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[> [> Some plonker on Splinters who I see has been put right more than once! He claims to now stand corrected?! -- The Weaver, 14:36:14 11/17/06 Fri

>>Weller and the rest of the band were really up for it
>>and having a
>>great time. Weller was very relaxed and interacting
>>quite a lot with
>>the crowd - even flirting with some of the girls right
>>at the front by
>>pointing at them when he sang Make It Alright!
>>
>>The band before was truly shocking! Let me qualify a
>>little - it's
>>always hard being a support band coz the bottom line
>>is no one's there
>>to see you but, and I'm a fairly chilled person
>>usually, this lot
>>sucked! They were called Aziz or something like that.
>>It was a two
>>piece with one geezer playing whining guitar and (I'm
>>not kidding
>>here) thought it was a great party piece to unplug his
>>guitar and bang
>>its head with the plug "anyone like Drum 'n' Bass?"
>>and another bloke
>>on bongos wearing the most bizarre pointy hat and
>>chucking his head
>>around so much it was like Noddy on acid! Each time
>>they finished
>>a 'song' the appreciative audience combined comments
>>were: "Fuck Off"
>>and "Where's Weller?"
>>
>>Just to smooth things over, the guitarist shouted "If
>>you think you
>>can do better, fucking come up here and have a go".
>>The bouncers got
>>involved at this point ;-))) They were meant to be on
>>for 30 minutes.
>>They made 23. Nuf said.
>>
>>Onto the main event: our man was outstanding. There
>>was a fantastic
>>atmosphere at the front. The balcony section was very
>>quiet for a
>>while but half way through was up and at it like
>>everyone downstairs.
>>
>>PW said several times that they hadn't rehearsed and
>>later said, "it's
>>true, we really haven't rehearsed!"
>>
>>They pretty much followed the set list (I have a copy,
>>and a plectrum
>>so na, na, ne, na, na!) but didn't play Butterflies in
>>the end.
>>
>>Set List (as written)
>>
>>Peacock
>>Science
>>Floorboards
>>Paper Smile
>>Wild Blue Yonder
>>Blink!
>>Thick as Thieves
>>Above the Clouds
>>All the Pictures
>>Savages/ Fly
>>Porcelain / Splinters
>>Running on the Spot
>>Hung Up
>>Pebble + Boy
>>Here's the Good News
>>The Changingman
>>Come On / Lets Go
>>Butterflies (not played)
>>Wild Wood
>>Foot
>>---------
>>Sunflower (played second in encore)
>>Make it Alright (played first in encore)
>>Malice...?... (did get played and brought the house
>>down)

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[> [> [> How do you get on that site Mr Weaver ? -- cazx, 15:22:34 11/17/06 Fri

>>>Weller and the rest of the band were really up for it
>>>and having a
>>>great time. Weller was very relaxed and interacting
>>>quite a lot with
>>>the crowd - even flirting with some of the girls
>right
>>>at the front by
>>>pointing at them when he sang Make It Alright!
>>>
>>>The band before was truly shocking! Let me qualify a
>>>little - it's
>>>always hard being a support band coz the bottom line
>>>is no one's there
>>>to see you but, and I'm a fairly chilled person
>>>usually, this lot
>>>sucked! They were called Aziz or something like that.
>>>It was a two
>>>piece with one geezer playing whining guitar and (I'm
>>>not kidding
>>>here) thought it was a great party piece to unplug
>his
>>>guitar and bang
>>>its head with the plug "anyone like Drum 'n' Bass?"
>>>and another bloke
>>>on bongos wearing the most bizarre pointy hat and
>>>chucking his head
>>>around so much it was like Noddy on acid! Each time
>>>they finished
>>>a 'song' the appreciative audience combined comments
>>>were: "Fuck Off"
>>>and "Where's Weller?"
>>>
>>>Just to smooth things over, the guitarist shouted "If
>>>you think you
>>>can do better, fucking come up here and have a go".
>>>The bouncers got
>>>involved at this point ;-))) They were meant to be on
>>>for 30 minutes.
>>>They made 23. Nuf said.
>>>
>>>Onto the main event: our man was outstanding. There
>>>was a fantastic
>>>atmosphere at the front. The balcony section was very
>>>quiet for a
>>>while but half way through was up and at it like
>>>everyone downstairs.
>>>
>>>PW said several times that they hadn't rehearsed and
>>>later said, "it's
>>>true, we really haven't rehearsed!"
>>>
>>>They pretty much followed the set list (I have a
>copy,
>>>and a plectrum
>>>so na, na, ne, na, na!) but didn't play Butterflies
>in
>>>the end.
>>>
>>>Set List (as written)
>>>
>>>Peacock
>>>Science
>>>Floorboards
>>>Paper Smile
>>>Wild Blue Yonder
>>>Blink!
>>>Thick as Thieves
>>>Above the Clouds
>>>All the Pictures
>>>Savages/ Fly
>>>Porcelain / Splinters
>>>Running on the Spot
>>>Hung Up
>>>Pebble + Boy
>>>Here's the Good News
>>>The Changingman
>>>Come On / Lets Go
>>>Butterflies (not played)
>>>Wild Wood
>>>Foot
>>>---------
>>>Sunflower (played second in encore)
>>>Make it Alright (played first in encore)
>>>Malice...?... (did get played and brought the house
>>>down)

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[> [> [> [> Now there's a question. I don't post there myself but get the email bulletins. Its a Yahoo group based message posting service. Once you join up you can post messages and receive bulletins containing all the days posts. Here's the link: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/splinters/ -- The Weaver, 17:02:16 11/17/06 Fri

>>>>Weller and the rest of the band were really up for
>it
>>>>and having a
>>>>great time. Weller was very relaxed and interacting
>>>>quite a lot with
>>>>the crowd - even flirting with some of the girls
>>right
>>>>at the front by
>>>>pointing at them when he sang Make It Alright!
>>>>
>>>>The band before was truly shocking! Let me qualify a
>>>>little - it's
>>>>always hard being a support band coz the bottom line
>>>>is no one's there
>>>>to see you but, and I'm a fairly chilled person
>>>>usually, this lot
>>>>sucked! They were called Aziz or something like
>that.
>>>>It was a two
>>>>piece with one geezer playing whining guitar and
>(I'm
>>>>not kidding
>>>>here) thought it was a great party piece to unplug
>>his
>>>>guitar and bang
>>>>its head with the plug "anyone like Drum 'n' Bass?"
>>>>and another bloke
>>>>on bongos wearing the most bizarre pointy hat and
>>>>chucking his head
>>>>around so much it was like Noddy on acid! Each time
>>>>they finished
>>>>a 'song' the appreciative audience combined comments
>>>>were: "Fuck Off"
>>>>and "Where's Weller?"
>>>>
>>>>Just to smooth things over, the guitarist shouted
>"If
>>>>you think you
>>>>can do better, fucking come up here and have a go".
>>>>The bouncers got
>>>>involved at this point ;-))) They were meant to be
>on
>>>>for 30 minutes.
>>>>They made 23. Nuf said.
>>>>
>>>>Onto the main event: our man was outstanding. There
>>>>was a fantastic
>>>>atmosphere at the front. The balcony section was
>very
>>>>quiet for a
>>>>while but half way through was up and at it like
>>>>everyone downstairs.
>>>>
>>>>PW said several times that they hadn't rehearsed and
>>>>later said, "it's
>>>>true, we really haven't rehearsed!"
>>>>
>>>>They pretty much followed the set list (I have a
>>copy,
>>>>and a plectrum
>>>>so na, na, ne, na, na!) but didn't play Butterflies
>>in
>>>>the end.
>>>>
>>>>Set List (as written)
>>>>
>>>>Peacock
>>>>Science
>>>>Floorboards
>>>>Paper Smile
>>>>Wild Blue Yonder
>>>>Blink!
>>>>Thick as Thieves
>>>>Above the Clouds
>>>>All the Pictures
>>>>Savages/ Fly
>>>>Porcelain / Splinters
>>>>Running on the Spot
>>>>Hung Up
>>>>Pebble + Boy
>>>>Here's the Good News
>>>>The Changingman
>>>>Come On / Lets Go
>>>>Butterflies (not played)
>>>>Wild Wood
>>>>Foot
>>>>---------
>>>>Sunflower (played second in encore)
>>>>Make it Alright (played first in encore)
>>>>Malice...?... (did get played and brought the house
>>>>down)

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