Comments on: GDFAF3: Polysics, Distophia

By: jonathan

jonathan — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:20:29 +0000

Aye this is a great idea for a series. You must have a lot of stamina, I think; just reading about that Japanese band and their highly diverting sounding antics has quite tired me out.

By: Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:38:21 +0000

The concept of the Warlocks is growing on me…

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:21:46 +0000

Ah! I was wondering where the Barfly was – thank you for enlightening me. Both Distophia and Polysics sound rather good.

Warlocks = utterly shameless Velvet Underground / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club types (ie lots of guitars, pale skin, songs about heroin and Jesus) but still probably worth seeing if you like that kind of thing generally. And I do. But I probably won’t be going.

As for the link, don’t mention it – it’s a great idea, just the sort of thing I ought to commit myself to.

By: Pete Ashton

Pete Ashton — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:44:48 +0000

The actual layout of the room hasn’t changed at all, just the colour scheme, but it did seem a lot cleaner than at Gods Kitchen when, yes, the toilets did flood.

While the corporatisation of venues is not ideal I do get the feeling that being part of the Barfly network means it’s going to be pretty stable, rather like the Academy on Dale End which is annoyingly referred to as the “Carling Academy”

By: bob francisco

bob francisco — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:51:40 +0000

Has the venue had a refurb then now that its called the Barfly? I remember when the Sanctuary used to host Red Balloon and Ramshackle and they used to have bands down there, and since then the basement has been called loads of different things and opened up on its own. My favourite time there was when it was known as the Dance Factory and the gents bogs flooded, it wasnt so bad at first but then the water gradually came out onto the dancefloor until eventually people were literally “stage diving” into 4 inches of water. We got our money back and tramped off to snobs.

Hopefully the Barfly name will mean it stays in business.

bob