New Zealand ilX0rites: help needed

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I'm strongly considering bringing my pop combo to the fine shores of Noisyland & I was wondering if I could solicit some information from residents of said shores..

So. If I wanna play in your town, where do you recommend we play? also any phone numbers of handy people would be good too..

post here or email me. many thanks in advance!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 5 December 2002 00:55 (twenty-two years ago)

yay! Jim if you come to Dunedin, you should probably play at Arc! when are you thinking of coming?

― rainy (rainy), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

hey great jim! there is a pub in my area that has live bands, shihad played there a month or so ago ( um pacifier i mean ).
tis the glenfield tavern in auckland, phone 444 7325.
also there is the poenamo hotel in takapuna ph: 480 6109 but i dunno if they have bands, i think they might?
there is another one around here somewhere but i cant think of it, will find out and get back to you.
let us know how you go, im sure we will come see you play!

― donna (donna), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:07 (twenty-two years ago)

for info on Arc - www.coffee.co.nz

― rainy (rainy), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Auckland city- the King's Arms. I could try and find a number for them too, post it later.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I think we're aiming for Autumn '03, and Arc is definitely on the list ('twas actually the only place we'd contacted so far!)..

thanks for the suggestions so far! keep 'em coming!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ah ha. Apparently you can email the King's Arms at kings.arms@clear.net.nz. Hope that's useful. Sleater-Kinney are playing there this weekend.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

There's also the Temple, a bit of a singersongwriter (hippyish) venue... it's TINY but nice if the band's good, website www.temple.co.nz.

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Bodega in Wellington. I've emailed you the details.

― Bill E (bill_e), Thursday, 5 December 2002 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

maybe demarnia lloyd will be in the audience, oooo

― keith (keithmcl), Thursday, 5 December 2002 04:29 (twenty-two years ago)

who they?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 5 December 2002 04:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Demarnia Lloyd ain't a they, it's a she. The Temple is nice for sitting and watching, but not if you are onstage - unless you like being hella cramped on stage and having a cymbal in dangerously close proximity to your ass.

― Damian (Damian), Thursday, 5 December 2002 09:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Definitely try the Wunderbar in Lyttelton (just outside of Christchurch). Wayne Connolly says; 'The Wunderbar itself is a retro-kitsch fantasy land that is an inspired mix of Tiki Hut, 50's rumpus room, department store and the MASH 4077th watering hole, finished off with a large helping of David Lynch ambience. By all accounts Bono and the Edge love it here.'

http://www.knievel.com.au/nztour.htm

― OCP (OCP), Thursday, 5 December 2002 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah we played at the wunderbar last weekend, it was cool. there was only about 10 people in there but that's ok, i dislike crowds.

― duane, Thursday, 5 December 2002 14:07 (twenty-two years ago)

jim, theres also the crown and the cellar bar in dunedin, they are my favourite places to play. (though i think the crown would be better as the cellar bar dudes couldn't organise their way out of bed in the morning). i don't like Arc's P.A.

― di smith (lucylurex), Saturday, 7 December 2002 04:15 (twenty-two years ago)

what's wrong with the PA? is it just a bad setup for louder bands, or is it just generally crap?

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Saturday, 7 December 2002 05:28 (twenty-two years ago)

i don't really know anything about technical things like PAs (sorry trad fem thing to say) but think the PA at Arc is not murky enough, everything too defined and not very "live" sounding. but i don't know what you look for in a PA, for all i know thats what you want.

― di smith (lucylurex), Saturday, 7 December 2002 05:59 (twenty-two years ago)

and what about that time those hippies at Arc let some psycho throw a pint glass at my head. what a bunch of dumbos.

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 8 December 2002 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

i am the Arc backlash.

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 8 December 2002 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

same :-)

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 8 December 2002 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

How bold! And yet I liked the place rather a lot. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 8 December 2002 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

further evidence that Ned may or may not be a hippy!

― rainy (rainy), Sunday, 8 December 2002 22:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Darn!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 8 December 2002 22:41 (twenty-two years ago)

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