Man, it's tough reading this, but thanks a lot Miron! I'm overjoyed this happened and happy for everyone who was there. I sure hope some official footage will soon see the light of day, soon. When WaveAid happened and I couldn't go I swore myself I would if they'd ever get together again. It happened and I still couldn't go. I actually told my wife that these things weren't that important anymore. It's good and sad at the same time feeling now that I was wrong. Of course there are more important things. Money is tight, I have a kid now, and my wife hasn't seen her family in almost four years now (we live in Germany and she's from Brazil). But damn, this band means more to me than most people I know and it sure had a larger impact on my way of thinking about the world than most people ever will. I won't stop hoping I'll at least meet one of the guys sometime to simply shake his hand and say thank you. Carry on boys, I'll love the next Jim Moginie and Ghosties albums and I'll sure love to hear the upcoming project of Jim, Rob, Martin and Brian Ritchie. Back to quietly enjoying the incoming reports and pictures.

Cheers mates, Oils and Powdies alike!

Stephan

Miron Mizrahi schrieb:

folks ... what can i say. an absolute RIPPER !!!

lucky country and no times for games to start!!

armistice day
progress
dont wanna be the one
u.s forces
no times for games

need i say more

the boys were on fire. like yesterday they were visibly having lots of fun. lots of interaction and movement and swapping spots. smiles, laughs. they were both loose and tight at the same time. nothing was going through the motions. it was all full on. i dont know how rob's drum kit survived

some memorable moments

1. pete turning to rob saying "we might as well play u.s forces now, right?". he sat down on rob's stage, picked up a beer (crown lager for those interested) and said "i have a beer, on the stage with the oils ... everything is alright"
2. pete during u.s forces pointing a gun to his head (political suicide singing this?) and pointing at himself when singing "politicians, party lines, dont cross that floor"
3. during truganini "the backbone of this party's broken"
4. stuffing up the lyrics on armistice day ... but that's ok ... we bailed him out :)

on one hand i get it, but on the other i dont. pete was simply joyous. he is on stage, doing something he loves, with a bunch of guys who are obviously - underneath it all - good buddies and showing passion and excitement. i have been following him over the last few years as a politician. maybe it gives him a sense of purpose and accomplishment but i have never seen his have as much life. maybe it is he novelty but if anyone close to the band is reading this - they need to get together more often. i know it is tough but once a year for a couple of gigs should be doable. they have done tougher things before. it looks like it does them good

Miron

How could people get so unkind?