ridiculous.
(goes into mother lecture)
Do you know how many house I have to work so you can buy one can of beer?? Geez!!!
Normal pub prices are nearer $4 a beer (?2 a pint). It's just the venues/clubs that charge so much.
That's still crazy.
<font size="4" face="Arial">I know the UK Pints. We call 'em "Imperial Pint Glasses" over here. I have a set of them, and I love 'em. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by Stacey.:
Correct Carl, we have proper-sized pint glasses in pubs, but clubs/venues will sometimes serve cans or plastic 'glasses'.
By pints, I mean UK pints, not those silly little 16oz things you have over there, lol. [img]smile.gif[/img]
That's about the normal price I pay for beer at bars. But then again, I don't buy Miller or Bud products, so it is always anywhere from $5-$10 a beer, depending on brand.
You folk over there don't drink out of cans in pubs...do you? Everything I ever see it is always a wonderful looking pint being poured. The last one being in Shaun Of The Dead in the pub The Winchester. Movies like that, with Pub scenes such as those, make me REALLY want to hang in a true UK pub. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
Ahhh Carl a man after my own heart!
I LOVE the old pub culture, I like drinkin', I LUV 'REAL' pubs dim lit and spit n saw dust, not these lame 'plastic' pubs ie all glitzy neon etc and NOPE don't go for cans/bottles ALWAYS a pint, no shorts neither and def NO HALFS! if your gonna have a drink HAVE A DRINK! lol! I ALWAYS try the crazy 'guest' ales also, if it's a crazy named brew I'm up for it! lol!
There's MANY boozers over here to trawl Carl you'd LUV it! I'm sure! [img]graemlins/beer.gif[/img]
Correct Carl, we have proper-sized pint glasses in pubs, but clubs/venues will sometimes serve cans or plastic 'glasses'.
By pints, I mean UK pints, not those silly little 16oz things you have over there, lol. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Ummmmm ... I saw the show at Rock City on Thursday and I gotta say that I was real disappointed with the Ga*Ga*s. I saw them support Skid Row in 2003 and was real impressed at how raw they were live, but it was a different band almost last week. If I wanted to go see The Rasmus I would do to be frank, the singer had a weak voice and the songs refused to stick in my head.
Zen Motel on the other hand were real cool - gutter filth rock'n'roll ...
James
Carl - most city pubs are slowly doing away
with glass pints/bottles so to bring down the
amount of 'glassing' incidents. (Although I'm
sure the lumpens stupid enough to do this in the
first place will also be stupid enough to
believe that it isn't actually thin plastic
which is continually bouncing off the edge
of the bar, but glass. LOL.)
I think the UK's a bit hit-and-miss really,
when it comes to clubbing and pubbing. Some
large cities like London or Glasgow, for
example, see, well, a not-as-much-as-you-might-
think amount of trouble after midnight, with
various sticky, wobbly gangs converging etc.
And yet in smaller, slightly more provincial
and picturesque cities, it's fucking chaos.
Compared to the rest of Europe, though, the UK's
still a shameful, barbaric, discultured joke
when it comes to its nightlife, excluding
specialist places, of course - rock clubs, jazz
dives, uni bars, etc.
D.
This one's for Carl,
Here in Belgium a Westvleteren is not that expensive ;-) let's say 2 or 3$, depends where you buy it hehehe
cheers
Jan
Yeah, I'll be replying to your PM soon here. Ya show off! LOL!!! Seriously though, if I lived in Belgium, I fear I would be the worlds largest alcoholic! I could be pouring Duvel on my friggin' cereal for crying out loud!!!
Mmmmmmmmm...Duvel...Westy (both Westvleteren and Westmalle).
Hey, have you ever been to the Westvleteren Abbey or the restaurant??? Supposedly the food is incredible at the joint by the Abbey.
Welcome to the board, by the way!!!
hey Carl,
Uhm actually, I live in the land of beers but I don't drink alcohol hehehe. But I visited that abbey and the food in the restaurant is wonderful, even prepared without beer!!!
But every band (Hardcore Superstar, Backyard Babies, Hanoi Rocks, ...) is happy when they see me in Belgium because I buy them lots of beers!!! Thanks for the welcome
I see The Ya*s Ya*s are being 'Sent to Coventry'
They're playin at The Collesium on April 2nd!