I can definately sympathise with you.......and I don't mean to laugh but
....you make it sound so funny.
Shit like that happens to me too. Now if that happened to me I'd make bloody
sure that the bastard who threw the tickets away never made such a foolish
mistake again. Just think yourself lucky that you've had so many
opportunities to see Autechre. We're still waiting down here.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dan Shoebridge <Dan.Shoebridge@opsroom.co.uk>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 6:50 PM
Subject: [idm] Autechre are bad luck
I remember a few days back someone posted to this list saying their laptop
had been nicked - well after last night I've got a sob story of my own.
I got a call from a friend inviting me to a party she was having in
Farnborough. I thought I'd check that it didn't clash with the Warp
lighthouse party - I looked in the bureau to find the tickets missing -
turns out that they've been THROWN AWAY (not by me I might add). Not only
have I lost 75 quid at a shot, but the two friends whose tickets were there
are not happy, and a friend in Manchester who bought a ticket now looks like
he'll be going alone.
Now if this was just one incident on its own I could put it down to dumb
fucking luck - but this isn't the first time something like this has
happened. Like a few people on this list, Autechre are probably my favorite
band, but every time I try to go and see them, something happens. For
example...
Versivo in Manchester - unable to find the venue - end up at the pub instead
Blue Note in Hoxton - queues going round the block, no way to get in - end
up at the pub instead
Glastonbury earlier this year - cancelled? They were on the advert but no
sign of them - end up very drunk instead
Glastonbury 98 - it rained solidly for 24 hours, my mates wanted to leave
but I made them stick around, because autechre were on the next morning. A
few hours before their set, some bright spark in a sewage truck decides to
try and suck up the mud in the tent. He accidentally sents it to blow, and
sprays the tent with shit. Unsurprisingly, autechre are cancelled - end up
on a train home wearing only my socks, covered in mud and with borderline
hypothermia.
Now I'm not a superstitious man, but this is getting a little spooky. I
remember saying to a friend the other week, 'well, nothing's going to stop
me seeing them this time'. Guess I spoke too soon.
This all goes without saying - if anyone is selling any tickets, not for
silly money (yeah, right), I'd be more than willing to buy some. This might
not be too much of a good idea though, If I get any more Autechre will
probably be hit by an asteroid on the way to the venue or something.
To sum up then,
Bollocks.
Dan Shoebridge
Project Executive
The Ops Room Ltd
Tel: 020 8410 8000
Fax: 020 8410 8001
Email: Dan.Shoebridge@opsroom.co.uk
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