2 posts tagged “bonnie prince billy”
....spending 130 euros on concert tickets before breakfast. No idea why, but Jarvis tickets are already on sale, despite Paradiso's site proudly disclaiming they're on sale Saturday next week. I was lucky to stumble across it while waiting for the Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan tickets to go on sale. Funny thing that, I thought this kind of thing only happened in Ireland. So I bought 4, thinking maybe I'll flog some to cover expenses (oh, bad puppy!), but then I already have a couple of friends interested in coming as well, so maybe we'll make it a party instead.
On top of that, the Campbell/Lanegan ticket and I just spotted John Cale will be playing the Netherlands as well. I don't think I can be bothered seeing him at Vredenburg with it's capacity of 2000, but seeing him Patronaat will be great.
Razorlight also have some new dates, but the closest is also Vredenburg, and I just found out they're supporting Muse in Antwerp, so I think that may satisfy my needs.
So tickets I still need to buy are for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!, The Magic Numbers and Bonnie Prince Billy (Vredenburg again, blah).
And while I was doing all this I noticed a large banner on Ticketmaster's front page saying how unfortunately tickets for Scissor Sisters would not go on sale today yet as mentioned before, due to technical difficulties with the tour. What the fuck? I didn't even know they were coming! Maybe I really should start reading more Dutch music forums or something.
Doggie is doing slightly better. I mean, in so far in that she's eating again. She's still not well though, dragging her little feet, but at least if she eats she'll grow a little stronger again. Well, hopefully anyway.
Was supposed to take my CCNA exam today, but it got postponed as they don't have enough space for me to actually do the exam. Truth be told, I'm glad it did, cause frankly, it'd be a 100% fail. Those 80% pass exams just suck. They're too hard :-/ Now it's up somewhere in November, so that buys me a little time.
Not much going on at the moment. Work's dragging along. Couple of meetings which bored the hell out of me and a few minorly challenging things to sort out. That and about half a zillion technical design drawings. Those drawings take forever to make. Somewhere along the way I am supposed to set up our new branch in Leeuwarden too, so I'll be spending some time there. To make a long story short, I'll hardly be in the office for most of October, which suits me fine.
Been listening to Gogol Bordello all day and Bonnie Prince Billy now. Drums on his latest album are played by Jim White, who's the Dirty Three drummer. He's got the most gentle, almost bluesy touch. That, and he's such a nice guy. Whenever he plays the drums, he reminds me of an octopus, arms waving around all over the place. That's after you get over the "scruffy pizza baker" look though. I think that's cute though. Haven't spoken to him for a while now, but he's sorted me out with tickets a couple of times where he didn't have to. I was kind of hoping maybe he'd be playing with Beth Orton in Dublin. Whatever the case, he's been very busy doing Wil Oldham's latest, as wel as New Buffalo's "The Last Beautiful Day" and Nina Nastasia's latest "On Leaving". He certaintly did the Came So Far For Beauty shows as well, as mentioned in this article, speaking of the upcoming shows in Dublin. Can't wait.
Note to self: Check out Last Harbour's latest, The Drones and Loene Carmen
