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And where are you going out - the 1970s?!
The North. You should try it. OK, "heavy" might have been an exaggeration though. 😁
I can beat CountZero.
I went to see Supertramp in 1979 in Cannock. We were queuing outside when they rolled up in their van and asked for a hand inside with their gear, in exchange for free entry.
Bloody well right!
And while we're at it, I've been offered tickets to the Tangerine Dream gig in Birmingham for a discount. I used to be a fan 50 years ago. Anybody know if it'll be any good?
I've been offered tickets to the Tangerine Dream gig in Birmingham for a discount. I used to be a fan 50 years ago. Anybody know if it'll be any good?
Depends whether they're going to play the Street Hawk theme tune or not. 😁
Bloody well right!
Some old folk noticed what you did there 😉 🙃
Some old folk noticed what you did there 😉 🙃
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When they played Bristol Colston Hall after the release of “Crime…”, during the station announcement part-way through ‘Rudy’, there was a cheer from the contingent from Chippenham, quite probably the only time our town got a shout-out from any live band performing anywhere! 😎
And while we're at it, I've been offered tickets to the Tangerine Dream gig in Birmingham for a discount. I used to be a fan 50 years ago. Anybody know if it'll be any good?
No reason why not - let’s face it, it’s all electronic, the band are about as anonymous as it’s possible to be in a live situation.
Although, when I saw Pink Floyd play Bristol Hippodrome on the 1974 ‘Wish You Were Here’ tour, it might as well have been shop window mannequins on stage, for all the interaction between them and the audience! Nick Mason’s ‘Saucerful Of Secrets’ are a much more engaging experience, you get two hours of early Floyd performed by a band clearly having an enormous amount of fun! Apart from Nick, there’s Guy Pratt on bass, who worked with Nick and Dave Gilmore both in Floyd, (because Waters couldn’t play bass worth a damn, and didn’t care about it), and Gary Kemp, who’s finally being allowed to let his love of prog let loose - he’s an outstanding guitarist!
If the opportunity presents itself, go and see them, I’ve seen them twice, and met Nick a couple of times, because he opens his gardens for charity, and has a bunch of his cars on display, well worth the price of admission! 😎
And while we're at it, I've been offered tickets to the Tangerine Dream gig in Birmingham for a discount. I used to be a fan 50 years ago. Anybody know if it'll be any good?
No reason why not - let’s face it, it’s all electronic, the band are about as anonymous as it’s possible to be in a live situation.
When Ultravox reformed, in 2008/9, one of the problems they faced was that they couldn't get the same synths etc as on the original records, so had to invest quite an effort into recreating the sounds.
it might as well have been shop window mannequins on stage,
And when they played Mr X, all 4 of them unmoving on keyboards, underlit in neon blue light, it was so gloriously 80s synth-pop that my wife couldn't understand my joy. 😀
Local cinema had fancy seats fitted & feel it necessary to charge £45 for me & mrs to see a film. Or we can go to the local film society for just £16 which includes a glass of wine each but no fancy seats...
Local cinema had fancy seats fitted & feel it necessary to charge £45 for me & mrs to see a film.
Daphuq? 😱 I stopped going to the cinema a few years ago, mainly because my work hours made it impractical, and I just lost interest, but there’s no way I’d be paying that!
Anyway, I’ve got a 55” Sony Bravia now, and I’m more than happy to wait for any give film to turn up on one of the multitude of channels available now.
Live music is a different thing altogether.
Local cinema had fancy seats fitted & feel it necessary to charge £45 for me & mrs to see a film. Or we can go to the local film society for just £16 which includes a glass of wine each but no fancy seats...
We're lucky to have the Regent Cinema here in Marple. Last time I went it was £5.50 for the prole seats downstairs, or £6 for the balcony seats, plus they have a half-time intermission where for £2 or so a young person wil sell you ice cream from a tray on a string round their neck.
With the length of many films these days, I really miss intermissions.
One of the bands I used to see live at free festivals is touring, Id love to see them again, but Its £50, plus diesel, and im out of work, probably forever.
Were supertramp at reading in 1975? That was £30 for the 3days iirc
We went to the darts at the Arena in Manchester last week for 40 quid a ticket. I drove as i wasn't bothered about paying 9 quid a pop for a wobbly plastic glass of lukewarm Carling. Being probably the only sober person amongsy 13,000 people, most of whom were absolutely leathered and dressed up as Super Mario or Ali G was quite the experience
The bars were all absolutely mobbed, literally 20 deep, and everyone was drinking the 2 pint glasses of fizzy lager at 18 quid a go. More of it seemed to be being thrown in the air than being actually drunk though. When someone got a 180 there must have been about 100,000 quids worth in the air. When Price did the mythical 9 dart finish we ended up literally soaked as about 13,000 2-pint glasses flying skyward. Then they all went to queue at the bar for a refill, to chuck in the air again 10 minutes later.
Absolutely nuts (but rather good fun!) 😀
A rare trip to a pub last night cost me £55 for two cheeseburgers, a pint of beer and a medium glass of Chardonnay.
A rare trip to a pub last night cost me £55 for two cheeseburgers, a pint of beer and a medium glass of Chardonnay.
Jesus 😳 , in my last job (2018) that would have been 6hrs wages, how the **** can folk afford to drink in pubs/eat out these days
A rare trip to a pub last night cost me £55 for two cheeseburgers, a pint of beer and a medium glass of Chardonnay.
Jesus 😳 , in my last job (2018) that would have been 6hrs wages, how the **** can folk afford to drink in pubs/eat out these days
3 Pints of 'non crap' beer in my local is almost £18.... so a sunday 'day drinking session' is now really just a couple of beers rather than sitting in the beer garden getting slowly pickled.
Good for my liver, but devestating to the pub trade when you think about it.
On the plus side...all the riff-raff go to 'Spoons in my town, as its a fair bit cheaper, so the pub I go to, is nice and serene! 😆
Every town needs a nobhead-magnet pub to keep them from infecting everywhere else, and spoons normally provides that service 😃
Our local, which is a fantastic boozer, does an old school happy hour after work where they always have various drinks offers on, so it’s never too pricey.
It’s always busy, with a really nice atmosphere about the place. Everyone in the vicinity seems to take their dog out for a walk, or just head out for a stroll around that time and ends up there.
A rare trip to a pub last night cost me £55 for two cheeseburgers, a pint of beer and a medium glass of Chardonnay.
Are you in Dublin? That's the only place in the British Isles I found that was dearer than London.
A burger in a pub will set you back £15-£20. You aren't having a pint and a single course cheap, other than in Wetherspoons. I have a gourmet card that makes one of our local pubs slightly more affordable for a meal for two, but you are still looking at around £40-£50 with the 25% discount on food and drink - and that's just two courses and non alcoholic drinks as it's not really walkable (unless you make it a hike).
Worse; the Cotswolds, but not the posh part.
Well, considering just how big an area of the country the Cotswolds covers, there’s a huge number of places that could potentially be “not the posh part”. From just below Bath, paralleling the Severn Valley to above Tewksbury and almost across to Oxford, back down through Cirencester, and considering how much is a desirable place to live, enquiring minds might ask, which bit isn’t posh! Where I live is just outside the official boundary, but I could walk to a village that is inside, and most people would think it’s posh. It featured in the Agatha Raisin tv series for exactly that reason.
I'm lucky enough to have Banquet Records not far away in Kingston who put on regular shows at very reasonable prices. Have seen James, Crowded House, Bastille, London Grammar and Lauren Mayberry (CHVRCHES) in the last year and think I haven't spent more than £20 a ticket. They put on an impressive range of artists usually playing Album/pre tour shows for a small audience. Have to be on the ball to get the tickets though. A lift in and back from one of my kids, if they're not coming with and a couple of pints at the 'Spoons across the road. Doesn't get much cheaper.
Can't be arsed with the faff of going to see many bands these days, especially big stadium events. Went to see a celebration of 30yrs since release of The Bends in mid march, costs were helped by being friends with the album producers daughter 😁
Was less than impressed paying £23.50 for a mediocre vegan burger & pint of ipa after today's ride 😕
A burger in a pub will set you back £15-£20. You aren't having a pint and a single course cheap, other than in Wetherspoons. I have a gourmet card that makes one of our local pubs slightly more affordable for a meal for two, but you are still looking at around £40-£50 with the 25% discount on food and drink - and that's just two courses and non alcoholic drinks as it's not really walkable (unless you make it a hike).
We went to a fancy-ish Italian in Halifax last night. A garlic bread & tomato, two generous plates of pasta, a pint and a gin & tonic came in at about £45. And it was delicious.
2 Ramen bowls, a pint of house IPA and 2 diet cokes in the centre of Leeds.
£52 inc tip
In London a couple of weeks ago - 2 pints of IPA, half a lager and a G&T was £30.
Many moons ago, when I was a student in Cardiff there was a boycott of the Student Union bar as they put lager up to £1 a pint. The grabbing barstewards soon put the price back down to 85p.
A burger in a pub will set you back £15-£20. You aren't having a pint and a single course cheap, other than in Wetherspoons. I have a gourmet card that makes one of our local pubs slightly more affordable for a meal for two, but you are still looking at around £40-£50 with the 25% discount on food and drink - and that's just two courses and non alcoholic drinks as it's not really walkable (unless you make it a hike).
We went to a fancy-ish Italian in Halifax last night. A garlic bread & tomato, two generous plates of pasta, a pint and a gin & tonic came in at about £45. And it was delicious.
A local Chinese, the sort with a Chinese menu and a Western menu, 2 weeks ago. 4 of us, a sharing starter course, main meal each, 3 beers and some soft drinks, £64. There was enough left that we took it home and my wife and I ate it the next day for our evening meal and had plenty.
I think the trick is never to eat overpriced burgers in pubs. Regardless of what they claim, a burger is just a burger, made of cheap meat and breadcrumbs, with a load of random filler to bulk the plate up. You know you're being conned when a burger, posh or not, is the same price as fish.
That's an astonishing price.
I think the trick is never to eat overpriced burgers in pubs.
I think the trick is not to frequent places that see you coming. You think you're getting great value with a tikka masala for £6 or balk at £10+ for a plate of spaghetti, but will cheerfully down three pints of lager at nine quid a throw.
Then there's the surprise pre-added service charge of anywhere from 10% to 25% on the bill. This isn't America, if you need to apply a service charge then increase the prices on your menu. Keep it honest.