Random pictures of my mini-trip following New Order... — Forum Archive

6 May 2005, 15:03

... there will be more to come when WenOrder will be back, he has some of mine on his laptop and many of his! So here they are, with comments.

I had a meeting with the band's management where they wanted to chat about NewOrderOnline, to our surprise, at the end of our breakfast, Bernard walked in the restaurant and joined us for breakfast, so these are the pictures.

Ye old webmaster with Bernard Sumner!

Still me & Bernard.

WenOrder & Bernard

Blurry version of WenOrder & Bernard

After the breakfast, we went back to the hotel's lobby to meet Kamar who was interviewing Hooky (don't miss his radio show next monday to hear it), but then the whole band actually came in the lobby (but Bernard who left to see the doctor for his ankle) to our big surprise! they all signed then the CDs we gave away at the after-party and we took a few pictures.

This is SARGE, you know him, the band's body guard ;)

Me & Phil Cunningham

Kamar took this picture of all of us...

Better version outside with Andy Robinson as well.

2nd shoot.

Historic picture of the day

David Sultan, WenOrder & I

2nd shoot... I think it's Andy Robinson that took the picture, on WenOrder's camera, he's between the two of us.

New York TGIF pictures... in random

WenOrder & Tracy (Tracey?) from ALIGHT who did "Guilty Partner" for Community and will be on the French tribute album. Also Retroforward Radio DJ.

AgentWood & Me!

6 May 2005, 15:23

Nice one Nic! Some great pictures there

6 May 2005, 15:35

Do you have family relation with Michael Moore, Nick? :evil4:

6 May 2005, 15:47

Oh thanks for sharing. Bernard looks a lot better then he did when I saw him after the Oakland show, heh.

You're da man!

6 May 2005, 17:35

Nice pics there, Nic! Can you tell us anything about what was discussed at the meeting concerning NOOL?

6 May 2005, 17:36

Oh I forgot to post this one... it resume my own experience... :lol:

It's a joke, I've been sleepy the first 2 days and probably rude to a few people because of that, and I said "there's only a 1 hour difference here, and the guys from the UK feel fresh at 6 AM and I'm not!!" :lol:

Just for the record, that's my plane back to Montréal, I had the idea while I was on it ;)

6 May 2005, 17:38

5 8 6 wrote: Nice pics there, Nic! Can you tell us anything about what was discussed at the meeting concerning NOOL?

Hum, let me resume this, because I can't go on and say anything concrete. The bands wants to help us paying the bills, but don't want to pass via the label to make sure we remain independant and don't have to take orders....

We haven't finished our meeting, so nothing is set yet, but it's very promising...

6 May 2005, 17:41

The Sultan / WenOrder / Spotnick one is going on my wall as a poster print.

6 May 2005, 17:44

The Hannettarium wrote: The Sultan / WenOrder / Spotnick one is going on my wall as a poster print.

And you can actually see the Assassins in the back ! (support band)

6 May 2005, 17:56

Spotnick wrote:

5 8 6 wrote: Nice pics there, Nic! Can you tell us anything about what was discussed at the meeting concerning NOOL?

Hum, let me resume this, because I can't go on and say anything concrete. The bands wants to help us paying the bills, but don't want to pass via the label to make sure we remain independant and don't have to take orders....

We haven't finished our meeting, so nothing is set yet, but it's very promising...

Yes, we did have a very positive conversation with the management. As nic said, there are still things to be discussed. I have a phone call on tuesday. we'll see where that goes.

Overall, I had the time of my life. I still can't believe how fortunate we were and how things unfolded. I'll wtite about it later when i am more awake. In the meantime, here are my photos, you'll have to filter out the crap... I did not sort them out yet

http://pictures.retroforward.com

6 May 2005, 18:03

Is that Moby wearing an Argentina t-shirt?

6 May 2005, 18:06

that is frank smarra ;)

his beautiful gf Su is argentinian as well :)

6 May 2005, 18:39

I have to figure why I have my eyes closed on most of those pictures... now, SERIOUSLY.... !!! :skeptic:

6 May 2005, 18:43

Ah, I don't know if it's one of mine or yours Mike, but this one...

Here's Rebecca Boulton & Sarge... many people didn't know how Rebecca looked, especially Mr Johnny Giles, so here you go.

6 May 2005, 18:45

Ah, here it is... :lol:

Mike's camera makes us lear lipstick... :skeptic:

6 May 2005, 18:47

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I remember there being a photo of a significantly... ahh... smaller Spotnick on here before..

6 May 2005, 18:47

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I remember there being a photo of a significantly... ahh... smaller Spotnick on here before..

6 May 2005, 19:19

Good pics there Nick and Wen. Can't believe that it's already been a week since Oakland, I knew this time would go by way too fast. :eek:

6 May 2005, 19:25

Spotnick wrote:

This one is brilliant, absolutley brilliant, well done Spotnick. :clap: :clap:

6 May 2005, 21:29

[darkgreen]Green[/darkgreen] wrote: Good pics there Nick and Wen. Can't believe that it's already been a week since Oakland, I knew this time would go by way too fast.

Yes...Allan...'tis hard to believe that week ago right now we were at the Kaiser listening to the ChemBros...I've actually finally purchased Push the Button and have it going right now...and when thats done, I guess I'll stick on WFTSC...fortunately, I'm not as tired this Friday!!!

6 May 2005, 21:44

You lucky bunch of jammy sods - great to hear positive noises coming from NO management on supporting this site, also great to see pics of all the usual suspects (step up, Giles and Jarvis) and a few I hadn't seen before. I'm jealous as hell :evil4:

Looking forward to hearing the fruits of the discussion between Andy Rob and NOOL....

CTB

6 May 2005, 23:31

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frank just has good taste in football, don´t be jealous! :evil4:

6 May 2005, 23:35

Spotnick wrote: Ah, here it is...

Mike's camera makes us lear lipstick...

Going to see The Cure? ;) :evil4:

6 May 2005, 23:37

That Bernard sure knows how to dress well, now doesn't he? Nice jacket, goes great with that black shirt thingy too.

BTW, Spotnick, was that the first time you met the band? How was it?

6 May 2005, 23:51

Competition idea: Caption the photo where Johnny Giles is impressing Tracey.

Breakfast with Barney? Jeez.

Interesting photos guys and excellent news regarding the website discussions with the band. Look forward to hearing more of what was said.

I could almost hear strains of "We are the world, we are the children" accompanying that photo of Spotnick and Sultan.

:\pimp3:

7 May 2005, 06:28

depthcharge wrote:

I could almost hear strains of "We are the world, we are the children" accompanying that photo of Spotnick and Sultan.

:rofl: :rofl: :tank:

7 May 2005, 07:32

Spotnick wrote: Ah, I don't know if it's one of mine or yours Mike, but this one...

Here's Rebecca Boulton & Sarge... many people didn't know how Rebecca looked, especially Mr Johnny Giles, so here you go.

and we are supposed to tell from this? ;) is she invisible?

7 May 2005, 09:59

How I envy you, Nic! I would easily sell my parents for breakfast with Barney. ;)

7 May 2005, 10:02

bLuE oRdEr wrote: BTW, Spotnick, was that the first time you met the band? How was it?

Well, the only one I was actually hoping to meet in this trip is Hooky because Kamar manage to get an interview with him and I was supposed to be there taking pictures.

But at the Smart Bar, Johnny Giles was chatting with Andy Robinson which I kind of recognized from a very early picture we had, so I rudely interrupted their discussion to introduce me, because Andy asked me to hook up with them in Chicago, but I just introduced myself and let Johnny go on because anyways with the loud music, I couldn't hear much of what they were saying... anyways you get the picture, later on, he came back to me and asked me to meet him as his hotel, Rebecca also came by and pushed it a little later, so I was quite happy, I was curious to know what they wanted to ask me.

So we went to see Andy the next day at their hotel (the Sutton Place Hotel), I had his phone number to contact him and everything, we went to eat something because nobody had breakfast, and well, meeting Bernard was totally unexpected at that point, he seems quite a nice guy actually, but he's "british" if you know what I mean, reserved and cold, although I think he was sedated for his foot and going to the doctor, so that doesn't help, but we chatted on a few things, not much I remember, but I was still mostly talking to Andy, Rebecca also joined us to pick up Bernard and take him to the doctor.

Back to the hotel lobby to pick up Kamar which managed to get his interview with Hooky through Rebecca, we waited for him, Phil came by and we chatted a little, he seems seriously like a guy living the time of his life and that can't believe what is happening to him, he enjoys it a lot I think, he's a nice guy...

Hooky is "the" most friendly one I can tell you, he wants to meet everybody, and that's why he does those DJ dates as well, he enjoys it a lot...

Stephen did take some time to sign our CDs and take the group pictures, but from my own point of view, he's the less accessible one, it might have been a bad day for him, I don't know, he also left right after the show for his hotel, so nobody met him backstage.

What can I tell you, they were great, but we weren't expecting them to be rude with their fans of course, and their management were very friendly, especially Andy.

That was quite a day ;)

7 May 2005, 10:04

depthcharge wrote: Competition idea: Caption the photo where Johnny Giles is impressing Tracey.

Actually, check better, he's impressing all the girls one by one on each picture... :evil4:

Yeah, he's quite a friendly guy, but with everybody!