So, we've got a small gig tonight.
It's in London at the Rough Trade East shop on Brick Lane, and we're planning to play a short set of in rainbows material. It's very limited free entry, first come first served. Also, as it might be a little uncomfortable for anyone queuing early, they're planning a numbering system so people at the front of any queue can get snacks and toilet breaks in the store. Good bagels round there. But dress warm...doors won't open until 7, and we'll play at about 8.
For those who can't get in - and it's pretty small in there - we'll have some screens and speakers outside, if we're allowed. I think we are. And we'll also webcast it. I'll put the link up here, as well as any other info, later today.
Hope you can make it - should be....interesting. Us being us, we're taking far too many instruments.....
jasminepearson
is already queueing, and she is indeed the first person in line.
lolz
good for her :D
there's no-one here yet
i'm going to be here all day.
er..........
this numbering system.
does it mean that u can just turn up, get a ticket and then come back at 7 and enter back into the que?
no.
and there are no wristbands. you must stay in the queue, excluding toilet and food breaks until the doors open at 7pm.
i doubt it
i think it just means if you go into the store to piss/buy food, then you get back into the queue where you were.
So this is true then?
BIT ITS DAMN COLD!
...
http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/
Yes it is cold. A friend of mine and Klaire's tipped us off about it last night though, so Jasmine's already been there an hour!
well, told klaire
and she told me.
hardcore!
If I wasn't working I'd be tempted
same.
and if i was in london, and if i was on the uber secret text grapevine
Gutted.
I wish I didn't have to work.
....
I think I can see kid_a
Is there lots of people there now?
*must resist urge to go and queue*
none queuing
there's a few looking a bit shifty in the shop.
wow! hi!
wow!
wow!
since when do you have internet on your phone?!
work r gay
^ this
can this thread go away and die now please? thanks.
radiohead are not this gay.
.
two people have started queuing
Im off! wish me luck
i already did.
by text. can i have my 10p back now i know you've got magic internets there?
Lucky!!
:(
pfft
who cares about going to a free intimate gig, I've paid £50 (plus a £100 air fare) to see them in a bug field in June, IN YOUR FACE JASMINE_SO_CALLED_PEARSON. IN YOUR FACE!
(this post may contain traces of sour grapes)
yeh but she didnt pay £50
so she wont get the full quality you expect from a radiohead show.
yeah
radiohead and BUGS! amazing. well worth £150.
I "pfft" in your direction too!
YEAH!!
Well, I think I need to go an pick up some bagels anyway!
why Brick Lane?
I wish they'd do a surpise gig somewhere less trendy. The suburbs need music love, probably more so than spots where the most pressing thing to do is buy coffee and mince about.
Bitter? Me?
Fuck off.
.
why brick lane?
becuase ROUGH TRADE!
You may have missed some or all of the point of that post.
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nope
.
yep
(probably)
I know....
Just wish I could get there
At least it's not fucking NORTH London for a change.
Yes, Brick Lane ftw.
waah
no fair, i'm at work :(
^this
oh well. are you going to WATP tonight? That'll take your mind off it.
no
i can't belive they're playing down the road from me and i won't be able to see them just because i don't have the whole day to queue. damn work!
When i think about it
It’s not worth it.
You’ll spend so long watching fuckheads walk to the front going ‘Oh, is this the queue? excuse me while I hover checking my phone long enough so you think I was there all the time’, and wanting to take an axe to the head of everyone there that by the time Radiohead come out they’ll have to solve the Middle East Crisis to make it all worthwhile.
you're in denial
stop lying to yourself!
I'll just keep telling myself this
I'll stay in the warm
thanks.
nah
there are barriers and everything. i hate today so so much.
barriers?
so can you not just mill around the store for a couple of hours? or are they making people queue outside all day?
can you imagine
having to queue up just to buy that album you saw a couple of weeks ago? ive been here 5 hours, GIVE ME THE CD. no, sorry, thom yorke just stole it
you can go inside the store
and buy food/drink or go to the toilet, but i don't think you can mill around the store for a couple of hours.
for some reason i keep calling her
i think i enjoy torture,
nah
they've got it pretty tight here. there's pnly about eight people here. and no-one has tried to take the piss. the security look secure.
i'm heading there very shortly
god bless being self-employed
that's harsh
still, it's going to be something pretty special.
i hope you brought a book/thermos/chair/pillow.
i've just woken up
and i've got nothing better to do than queue in the cold all day. how many people are there now, miss jasminepearson or mr kid_a?
about ninety
off i go
got a can of beer, a bottle of vodka and a pair of gloves. say hi to the person in the grey hoody, slim black jeans, brown boots and big hat. that'll be me.
woo!
I'd laugh
if you got to the front and then they didn't let you in because you were wasted on vodka.
I could totally skive today to go to this
I shouldn't though, I need to waste the day posting on DIS instead
I think you can do both
some people are anyways
are you going?
christ it's cold
still only about 30 people in the queue though.
When i worked in Fopp
We had Korn do a signing and we had people outside from way before opening (one cheecky goth said he was there from 3am). We treated them to lots of Fleetwood Mac while they waited. Good times
what do you play to piss a radiohead fan off...?
KoRn?
...actually fleetwood mac would probably do just as well...
i actually remember being in fopp that day
and laughing at the korn fans. they were hilarious.
i can't think of many things i'd rather not do
than stand around outside for 7 hours
gah
if only this was tomorrow instead of today when I am stuck in Leicester. Tomorrow I am working in Watford so I could have made it :(
Yikes
just saw this post, I work around the corner, shall I go for a lunchtime wander and report back here? Indeed I will.
hey all
is it worth me trying for this?
i can be there in about 40 mins?
^ yes
just walked past
still pretty quiet
definitely
although the security guard said the capacity of the place was a very vague 75-200.
see you soon
^^^ queue jumper
i am tempted to take the afternoon off work
i could sit still for 7 hours listening to my ipod, no problem
how many
people are they going to let in and what's the queue looking like now??
how worth it is me trying to go to this at 6.15?
*this evening
probably ok
if you don't mind watching on the screens outside
there are
77 people there at the moment.
security dont know how many ppl they will let in
i'm surrpised
there aren't more folk there yet!
Just been down
Apparently there is a fire officer going down at 5pm to determine how many people they can let in. Security said it could be up to 400, that may be a bit of a tight squeeze!
My friend
who's near the front of the line said that she was told the capacity is 80 :(
Someone else has told me to be patient and wait for Victoria Park. Yeah, cos that's gonna be the same!
they can blatantly fit more than 80
in there.
Easily
All the CD/Vinyl racks are on wheels so they'll all be moved out of the way. I reckon around 200 will get in.
just been down
there is at least 100 people there already, probs more.
and filling up every minute i was there
was it bollocks
about the screens and speakers outside? got to work (boo hiss) but wanted to run down there after.. guessing i wont get in!
getting there for 5.30
worth it?
is anyone
selling placeholders?
is... this... real...?
okay i guess not
i'm popping down to truman's in a bit anyway - who is playing thsi evening?
It is real
surely reading this thread would tell you that!
when i first
read the thread i thought it was a joke but rough trade's website told me otherwise.
wow....
are you going ann?
no :(
i leave work at 5. i think it's probably too late already.
no press pass?
i mailed people who could help but everyone is coming back with 'impossible'. ah well, and fair enough i suppose - poor people queuing for hours and i'm not even that much of a fan!
thoiugh i do wish i'd read this thread earlier
i could have gone with a flask of tea and a book. oh well!
i'm gonna be walking by there in about 40 minutes. will there be millions of people?
i thought
isibuko was in radiohead "for a minute there."
jasmine's quoted in the times!
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3197242.ece
I just posted this comment there for real:
"Don't trust that Jasmine Pearson. She's actually 405 years old but sucks the youth out of the unwary to stay young looking. And she's been to every Radiohead concert: she just sucks the life out of someone in the queue and steals their ticket.
"There were probably 20 or