At 04:56 AM 8/7/97 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 8 lines here are the dates for the sneaker pimps tour from the virgin webpage. i>here are the dates for the sneaker pimps tour from the virgin webpage. i
>think aphex is playing at most, if not all, of these dates. haven't
>confirmed the full schedule with HQ yet but these dates gell with some
>of the ones i have heard from them. i'm sure warp-net will have
>something to say about this this week and the full organic line-up is
>supposed to be announced before the week is out. poor richard, he's
>going to be a busy geezer...
>
Just a note of caution- I've been to shows where Mr. James was solicited to
be the opener or at least somewhere in the line-up (Bjork tour of 95 eg.).
Needless to say I was quite stoked that I was going to be able to see Bjork
and Aphex in one setting. The lights go down, the crowd gets pumped up and
what do we get, but a fucking dat tape of stuff he mixed for the first 30
minutes of the show. No Richard in sight. So, I thought, well maybe he's
hidden down below somewhere and will surface at some point. No surfacing.
So, after the entire concert was over, I thought maybe he'll be playing
upstairs in the back room for a cool chill-out/experimental set. NOPE. The
bastard didn't even show up.! Later, I found out through other friends
around the country that he didn't appear at any of those shows either. I
don't know about you, but when your name goes on the flyer and you've been
booked to perform, I think you should actually make a physical appearance!
I'm sorry, but playing a tape for an audience who have paid to see your
perform doen't cut it. Otherwise, I would have stayed home and played/mixed
my own set of trax from him. Maybe I'm asking too much. Anyway, if you go to
the Sneaker Pimps show just to see Mr. James, don't count on him being
there. Go because you like the Sneaker Pimps (They're much better live
anyway). You've been warned.
bEn
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