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Meeting opportunity: Morricone at Royal Albert Hall (April 10)
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- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeApr 2nd 2010
Bregt wrote
Timmer wrote
In a bad mood today Bregt?
A bit. I find it frustrating that when there's a plan, that some people leave options open and see until the very end what to do before deciding, instead of saying that he/she surely will attend, and just don't leave the possibly open for perhaps maybe something might come in between.
I know, dear boy, and I empathize.
The issue is that we are many, from different walks of life, different countries and different ages.
In short: many of us are on very different roads that at times cross on this wonderful forum.
But RL is very different: there are children to consider, health issues, mortgages, dedicated relationships, money problems, work-related things... It's not like those time at Uni (or something) when we were all the same age, done with our exams on the same day and therefore could go party at the exact same schedule!
I find myself frustrated with these things even when dealing with my closest friends!
Things tend to be far more ad-hoc now, with clear and continuous cost-benefit analyses right up to the last minute! (Especially in cases like these where a LOT of hassle, organization and cost is concerned).
So yeah, I too will keep my options open until the very last minute, as I have little choice.
Work issues are already popping up that may completely jeopardize any plans I had for free time, and some unexpected (and very unfortunate) financial issues I couldn't possibly have planned for are already threatening my expenditure forecast for this month.
It's just how things go with a scattered rag-tag bunch of misfits (not to mention scum and villainy) like us.
So please don't take it personal.
Everyone here (well, most everyone) is very happy and positive and glad towards everyone else here (well, almost everyone else here), and no practical issues are at any time interfering in that.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 2nd 2010 edited
Martijn wrote
But RL is very different: there are children to consider, health issues, mortgages, dedicated relationships, money problems, work-related things... It's not like those time at Uni (or something) when we were all the same age, done with our exams on the same day and therefore could go party at the exact same schedule!
True. I have almost no responsibilities in life. No family or kids, no job right now that will not let me do such things, ... So I definitely do not have the right to speak actually.
But when I go to all the trouble of coming to London, paying 77EUR for that, going through the trouble of the wrong/right hotel choice, getting some British pounds (I didn't knew it still existed
), I somehow hoped it would trigger more battles against these responsibilities for once, because next time, these responsibilities will still be there. Next meeting will not come soon I think, unless we gather in Ubeda or Ghent (but no one comes to Ghent). But I will try to be there each time.
That may sound harsh, but you know that I understand you all. No hard feelings! I must say I was frustrated because of a combination of several things and events during the week. And reading the cancellation was a trigger to post this.
But still, the Belgian gang will meet Thor, Mark, Jim, John (the camera guy) and hopefully Steven, Anthony, Martijn, Timmer, Alan an the others I forget on Saturday afternoon!
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- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeApr 2nd 2010 edited
Bregt wrote
But when I go to all the trouble of coming to London, paying 77EUR for that
77euro?
What are you doing? Walking?
You're probably going by train, aren't you?
That's another thing: in the interest of time, I really have little choice but to take a plane... and I'm not even attending the concert. So I really need to carefully calculate this one.
I somehow hoped it would trigger more battles against these responsibilities for once, because next time, these responsibilities will still be there.
What can I say?
That's life.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 3rd 2010 edited
Yup. Eurostar. Relatively cheap but still. I was trying to make it more dramatic.
I hope you manage! But let us know beforehand. Then i can bring an extra kazoo.
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- CommentAuthorThor
- CommentTimeApr 3rd 2010
Jim Ware wrote
This is a potential meeting location -
http://www.thequeensarmskensington.co.uk/
Pubs near the RAH are few and far between. It might be worthwhile meeting up somewhere further west (towards Kensington High Street) and making our way over to the RAH later for the concert.
About that Queen's Arms place....how much is a beer there, exactly? The site doesn't list any prices. Or is it pretty much the same throughout London?
Should we confirm this as the meet-up place, then? Before or after? Or both?I am extremely serious. -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 3rd 2010
They have Leffe! Will probably cost a fortune though.Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorThomas Glorieux
- CommentTimeApr 4th 2010
Bregt wrote
They have Leffe! Will probably cost a fortune though.
at least it's worth a fortunewaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh -
- CommentAuthorThomas Glorieux
- CommentTimeApr 5th 2010
UPDATE:
For the people who are looking for a place to sleep around the concert should be interested to know that we have a vacant spot in a lovely (if far far away) hotel that we ordered. Considering the boyfriend of Elin (skating_lientje) can't make it, there is now a vacant spot in the hotel itself. Don't worry, if you don't want to spend a night with a total stranger, you can always sleep with Bregt, and I'll sleep in the same room as the stranger
Ps though, this does not mean that we have an extra ticket for the concert of Morricone, because the tickets were already purchased before the person would come along. So this means only the hotel (which is 28 pounds if you decide to stay with Bregt, or 34 if you decide to stay with Elin)
0nce again, this only includes the hotel chamber, not a ticket for the Morricone concert.
So, if anyone still wants to stay the night, let me know
Alan, Timmer, Martijn?
Anyone?waaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 5th 2010 edited
Does that mean we have a Eurostar ticket left as well?Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorThomas Glorieux
- CommentTimeApr 5th 2010
Bregt wrote
Does that mean we have a Eurostar ticket left as well?
yes, if Martijn wants to join us from then
for the rest I'm sure it's pointlesswaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Haha! You really don't want to bunk with me...I snore!
Eurostar simply isn't an option for me: it's takes too much time and I'm too frigging busy.
'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010 edited
Snoring is no problem. It's just one night. Who says we'll sleep anyway, since Thor is with us.
In any case, Saturday I will hand out the first official MainTitles Gadget!Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorMarselus
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Bregt wrote
In any case, Saturday I will hand out the first official MainTitles Gadget!
WANT!Anything with an orchestra or with a choir....at some point will reach you -
- CommentAuthorSteven
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Does it vibrate? -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
I just know it'll only run under some sort of weird Linux distribution on an iPhone.
'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010 edited
Steven wrote
Does it vibrate?
Yes. Mostly.
Martijn wrote
I just know it'll only run under some sort of weird Linux distribution on an iPhone.
It's analog.Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Here's the program for the event: http://www.atpfestival.com/newsview/1003301400.php
ICARO SECONDO
SCATTERED SHEETS:
H2 S
Il Clan Dei Siciliani
Metti Una Sera a Cena
Uno Che Grida Amore (From the film: Metti Una Sera a Cena)
Coma Madalena (From the film: Maddalena)
THE MODERNITY OF MYTH IN SERGIO LEONE'S CINEMA:
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - Titles
Once Upon A Time In The West
A Fistful Of Dynamite
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly - The Ecstacy Of Gold
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TRE ADAGI
NOSTROMO
TRIBUTE TO MAURO BOLOGNINI:
Per Le Antiche Scale
L'eredita' Ferramonti
MISSION:
Gabriel's Oboe
Falls
On Earth As It Is In Heaven
Looks really great, especially with "Nostromo", so I'm very envious of you guys. The programme is kinda what I expected, except that there isn't any of the difficult thriller stuff he usually includes. I don't know what "Icaro secondo" is though, so it's probably one of his non-film score pieces, so be prepared that it might be a difficult listen. After that though, there's only melodic bliss.
"Tre adagi" might be "Deborah's theme", "Addio monti" and "Vatel", though I'm not sure.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Ecstasy of Gold!
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- CommentAuthorFalkirkBairn
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
This weekend is a now definite "NO" for me unfortunately.
I did have some small hope that things would work out and that I could get there at the last minute. But things - mainly monetary - haven't really worked out. A family holiday is now on the cards and we have to prioritise this above other, personal, holidays that would be nice to have.
Sorry all - and to Bregt in particular for being so positive about this gathering early on.
Hope you all enjoy the gathering.The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorThomas Glorieux
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010 edited
wow, the program looks great
can't wait
yet sad you can't make it Alanwaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010 edited
Ok!
Hopefully next in Ubeda or Ghent then. I have enough of the gadgets.Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorThomas Glorieux
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Bregt wrote
Ok!
Hopefully next in Ubeda or Ghent then. I have enough of the gadgets.
I'm curious about these gadgetswaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!! Where's my nut? arrrghhhhhhh -
- CommentAuthorTimmer
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Will they allow inter-dimensional scrabble?On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Well, we need to be with a group to make it have an effect.Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010 edited
So it needs to achieve critical mass?
I'm slightly concerned.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorBregt
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Image not accessible.Kazoo -
- CommentAuthorMartijn
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Apparently it "expired"?
Anyway, fixed.'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
Since I'm not attending, I kinda hope that you guys will take some pictures, so I can see what I've missed out on.
Peter
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- CommentAuthorBhelPuri
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
plindboe wrote
Since I'm not attending, I kinda hope that you guys will take some pictures, so I can see what I've missed out on.
Peter
Seconded.
I was also hoping for a nice romantic angle between two of the attendees but Thomas' post just squashed all hopes of that.
BTW Peter, I thought this would have been a great opportunity for you to take your gf along to a Morricone concert. -
- CommentAuthorplindboe
- CommentTimeApr 6th 2010
BhelPuri wrote
BTW Peter, I thought this would have been a great opportunity for you to take your gf along to a Morricone concert.
It would indeed, BP. We seriously considered it just a few weeks ago, but at the time it was too late to get tickets in the arena, close to Ennio, and we ended up deciding not to go. It's so essential ordering the tickets early, and I kick myself daily for not doing so. It was a very difficult decision to make, and I hope I'll get to see Ennio another time, otherwise I'll kick myself the rest of my life.
Peter