Peter Hook DJ set @ Laverys Bar, Belfast

Yeah Brixton CD sounds great Steve, if you have time to do a copy. I'll drive up at around 8pm should only take me 30-40 mins, have to find somewhere to leave the car.

have a good one folks, see you's there :) i think 'Georgie, The Belfast Boy' is in NEED of a play!

I'd say so. I'm sure hooky as a manc man, will have something to say about Bestie.

I'll see all you freakers at nine-ish.

Hope the sell rescue blankets behind the bar, i think we'll all need em.

FWIW, I might still bail on the last train, purely to avoid the 0130hrs madness to try and get one. I'm not too likely to be the life and soul of the party anyway :)

We'll raise a glass tonight to Bestie (not very appropriate I know)

Look forward to seeing you there. My mate Spook'll be there. I'll be wearing the Killing Joke t-shirt and leather jacket.

Spook wrote: Mr Owens, I heard u have a really good lookin mate called Michael, Is it true he looks like Jim Morrison??

Welcome to the site Mick.

Since when was Jim Morrison ginger?

Christopher Owens wrote:

Spook wrote: Mr Owens, I heard u have a really good lookin mate called Michael, Is it true he looks like Jim Morrison??

Welcome to the site Mick.

Since when was Jim Morrison ginger?

That's a forgone conclusion isn't.....I knew that it had to be self same "good lookin mate" biggin' himself up :)

I did find myself thinking....Looks like Jim Morrison....you mean fat, heavily decomposed and smelling of cheap whiskey.

And a glass will be very appropriate, georgie boy can drink WTF he wants now :)

Steve Campbell wrote:

Christopher Owens wrote:

Spook wrote: Mr Owens, I heard u have a really good lookin mate called Michael, Is it true he looks like Jim Morrison??

Welcome to the site Mick.

Since when was Jim Morrison ginger?

That's a forgone conclusion isn't.....I knew that it had to be self same "good lookin mate" biggin' himself up :)

I did find myself thinking....Looks like Jim Morrison....you mean fat, heavily decomposed and smelling of cheap whiskey.

And a glass will be very appropriate, georgie boy can drink WTF he wants now :)

Excuse u me, i'll have u know, that whilst Jim Morrison may have been a drunk and fat n all that towards the end, he got more women, that u can dream of. And Fair play to him, I just think he was one of the best songwriters this world has ever seen, and before u all start yer yappin like a bunch of milly's lol, i said one of them.

So there now, thats fairly cleared things up now, hasnt it?

Thanks for the welcome Chris. I think i'll stop by here more often, just to annoy steve

I shall be having a drink to Bestie tonight, at least he doesnt have to suffer this bloody weather anymore.

Rest in Peace oul Best.

In nomine padre et fili et spirutus santus, or somethin like that anyway

Oh aye, I forgot to say mate, I can't get intouch with Chris C, i think o2's masts are down or somethin, well... anyway, i'll keep tryin, i'll meet u in the bottom bar around 9:15? i'll probably be in there with the old men drowning our sorrows. Speak to you later, txt me if ur runnin late.

Have you seen the pic of Steve from Manchester?

Cheers, see you there lad.

In shoulda kept that one to myself. but that's the kinda public spirited guy I am.

I believe the correct comeback was "Jim smells only slightly worse than Ian Curtis". Ah well you'l know for next time :)

In shoulda kept that one to myself. but that's the kinda public spirited guy I am.

I believe the correct comeback was "Jim smells only slightly worse than Ian Curtis". Ah well you'l know for next time :)

And yes O2 went baps up about midday (cos me ma's work's phones are all O2 and all died), should be back my now I'd have thought. Must have been something other than masts tho for the outage to be so wide.

Top show, the man is a true gent, brought us up to the decks to sign shit and shake paws. He also split his sides laughing and shook his head when we openned up with a barrage of "nu oddah nu oddah"

As much of his set as I heard was really brilliant, any of you bumbags have a copy of one of his shows?

And best of all I can now confirm 100% that hooky has a copy of community, I gave him my spare, he grinned at it and popped into his cd case.

Nice one Steve - so are you going to make it to Manc at the end of January for the Manc Aid gig? :)

A fantastic set. He kept looking over at me for dancing like a tit.

Had to leave at 1:25am when he'd started Transmission. But I made him laugh. During Bodyrockers, I shouted ' I like your bass playing', and he laughed.

From the tunes I recognised:

SLC (Grace Jones) Krafty (remix) BLT (Crystal Method) Song 2 (remix) I Like The Way You Move Galvanise Mr. Brightside Anarchy BM Crystal Transmission

Great to meet Steve and Richard. Top lads.

Nick King wrote: Nice one Steve - so are you going to make it to Manc at the end of January for the Manc Aid gig? :)

I think i will have to save my strength for NOOLday if it happens. I suspect that another macnquest right now would very possibly kill and or bankrupt me.

Chris, so you didn't execute plan:"grab hooky tightly by the nuts while giving him loud clear directions to the Ulster Hall from lavery's and all major air and seaports in Ireland as well as bigging up the accoustics and don't let go til he gets the picture"

bummer. Still good to meet you, dunno about the Door fan tho :)

(only kiding mate :) )

BTW, if you're wondering why all us "hardcore NI order" bailed early. Read this dateline, if you've lived it, you've got your answer, if you haven't lived it, god bless your luck.

Shaftesbury Square 0145hrs

And various other spots that have to be navigated in cars......anyone ever try the stranmillis road at that hour? you have to plough through them, it's like a disaster movie. This isn;t rioters, just pissed mongs....the cops and the army both said "plough em" to us one night, it worked too, a nudge from a car does wonders to snap you out of your pissed staring around you in the middle of the road mood.

Steve Campbell wrote:

Chris, so you didn't execute plan:"grab hooky tightly by the nuts while giving him loud clear directions to the Ulster Hall from lavery's and all major air and seaports in Ireland as well as bigging up the accoustics and don't let go til he gets the picture"

bummer. Still good to meet you, dunno about the Door fan tho :)

(only kiding mate :) )

Sorry Steve. The bouncers at the stage kept giving me dirty looks the whole night, so felt it was unwise to try and grab Hooky's balls, let alone point out the Ulster Hall or the Limelight.

BTW it was fooking madness last night. Dancefloor was packed, and so was Shaftsbury Square.

But a fantastic night nevertheless.

Mick was well impressed by the set, and has started asking me about NO albums to get...

It's like I told him, it's an infection, and it spreads, you start doing a little light blue monday at weekends, then maybe a spot of technique the odd evening and before you know it, you're only listening to one band :) AND saying really stupid stuff like "no way man, they've never made a bad song, no not even rock the cock".

I figure we'll have to do what Jarvo (twas you Al wasn't it)and all had to do to get ceremony back. We'll have to appear at all their gigs with a huge banner with "Ulster Hall, round the corner from the BBC: Tel 028 9032 3900"

Bouncers looked fairly scarey the whole night, mind you Hooky ignored them, moving the ropes to let us up was just excellent.

Thought if you bailed at 125 you may have got out in one piece, guess another 100,000 pissheads had the same idea. I'm so grateful to Richard for the lift, can you imagine trying to get a taxi out there after closing time. The don;t even run the fightrider anymore, not that i'd get on the thing even if they did, 14 miles with the contents of Bangor's (and the peninsula (shudder)) housing estates, freshfaced and full of harp after a night drinking with their hood relatives. Best bit is, half way down the road my phone beeped.....got home read the message and it was Rich (hayes, the other half of the slightlynarrow) with the address of an excellent party in Ratchcool street. Not that I was in any condition but still.

Steve Campbell wrote:

I figure we'll have to do what Jarvo (twas you Al wasn't it)and all had to do to get ceremony back. We'll have to appear at all their gigs with a huge banner with "Ulster Hall, round the corner from the BBC: Tel 028 9032 3900

How would you fit all that on a banner?

I'm talking Billie boy sized here, you at one side of the hall, me at the other and some vikings along the length to keep it safe.

lol billy boy size. Hey and u keep ur fuckin comments to urself mr lol.

Was a great fuckin gig, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and yes Chris had hookey's attention throughout the whole night. Probably wanted to keep an eye on the shifty fuckers lol.

It was good meeting u guys, you are both sound as fuck. Glad to hear u got home alright.

and remember, if u can't be arsed, just stick some cheesy Country love song on, as Hookie did last night, at least, thats what it sounded like.

Its was a top night, great to meet Christopher, Steve & Mick you are all top lads Hooky is actually a really good DJ and it was great that he signed Retro, Singles and Finsbury Park DVD for me :)

I can also confirm that Christopher Owens is not a goth :D

Setanta wrote: lol billy boy size. Hey and u keep ur fuckin comments to urself mr lol.

Was a great fuckin gig, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and yes Chris had hookey's attention throughout the whole night. Probably wanted to keep an eye on the shifty fuckers lol.

It was good meeting u guys, you are both sound as fuck. Glad to hear u got home alright.

and remember, if u can't be arsed, just stick some cheesy Country love song on, as Hookie did last night, at least, thats what it sounded like.

the Cheezy country record was probably Country Joe and the Fish or Captain Beefheart, for an old punk, Hooky harbours some very advanced and strange tastes.

Still can't expect you to know that.

Don't worry you WILL grow out of the Morrison worship thing (just keep repeating his Biog by Dennis Leary.."I'm drunk, I'm nobody. I'm drunk, I'm famous. I'm drunk, I'm dead" and it'll all be ok) the ginger thing, you're fuckin stuck with that, but in bar-light you do appear almost to be a member of the human race.

LOL that was low, Mr Receding hairline lol

sign of a stud that mate....OR and you'll learn this....of wearing yer hair in a fucking great tail fer years :)

Heya,

Wasn't last Friday in Laverys just terrific?

I was literally on another planet dancing in front of Mr Hook and he came from his decks and squeezed my hand, probably sensing I was absolutely wiped out and very 'happy'. He held onto my hand a while as he greeted other revellers.

Terrific night, made all the better by his amazing techno encore of Dead or Alive's "You spin me right round". Everyone was spinning around on the dancefloor!

Excellent. Sooner Peter's back in Belfast the better.

diegodigs77@hotmail.com is me.

Peter

Did you stay to they end then?

Cool. Did he have a good time? he seemed to be having a ball while I was still there.

If he enjoyed himself (and didn't meet any of the indigenous spides) he'll be back :)

Yeah man he definitely seemed to be enjoying himself like. He kept doing this kick with his foot when songs were kicking in. I'd say that as as sure a sign as any that he was enjoying himself. Good night like. I turned up to Laverys 3 times in a row last year to see Peter Hook but he never turned up for whatever reason(s)...so it was a relief almost to see him. I saw loads of photos being taken of us all dancing at the front. Anyone have any idea what magazine/newspaper they were for? Anyone else take photos?

Are they on Lavery's website?

I spoke to the photographer and he said he worked for Laverys. Does Laverys actually have a website?