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Tarbox23 wrote:

Al, and other TGIF fans... just want to clear that up... I showed up pretty late and was looking for you all at a big table (thought some huge table had been reserved from posts I had read...) anyway, went up to the 2nd floor cause I didn't see you all on the 1st one... (my wife is 6 mos pregnant but we made the best of it, she had a blast of a night by the way!) anyway, I consumed several long island iced teas and ran into nic, then came down later but you had already left, or maybe i once again did not see you... it was strange.

whatever, it WAS lame... I was bummed to not run into you all... I got talking with other fans up top near the bathrooms where I was sitting and the time flew...

I stayed after the show but it emptied out insanely fast, tho I found Nic, but nobody else... anyway, wasn't trying to avoid anybody, just didn't work out, which is bizarre cause i was so close... and you probably walked right by me on the way to the pisser! i did see a few 'england' shirts... but you brits are so cold and reserved I was afraid to say hello... (joke!)

all apologies, don't take it personally please!

nic pointed you out to me (you were sitting by the toilets, i believe), but i never came up and said hi. mostly because i had to pee like a racehorse on my way in and partly because i didn't want to make a complete arse out of myself in my drunken state on my way out, as most people upstairs seemed pretty sober. i figured i would hurry back downstairs to the safety of the drunken crowd where i could make an arse out of myself and appear relatively normal. stupid in hindsight, but inebriated it all made perfect sense. anyway, i do remember that you were wearing white. :D

and for the record mat, mr. al jarvis does not have red skin and horns in real life, although i don't know about a pointy tail as i didn't get that well acquainted with him unfortunately.

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well, truth be told, nic had told me al was waiting for me, with a gun tucked in his belt... i knew it was gonna be trouble, so i stayed away... nic seemed pretty concerned...

i did see lots of cute british chicks, but my wife was with me, and pregnant, so i tried not to notice...

i kept thinking how cool it was that nyc was being invaded by new order fans from around the globe...

i guess we americans (and canadians!) need to return the favor and head to britain soon!

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Tarbox23 wrote: well, truth be told, nic had told me al was waiting for me, with a gun tucked in his belt... i knew it was gonna be trouble, so i stayed away... nic seemed pretty concerned...

i did see lots of cute british chicks, but my wife was with me, and pregnant, so i tried not to notice...

i kept thinking how cool it was that nyc was being invaded by new order fans from around the globe...

i guess we americans (and canadians!) need to return the favor and head to britain soon!

yes, we had the good the bad and the ugly theme queued up and the tumbleweeds ready to blow across the room...but you never showed. it would've been one hell of a shootout.

as far as the cute british chicks--i don't think there was a british girl in the bunch! we were all american (and one canadian lass). it was probably me that you were checking out. yep, that's gotta be it.

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New Order is perfectly imperfect! I love ' em, and I'd pay to catch them at least 2 more times if they came back to NYC(goofy dancing, wailing, and all).

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Tarbox23 wrote: i did see a few 'england' shirts... but you brits are so cold and reserved I was afraid to say hello... (joke!)

As an interesting aside, I always made a point of talking to people in England shirts at the Order gigs in the US ... and not one lad wearing them was English. Standard response was, "Oh, I went there once!".

Which I guess is the same as English kids wearing baseball shirts and NY caps, though?!

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AJ Wells wrote: Well someone sent me the Jonathan Ross show performace and I am... well...

Speechless...

There is certainly no need to kick a band when they are down and possibly out, particularly when they are doing such a wonderful job themselves...

As there are plenty of long time fans even around here who are equally (or almost) appalled by the recent descent I dont think any of it needs further pointing out... so my work here is done... I really dont begrudge the band a victory lap nor any listeners who derive pleasure from that which is not my cup of tea... music should be an enjoyable, pleasurable thing and when its not its time to move on... and so I shall...

Now back to your regularly scheduled program... toodle ooo!

Ajw

Was this announcement really worth it's own thread?

Have a great life!:thumb:

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depthcharge wrote: Let's not forget he recently suggested Sneaker Pimps were a band NO should be aspiring towards. :\pimp3:

:rofl:

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AJ Wells wrote: Well someone sent me the Jonathan Ross show performace and I am... well...

Speechless...

There is certainly no need to kick a band when they are down and possibly out, particularly when they are doing such a wonderful job themselves...

As there are plenty of long time fans even around here who are equally (or almost) appalled by the recent descent I dont think any of it needs further pointing out... so my work here is done... I really dont begrudge the band a victory lap nor any listeners who derive pleasure from that which is not my cup of tea... music should be an enjoyable, pleasurable thing and when its not its time to move on... and so I shall...

Now back to your regularly scheduled program... toodle ooo!

Ajw

Aj you're not really gonna leave are ya? :(

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