David (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} davey_j_803) wrote,@ 2008-03-08 19:31:00 |
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*yawn*
The internet seems quiet this evening...not much happening on either FD or S1L. Just time for an update (the third in one day! What's going on?!) to catch up on some things I never mentioned when I should have done...
1. British Sea Power live at Koko, 31 January. OK, so it was over a month ago, but it was a bloody great show! Support came from Joan and Jean (or something like that), These New Puritans (who I quite enjoyed, but they do seem to be milking the new-wave choppy guitar and shouting thing that was old when Forward Russia were doing it), and Eamon (ex-BSP keyboardist, since departed to form Brakes).
So the stage was decked out with flags and foliage, which was good to see, although I thought they'd stopped doing that. Good light-show and rear-projections too, especially during 'The Great Skua' where they projected some rather lovely footage of seagulls. The whole gig was awesome - the crowd were bouncing from Lights Out... all through and the atmosphere was great, especially with Noble climbed onto the balcony during The Spirit of St Louis. The encore was the typical BSP A-rock chaos, with Eamon returning to stage dressed as a wrestler (he's a skinny, balding guy...so that's quite comical) as well as the 10 foot bear, loads of climbing all over each other and guitar-abuse. Top stuff.
2. Athens. Yeah, I don't want to dwell too much on this on. It was a complete shit-show. We've had the de-brief session now, so I think we know what went wrong. Her name is Crystal. She started doing a bizarre mixture of not bothering to do the jobs she was supposed to have done (like printing out name tags/welcome letters/personalised itineraries for the 500-odd delegates before we went out) with coming up with new jobs to do instead. Also, when we all rallied around to help her out (distracting us from the jobs we needed to do) she stayed arsey with us and had tantrums everywhere. She was an absolute liability. Chrissie doesn't want her at another conference. As far as my part goes, I think I Was the only one to come out with good feedback on what I'd done, in terms of writing the newsletter and slide-set reviews. I wasn't too pleased with the quality of my work, but it all got done and was approved by the client. So it was exhausting for me (3 20-ish hour days) but I came out looking good. I've just got to be certain that the post-event stuff looks good too. Then keep it ticking over until my 12 month review in June...damn...12 months in a proper job in the real world. How did that happen?
The internet seems quiet this evening...not much happening on either FD or S1L. Just time for an update (the third in one day! What's going on?!) to catch up on some things I never mentioned when I should have done...
1. British Sea Power live at Koko, 31 January. OK, so it was over a month ago, but it was a bloody great show! Support came from Joan and Jean (or something like that), These New Puritans (who I quite enjoyed, but they do seem to be milking the new-wave choppy guitar and shouting thing that was old when Forward Russia were doing it), and Eamon (ex-BSP keyboardist, since departed to form Brakes).
So the stage was decked out with flags and foliage, which was good to see, although I thought they'd stopped doing that. Good light-show and rear-projections too, especially during 'The Great Skua' where they projected some rather lovely footage of seagulls. The whole gig was awesome - the crowd were bouncing from Lights Out... all through and the atmosphere was great, especially with Noble climbed onto the balcony during The Spirit of St Louis. The encore was the typical BSP A-rock chaos, with Eamon returning to stage dressed as a wrestler (he's a skinny, balding guy...so that's quite comical) as well as the 10 foot bear, loads of climbing all over each other and guitar-abuse. Top stuff.
Set:
LIGHTS OUT
ATOM
Fear of Drowning
REMEMBER ME
CANVEY ISLAND
DOWN ON The GROUND
LEAVING HERE
BLACKOUT
WAVING FLAGS
GREAT SKUA
Please Stand Up
BEETROOT FIELDS
ST LOUIS
TRIP OUT
LUCIFER
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TRUE ADVENTURES
CARRION
A ROCK
LIGHTS OUT
ATOM
Fear of Drowning
REMEMBER ME
CANVEY ISLAND
DOWN ON The GROUND
LEAVING HERE
BLACKOUT
WAVING FLAGS
GREAT SKUA
Please Stand Up
BEETROOT FIELDS
ST LOUIS
TRIP OUT
LUCIFER
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TRUE ADVENTURES
CARRION
A ROCK
2. Athens. Yeah, I don't want to dwell too much on this on. It was a complete shit-show. We've had the de-brief session now, so I think we know what went wrong. Her name is Crystal. She started doing a bizarre mixture of not bothering to do the jobs she was supposed to have done (like printing out name tags/welcome letters/personalised itineraries for the 500-odd delegates before we went out) with coming up with new jobs to do instead. Also, when we all rallied around to help her out (distracting us from the jobs we needed to do) she stayed arsey with us and had tantrums everywhere. She was an absolute liability. Chrissie doesn't want her at another conference. As far as my part goes, I think I Was the only one to come out with good feedback on what I'd done, in terms of writing the newsletter and slide-set reviews. I wasn't too pleased with the quality of my work, but it all got done and was approved by the client. So it was exhausting for me (3 20-ish hour days) but I came out looking good. I've just got to be certain that the post-event stuff looks good too. Then keep it ticking over until my 12 month review in June...damn...12 months in a proper job in the real world. How did that happen?
