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Err' date=' what on earth has she got to do with it? As a landlord, she has [b']absolutely no right to tell you what to do in your place. Unless in a very pressing emergency or if you are making persistant trouble for others of course. Having a couple of friends to stay is unlikley to fall into that category.

Sounds like a good excuse for a party! 50 or so gurning munters & a soundsystem ought to make your pals seem like small-beer to her then! Otherwise, remind her firmly of all the slack you have cut her over her BF etc & insist on having them stay. Good luck.

Thankfully, there are a hell of a lot of festivals that are not like that! I tend to see the big-name sponsored & large overcomerciallised type events as a bit of a warning sign to avoid tho. Crap bogs is something you do tend to get immune to tho. Or learn to regualte/stick to a liquid diet!

Crikey! My teenage years have just come back to haunt me! Far too many nights in the Bowl! :o Wish I could go but promised to another thing tonight.

Repeat Repeat by Peter Baumann - Bad synthpop with Robert Palmer type clone singing. Yegods! Rainbow Dome Music by Steve Hillage - Aural equivalent of watching paint dry, watching the clear vinyl spin on the turntable was more interesting than any of the warbling on it. Eventually, I did manage to flog the Hillage album for something like fifty times what I paid for it & I beleive the Baumann is now somewhat sought-after. Fools!

Alcohol is a recognised contributory factor to something like 20% of all violent crime BTW.

Why? I used to work with troubled kids & yes' date=' an unsurprisingly high proportion were from households where various forms of addiction were a fact of life. That in itself didn't make the parents unfit, there were often a whole slew of other factors to contend with, sometimes quite unrelated. I will agree that addiction made [b']some utterly unfit tho. Equally, the care system itself isn't that good at turning out educated & well rounded young individuals. Indeed, a disproportionate number of them will end-up in the addiction/mental-illness/social-isolation/crime cycle themselves.

Try looking-up the overall stats on alcohol' date=' its primary & secondary casualties & its overall cost to society. It knocks [b']all other drugs into the proverbial cocked-hat!

Spoke to her a few mins ago & yes, looks like we will be there for the whole night. So yes, no problem with leaving the camera running for the rest.

Single: Honnaloochie Boogie by Mott the Hoople Compilation: Either one of those terrible "Top of the Pops" comps of cover versions or an album of Bond themes Album: Blondie's Paralell Lines

I thought that for this very reason' date=' most health authorities had stopped or severely restricted the despensing of Methadone longsince. IIRC there was a couple of very similar tragedies some years back which led to this policy? Of course, I'm also aware that many pharmacies take flack from "normal" people for dispensing to addicts on site as well. The child-rearing/junkie argument is a very different one & unquestionably needs to be reviewed on an individual case basis. Setting overall policy as a knee-jerk to a [b']very rare event could be just as bad in the long run. Also, the whole issue of Methadone treatment itself & the amount of commercial self-interest vested in it by the producers & firms who market off the peg "treatment programs" is also another issue to watch.

Crikey, I'd effectively purged my memories of the Viewfield. Played a wedding there once & ended-up watching a whopping fight between various members of the happy families!

I'll spare you the list of shit jobs that I went through n'all!

Ninjas are cooler by far!

There is never enough of that! Bring back Izal! :D

Come-on! Uni staff (at all levels) have met & in fact exceeded a succession of increasingly strict govt-imposed performance targets & in recent years yet their pay still lags significantly. Never mind the other funding reviews, job-cutbacks & upcoming implementation of the Framework agreement which could well be another excuse to hold-back salaries even further. Also for most, the "holidays" simply mean a move to a different type of work. Stuff they can't get on with during teaching.

Yup! :D Think I saw them at the same festival as John Renbourn. Rather good. Maybe not the same year tho, things can get a bit blurred!

Saw John Renbourn at a festival a couple of years back & enjoyed it immensely. Williamson however has never been entirely my cup of tea, like some tho. Might well go. Hang on, isn't that the same night the Peatbogs play the Lemon Tree?

Indeed it is.

One of the sax players in the first band.

Ahh, a little before my time.

Can't confirm Soft Machine but various members have played here at other times Including one doing a stonking set at the Bobbin Mill once. Back in the day, The Union had a really good roster of regular live bands & often had some absolute crackers in to play. Especially the more off the wall sort eg Nico, Jaques Loussier (Mitchell hall) & The Enid. Even a little known rock band called Texas playing the Beer Bar!

Oh yes, there are many old great bands who have played here over the years. Mostly when they were on their way up or down, seldom when they were at the absolute peak, although there are a couple of notable exceptions. I was at the same HW show. Seen them more times than is physically good for me & that was not one of their most memorable performances I'm afraid. You really don't want to know!