The dotted line has just been signed upon this morning ... I'll be working in London starting as close to June 22 as flights will allow, and will be there till July 22 or later, depending on how the job goes and whether they find other work for me to do.
I'm not asking about sessions here - I swear!!! - as I'm looking into that separately but I'm wondering whether any of you are playing gigs, and/or can recommend any gigs, CD shops you know to be particularly good for trad (Sydney's better than it was but it's still not brilliant) and any other trad- or fiddle-related Must-Dos (or Must-Avoids!) in the general area.
Producing a technical documentation pack for an aircraft communications test/simulation rig, then (perhaps) doing other related jobs on the same project. General low-level systems engineering stuff.
Seriously though, no worries Tish. We'll make sure you get plenty of music. Loads of sessions over here at the moment, and some good music shops - HMV and Virgin have a decent selection. I'll be around for a week at the start and end of your stay so you'll be introduced to the crowd over here. The Hammersmith Irish Centre usually has a good gig every weekend and there are festivals you might want to catch too. You'll have a great time.
Thanks muchly Conan, Danny - I'll send you my e-mail address and will check out that link.
Thanks Brian, got your e-mails this morning, will reply properly over the weekend.
I've got the usual agenda of museums, galleries, etc, but most of that can only be done on the weekends during the day and I should have plenty of free evenings.
Maybe I can buy "in person" that CD of Nell's I've been meaning to get round to buying!
Oh, and some gents from the Kilkenny Arms session on Tuesdays have also been in touch - I'll be working pretty close to Wimbledon but have no idea where I'll be staying yet.
I meant to also say that I read Tish's earlier post quickly, and what I saw said "during the day I should have plenty of free evenings". I missed the "and" between "day" and "I". I did a complete double-take. But I think it is a great line. It reminds me of a Burns and Allen routine. Really, I'm not being a smart-ass.
The Australian Government Style Manual does not require a comma after "day", though an editor would be free to substitute "so" for "and" at their discretion, for greater clarity.
Well have to make sure we all get together for a session.
Conan, Nell, Danny, me et al (although Al has been absent a bit recently).
My band is playing at Camden (Irish Centre) on July 8th but I will be absent as I'm flying out to Toulouse for a cycle race in France that day. So the gig should be even better (before anyone else says it)
Yeah, of course. A meeting of Thesession.org London And South East England Chapter is long overdue anyway. What about our previous meeting place, The Crown and Cushion , Westminster Bridge Road, SE1, whenever?
Yeah - we should totally have a thesession session. Sounds great! I think I'll only be around for 3 days while Tish is there (then I'm off to Ireland, America, Canada and Europe...phew) The dates I'm in London first off will be the 22nd to the 25thish of June...sound doable for anyone?
Well, I missed your visit last year, beebs, so we must get something sorted out this time. But I have to tell you, wee Fergus (now 2 & a half), needs 110% supervision so keep us posted by email.
Geoff - what a shame you're not playing! Will put the gig in my diary, anyway.
bb et al, re thesession get-together: I start work on Jun 22 and don't have any fixed things yet till 3pm June 26, so if there's a time in there that works out for bb and everyone else, I'd love to be in it. Would prefer an early-ish start (I guess I'll still be a bit tired and I have to make a good impression at work in the first few days!) but then most of you people have work the next day as well. There's a chance my stay will be extended to about when bb gets back to London but that's iffy, so it would be great to catch up then if possible.
It IS weird, given the amount of jet-setting I do Yes, Fri 24 or Sat 25 look good, if that fits in with your flying-out-again plans and what everyone else is doing.
Bummer Beebs, we're not going to cross paths in London after all.
My entry clearance has been delayed by a totally unnecessary and time-wasting hold up at the far end and now I'll be arriving somewhere between Jun 28 and July 4.
I'll miss your gig on the 26th, Geoff, but am still hoping to cross paths with some of you good folk. Will be in touch by email when I have a new departure date.
<...he melts my head >
I can't help wondering what a melted head looks like. I can't help thinking of chocolate but you're the wrong colour. Wouldn't it do terrible things to the fiddle chin-rest.
Hi bb, Conan, Nell, Geoff, Danny, anybody out there? Have been Internet-less since I got here and am on a friend's PC for a moment. My profile email is now my new work one, but I don't have Internet access at work so if you write to me, include your address so I can write back. Made it to the Kilkenny Tavern last night (arriving late, a long story but I got there) and am hoping to catch a few more sessions soon. Looks like I'll be around till about Aug 20. bb, Sir Nose, hope it's all going well for you and hope to catch up soon.
Hello? Anyone out there? Or did I get pushed off the page in that vigorous debate going on when I was last here?
Poked my nose into a little session at Captain Morgan's in Brentford/Kew Bridge last night as I'm right next door. Didn't look like a come-and-join-in session so I listened from a distance. Was supposed to be somewhere else but abandoned that plan due to all the traffic closures.
In haste, hoping to catch up with some of you soon.
An Australian in London
An Australian in London
Hi all,
The dotted line has just been signed upon this morning ... I'll be working in London starting as close to June 22 as flights will allow, and will be there till July 22 or later, depending on how the job goes and whether they find other work for me to do.
I'm not asking about sessions here - I swear!!! - as I'm looking into that separately but I'm wondering whether any of you are playing gigs, and/or can recommend any gigs, CD shops you know to be particularly good for trad (Sydney's better than it was but it's still not brilliant) and any other trad- or fiddle-related Must-Dos (or Must-Avoids!) in the general area.
Thanks in advance!
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Tish - How cool. I arrive in London on the 22nd too
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
Look Out, World
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
what kind of work?
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Pete D
Re: An Australian in London
She's like you Pete - an Electrical engineer isnt it Tish?
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
Producing a technical documentation pack for an aircraft communications test/simulation rig, then (perhaps) doing other related jobs on the same project. General low-level systems engineering stuff.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Yep, that's right, bb.
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Aw Christ. Not another one!
Seriously though, no worries Tish. We'll make sure you get plenty of music. Loads of sessions over here at the moment, and some good music shops - HMV and Virgin have a decent selection. I'll be around for a week at the start and end of your stay so you'll be introduced to the crowd over here. The Hammersmith Irish Centre usually has a good gig every weekend and there are festivals you might want to catch too. You'll have a great time.
All the best
Conán
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Re: An Australian in London
I'll keep youse posted on gigs and sessions, also.
Mandy's used to be good for music, but I don't know if they still are:
http://www.irishcentre.org/JELWeb_LI/JELWeb_LI/cache/offonce/pid/34
# Posted on May 19th 2005 by Rudall the time
Re: An Australian in London
Thanks muchly Conan, Danny - I'll send you my e-mail address and will check out that link.
Thanks Brian, got your e-mails this morning, will reply properly over the weekend.
I've got the usual agenda of museums, galleries, etc, but most of that can only be done on the weekends during the day and I should have plenty of free evenings.
Maybe I can buy "in person" that CD of Nell's I've been meaning to get round to buying!
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Oh, and some gents from the Kilkenny Arms session on Tuesdays have also been in touch - I'll be working pretty close to Wimbledon but have no idea where I'll be staying yet.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
"During the day I should have plenty of free evenings"
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by John Culhane
Re: An Australian in London
I meant to also say that I read Tish's earlier post quickly, and what I saw said "during the day I should have plenty of free evenings". I missed the "and" between "day" and "I". I did a complete double-take. But I think it is a great line. It reminds me of a Burns and Allen routine. Really, I'm not being a smart-ass.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by John Culhane
Re: An Australian in London
The Australian Government Style Manual does not require a comma after "day", though an editor would be free to substitute "so" for "and" at their discretion, for greater clarity.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Yeah, but it wouldn't have been as funny to me if they had.
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by John Culhane
Re: An Australian in London
Danny - that's a great link, thank you!
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Glad I've brightened someone's day
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Tish AND bb in London!!
Well have to make sure we all get together for a session.
Conan, Nell, Danny, me et al (although Al has been absent a bit recently).
My band is playing at Camden (Irish Centre) on July 8th but I will be absent as I'm flying out to Toulouse for a cycle race in France that day. So the gig should be even better (before anyone else says it)
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Geoff Pollitt
Re: An Australian in London
You're a bike racer, Geoff?
wow!
Yeah, of course. A meeting of Thesession.org London And South East England Chapter is long overdue anyway. What about our previous meeting place, The Crown and Cushion , Westminster Bridge Road, SE1, whenever?
# Posted on May 20th 2005 by Rudall the time
Re: An Australian in London
Tish, contact me for the sessions in this town
john
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by lisaniska
Re: An Australian in London
Yeah - we should totally have a thesession session. Sounds great! I think I'll only be around for 3 days while Tish is there (then I'm off to Ireland, America, Canada and Europe...phew) The dates I'm in London first off will be the 22nd to the 25thish of June...sound doable for anyone?
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
Well, I missed your visit last year, beebs, so we must get something sorted out this time. But I have to tell you, wee Fergus (now 2 & a half), needs 110% supervision so keep us posted by email.
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by Rudall the time
Re: An Australian in London
Will do, but I'll be around for a year anyhow - so I'm sure we can fit something in
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
The Woodman, Lee High Road, sunday nights. You're welcome anytime.
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by Fiddle Fancier
Re: An Australian in London
nice one one Rob; i'll be down to rattle the pans at some point . . .
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by lisaniska
Two Australians in London!
Thanks Rob, lissaniska, Geoff!
Geoff - what a shame you're not playing! Will put the gig in my diary, anyway.
bb et al, re thesession get-together: I start work on Jun 22 and don't have any fixed things yet till 3pm June 26, so if there's a time in there that works out for bb and everyone else, I'd love to be in it. Would prefer an early-ish start (I guess I'll still be a bit tired and I have to make a good impression at work in the first few days!) but then most of you people have work the next day as well. There's a chance my stay will be extended to about when bb gets back to London but that's iffy, so it would be great to catch up then if possible.
# Posted on May 21st 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
We'll the weekend is the 24 & 25 = maybe we can work something out for that. Isnt it weird TIsh that we both fly in the same day.
# Posted on May 22nd 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
It IS weird, given the amount of jet-setting I do
Yes, Fri 24 or Sat 25 look good, if that fits in with your flying-out-again plans and what everyone else is doing.
# Posted on May 22nd 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Bummer
Beebs, we're not going to cross paths in London after all.
My entry clearance has been delayed by a totally unnecessary and time-wasting hold up at the far end and now I'll be arriving somewhere between Jun 28 and July 4.
I'll miss your gig on the 26th, Geoff, but am still hoping to cross paths with some of you good folk. Will be in touch by email when I have a new departure date.
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
I'll be in ireland then, dont worry tish - the lads'll look after you! they are not a scary as they seem on this site....I promise
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
Psst Tish! Just make sure you avoid that fella Conan.....he's a strange one...he melts my head
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by bb
Re: An Australian in London
<...he melts my head >
I can't help wondering what a melted head looks like. I can't help thinking of chocolate but you're the wrong colour. Wouldn't it do terrible things to the fiddle chin-rest.
# Posted on June 14th 2005 by Donough
Re: An Australian in London
I'll get someone to take a pic next time Bridie harrasses me.
Not a pretty sight.
# Posted on June 15th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Re: An Australian in London
Next time her head melts can you close her gob and keep it like that until it sets, Conan?
# Posted on June 15th 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: An Australian in London
She's the one doing the head-melting but I will do my level best to turn the tables and melt her into a mouthless Burke Sundae.
# Posted on June 15th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Re: An Australian in London
Maybe you could accidentally on purpose weld her chin onto her shoulder so she can't torture me anymore with her fiddle.
# Posted on June 15th 2005 by Dr. Dow
Re: An Australian in London
She'd only learn to play it with her size 8s, out of spite.
The only solution is a variation on an idea I saw in a film: Boxing Bridie, anyone?
# Posted on June 15th 2005 by Conán McDonnell
Re: An Australian in London
Hi bb, Conan, Nell, Geoff, Danny, anybody out there? Have been Internet-less since I got here and am on a friend's PC for a moment. My profile email is now my new work one, but I don't have Internet access at work so if you write to me, include your address so I can write back. Made it to the Kilkenny Tavern last night (arriving late, a long story but I got there) and am hoping to catch a few more sessions soon. Looks like I'll be around till about Aug 20. bb, Sir Nose, hope it's all going well for you and hope to catch up soon.
Hello Dow!! How is Sydney doing without us all?
# Posted on July 20th 2005 by Tish
Re: An Australian in London
Hello? Anyone out there? Or did I get pushed off the page in that vigorous debate going on when I was last here?
Poked my nose into a little session at Captain Morgan's in Brentford/Kew Bridge last night as I'm right next door. Didn't look like a come-and-join-in session so I listened from a distance. Was supposed to be somewhere else but abandoned that plan due to all the traffic closures.
In haste, hoping to catch up with some of you soon.
# Posted on July 22nd 2005 by Tish