[Event Chat] Ciarafest 7: The Saffs, Return of Id, Pony Colaboration and Ellie Walker - 07/10/06

I make no apologies for bad spelling and gramaaar in this initial write up - its a rush job! However, I'm sure the bands will take things much more seriously. Well, I reckon Ellie will anyway! Lets face it people - this sells itself. I've looked forward to all of our Ciarafest gigs so far, but this one probably the most. Lets 'ave it!

Can we get tickets in advance or is there a reservations list?

Think sadly only a res list - we tried to sort out the Junktion doing tickets for us before, and they said yes, but it just equalled ignored phone calls and being on hold a lot, so we gave up :(

I could set up wegottickets.com for you if you'd like. I can now arrange that payments go direct to your bank account, which makes it a lot more straight forward. let me know.

Problem is booking fees and also setting something up that doesn't cost us anything - the Junktion said they'd do it for free. They were probably drunk at the time though...

WGT doesn't cost the promoter anything, although there is obviously the booking fees. I'll have a word with them and see if they could waive them.

That'd be great - cheers : )

Same night as Comets on Fire in Notts, rubbish! Would have been cool to see Return of Id again.

Pah! Is Comets on Fire in aid of charity young man?

Tickets on sale now - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/12728. Wegottickets.com are donating a chunk of the booking fee to the charity too. They can't donate the whole thing cos they still have bank charges and VAT to pay, but 25p min from the 50p should go to charity.

As i said a while back if you need someone to flyer like a crazy biatch and put up posters let me know.

Ta :)

Will be working on flyers ets this week - will let you know.

Hairy, add the ticket link to the event info.

Already had : )

Good man.

This is gonna be great…

In other Pony related news:

On Friday 15th September, we will be supporting Jimbob (ex Carter USM) as he returns to the Man on the Moon to promote his new best of album.

We will be playing a radically different set-list to the one we’re gonna do at Ciarafest, so you really need to go to both…

You can get your tickets here:

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/11212

Also on the bill are Pacific Ocean Fire, who are a great band and bloody good blokes.

Don’t ask about the Return of Id reunion.

I’m sure everything will be fine.

Sorry for only coming here when I want something.

www.myspace.com/theponycollaboration

Yay I can't wait for this either! Had no idea it was part of Ciarafest so that makes it even better! Thanks Chris for letting us play (and Jazz too for asking) :)

it's going to be good fun this one.

Return of Id boys - will you be playing that track of the Repeat compilation? Please?

Anything's possible at this stage... Which song do you mean? We did a couple of Repeat compilations (as was the fashion at the time).

the one on it takes a nation of miltons... was that it's name?

Which you can order from amazon in Japan...

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005209W

Cool. I saw a copy in a charity shop on Seven Sisters road not so long ago. The track which you refer to is 'Chevrolet'. We may well give it a bash...

I've updated the gig blurb, so if anyone knows any other musical sites they visit regular like and want to copy and paste everything there too, feel free : )

Hopefully i'll be well enough to attend this one!

I wanna hear valerie from the One Way Down days :P

Updated our website Oh hairy one ;-)

Thank you sir : )

Come on you buggers - get 'em while they're hot!

http://www.wegottickets.com/event/12728

The famed Ciarafest publicity machine (ie Queen Blag) is going to roar into action tonight, and I wouldn't want any lovely WANers to miss out on the tipperty top hot gig of the year!

Don't no about 'roaring' into action, more of a light potter about town. if your going to any of the following if you see and crazed bird with orange hair giving out flyers like theres no tomorrow (there might not be, you never know) take one and come down. The URl for the tickets [B](http://www.wegottickets.com/event/12728)[/B] is on the flyer so you have NO EXCUSE!!

The Pippettes, Rocker, Linda's Nephew, All American Rejects w/ Motion City Soundtrack, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, The Take, The Portland Comedy Club, Tupolev Ghost, Johnny Panic, Seafood, Goo Goo Dolls.

2 weeks of madness. i'm also giving away mad goodys at GCWCF as long as you sign up for e-mails from Love Music Hate Racism and take a flyer with the mighty Lozster & the Yellow Clipboard of Shills! Oh thats a good band name huh?

Motion City Soundtrack supporting All American Rejects? Oh noes :( I thought it was Matchbook Romance and was pretty annoyed about missing them anyway. If it's MCS I'd better get looking on E-Bay / selling my soul for a ticket.

Yeah, it should be with Motion City Soundtrack, The Starting Line, The Format, Gym Class Heroes. I wouldn't go and see AAR on there own. I'd rather rip my own eyes out! But MCS and The Format are class.

Grr bloody hell, MCS site doesn't have a gig mentioned that day, but they are currently in the country, they're supporting AAR in teh states too straight afterwards.

Just checked the Matchbook Romance site and that still lists them as playing.

Guess it's all irrelevent as I doubt I'll be able to get me hands on a ticket for a reasonable price anyhoo.

I've just got some ace posters made for Ciarafest 7. Does anyone know anywhere I could get these blown up A3 size and in colour? The cheaper the better althought seeing as it's charity, free would be the acest.

dude, give dave a call

The Saffs were practicing in the Portland, i'm never going to get the word to Cumundon out of my poor brain.

Tickets selling quick for this one - Advance tickets from http://www.wegottickets.com/event/12728

WGT are donating the profits from the booking fee to the cause too, so get on with it!

Am going with Clairee and tickets are bought. 36 left on wegottickets.

34 left ...

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A week to go! Woohoo :)

Buy buy buy - its for charidee after all.

bump tiddly ump bump

bump bump

people of cambridge - happiness to bring your life by please to be attending this eistedfodd yes thank you.

mr itchen ferry and his gorgeous child bride will be there, but don't let that put you off.

and i shall be demonstratng my extraordinary capacity for frotaging mr ferry's leg while reciting baudelaire

We've sold more than 20 tickets now, so if you're holding back, erm, don't. Is gonna be a squeeze, cos I know lots of 'em are fatties :)

i'm not fat, i'm festively plump.

and besides...

It'll be nice to meet you Itchen - I'm playing geetar for Ellie that night. Introduce yourself, won't ya?

i shall be paying on the door mr arsenal, cos i'm like that :-)
ps. watch match of the day.... van persies second goal was truly incredible

At the rate they're selling you won't be paying for anything on the door...

Got mine. Can't miss the last Saffs gig ever. Plus in the absence of the boat race, it's their spiritual home.

*I'm in denial about the Corn Exchange one happening, because I don't think I can deal with the rest of the bill*

I'm sure that this is the third really the last Saffs gig ever, at the very least. I've got my ticket. I might even wear my ancient Return of Id T shirt.

its an honorary last saffs gig due to the metallic nature of that cornex bill and the fact that i am in amsterdam for the cornex one.... i'm fooling myself with you rob.

Simon... there are always ways... ;-)

Get a bloody ticket James, or I will make it my personal mission for the night to keep you out of that back room ;p

25 gone so far. Book now Mr. Leslie :-)

hehe, that almost sounds like a challenge ;p

It's for charity too :)

anyway... you're not going to try and sell them all on wegottickets are you? would seem very unfair on those who don't know about that way of getting them.
plus, i may as well pay on the door and give the booking fee to the fund instead of wegottickets, no? :-)

Wegottickets.com are donating the booking fee to the charity.

I heard that Ian Scanlon of Econoline/Hey Collosus/indie-rock-alumini fame is playing bass with Eleanor Walker. Can someone confirm this?

all of it now? (the booking fee)

Well VAT is still due, as are bank charges, so probably about 30p of it.

I'm buying my two tickets on the night ;o)

one for you and one for your beer?

worse deal for ciarafest then, than if i pay all of the booking fee to them on the door :-)

>>one for you and one for your beer?

One for me and one for my beer belly :oP

*yikes*

Indeed. I'm saying beer but infact I think it's just from over eating while working for two weeks at the Portland :o| The diet to shift 'a bit' begins on Monday.

im looking for a loan for the surgery

If you buy online, you will essentially be giving an extra 30p to the charity, unless of course you just put in extra on the night, which you are of course more than free to do :)

However, as we hope to sell out, you may not get in. We'll still happily take your money though :)

Anyone phoning the pub, seeing a flyer, getting an email or reading about it in the paper will know its advanced tickets, so most people should be aware. We are telling everyone we know to buy online, so they know if they don't get in its their own fault. For the few people who genuinely cant get online tickets, we'll sort them out if they tell us in advance. But being "mates" on the night might not swing it, sorry :/

You have to remember that the most important thing about this is raising money for charity. I expect not to sell out in advance, but if we do, brilliant - the charity gets loads of cash. While its nice to think "ooh yeah, just come on the night" thats great until it rains or snows and no bugger turns up.

As I say, it probably wont sell out in advance, but if it does don't say we didn't warn y'all :)

What's the capacity of the Portland, out of interest?

100.

Really? I can't imagine 100 people being in there.

I've seen it a lot - Editors, Tom Robinson, Nirvana tribute night, Chalets, Broken Family Band amongst others.

And 5 of the 6 Ciarafest nights so far :)

Huzzah!

If you buy online, you will essentially be giving an extra 30p to the charity, unless of course you just put in extra on the night, which you are of course more than free to do :)
that's what i meant, if i'm gonna pay 50p booking i'd rather just pay it to ciarafest direct than give wegottickets a cut.

i'll take my chances on the door, as i don't know how many people are coming with me yet and don't want to find that half of us are stuck outside.

Wegottickets don't make a profit on this, however you're right, that giving a whole 50p to Ciarafest is a good thing.

Just got my ticket!

RTC's first ever gig pulled 125 in there (but don't tell anyone) and I'm sure we won't be foolish enough to let that many people in. How about we get some ticlet touts set up outside to raise extra cash for the Primrose?

I heard that Ian Scanlon of Econoline/Hey Collosus/indie-rock-alumini fame is playing bass with Eleanor Walker. Can someone confirm this?

He certainly is. Small world, innit?

Just to clarify, this is not the last Saffs gig. We're definatly doing the corn exchange but after that we don't know. Maybe, maybe not. Never say never I guess but surely you lot are gonna get bored soon?

and you can see a poster for Saturdays gig here....www.myspace.com/thesaffs

Just booked :-)

I'm booked too :)

30 gone. I expect to see a lot more gone by the weekend, so keep booking kids...

31 now *bump*

33

I like this game : )

will you keep updating this so we know whether to bother coming down or not? cheers

Well normally I'm against bumping my own threads James *cough* but as its you : )

why not just book a ticket James, then you can guarantee entry :)

God, lets not go through that again eh?

because as i said, i don't know how many of us there is and i don't want a group of us to get there to find that half can't get in. It doesn't make any difference to anyone anyway... selling out is the important thing, if that means i don't go, so be it. :-)

34! Yes yes, I know, I'm like a child with a new toy. But poo to you : ))

Have you got yours yet baker boy?

he's getting one on the door with me, if he's not on teh guest list ;-p

Guestlist costs a tenner doesn't it chris? :)

*looks down guest list*

nope, no baker here : )

Actually, with the odd rare exception, we don't do a guest list at all for them - as its a charity thing, people don't expect one so its not a problem. And with Pentney on the door, no fucker gets by, hehe.

what a kind offer of you simon, paying double as its for charity.... nice to see you doing your bit ;-)

Jeez guys, get a room ; )

we have.... you're invited too but you have to shave first, and i don't mean your face :-0

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36 : )

I PMd you James

Oh Cooper Temple Clause list is £3 and all proceeds are going to Oxjam James.
does that mean i'm on the list for that? i hadn't even started hassling people about that one yet :-)
i'll happily pay £5 charity for it...

agreed about charity guestlists... totally wrong

I assumed you probably would be on the list. You'll need to ask rob about list for it.

good thinking... i was gonna call sony, but then remembered they aren't on sony anymore

Unsigned? Jesus, you'd not tell that if you saw their rider...Egos still alive and kicking...

Hmmm... I wouldn't mind coming to this one but I can't do the wegottickets.com thingamybob... any hope?

not unsigned, just not on sony BMG anymore... i dig their new video by the way, even though the song could do with a lot more electronica thrown in

PM hairyarsenal. He's yer best hope.

39 now...

Hmm, I see 38? Don't get over excited there mr simon!

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Ah, no - at one point it seemed to go backwards. Maybe someone cancelled or something.

If someone puts a ticket in their basket, it'll take that ticket off sale until they buy it or decide to not bother, which will be what happened there.

aaaaaah. Modern technology eh? Marvelous.

41 tickets sold now. We could be looking at a James Alternation-free gig here kids...

Just put another 20 tickets on sale. This WILL sell out before the day, so get yer arses in gear *millionth shameless bump*

Erm, no simon, fraid i shall be there.... I still think it is out of order to try to sell them ALL via the net... kinda fucks on anyone without a credit card... whilst selling out is the most important thing, it also seems harsh on those travelling for the gig to not know that you're trying to make it advance tickets only.

Chris... did Jazz talk to you??? He has people coming from out of town who want tickets but have no credit cards (see above)

Woooaaah, chill dude. Plenty of gigs sell out in advance and all the cash goes to charity anyhoo. You seem to think there's some sort of conspiracy on this! Didn't see you complain when Duke Spirit sold out in advance at the Portland.

Chris is actually holding some back for the door, so don't worry, there will be some left to make sure people can get some. I got Kirsty to buy my ticket, as i don't have a credit or debit card.

Oh and i was joking about you not being there :-)

I just bought my ticket. Sounds like some of you that I know should be there so I won't be stood in a corner looking slightly scared! yay for music and charidee!

Will see you there Chelley :-)

Indeedy. Should be a good night.

Yeah, we're holding some back. Not heard from Jazz yet, but it won't be a problem as long as its not 50 or something!

I'll say hello too chelley hurrah, and I'm going home to pick up bass/get fed by my mum on sunday. It's shaping up to be an ace weekend

Will see you there Chelley - or do you want to meet beforehand? Myspace me if you do cos my wan email is an old one.

that sounds like a brilliant idea THL. If you've still got my mobile number, text me when and where and I'll meet you beforehand :o)

simon, i was just making a comment about people without credit cards in response to "This WILL sell out before the day" which more than insinuates an intention to not make them available on the door.... as far as i know this has nothing to do with you though? As i said, i'm sorted for tickets, so where does your conspiracy come in?... i'm very sure i didn't give a toss either way about the duke spirit gig tickets.. i can't understand why i would.

I was attempting to convey the message that most people do NOT read WAN *(calm down readers, but it is true), maybe not most people you know, but most people in general, and a footnote about tickets being available in advance on a fairly illegible poster will not make people think they can't buy tickets on the door. I know that ciarafest folks aren't the sort to leave people high and dry and would do what they can to make sure people who travel for a gig would get in.... its a simple concept. A lot of people are coming from out of town who are friends with the bands and would be very disappointed to not get in.

Maybe its something to do with tuesdays, but i really can't be bothered with WAN wind-up games today.

i think simon and james should wrestle between acts.

in the nuddy.

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in a vat of beans

im going to be at this too , Chris do i need a ticket ? if not i shall donate anyways . (money not spunk or wee)

All i'm doing is helping out a charity event by providing a ticket outlet. Said ticket outlet have kindly donated their profits on the booking fee too. A good thing. I shall make no more jokes about the event selling out. aathangooandgoonight.

No need for a ticket GL : )

I agree with Itchen

Itchen and Katemac - please seek help immediately.

I probably won't be coming to this, but if there's some kind of bucket I might toss some pennies into it. But only if James and Simon don't nudewrestle.

right, just for saying that you have to join in...

well, ya see, this is how it is. i would offer to nudey wrestle with ashley, but i'm terrified that i'll get all aroused and cause him bum damage.

this is why i suggested james and simon. a) because i don't want to do it and b) because i'm secretly in love with both of them and this would help me get my rocks off.

Not so secret now is it? *rubs knees*

i'm game for mud thong wrestling for charity... whaddya say si? £10 a ticket? ;-)

*oils up*

If I pretend I've travelled form out of town.. can I get a ticket on the door? I'll tether a horse outside or something...

Mr Wookie - PM me.

PM'd you.. Mr Hairy

45 gone!

Yup, got it wookie - mailed you back.

And there will be no oiled man fights at Ciarafest 7!!!

Open to offers for 8 though : )

We might do another one in January if we can get a date - thinking Monsters of Acoustic Rock II. The next fully scheduled one is February, with Um, Man From Uranus, Khe San Approach and The Resistance. It was the earliest booked gig ever, so I hope they all remember they're playing, hehe.

Monsters of Acoustic Rock II

can i play ? im band less but have a few acoustic rock songs :o)

We'll put you on the shortlist : )

oh fame fame fame ! im on a short list

i was on a short list once but it was for experimental surgery ......*twitch*

And I heard you spent plenty of time on the short bus ;-p

are conscious pilot not playing that one in feb? i thought they wuz

we could speak to TNJ about getting the guildhall for local 'celebrity' indie wrestling, there could even be a 'rock' bout between jazz and general lee (jazz will no doubt do his usual drop'n'roll technique shouting "not the face" ;-) ) and i'm sure we could find another hippy for hairy to have a pacifistic round or 2 with
if we used jelly, we could sell it afterwards too....
hehe

Hey, GL... you can borrow my band for the night if you want... we could do some interesting duets!

yay !!! what a great idea chelly !!!! im in !

James : often you fail to make me laugh but this did a lot well done . oh and yes please im in for that !

*'rock' bout between jazz and general lee (jazz will no doubt do his usual drop'n'roll technique shouting "not the face" ;-) ) *

That sounds cool, could have Mr Pe vs. one of the Van of Death dudes and brenda vs. d-wayne-love in some weird mind bending match up

*brenda vs. d-wayne-love *

does that mean there not the same person then ?

Definitely not. Brenda has a few alter-egos, but d-wayne-love is a different kettle of fish altogether.

i'll need proof

Hmm, no Conscious Pilot for February that I'm aware of. Are they ready to gig? I don't think we could fit five on the bill anyway, unless we got an extension :/

i think you and ash need to speak to each other mate - we were asked to do the feb ciarafest and have been working towards it. ah well.

Is it something you spoke to him about? PM me mate, and i'll speak to you later on. We can sort something out.

Is it something you spoke to him about?

yeah - i should know better by now, shouldn't i? :-P

PM me mate, and i'll speak to you later on.

i'll email youse. i'm off work at the mo, and frightfully frightfully ill, as you can see ;-)

either way it's no biggie, so don't sweat it (crikey i've gone all american)

GL... i take it you have never seen jazz's death drop move then.... i was amazed the first time

No i haven't but when you said it i could imagine it clearly , maybe try and get it on film next time :o)

it happens too quick, one minute he's there, next you're looking around for where the voice is coming from, lol.

lol

ahhh your keeping me sane today mister.

hmmm... we could do the one in January.. acoustic rock about fits...and we haven't lined anything up for new year yet...

I think the best thing to do is get us some demos - we get lots of people who are up for playing, so we tend to go for people we both like. And we're fucking hard to please, I can tell you : )

the "Monsters of Acoustic Rock" tag was just a bit of a joke one really - it was three singer-songwriters who normally play in bands who also play solo, playing solo - Steven Adams, Chris TT and Timothy Victor. Twas a cracking night.

http://www.myspace.com/thewinterkings

Have a listen. We'll have a new demo by the end of the month. The scene has watched us play acoustic so he could fill you in on the sound.

Cheers

Book 'em. Great band.

I heart Chris T-T. Missed that night, hairy, unfortunately.

Will have a listen after work : )

48 sold now.

Woohoo!

50 sold : )

What's the "sell-out" figure, Hairy One?

70 online, 100 total.

this is great.

I emailed your hotmail Hairy - did you get them?

I can only check it at home - will be back there about 4.30pm.

Just made my housemate buy a ticket- I told him they were selling out fast.

I actually sat next to him on the computer badgering him until he paid!!!

Hmmm, I really starting to think putting those extra tickets online is a big mistake. If (and I hope it does) sell out then there's gonna be alot of dissapointed friends and fans who will be stuck. How many other people apart from on this board know how to obtain tickets. Whilst I'm really grateful people have gone to the effort to get tickets what about people without credit cards etc? And the doors gonna be a nightmare. 70 people having to have their ref numbers cross referenced. Chris, I think Pentneys gonna need a hand, at least for the beginning.

It may be me but I'm just getting the feeling that this is gonna be more Wanfest then Ciarafest, maybe I'm wrong but as I mentioned before organisers the bands playing themselves have alot of family and friends who we're gonna need to get in and if that involves buying the tickets ourselves then I'm afraid that there won't be many tickets left for anyone without a credit card.

Sorry, if I'm coming across an asshole, just didn't expect more tickets to be sold online.

and again, thanx to everyone who bought tickets, see you Saturday :)

Well pardon me for buying a ticket for a charity event. I am truly a bad person ;-)

Sorry, if I'm coming across an asshole, just didn't expect more tickets to be sold online.

You Bastard!

when you gonna come and see us paddy.... we have to get leathered again... i have black absinthe!

naughty jude !

All you have to do is tell me what you need Jazz - just do it now (call me). Still 20 left, and you didn't tell me you had a coach load of people coming who weren't going to book online. We can take whats left offline if you want, if you're sure people are coming - its no biggy.

Oh, and Ash always goes on the door at the start, so no worries.

Just had a quick look through the ticket list and it looks like a mix of the odd curious wan*er, people who are travelling (including an old saffs fan i've not seen in the area for 4 years) and the die hard locals. I know a lot of these people and the vast majority don't post on here.

WGT post out to all the people who've bought tickets for their shows, including a lot of people who've maybe not bought a ticket for a local gig for a long time, so maybe it's dragged a few people out of the wood work? Maybe the real question is not whether we should sell tickets in advance, but more that a bigger venue (that could be had for free) or another night at the portland, perhaps on the sunday would be the answer?

There are 2 advance tickets left on sale. There will be 40 available on the night. I hope this pleases at least some of you. Cheers.

Did you see how far people are coming for this gig on that list i sent you Hairy? I'm impressed by the guy who's coming back from Cornwall for it.

Yep. Eleanor Walker and her band are pretty well known. Who the fuck are the Saffs anyway?

did you get jazz's number alright chris? i'm never sure about how successful it is sending business cards

Yup, got it ta.

Right, last ticket available on line now. Get it now or join in the fair and democratic rugby style scrum at the door. This gig's going to be mental...

Thought i best take book one to stop any arguements. I don't want to face Pentney, she scares the shit out of me and shes only 5ft tall!

... in heels.

hehe : )

One lonely ticket left, sitting there, cold and alone, with big scared round eyes, looking for a good home...

Oooh! Trial By Combat for the last Ciarafest ticket! On the green outside the Portland! Pre-gig battle! An epic struggle for rock and glory! Many wan*ers may enter...but only one may leave...rated R...

FIGHT! For charity, obviously.

Can we all stand round in a circle chanting "Fight, Fight, Fight Fight!" like at school, can we, please?

It wouldn't be the same if you didn't. And onlookers can tie knots in their jumpers, hold them by the sleeves and weigh in if it looks to be flagging. Before Sir comes along and gets all batey.

Someone buy this bloody ticket - its driving me mad, MAD I tells ya : ))

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hehehe :)

Ugh, I'm so ill, probably accounts alot for my bad mood yesterday. Nice one to everyone who bought tickets, I advise you all to stay stage left cos you're gonna get sick if you're anywhere near me. Off to bed now.

>>I advise you all to stay stage left cos you're gonna get sick if you're anywhere near me. Off to bed now.

Great. Thanks for getting into MY bed o_O

gross.

*Pretends to be disgusted, but furtively "knocks one out"*

>>gross.

Yes it was.

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me too... I've got a throat infection virus-y type thing, it would appear, and I feel like poo :o( Sincerely hoping I'll feel better by Saturday night. Hope we all do!

I'm ill as well :( Going to get lots of herbal remedies today though and hope that it sorts itself out

I am well and happy as Larry coz my boss has buggered off to Sweden. YAY. This does however mean i will be striken with freak rheumatoid arthritis, small pox or cirrhosis before the day is out. Ho hum

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This is gonna be crap - and you all bought tickets! Haha - jokes on you :-))

See some of you tonight, I expect. And NO REFUNDS. Suckers.

I'm at work. Humbug.

Do I have to pay?

you the structure of the shit jazz of course you have to play .

i have the Athentics over at the loft if you get bored :o)

Yes Jazz - we're charging you £1 for every duff note you sing/play. We've got a Securicor van booked for 11.30 :-)

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not a bad plan i an have me dinner b4 work !

They normally do - give 'em a ring on 357268.

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Depends.

I think Jazz is going down for 3 - dunno if that's for a Saffs practise though. Ash will be there about 6, as will the soundman (Jay, of Immaculate Conception fame, hehe).

I'm at work, and knackered, so will play it by ear. I may go home to bed and be there about 8. I may go home, ponce about, and be there at 6 with Ash, or I may go down at 3 for the footy, drink too much, and be home in bed by 8.

Its the lottery of life.

Does that answer your question...?

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Depends.

I think Jazz is going down for 3 - dunno if that's for a Saffs practise though. Ash will be there about 6, as will the soundman (Jay, of Immaculate Conception fame, hehe).

I'm at work, and knackered, so will play it by ear. I may go home to bed and be there about 8. I may go home, ponce about, and be there at 6 with Ash, or I may go down at 3 for the footy, drink too much, and be home in bed by 8.

Its the lottery of life.

Does that answer your question...?

Its ok - whats the name? I have a list.

im at work to ,. im building a metal shed .

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Is that Mr beast?

GL - I know a song about sheds. I will try and find the lyrics online.

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i knwo that i want to give up and go home its a horrible shed

They don't seem to be online. I've emailed him to see if he'll send me them : )

i hate sheds

i like the shed end though

Buggery bollocks. Didn't get a ticket for this as we had a gig on tonight in Peterborough, but seeing as we still haven't been told when we are playing and where we are playing we are cancelling it. Have fun.

Rishi - give me a ring. You'll be able to get in, I'm sure.

Rishi, I'm not going to use my ticket. Have mine :)

Will be thanks for the bass loan.

Why aren't you coming Mi?

As I'm having that mini room warming, not everyone is going to the Porty, such as some people from college, so I'd rather not kick people out for me to go. Does that make sense?

I just emailed you reminding you. I want to see you and K, been a while since a proper chat :)

Yeah we'll make sure we're there. Kirsty's in London with Hannah Mcstar but she'll be back for about 7. We're eating in the portland, so we'll probably be at yours for the after bit.

Whoop!

Cheers littlemi and Chris! Will email littlemi and pick up the ticket.

Well, its one of those print out and give a number ones. So I can forward that to you. You're going to have to pretend to be a 21 year old female, as you need to prove you're me with ID etc... but I think that maybe Hairy will let you in with it ;)

OK - forward it to me. I should pop money round for it at some point though.

Right, off out shopping now to get myself a dress, some lipstick and a wig.

Tonight - do people need a ticket to get into the whole pub, or just the band room as usual? A friend's in town and was hoping to come into the pub...

Only for the band room, so you can have no fear - you may have booze and not bands : )

good good!

But we do not recommend you do the bands without the booze!!

Roll call:

Ellie Walker 20:30 - 21:00

The Pony Collaboration /Return Of Id 21:15 - 22:15

The Saffs 22:30 - 23:15

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What's left of the tickets will be on sale shortly after the end of the England game from a probably drunken Ashley. God help us all.

I will put a stop to my WANing for the day right here and now. Any queries, feel free to PM me up until about 4pm, then after that contact the Portland (or wipe yo own ass, goddamit!).

"Wouldn't it make more sense to start Ellie at 20:15? Isn't finishing at 23.15 breaking the terms of the licence?"

no, no.
:-)

Yay! What a wicked nite!!

Indeed. I'm suffering for it now though. Sambuka *shudders*

Aww, hehe! I was strangely sober all night but still loved every minute and I have no voice now! Oops :)

The moment that sticks out for me was the comment from Return of Id about competing with your past and losing. I like the Pony Collaboration and RTC but i definitely prefer Return Of Id and the Saffs. Return Of Id were my definite highlight. Hurrah for Ciarafest. Hairy get Hofman to reform next :)

excellent night! I have no hangover but my tonsils feel like footballs. Owww.

Return of Id were my highlight too - superb - although The Saffs were great too. Sadly didn't catch much of the ponies.

I also really enjoyed Ellie - one of the things I've most enjoyed about the Ciarafest gigs is we've managed to get good people right down the bill, and people have responded by coming in early. We must've had 60 or 70 in for her set, and it was the same for Paul Goodwin and Tim Victor before that, which is great - the artists perform for free, but we're getting them an apreciative audience, so it feels good for us too.

There also seemed to be a great atmosphere in the pub, and thats been another recurring theme I'm proud of. Seems to be a great vibe at the gigs :)

Thanks everyone for making it another great night - I'm going back to bed!

Lots of random photo from Saturday Night at The Porty.
(And some photos that have nothing to do with it)
http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=315235...

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oooh, my trainer is famous :)

You spotted them :)

Yes I find that when taking pictures its best to indulge personal obsession . . . I never thought of myself as a trainer or foot fetishist . . . but I now have plenty of photographic evidence to the contrary

*Groan*

I look a right state in that pic. That lock-in must have caused more damage than I thought...

Dude I liked your band the best.
You really had something going on.

Cheers Joos. We enjoyed playing. An excellent turnout all round methinks!

Yes, we had a lovely time. Thanks to everyone who watched and clapped, thanks to Matt and Ian for bringing the skills and the other groups ruled.

Congratulations to Chris and Ashley on another fantastic show.

HD

Yeah, it was wicked and absolutely rammed so hopefully Ash and Hairy made some decent cash for the charity, I had a really good night and was kicking myself that i missed Eleanor Walker et al. Must do better next time!

great night everyone. Lovely to meet yet more of you lovely WANers and apologies to anyone who has now caught my cold! QB - loving the piercing (sorry I didn't say hi, I didn't stay that long because of the lurgy!). JP - pleasure talking to you sir, so glad I now know the handshake! Lots of fun and a great gig. For a Saffs virgin, I am now completely converted (and got the cds!).

thanks everyone :o)

JP - pleasure talking to you sir, so glad I now know the handshake!
I think we should adopt it as the secret WANer hand shake :)

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Who were you? Wish I had met you, fisty!

He is in one of JPs pics linked above - but which one...

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> first band was ace by the way.
They really impressed me to.

Which one's AF?

Are you the one that is drinking coke or something that looks like it, and wearing a blue t-shirt with some interesting white thing on the front? Or were you the one who tried to untie JP's dress?

> Or were you the one who tried to untie JP's dress?
we would have all been sorry if that had happened :)

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A really ace evening. Didn't watch a whole lot cos I felt like shit (though that didn't stop the boozing!!) but I fell in love with Ellie, enjoyed the Ponies, and marveled at how chaotic and shabby (in a good way) The Saffs and Return of Id were. It's like 8 years ago all over again.

Thanx to everyone who came, bought tickets, watched the bands, got drunk etc, etc. Another storming Ciarafest in the bag (almost makes up for the time they let me play acoustic on the first one, lol)

"almost makes up for the time they let me play acoustic on the first one, lol"

haha, we weren't the only ones that dumb then?, lol

Cracking night, though whoever suggested going to the kambar afterwards is a bad bad bad person.

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I think it was Ellie and Mick. Yeah, lets blame them.

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apologies for the kambar suggestion - although you lot didn't take much persuading. everything i ate/drank on sunday tasted like cheap tequila.

An excellent night as always though as usual this meant it was all hands to the pumps to keep the beer flowing so only got to see bits of each. Saffs were really good as well as Eleanor W.

Heh Joosy, any chance I could nick a couple of your pics for the porty website, always nice to get pics taken on the night.

I think the Kambar suggestion originated from DJ Ohmygod at the Empress on Friday.

Heh Joosy, any chance I could nick a couple of your pics for the porty website, always nice to get pics taken on the night.

Be my guest. In fact anyone that is in them or has anything to do with them can always uses them.

We never take much persuading! Thats the flipin' trouble. Then again dancing like a complete twot is my calling in life.

Great news - add to the cracking night a whopping total of around £700 raised for Premrose!Pat yourselves on the back, you lovely people.

Proper figure to come later when we've done our sums.

Role on January and, erm, February - looks like we'll be busy...

Excellent! A top night out *and* the warm glow of self-righteousness :-) Well done Hairy and co, you all rock.

> £700 raised
Wow!

Great news - add to the cracking night a whopping total of around £700 raised for Premrose!Pat yourselves on the back, you lovely people.

Proper figure to come later when we've done our sums.

Role on January and, erm, February - looks like we'll be busy...

I correctly guessed the identity of actionfist!

If anyone has any pictures of Ellie playing on Saturday, it would be great if we could have a look see.

Was she that vocalist on the keyboard with the first band?

she is indeed - i saw the photo you put on your myspace, very nice too, just wondered if anyone had anymore?

I was very please with the swurlly wurlly photo.

There were at least two other people there taking photos . . . I know because I photographed them :)

. . . P.S. anyone in the photos please feel free to use them.

Wendy took some pics with my camera later on which look really good - not put them on my pooter yet though. I took some early on, whch aren't so good, hehe. Will put them online sometime in the week.

anybody else take any pics?

Yes Me! Me! Me! . . . . . . Me! :)
(Jumps up and down and waves)
Me!

aha, yes...i just scrolled back up and saw the link! nice one!

DJ Ohmygod took some in the pub but i forgot to steal his camera to take photos of the band. I'm not sure whether he went in and took some.

Joosey, I have no recollection of attempting to undo your dress, as the pictures demonstrates I was calm and composed. Please can you refrain from allowing your Boris Becker fantasy's bleeding in to your mysapce reality...

This was an amazing night, I was far too gone by the end.. I'm surprised i was still getting served at the bar TBH...

Ha ha..

Return Of ID ftw.

Joosey, I have no recollection of attempting to undo your dress, as the pictures demonstrates I was calm and composed. Please can you refrain from allowing your Boris Becker fantasy's bleeding in to your mysapce reality...
Probably just wishfull thinking on my part then :)

You where very drunk, you may have forgotten the moment in the toilet.. :-p

Aha, twas you that was standing next to me drunkenly rambling on about my tattoo. Well hello :)

> You where very drunk, you may have forgotten the moment in the toilet.. :-p
Please NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

That;s not what you said at the time..

Im blushing :)

You were then too..

Though not as much as Matt H.. Wow, he can really go.

And actionfist lives up to his name..

This thread has been despoiled and sulled . . . and not in a good way :)

Sounds like there was a lot of despoiling and sullying going on. I was oblivious to it all...

*polishes halo*

*polishes halo*

Is that a euphemism?

Hehe, yes - I thought that after I'd posted it. But no, it's not, or not for anything rude, anyway.

the are now a video or 2 of return of id's set at you tube.
enjoy.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-QkMFlES14