petrograd is going to play on the 7th of june with a band from the Uk called "chumbawamba". i guess most people have already heard about them it will be the first show for petrograd in luxemburg since really a long long time. this does not mean that we won't be playing a release show in july! not many people can afford an entrance ticket of 16 euro, so it's more than obvious that we still want to have a release show coming up!
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Re: petrograd "support act" for chumbawamba
1) petrograd 'supporting' chumbawamba?? -- No Way!! It should be cumbawamba 'supporting' petrograd.
2) i faintly remeber a few things i'd like to post here: "if our music makes you happy but content, it has failed. if our music entertains but doesn't inspire, it has failed. the music is not a threat. action that music inspires can be a threat." (chumbawamba) sounds great, doesn't it? I remember a cool chumbawamba song on the V/A fuck EMI. but i too remember chumbawamba signing to EMI a few years later: ok they pretended not to be pleased about that and blabla. but hey! well i do believe petrograd has its very good reasons why they support a 16euro-gig. Apart from that chumbawamba is maybe one of the most controversial bands ever (but still i made my point clear in 97) Some people now might say, that there are a hell lot of more important topics to deal with: internationally and nationally (i.e. frieden playing little despot, juncker fucking us up in ireland, building up golf courses and luxuary masons: vetternwirtschaft goes politics!,....) Yes i agree!! there ARE definetely more important things to deal with. Still i don't see music being the issue. music is NOT the issue (at least for me, but i'm not a musician, maybe i would think differently then?) you can call me a pc-pig or whatever, i really don't care anymore. Symptomatic for my little country luxembourg where 'alternative' music needs 'engegament' to wrap itself in it and not vis-versa. Probably petrograd 'supporting' chumbawamba won't interesting anyone here: luxembourg is full of sheep swallowing what they get: the biggest and fattiest sheep can be found in so-called alternative musicians/activists. LETZEBUERG HAAL D'SCHNESS!! still i believe petrograd has its good reasons for this gig. Even if my posting sounds sharp i wouldn't attack you personally: i mean i would never play wih chumbawamba, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't/shouldn't/... play with them. conclusively i would just mention one point: this is really one minor point. the 'who's playing with whom' really is a margintopic. more important features schould gain our attention. therefore my posting is probably too much little squared, i know i know but then i remember my grandfather, a big and fat farmer driving probably the most beautiful fendt to be found in luxembourg, saying ones on the 'kichendesch': "et muss een jo och net all schaiss matmaachen"
p.s. what'S up with the postsoviet icehockey?? russia, kazakhstan and even Jagrtschecks are out of the championship!!! gosh! i can't believe!!!!! what's going wrong? but still slovaquia is holding the flag up high!!! GO!
-i will be disapointed as hell if i never make it to the NHL!!!- (tapio vartiainen)
Re: petrograd "support act" for chumbawamba
you came up with a couple of arguments that need no reply! you're most of the time right and yes petrograd does have a good reason to play with chumbawamba and it sure is not about money! the fact that we are going to support a 16 euro show has got no effect on our upcoming release show for "trigger happy" in July! we are going to play that show and the entrance won't be another 16 euro i'm really curious to see who is going to be at the show, will there be the "die hard fans" who went mad when Chumbawamba signed to a major, or will there be the mainstream audience who only knows them from their playstation game and that stupid drinking song.