Picture from Life Hacker
Last night I attended my first gig since before I was ill and was glad to be getting out and about again. I feel as if I have missed out on quite a lot in such a short space of time and have a lot to catch up with. The gig was at Rescue Rooms which showed that the propensity for free gigs (often not paying the musicians) in this city isn't always necessary as people are willing to pay for something worth seeing. Although there weren't many people watching Josh Kemp's opening set (in my main review I comment on how Kemp shouldn't even be opening at the bottom of the bill anymore) and there was a lot of talking, the gig soon filled up and I personally hope that this means that the free gig will become a privilege rather than a the expected norm; I have said before how I have never seen another city like it for the music scene to operate without money changing hands. The fact that I didn't pay to get in is neither here nor there as I would have done if I wasn't reviewing it, you can't champion music if you get it for free. Talking of music champions, it is rumoured (although I scoured the newspaper this morning and there was no mention of it) that history happened last night with the full set of Nottingham music champions were apparently in attendance - myself, Mark 'literally' Del and Dean Jackson, all in the same room. I didn't see Dean Jackson and Mark 'literally' Del turned up towards the end presumably because this gig was considered important but it is a start. I wouldn't take advice about music from someone who doesn't go to gigs so this is a positive sign. It would still be good to see them at smaller gigs so that they manage to shake off their 'goal hanging glory seeker' reputations, and of course turning up at the beginning of the night and seeing the whole show would be another turning point. I for one go to gigs to see live music and not for other people to see me there because quite frankly I couldn't give a fuck about such frippery. Little acorns. Resting local band Prefontaine at least put my name first, which I think is only right and I'm sure if you ask them the other two will agree.
And great to see @SteveOliver76 @MarkDel1L and @deanjacksondj at @rescuerooms championing Notts bands. Look forward to reading the reviews.
— Prefontaine (@PrefontaineUK) April 8, 2015
Although the early door times are sometimes a bit stressful and not conductive to a proper meal time (I ate four McDonald's '50p burgers' while waiting for Gary and Rosey to pick me up - they are no longer 50p), it is nice to get home at a reasonable hour on a week night. The hour would have been more reasonable if the three of us hadn't been sat in the car outside my house for ages, but that was the most fun part of the night in many ways. As usual we just slagged everyone off and put the world to rights, again I should be glad that the car wasn't bugged or we might be driven out of town for our offensive comments on such people as
(Sorry, the ribbon on my typewriter has run out)
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