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johnwood666 IP address: Logged Posts: 269
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This is a simplified version of a conversation I had yesterday:
Me: Are you coming to my gig? Friend: Where is it? Me: Canterbury Friend: Not sure, I don't think I can get there. Me: You have a car...? Friend: But then I won't be able to drink. Me: Arrrrrrrrghhhhhhh!
I've had exactly the same converstaion with many other people over the years. Not just for my gigs I should add (before you all say "but you're shit..."), but other bands. Why is it that people feel they can't go out if they can't have a drink? As a rare drinker, I find this very hard to understand. Sure I like a drink when I can, but I don't let it dictate whether I go out or not. If a band was playing in a bloody warehouse with no bar, I'd still go. I go to gigs for the music, not the bloody drinks. Am I the only sane person in a world of mad bingeing alcoholics?
Doh, wrong forum - should have been in General Chat... sorry.
Edited: johnwood666 - Tue 30 Sep 2008 (4:09PM) |
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| Tobyjames7 IP address: Logged Posts: 946
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meh, it'd just be nice if people came to mine! |
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| johnwood666 IP address: Logged Posts: 269
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Know the feeling mate.
But my point is, most people seem to treat gigs not as a chance to see some live music, rather as background music for their drinking - a soundtrack to their alcoholism. This is all part of the apathy people have towards gigs, similar to what Steve/ffruk has been on about in his posts recently.
Another thing that pisses me off is people going to gigs and not watching the bands. When I go to gigs, I like to watch the bands. I used to be really anal, and have to arrive before any bands had started, otherwise I'd feel like I'd missed something. Whilst I'm not so bad now, I still have to watch the bands (unless I'm not keen on the music). The few times I went to the excellent Ashford Rocks gigs at Homelands, I was impressed with the amount of people there, but appalled that most of them just hung about outside, not actually watching the bands. All it was really was a glorified youth club, an opportunity for scenesters to catch up and hang out. |
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mohawk IP address: Logged Posts: 2186
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I would venture that most people are alcohol dependant but don't realise it. |
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blueeyes IP address: Logged Posts: 4540
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me and my friends venture out to see bands and dont drink, so there is hope for us drunker punters.lol |
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| MasterODiscount IP address: Logged Posts: 1884
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i much prefer to have a drink when i'm watching a band, but then i get very few nights off so when i do i like to let my hair down a bit, i'd still drive to see a band if there was nothing local on though. |
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| blueeyes IP address: Logged Posts: 4540
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ill drive up to medway it dont bother me, rather that then listen to mustang sallyl.ol |
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| Dud IP address: Logged Posts: 2312
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It depends on your definition. (when a person is pedantic enough to fiddle with the minutiae of definitions, you know they are guilty - eg Bill Clinton on whether oral sex is sexual relations) To Americans every British person is a signed up alkie - but what can you expect from a country that drinks carbonated rice beverages that they try and call beer! They just don't take their drinking seriously enough. Is an alkie someone who is addicted to the chemical? Is an alkie someone who drinks a quantity of alcohol that has a negative effect on their health? (guilty) Is there such a thing as a social alkie, ie one who uses pubs, beer etc to facilitate their social life? (guilty) Is an alkie someone who uses alcohol as medicine - to cope with stress, to relax, changes one state etc? (guilty) Is an alkie someone who is interested in the culture of beer, whisky, oenology etc (guilty) Is an alkie just someone who enjoys drinking? (guilty)
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| blueeyes IP address: Logged Posts: 4540
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i take it you aint had your hair of the dog today m dudwey! |
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| MasterODiscount IP address: Logged Posts: 1884
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drinking on your own is always a good sign, or if you would struggle to give it up completely for a month or so. |
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| blueeyes IP address: Logged Posts: 4540
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a alkie is the difference btwn a person who can take or leave it and a person that cant. |
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| Dud IP address: Logged Posts: 2312
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A bit like drinking in the pub or taking it home? |
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| Dud IP address: Logged Posts: 2312
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I always give up for a month in Jan - to try and prove to myself I'm not an alkie, but perhaps the fact I feel the need to do so speaks more? |
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| blueeyes IP address: Logged Posts: 4540
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no it dont make you a alkie if you drink at home on your own , its taking it or leaving it . sum people smoke ,some people drink . |
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| Dud IP address: Logged Posts: 2312
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I killed some people a while back, I haven't done it since, I haven't had the urge to in the last month - but potential employers just can't seem to expunge this from my CV. |
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| blueeyes IP address: Logged Posts: 4540
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very true . |
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| wizbang IP address: Logged Posts: 6377
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I reckon it depends on whether you can function without alcohol. for instance, i read an interview with Justin Hawkins. He was talking about his drug/alcohol problems. He insisted if the band did award shows etc, they must perform early on. This then meant he could slope off and then he would use drugs. A friend of mine used to (regularly) slope off from work to have a tin of lager. he would say he was going to the shop I had an employee that did the same. (only he hid his tins of lager at work.) I like a beer when I'm watching bands. It relaxes me and stops me analysing how good the band is (or isn't). It lets me enjoy the entertainment. If alcohol is ruining your life, you have a problem |
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driss IP address: Logged Posts: 8
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Good job my Mrs drives me! |
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| SideshowGez IP address: Logged Posts: Too Many!!!
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There is a simple solution.
Drink and drive
Only joking. Don't go watch live music in Kent unless you can numb the boredom with booze |
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| jenny IP address: Logged Posts: 6108
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Says the guy playing at Cheriton last Saturday Did you get my message Gez??? |
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