Re: Touring

[Dongerous! <fastslow@idt.net>]

At 12:00 AM -0700 6-24-97, Rolf Peukert wrote:
>--- Leigh.Perkins@sset.com wrote:
> Is everyone aware of the primary reasons that Kate doesn't tour
>        anymore? I too have always been saddened by the fact that I can't
>        see her perform, but after she lost a crew member to a stage
>        rigging accident she called off any future touring.
>--- end of quoted material ---
>
>I just looked it up: the first _official_ tour date was April 3, at the
>Liverpool Empire. Bill Duffield's accident happened on April 2, after the
>tour playdate at Pool Arts Centre in Dorset.

Then how about if just just toured with a bare-bones band (guitar,
keyboard, bass, drums), instead of putting on a "show"?

Am I the only one who would prefer a no-frills Kate tour to a frills Kate
tour...or no tour at all?

>Another thing, kids: DON'T vote on rec.music.white-power, the poll is over
>by more than a year. The poor guy who did the vote counting was deluged
>with >30000 'no' votes (opposed to a few hundred 'yes'), flamed and
>mailbombed. The account was removed afterwards. But these messages are
>still circulating in usenet, much like the Neiman-Marcus cookie recipe.
>see http://www.jcn18.com/news/cfv-fail.htm

So much for the Netizens' commitment to free speech.  <shrug>

- Don