Spring Fever Part 1

[caliente_uk]

First stop - Soho Revue Bar

As spikereader has already posted her report on this, I could just direct you to hers as we were together for most of it. So, as everything (more or less) that happened to spikereader before the gig also happened to me, I won't bore you all by going through it again. :) Suffice to say, it was wonderful to meet up with lmbossy, kazzy_cee and spikereader for a meal and a chat before the gig. And just for the record: spikereader is NOT a quiet person! :D



We srrived at the Soho Revue Bar not long before the doors were due to open and promptly bumped into spikeslou, who it's always a pleasure to see! Once inside we said a quick hello to bendy1 and deborahw37. It was so nice to finally meet you both! :)

The Soho Revue Bar is a tiny, tiny club and was already filled to capacity by the time we arrived, so spikereader and I found ourselves a spot on the pole dancing platform (which was an experience in itself), where we were joined by Gray Sunrise and Madelaine from MTS. Although uncomfortable (there wasn't a great deal of room), we had a great view of the stage. Now on to the best part - James. I'm not going to pretend to know a great deal about music, so be warned that this is just going to be my own impressions of the man and his music.

James opened with "Louise", which I have to admit isn't a favourite of mine, but I thought he sang it the best I've ever heard him sing it. He looked relaxed and happy to be there, although not as chatty as I've known him to be in the past. It turned out that the stage lights were very bright and he couldn't see the audience very well, which made it difficult to have the usual back-and-forth banter with the crowd. James seemed to enjoy himself though, and seemed to be quite tickled to be playing a gig in a "strip club". Someone requested that he sing "Button Down Vandals" and I'm so glad they did! He sang it brilliantly. "Don't Worry Son", the song he wrote for his son (aka "The sitting down song") is also becoming a firm favourite, although "Like A Waterfall" has to be my current favourite song. *melts*

Was this a perfect gig? No, of course it wasn't. There were a few bum notes and dodgy guitsr playing, but on the whole the boy done good! A fabulous start to Spring Fever.

After the gig was over I was accosted by a strange woman who I'd never seen in my life before. She gave me a huge bear hug...which was actually quite nice. :D It turned out to be the wonderful spikesnn!! It was so good to finally meet you, NN. You really meant what you said about those muscles, didn't you? *g* She introduced me to trishyb and Marilyn from the Bloody Spikeless board, who are just as lovely as I thought they'd be. I also met up with my good friends deedee7daydiary and stretfordditto. It was so nice to see you both again! *hugs to you all*

After that I had my first terrifiying ride on the London Underground which spikereader dragged me on to with spikereader and two lovely CDS ladies, Exotic Mushroom and Helcat. It turned out to be not quite as terrifying as I thought it was going to be, and I actually ended up having fun! :D

And so ended the first night of Spring Fever...

Next up: The Rich Mix

Comments

[bendy1.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed it :D

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

It was great! :D

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

Terrifying on the tube! Cal - it's an experience you should never turn down - especially as it's so quick (although impossible if you've got K with you of course!)!

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

The tube wasn't as terrifying as I thought it was going to be! Carolyn took good care of me. *g*

[spikesnn.livejournal.com]

*snorfle* You did say to come and say hello LOL
At least I didn't introduce myself with a bum pinch like one of the tranny's did with me *g*

It was lovely to finally meet you properly , and K is a darling *hugs you both ...slightly less enthusiastically this time :)*

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

It was a lovely hello! :D

And I like enthusiasm. *g*

It was wonderful to meet you at last! Hope we get the chance to do it all over again. *hugs*

[beanbeans.livejournal.com]

Aww, lovely report, Cal. How cool is it that you got to meet up with so many online friends! I think that's the best part of these events. Well, and that James guy is pretty nice, too. :P

Looking forward to hearing about the rest! *hugs*

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

That James guy is such a sweetheart. :D But meeting up with friends is what makes the whole thing so much fun! *hugs*

[sueworld2003.livejournal.com]

Oh so glad you had a great time love!

I love reading peoples reports on these events!

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

It was such a good night! :D

[spikereader.livejournal.com]

*nods, grins and bounces*

*beams at you*

*tries very hard to keep quiet*

I don't think there was any actually dragging involved - but you should have said you were terrified - I just assumed you were being your normal quiet self. *hugs*

Say hi to K for me.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Ha! You'll never be able to fool me. :D

It was more fun than I thought it was going to be. And you took good care of me, so it turned out okay in the end. :)

*hugs*

[awmp.livejournal.com]

so glad for you that you had such a great time :D

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :D

[cara-leigh9.livejournal.com]

I never did get to comment to your others posts like I said I would. I've been sooo busy here.

I'm so envious of you! You're an old pro about meeting James now *wink* I can't believe you actually got to have such a private dinner with him, I'll bet it was wonderful; I probably wouldn't have been able to eat a bite if it was me LOL I don't know anything about the London Underground, but I've sworn off any and all subways (not that I'll ever be anywhere to ride one) because they look like a claustrophobic's nightmare on TV *shudder*

Anyway, glad you got to meet so many people from LJ and had such a nice time doing it.

*hugs*

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

It's always good to hear from you, Cara. *hugs you tight*

How did Tabitha's surgery go??

I still can't quite believe I got to have dinner with him, either! I've met him a few times now, but I never get any less nervous. The one thing I've noticed is that I never think "Spike" when I look at him now. I think of them as two comlpetely seperate entities (and I still love Spike as much as ever!). He's just "James" when I see him in person. I think (at the dinner) we got as close to seeing the real James as we're ever going to get. And I liked what I saw. :)

I could talk about this subject forever. LOL!

Wish I could get to meet you in RL some day, Cara! *hugs you tight* Can you believe we've known each other for four years now?

[cara-leigh9.livejournal.com]

*hugs you back*

Tab's plastic surgery went very, very well. I shouldn't even call it surgery because there really wasn't anything to it. It's healing very nicely and she gets the stitches out next week. We'll let it completely heal up over the Summer and then the rest of it done this fall.

I'm so glad that you have such good memories of meeting James. I know I'll never get to, so I'll just live vicariously through you. LOL

*hugs again*

[cordykitten]

Sounds again as if you had a good time. Looking forward to the next report.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

The whole trip was wonderful! Thanks for reading. :)

[spikesdeb.livejournal.com]

So great! Can't wait to read more - and I'll definitely be there next time :)

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

You'd better be! I'll kidnap you myself just to make sure. *g*

It was so good, Deb! I missed you, though. It didn't seem right to be at a James event without you. *hugs*

[stretfordditto.livejournal.com]

I'm frightened to death on the Tube but always feel very cosmopolitan when I'm on it. :D

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

It's scary, isn't it? Luckily spikereader was there to make sure I was okay. :D

[lmbossy.livejournal.com]

I can't remember Like A Waterfall, but I did like the new songs I heard, so I'm sure it's one of those!

just for the record: spikereader is NOT a quiet person!
*hee hee*

I had my first terrifiying ride on the London Underground which spikereader dragged me on to
I'm wary about traveling with Carolyn after hearing about her ability to get lost *g*
The London Underground is always terrifying - even after 7 years of living in London!

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

I like most of the new songs. His songwriting skills have definitely improved! :)

Carolyn is the most talkative quiet person I've ever known! *g*

Oh yes, she definitely has the ability to get you lost...and yet still have a lot of fun at the same time. It's a good skill to have! :D

The London Underground wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be...but I still won't be repeating the experience in a hurry!