all tomorrows parties

[Andy]

I think i'm just going to stay in the house. It's too rainy out there.

[Slave of Badon]

I have to be honest i was gutted not being able to get a ticket for this show, that was till i remembered the outbreak of the Norwalk virus a year or so ago at Butlins Minehead.   

[FartLips]

flipper is playin a show here in seattle with fitz of depression real soon.....flipper worth seeing llive?

yes yes and yes.  and you atp folks check out be your own pet. their from my neck of the woods. good ole music city.

Sorry, Ill be seeing the MC5 then.

hehe, so would i.

[Haggardsue]

2 shows. i think the setlist went something like this

talking horse
bloated pope
civilized worm
oven
set me straight/dch
sky pup
let it all be
blood witch
a history of drunks
rat faced
the hawk
youve never been right
a history of bad men
the bit - saturday show only
lovely butterflies


if ive got anything not quite right i apologise. met buzz saturday night outside finnigans, i told him from buying melvinmania "we had nothing to do with that" - buzz i'd now purchased about 28 cds, so some good came out of it. we shook hands and bid our farewell "see you in manchester" "looking forward to it" he replied. a genuinely nice man.

[MacBastard]

I think that's exactly right, also worth mentioning Big Business played the Saturday show too.

[glen]

maarten!  klump! lunica!   where are you?

[MacBastard]

I saw Maarten off to the airport earlier, he gets in at 6.30 Dutch time. Which is right about now I think. Hey Glen, I saw quite a lot off the Snivlem shirts, they look great and I want one!

[Andy]

My god, they were ON FIRE on Friday and Saturday, bolstered by Tim MossSanta and an amazing Big Business performance on Saturday. Absolutely fucking brilliant. Almost every person I talked to said they were the best band they'd seen. Anyway, here are some poor quality photos I took:


Can't argue with that lineup!

[glen]

Hey Glen, I saw quite a lot off the Snivlem shirts, they look great and I want one!

really?     

let me guess... XL right?    I'm out of XL's.  but you just broke the camel's back Mac.   you're about the sixth person thats asked for a shirt recently.  a new batch is in order.  I'll get the ball rolling now and let you know the finer details soon.

[ManWithNoName]

new batch, new design?

[glen]

new batch, new design?

probably not.  its cheaper to stick to the same design.  could do some different colors though. 

[Lunica]

i'm on my way to post a review with photos! be patient, the wine is still doing the talking!

[maffymaff]

the wine is still doing the talking!

That'll make it more fun!!!

[Lunica]

Ok, I know already this is gonna be a long post. Probably the longest I've ever written.
This has been one of the best weekends in my life! Great music, great wine, great "open minded" movies, great company.
So mind all the grammar errors and fucked up sentences, I feel pretty weird right now. I haven't slept a lot this weekend and got home like half an hour ago. So if it doesn't make any sense, just ask. My head is all messed up, but I might answer

After arriving at Stansted, riding the train to London, changing to the tube, waiting an hour to get on the next train, we were pretty happy when we finally arrived in Taunton. We didn't know we would have to wait two more hours in the cold (yes, it was just as cold as Norway). We ended up sharing a cab with some people we didn't know.

After an hour in the cab, we got to Minehead and Butlin's. We found the Dutch boys, and after a few bottles of wine, we went to see the Melvins show. I was so tired at the show, I didn't get to enjoy it as much as I should have, but it was still great. It started up with Big business, with Dale on guitar. They did this great song where Jared sang the same words over and over again, more silent every time he sang it, then it ended up in total silence. The audience didn't even let a fart roam. Well, they did actually. We could smell it.
When I think about it, I don't think big business played the first night. But they did play on Saturday.

Me and klump went to see The Stooges, which was great. Iggy is a real showman. he had like 20 people rocking out on stage, and they played at least some of the fun house stuff. Although I wish they would have played "Dirt" and "TV Eye"
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The next morning, someone slipped a note under our door, announcing that the Melvins would be doing an extra gig around 2pm the same day, because someone didn't get to see them on friday cause it was too crowded or something. So we drank some more bottles of wine, and went to see the show.

Damn! I just managed to quit my browser, so I have to type it all up again.

The second show was great. Buzz was in a great mood, and Jared was rocking out like a Soul daddy in his mumu on the other side of the stage. Bug Business was great! They did this song where it all turned more and more silent, until it was complete silence.. it was great. Tim Moss came out dressed up as Santa, and just stood there waving. The roadies were dressed up as monkeys.. they acted like monkeys as well, and a planet of the apes-like music came on when they were done playing. I don't remember which songs they played, but there was a lot of new stuff, and some older stuff. I'm sure klump and Maarten can help you out here. By the way, the sets were all different, and the two drummers thing worked out GREAT!

After a hell of a weekend, and waiting an hour for a bus/cab in the rain, we got back to London again.
We met up with the others and went to see the show. I think Men of porn started!? They must have been in Camden, cause they were blowing in this little flute making duck sounds (they have them all over the place in Camden), and a kazoo. Good show. Then it was FLIPPER's turn. I haven't heard a lot of FLIPPER, but when i heard the first song, I thought "This sounds like it could have been good 20 years ago, but its pretty mediocre now". This changed after the first song though, they still sound great. They had Chris Novoselic on bass, which was a sure hit among all the Nirvana fans. During the FLIPPER show, Buzz, Dale and Coady entered the stage and started to play with them (Sacrifice). They all seemed to enjoy themselves. Then came Big Business - still great. They didn't manage to pull of the silence stuff as good as they did on Saturday, but they started improvising it, and it got really funny.

The Melvins show is simply the best convert I've ever been to. I don't know what to say about it. It went on for ages, but it just got better and better! I'm still stoked about this whole week. Its like I'm high - but I'm not.

I'll let this picture sum it all up for now!
(I'll post some pictures of the show tomorrow)


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[glen]

great review lun,  but your pics aren't doing much for me. (red x's!)