The Crüxshadows...

[vin_petrol]

... were great last night! Dancing girls, a lead singer wandering around the audience, "Happy Birthday Dear Trish" and jumping on the stage for the last song. Lots of fun!

I even recorded a few video fragments, and uploaded my first ever videos to youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecUGBOX1tC8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfSskaVqZ9c

[Mobile phone camera so *ahem* not the best quality.]

The Japanese support band were good too. I always like loud Japanese bands. It makes me feel like a character in a cyberpunk novel. Somewhere behind me Case is making a deal with a Yakuza representative to shift some dodgy hot software out to a rogue zaibatsu. Plus, they covered Enola Gay...

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[rich-r.livejournal.com]

Bah - we never made it, due to a flat battery on the car (corroded fuse wire causing it not to charge) By the time I'd charged the battery and replaced the fuse, it was 8pm, so we decided not to bother driving over to Leeds.

Still, we'll see them at WGW in April :)

[vin_petrol]

Ah, I wondered where you had got to.

[ellenscult]

Cool! Sounds like a great evening. ;-)

And... did I mention I have a signed British 1st edition of Neuromancer? *rubs hands together in glee* If you like, you can come round and caress it! lol I still have to re-read it every couple of years.

[vin_petrol]

a signed British 1st edition of Neuromancer?

Oooh, nice! I've only got a few signed books, but they're all quite nice:

A copy of The Observer Book of Manned Spaceflight - signed by Jim Irwin (commander of Apollo 15).
A comic signed by Alan Moore (we're not worthy).
A book signed by Steven Baxter, where I got him to write the *incredibly* space-travel-nerd comment "Press to MECO", which he laughed at lots.

I don't have a signed Pratchett, which is probably pretty unusual, but I do have a card he sent me for my wedding!

[ellenscult]

*grin* It still has 'withdrawn and sold by order of Kirklees Metropolitan Council' stamped in it. WG said he'd buy it just for that. *heh*

I'm impressed by your signed books. What's 'MECO'? I feel horribly ignorant. ;-)

How come you got a wedding card from Mr Pratchett? *boggle*

[vin_petrol]

Long ago, I used to sometimes get very cheap copies of a magazine called OMNI which our local newsagents sometimes sold off after their offsale date, at a silly low price (i.e. 10p a copy). Years later I discovered that the very, very first publication of a Gibson short story was Burning Chrome in an issue of OMNI near those I used to buy. This particular issue was now worth well in excess of 10p! Swiftly, I located my ancient stash, to sadly discover that I hadn't got that particular issue :-(

What's 'MECO'? I feel horribly ignorant. ;-)

Main Engine Cut Off.

How come you got a wedding card from Mr Pratchett? *boggle*

I've never met him, but I got married in the village where he lived at that time (he may still be there). Trash's dad popped down to see him and asked him to sign a wedding card for me, which he happily did. I can still remember Graeme reading it out at the reception: "congratulations on your marriage, from Terry ... PRATCHETT!!!!!"

[ellenscult]

Bummer! :( I've got that collection of short stories, but alas, not in the original omni. I feel your pain!

Ta muchly!

How cool is that?!

I'll stop using exclamation marks now...

[keris.livejournal.com]

We get to see them tonight!!!!! *bounces*

[vin_petrol]

I'm soooooo tempted to try and sneak off to another gig over the next few days. Sadly, I think Trash would notice and get very, very annoyed.

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

Where were they playing?

To be honest I wouldn't want to see them in a small venue as I know he goes into the audience - it totally freaks me out when bands do that - when they come up to you and start singing in your face - what the **** is the behavioural precedent for that? What do you you??

[vin_petrol]

Where were they playing?

The Cockpit in Leeds - quite a small venue.

To be honest I wouldn't want to see them in a small venue as I know he goes into the audience - it totally freaks me out when bands do that - when they come up to you and start singing in your face - what the **** is the behavioural precedent for that? What do you you??

As I'm not a cute goth girl, this doesn't usually happen ;-)

I usually have to resist the urge to upstage the singer, 'cos I'm a bit of an actor myself. As it's *there* gig I usually just grin happily and dance along with them.

[vin_petrol]

Ouch - meant "their" not "there" :-(

[mister-ed.livejournal.com]

As an occasional perpetrator of such crimes myself... you could always call their bluff...


Give them a friendly tickle :)