Astorians with tickets

shahril

dunkman1974 wrote:

not yet buddy.... but the night is yet young... you just dont know

i only have a single room and i'm going on my own, so it seemed pointless booking a double room... even though it costs the same

its very young. how did u book the room again? how come it costs the same..weird..
im supposing if its the same not many people will be up for sharing anyway.

shahril

dunkman1974 wrote:

tell you what... at least i can type coherently on here... when i speak its like i'm a pissed groundskeeper Willie from the Simpsons

my accent is very... how shall we say... rough around the edges

if its hard understanding me on here, then you're fucked when i meet you in London


London baby... yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

ah..an old school scottish accent. if u sound like Andy Gray the ex Evertonian i think ill be fine. ive listened to him yap for years now.

dunkman

shahril wrote:

its very young. how did u book the room again?

http://www.travelodge.co.uk

its called London Farringdon... i think its actually the closest one to the gig anyway but on top of that it has a special buy it now £26 room rate that you pay in advance

i mean its normally something like £75 for a room at this lodge :eek:

the other option is London Islington i think? its doing the £26 room as well but it might be further away!

its definitely worth it... but yeah, you'd think i would have got a discount for taking the single room option but still!!!

dunkman

shahril wrote:

ah..an old school scottish accent. if u sound like Andy Gray the ex Evertonian i think ill be fine. ive listened to him yap for years now.

not really in the Andy Gray vain... more a "what the fuck did he just say" accent... i'm from the South of Scotland and to make up for how close we are to the border i think our accent becomes more stronger as a result... weird huh!

funny postingon here instead of MT innit... at least no ones arguing these days

well not us lucky ticket holders anyway

dunkman

lets remind ourselves how small this place is

http://www.cgtrio.com/roadcam/2003/pix/102203-03.jpg

taken from the stage i'd expect

pinon

hi........from Norway, staying at the Farringdon too

theresalight

hey, i got a ticket too, and some of us german guys are coming too.
so looking forward to it.
just 19 days!!!

dunkman

pinon wrote:

hi........from Norway, staying at the Farringdon too

hiya buddy

with a friend or on your own?




BTW EVERYONE.. have we agreed on a pre-meet bar yet? The Royal George is looking favourite but purely for size reasons... although women keep saying size isnt important and in the case of the Astoria they are right... smaller than a mosquito's lunchbox it is :cool:

DEMON CLEANER

dunkman1974 wrote:

hiya buddy

with a friend or on your own?




BTW EVERYONE.. have we agreed on a pre-meet bar yet? The Royal George is looking favourite but purely for size reasons... although women keep saying size isnt important and in the case of the Astoria they are right... smaller than a mosquito's lunchbox it is :cool:

the old marquee is a decent size boozer and not too far away,gregmac666 and i are up for a meet with you guys thats if us oldies are allowed??

pinon

dunkman1974 wrote:

hiya buddy

with a friend or on your own?




BTW EVERYONE.. have we agreed on a pre-meet bar yet? The Royal George is looking favourite but purely for size reasons... although women keep saying size isnt important and in the case of the Astoria they are right... smaller than a mosquito's lunchbox it is :cool:

on my own...........and Royal George sounds fine to me

shahril

dunkman1974 wrote:

not really in the Andy Gray vain... more a "what the fuck did he just say" accent... i'm from the South of Scotland and to make up for how close we are to the border i think our accent becomes more stronger as a result... weird huh!

funny postingon here instead of MT innit... at least no ones arguing these days

well not us lucky ticket holders anyway

yeah...whats there to argue about when uve got tickets to te best show of the year? and u know i love u dunky.

will sort out farrington tmr.

dunkman

DEMON CLEANER wrote:

the old marquee is a decent size boozer and not too far away,gregmac666 and i are up for a meet with you guys thats if us oldies are allowed??

depends what you class as oldies I'm 31

which in todays terms means i'm an oldie... still younger than the band though

DEMON CLEANER

dunkman1974 wrote:

depends what you class as oldies I'm 31

which in todays terms means i'm an oldie... still younger than the band though

i dont feel to old now,im 35.

ScotInAmsterdam

Hey Hey,

I go travelling for one day, and you keep the thread alive!!!! Good stuff.

I'm in a meeting all day, so I'll be online. I'll read through all the posts and edit my firs tpost and see if I can sum things up a bit....

ScotInAmsterdam

I Scot ID wrote:

Does the £26 room have a window and a TV?

What are you suggesting?

ScotInAmsterdam

einatshaul wrote:

are we alowed to bring in cameras to the Astoria?

A man's sporran is his own business, and security guards have no business putting their hands anywhere near them.

JimNastics

Here's another photo similar to Dunkman's, taken by... wait for it.... Chris Cornell This was at the Audioslave 17th Jan 2003 Astoria gig, a tour warmup / press promotion one-off show similar to the PJ one. A couple of my mates are there in the front row, I was up on the balcony with my missus. The balcony is pretty big, it has a lot of arranged tables and chairs rather just rows of chairs facing forward, which is pretty weird / cool!! My girlfriend liked that, not being a regular gig-goer and that. It's also got a bar at the back which is always handy. The front areas of the balcony are reserved for guests / celebs and press, I'm wondering if the 10c ticket winners might be allowed to sit in those areas if they wanted?

http://www.auzw93.dsl.pipex.com/audioslave_astoria.jpg

defsteve

dunkman1974 wrote:

i'm staying at Farrindon TraveLodge

cant argue with £26 for a room... its not that far either is it.. Kings Cross to Oxford Street is but a walk... a walk with a few pubs on the way!!

Nice one. Thanks for that.

And with megabus.com coach only £11 return from Liverpool, thats only £48 for travel and hotel for me and the missus. Can't argue with that.

Does 40 count as an oldie?

blue_rain

einatshaul wrote:

leash is fine, how about deep and then leash?

All I want to hear is Severed Hand bad me for already listening to it but I cannot wait to hear it live!

blue_rain

JimNastics wrote:

Here's another photo similar to Dunkman's, taken by... wait for it.... Chris Cornell This was at the Audioslave 17th Jan 2003 Astoria gig, a tour warmup / press promotion one-off show similar to the PJ one.
http://www.auzw93.dsl.pipex.com/audioslave_astoria.jpg

I was at that gig - I'm trying to see if i can spot me. It was quite mental.

einatshaul

ScotInAmsterdam wrote:

A man's sporran is his own business, and security guards have no business putting their hands anywhere near them.

How'bout a women's pocket book?

dunkman

ScotInAmsterdam wrote:

During the bask... is there something we can wear so that we know who we are? Red, blue and white wrist band?

for anyone interested in sweatbands i found them cheap on ebay UK

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sweatband-Wristband-RED-WHITE-BLUE-RETRO-CHIC_W0QQitemZ6852419200QQcategoryZ106129QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


£1.99 with free postage.

einatshaul

blue_rain wrote:

All I want to hear is Severed Hand bad me for already listening to it but I cannot wait to hear it live!

I agree! but if I meet you before the show, please don't hum around me

ScotInAmsterdam

Sounds like a plan... although you'd better watch that the morals police elsewhere on the board don't come and beat you to death with a leaflet campaign against eBay....

dunkman

ScotInAmsterdam wrote:

<EDIT>
Okay... to summarise, theres gonna be lots of Scotsmen in kilt...

There has been suggestions of some talisman to wear which will single us out while we "bask" on the day.

Several bars have been suggested, the royal George seems to be winning.

http://www.eeriepubco.com/pub.php/ben_crouches/
http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/14/145/Royal_George/Charing_Cross_Road
http://www.bbcresources.com/images/drama/queen_vic.jpg

Some people are staying at the London Farringdon travellodge for £26 a room no matter if its a double or a single:

http://www.travelodge.co.uk


Oh yeah... it it appears that the Astoria is smaller than a midgie's tadger:
http://www.cgtrio.com/roadcam/2003/pix/102203-03.jpg
http://www.auzw93.dsl.pipex.com/audioslave_astoria.jpg


</EDIT>

thats some quality editing there boy .... quality i tells ya..

i think the royal george could be a winner purely for its size... its a fairly big pub... and its just down the road

i dont get into Londonium until 2.15pm-ish... we'll need to combine heads and get a meet time sorted... although i suppose a 2pm-6pm time fairly covers it.. ok then maybe a list of folk that are coming and we can look out for people (especially the folk coming on their own... it'll be nice to have plan for them so they dont wander the pubs of london looking lost and lonely)

I Scot ID

I sleep for a mere 15 hours and come back to a flourishing thread! Nice

Hello to Pinon, the Norwegian!! I have a few friends from Stavanger and they are crazy.....Norwegians and Scottish are like fire and dynamite together haha.

ScotinAmsterdam, the "TV and window" question was meant to be a rock n roll reference...crash and burned.

Anyway, this seems to be coming together nicely!!! I'm arriving at stanstead around 11:30am.....Scots, check out ryanair flights from prestwick....£25 all in!

Oof, i'm wurried when the patter kicks in between Dunk, myself, Amsterdam and any "bravehearts"...bring yer phrase books!!!

ScotInAmsterdam

We may need to publish a phrase book, specially for the show!!!

The Pearl Jam international phrase book 2007: Gauranteed to get you a beer in all countries pearl jam play in this summer"

einatshaul

Happy to see you all have flights... really! that's wonderful... it must be...

pinon

I Scot ID : Hello to Pinon, the Norwegian!! I have a few friends from Stavanger and they are crazy.....Norwegians and Scottish are like fire and dynamite together haha.

you might be right.... one of my best friends is Scottish and crazy too
....or....huh...no he´s Irish, but lives in Scotland.....

ScotInAmsterdam

We're cut from the same cloth.