POGUES USA WEST COAST OCTOBER 2007

[Guest]

right just like in NY last March

If there has to be a cancelation, I am certain the Pogues will not cancel until the last possible minute, and then only because the venue insists upon it.

[JamesFearnley]

Can anyone tell me what time The Pogues generally take to the stage? Thanks!

Just to give you a heads-up: showtime, both nights at the Wiltern, for the Pogues, is 10.15 - a late one, at least for me, being a parent and all. I do prefer the nine to nine-thirty thing. Seems much more civilized and growed up and everything. Ten fifteen veers toward the clubbish.


On a showtime note, I would have to say that we arrived at the rising bollards at the back entrance to the House Of Blues in plenty of time, in Anaheim, but were required to remain in the van while our picture ID's and passports were processed by a man in a darkened booth. Andrew had stomach trouble which raised the stakes a little and required us to motor round the corner to a nearby hotel, hoping that the man in the darkened booth would have finished processing our details by the time we returned. However, by the time we returned, his computer had crashed and the process had ground to a standstill. Well, yes we could have driven off to another entrance, but this being Disneyland, that could have taken some time. A fat obnoxiously self-righteous man waddled up and huffily and unhelpfully said "Well if you'd been here earlier", and then some other security men came up, and on bicycles and even someone in a car. So, we sat in the van for near enough thirtyfive, forty minutes, helpless and all this within ten minutes of showtime. So sorry about the late going on. We did everything right.

As it turned out, the raised bollards were no more than twentyfive yards round the corner from the backstage door. If we'd known that, we'd probably have rushed the security booth.

The passes they gave us have Mickey Mouse on them. I wasn't required to show it to anyone at all inside the building.

One of our crew, who had the same difficulty earlier on in the afternoon, said fuck it and went round the front and got into the House Of Blues that way, he told me, without having to present his picture ID.

[georgecat]

Disneyland is tougher to get into than Fort Knox.

[DzM]

Disneyland is tougher to get into than Fort Knox.

Probably 'cause of Scrooge McDuck's money vault. I vaguely recall that it has more money in it than Fort Knox.

[georgecat]

Wasn't he English so the vault is in England yes no?

[DzM]

Wasn't he English so the vault is in England yes no?

According to Wikipedia (that bastion of meticulously researched trivia) it resides in Duckburg, Calisota, a fictional state within the United States of America.

Also according to Wikipedia the Money Bin holds three cubic acres of moola.

[blakemoreln2]

Can anyone tell me what time The Pogues generally take to the stage? Thanks!

Just to give you a heads-up: showtime, both nights at the Wiltern, for the Pogues, is 10.15 - a late one, at least for me, being a parent and all. I do prefer the nine to nine-thirty thing. Seems much more civilized and growed up and everything. Ten fifteen veers toward the clubbish.

Thanks for the heads up Maestro, I'll get busy on my nap...

[O'Blivion]

Wasn't he English so the vault is in England yes no?

Scottish, weren't he? Damned tightwads.

[Buschman]

Hey Everyone: well at least this time I am prepared for the late start...thanks to James Fearnley for the heads-up...now I feel guilty blaming Shane for the late start last Sunday...I am sure he is used to getting blamed for everything!! Hope to see you all there tonight! Busch

[DrugProwlingWolf]

This is kinda tangential, but how did the west coast shows seem to sell relative the west coast shows from the last few years? A few folks told me the Wiltern shows weren't anywhere close to sold out. I say this partially out of paranoia that it'll hurt the chances of a west coast tour next year and also partially, okay, it's actually just paranoia.