On Wed, 7 Aug 2024 15:43:10 +0000
"J0hnny A1pha" (21:4/158) <
J0hnny.A1pha@f158.n4.z21.fidonet> wrote:
BY: Nigel Reed (21:2/101)
On Wednesday,August 07, 2024 at 01:07 AM, Nigel Reed (21:2/101) wrote:
I've seen recently. Saw The Cure in Houston in '19 and Elvis
Costello earlier in the summer. Saw Post Modern Jukebox this
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...
Previous to this I saw The (English) Beat and Adam Ant in Dallas.
Was supposed to see The Alarm in Fort Worth but unfortunately
Mike Peters cancer has come back so he couldn't travel and tour.
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.
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