BOC Friday

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

Hey - I have a morbid fascination with support bands - if anyone's any
good,let me know, please.
Andy Garibaldi.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Jackson jr." <tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: BOC Friday


> On 2 Nov 00, at 8:30, Nick Medford wrote:
>
>
> > First HW show: Black Sword, Hammersmith '85. I remember the excitement
> > my 16 year-old self and my mates had about going to this gig.
> > Difficult (and perhaps not desirable) to retain that sense of awe and
> > excitement as you get older but ever since I knew the Hawkestra was
> > definitely happening I felt like I was 16 again! And it actually lived
> > up to my wholly unreasonable expectations!
>
> Good point about sustaining the excitement felt as a youthful convert.
> I gotta say I'm pretty psyched to see BOC tomorrow night some 28
> years after my first gig--damn, 28 years is older than a lot of folks on
> this list!  And, it's probably a bit harder to stay focused on BOC as
> they haven't had a steady steam of new releases like HW has.  Still,
> BOC live is an event similar to HW, although, I gather, BOC plays a
> lot more shows than HW in a given year.
>
> Anyone have an idea what we'll hear Fri. night?  Haven't seen any set
> lists from recent BOC gigs.  I'm still bitterly disappointed from the
> Vernon gig where BOC got short-sheeted into playing an abbreviated
> set, with no 'new' stuff--not even any HF tunes.  Hopefully, tomorrow's
> gig will set that straight.
>
> BTW, for Nick and anyone else traveling a long distance for the
> show:  I contacted the venue, and the dude said that doors open at 8,
> and first band goes on at 930p.  According to the web site, there are
> 2 opening bands, which should put BOC on stage around 11-1130p,
> I guess.
>
> What time are you all planning on showing up?  I figure to hit the
> place around 830 or so.  Maybe later. as I'm not in any hurry to hear
> Bad Karma, the opening act, which sounds like a bad cover band.
> Any of you Albany-area guys heard them?  Some other dude is
> playing--forget his name.  Mike, Jason, have you heard?
>
> theo