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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    so this time last year i was on the train... nervous and excited at the same time.... ticket was sellotaped to my inner thigh for security.... i thought about doing a Billie Holiday with it for extra safety, but decided against that for hygene reasons.

    i now have the same excitement for the Wembley gig... :):):)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    I'm going all excited again.. :o
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    ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    redrock wrote:
    I'm going all excited again.. :o

    Please, no mention of Wembley here. This is an 'Astorians-to-talk-about-The-Astoria-only' zone. :cool:

    "Wembley!" Phhh! :rolleyes:
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    so byrnzie.. are you going to be up at the crack of dawn to join us? :)
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    redrock wrote:
    I'm going all excited again.. :o

    just cos i mentioned inner thigh :rolleyes:

    your so gossamer baby!!! (please note i dont actually know what gossamer is... but its transparent isnt it?) ....


    something to do with tights
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    RabbitrocksRabbitrocks Posts: 101
    Nervous and excited summed my state up too.
    I knew it was gonna be good, but had no idea it was gonna be just a magical, momentous occasion. As has been said, I've seen them before a good few times, but (I truly doubt) nothing will ever beat the energy and intimacy of the Astoria! :)
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    ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    redrock wrote:
    so byrnzie.. are you going to be up at the crack of dawn to join us? :)

    There's no-one round here who's name sounds even remotely like Dawn I'm afraid. :(
    I could be up at the crack of Kwon se Hoon though? :confused:







    :eek:
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Byrnzie wrote:

    :eek:
    more than :eek: double :eek: :eek:
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    dunkman wrote:
    just cos i mentioned inner thigh :rolleyes:

    your so gossamer baby!!! (please note i dont actually know what gossamer is... but its transparent isnt it?) ....


    something to do with tights

    Not just tights.. can be used for anything that is sheer, delicate and light (mainly fabrics though), also cobwebs.....

    Enough for your literacy lesson today..... YAY! Astoria!
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    PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    HAPPY ANNIVERSARY EVERYONE :D

    when looking through my drawers this morning for something to wear..some blue caught my eye.. and the choice was suddenly clear..so I'm wearing my Astoria t-shirt at work today :p

    was soooo nervous about this time last year...excited AND scared..

    see you tonight
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I could be up at the crack of Kwon se Hoon though? :confused:


    I've heard she's a lesbian
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    dunkman wrote:
    I've heard she's a lesbian

    Cool! :p
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    Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Happy anniversary everyone :)

    I have that astoria feeling again today and it's great :) . Thought about it on the bus this morning - I was on the train from airport at that time. Thought about it at around 9.20 - I was probably just after meeting Barbara, Conguita and others around that time. Right now, I'm guessing I could have been introducing myself to Barry and Steve :)

    Ah the memories are just flooding back :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
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    Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Right about now, I think I may have been giving Jman his ticket.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    I'd be on the train to London... was planning a tiny bit of shopping before going to the Royal George...
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    UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Train too I reckon... listening to boots on the old ipod... now deceased :(

    Can't stop, catch you all later... ;):o
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
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    chimechime Posts: 7,838
    Still no ticket :( ... checking e-bay :mad: ... probably texting Dave about meeting in The Royal George ....
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
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    dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    think i was just drinking half bottle of red on the train??? i think anyway!!!
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Chime wrote:
    ... checking e-bay :mad: ...

    Nooooo!!! Not e-bay.... you'll get ripped off...
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    psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    happy anniversary astorians!!!

    i'd be in the queue right now, feeling a bit sick and nervous but quite happy...
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
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    ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    I'd be on the train with Naomi right now, then meeting Wash somewhere in the city!
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

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    psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    ok, here's something weird that happened on the bus on my way into work this morning...
    i was listening to some random music on my ipod and this song came on

    soulsavers feat. mark lanegan - revival

    Said 'gonna be a revival tonite' oh
    Wanna see a revival yeah
    Gonna be a revival tonite
    Lord let it be a revival yeah
    Forgive what I have done
    It means my soul survival oohh
    I need you so insane
    pouring into my suffering oh
    Why am I so blind with my eyes wide open? ooh
    Trying get my hands clean between your hand
    Wanna see a revival tonite
    Lord let it be a revival yeah
    Need to see a revival tonite oh
    Wanna see a revival oh
    Why am I so blind with my eyes wide open? yeah
    Now I need someone
    When the start might be done oh
    I need you so insane
    pouring into my suffering
    Wanna see a revival tonite
    Lord it needs to be a revival

    and guess what came on next?
    present tense from the astoria boot...
    must have been a sign...
    it's a good thing that everyone around me was probably way to tired to notice the creepy smile on my face :)
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
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    psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    me wrote:
    i'd be in the queue right now, feeling a bit sick and nervous but quite happy...

    http://flickr.com/photos/psycosmic/135615120/in/set-72057594117993531/
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
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    Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    psycosmic wrote:
    http://flickr.com/photos/psycosmic/135615120/in/set-72057594117993531/
    Great picture... you can almost see all the built-up energy in all those people ready to explode... you got there early then!
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    wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Okay...I cant remember what I was doing this time last year. What time were we due to meet Ross?
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
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    redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    psycosmic wrote:
    http://flickr.com/photos/psycosmic/135615120/in/set-72057594117993531/

    I think I see Darkcrow in the queue!!!! Who else has got queue or Royal George pics to put up?
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    psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    redrock wrote:
    Who else has got queue or Royal George pics to put up?

    if you follow my link and click on the "pearl jam @ the astoria, london" set you can see all my pictures... i didn't take too many of the queue although i still had my camera then - bloody security...

    i'll post some more pics though at the appropiate time...
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
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    ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    wash_ wrote:
    Okay...I cant remember what I was doing this time last year. What time were we due to meet Ross?


    hmmm, i don't remember. Didn't you go shopping for a bit? We met you inside a store across the road from the Astoria.
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

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    Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    :eek: I think it was round about now when I left the queue to go meet dunk off the train. Leaving the queue was one of the most terrifying things I EVER did :eek: :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
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    Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :eek: I think it was round about now when I left the queue to go meet dunk off the train. Leaving the queue was one of the most terrifying things I EVER did :eek: :o
    More terrifying than meeting Dunk?! :eek: Did you get your space held?

    Hopefully you'll hold me a space in the queue outside Wembley!
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