reubens (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} reubens) wrote,@ 2005-10-10 14:41:00 |
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Chair Factor 100
Hey all, sorry for the inconsistent posts...apparently, the UK is a little behind the times on internet connections. We've been writing posts, but just haven't had internet connections to post them.
Well since the last post, we've played a few shows, seen some of the country, slept on some floors. Not much different than our tours back home.
First off I want to give you the cast of characters for the trip, just so I don't have to explain myself. Dopamine's crew consists of Neil - guitar and singer, Iain - guitar, James - bass, Sam - drums, Phil (P2K5) - roadie/tech, and Ed - merch. First Born's crew is Simon - singer, Chris - guitars, Neil - bass, and Nick - drums. Ok...got it?
The night after Southampton was Weston Super Mare, a coastal town very similar to the New Jersey coast...a sort of boardwalk area, with restaurants and bars, and a huge pier with an amusement arcade at the end. It was nice to be on the water and walk on the beach, though it was pretty cold out. The show was fine...just First Born, us and Dopamine...it went off fine and they fed us tasty curry/chili on chips for dinner. Yum. That night we drove to Caerphilly, just outside Cardiff in Wales to stay at James' house. We had pizzas and Natalie, James' girlfriend, made us a tasty breakfast of eggs, beans, bacon and toast. Do you really care about what we eat? I thought so...
The next day we drove to Luton, about 30 miles north of London. We played at the University student center there...it was filled with kids (all ages show)...most of them more interested in each other than the music, but it was festive nonetheless. The show went fine...some opening bands, blah blah blah...nothing too special. That night we slept at a friend of Dopamine Neils' house. It was a little nuts, with about 15 guys in the small living room at one point. Luckily, some of us could sleep in the Dopamine van, but there was still a motley crew sleeping on that floor. We had one guy, who none of us knew, sleeping upright in an office chair all night. It was pretty creepy looking in the dark, actually.
After our magical night in Luton, we made our way back to the south coast to play in Torquay. We loved that name...pronounced tor-key, which to us sounds a lot like turkey. We tourqed about it a lot that day. The town of Torquay is really cool...kinda touristy, but nice. It's on the "English Riviera" and is where the TV show Fawlty Towers is supposed to take place. It had a main street lined with shops that wound down to the harbor, filled with yachts and such. It's in a bay, so the scenery was awesome...green hills all around. The show was whatever...not many people there and two terrible metal bands (though they called themselves "post hard-core") opening the show. These torquays were pretty unbearable, so I skipped out on watching them. We've been stuck with a bunch of these "new metal" bands on this tour...we hope it's not like this the whole time. Dopamine and First Born I'm sure would concur. Everything went off without a hitch though, and we drove a couple hours from Torquay back to Wales to stay at Dopamine Neil's house. Man, he lives in a nice place...very comfortable.
So, here we are now...having some down time playing video games (I've been schooling Ed at Tony Hawk Underground and now Chris is killing people on Grand Theft Auto San Andreas) and eating toast and tea. Tonight we play in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Yeehaw.
Until next time...
Hey all, sorry for the inconsistent posts...apparently, the UK is a little behind the times on internet connections. We've been writing posts, but just haven't had internet connections to post them.
Well since the last post, we've played a few shows, seen some of the country, slept on some floors. Not much different than our tours back home.
First off I want to give you the cast of characters for the trip, just so I don't have to explain myself. Dopamine's crew consists of Neil - guitar and singer, Iain - guitar, James - bass, Sam - drums, Phil (P2K5) - roadie/tech, and Ed - merch. First Born's crew is Simon - singer, Chris - guitars, Neil - bass, and Nick - drums. Ok...got it?
The night after Southampton was Weston Super Mare, a coastal town very similar to the New Jersey coast...a sort of boardwalk area, with restaurants and bars, and a huge pier with an amusement arcade at the end. It was nice to be on the water and walk on the beach, though it was pretty cold out. The show was fine...just First Born, us and Dopamine...it went off fine and they fed us tasty curry/chili on chips for dinner. Yum. That night we drove to Caerphilly, just outside Cardiff in Wales to stay at James' house. We had pizzas and Natalie, James' girlfriend, made us a tasty breakfast of eggs, beans, bacon and toast. Do you really care about what we eat? I thought so...
The next day we drove to Luton, about 30 miles north of London. We played at the University student center there...it was filled with kids (all ages show)...most of them more interested in each other than the music, but it was festive nonetheless. The show went fine...some opening bands, blah blah blah...nothing too special. That night we slept at a friend of Dopamine Neils' house. It was a little nuts, with about 15 guys in the small living room at one point. Luckily, some of us could sleep in the Dopamine van, but there was still a motley crew sleeping on that floor. We had one guy, who none of us knew, sleeping upright in an office chair all night. It was pretty creepy looking in the dark, actually.
After our magical night in Luton, we made our way back to the south coast to play in Torquay. We loved that name...pronounced tor-key, which to us sounds a lot like turkey. We tourqed about it a lot that day. The town of Torquay is really cool...kinda touristy, but nice. It's on the "English Riviera" and is where the TV show Fawlty Towers is supposed to take place. It had a main street lined with shops that wound down to the harbor, filled with yachts and such. It's in a bay, so the scenery was awesome...green hills all around. The show was whatever...not many people there and two terrible metal bands (though they called themselves "post hard-core") opening the show. These torquays were pretty unbearable, so I skipped out on watching them. We've been stuck with a bunch of these "new metal" bands on this tour...we hope it's not like this the whole time. Dopamine and First Born I'm sure would concur. Everything went off without a hitch though, and we drove a couple hours from Torquay back to Wales to stay at Dopamine Neil's house. Man, he lives in a nice place...very comfortable.
So, here we are now...having some down time playing video games (I've been schooling Ed at Tony Hawk Underground and now Chris is killing people on Grand Theft Auto San Andreas) and eating toast and tea. Tonight we play in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Yeehaw.
Until next time...
