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October 18, 2007
A mad panic ensued as we settled down for a pre gig beer in the Lock Tavern last night. For some reason Sam and Karol compared tickets about 80 minutes before Underworld were due onstage only for us to realise we had our Soulwax tickets with us instead! Doh!!!So we legged it to Camden Town, dived on the tube to Euston, changed to Brixton and hung about for a cab [for what seemed like an eternity] to Tulse Hill. While I steamed upstairs to get the correct tickets, Sam regaled the cab driver with the story of why we wanted him to hang around and get us back to Brixton sharpish. He had a better idea. He would get us to the Roundhouse by 9.10 for £25.00 and for every minute after that he would knock a quid off. The fare would have been £38.00 and we got there at about 9.05. Top man!
We burst into the venue about half way through the opening tune, Cowgirl, and sorted ourselves out with some drinks. Not as easy as it might sound as for some reason the Roundhouse have Speed Bars, which are very slow! and only sell particular drinks. One had wine and spirits another had beer and soft drinks. Weird that. A couple of texts and we had found Kerry & Rob.
Still, the sound was superb and the band were brilliant with the usual great visuals, although those inflatable things were a bit distracting! What were they anyway? A nod to glow sticks? And were they really meant to be all droopy for that long?
Highlights? Well... all of it. OK, You Do Scribble was a little out of place, seemingly bursting out of nowhere, but still a mad rush. Some of the cueing [not that I imagine this stuff is a cinch to pull off] was off here and there, as it was with Justice last month. But we all got our favourites, Pearl's Girl, Born Slippy, King Of Snake, Moaner... They only played the two tracks from the new album that I really like. Crocodile and Beautiful Burnout... and a blinding version of Rowla.
Almost two hours later it was all over. I have a copy of the CD of the event to listen to though. I'm not sure how they pull that off but still. Jumbo was a lacklustre encore but I imagine that's when the CDs get burnt and may not have happened at all otherwise. It was all broadcast live over the internet as well. Great band, great gig, fantastic venue [apart from the Speed bars!]... £80.00 in cab fares in all though. Eek!
Picture of Karl Hyde taken from far enough back to avoid the Photography Nazis with their stupid little torches. What is that all about?
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