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"Countdown Shows 89-92"

SHOW #89-Jan 11, 2003-Milton Keynes, England-Stables Theatre

How could I forget the first show of the Forever Changes UK tour, all the mud
and rain, COLD COLD weather, snow on the ground and the great curry we got in
the town nearby (stone-something or another...) Also, the bartender at the
hotel, (name withheld), kept hitting on us as she was giving us free drinks but
things went a little too far when she started calling me and Chapple's hotel
room at 2am. We declined her offer to "get drunk with me, dammit" and went
back to sleep. The phone rang again at 2:30am. Fearing it was her again, I
chose not to answer.

SHOW #90-Jan 13, 2003-Bristol, England-Colston Hall

This show, to me, was much better than Milton Keynes and as an added bonus, non
other than Mel Cicero was in the 7th row, pink hair and all! She told me later
that her and her boyfriend had enjoyed the show and that it was nice to see we
had an "official" crew loading our gear for us! We couldn't chat long, as her
better half was waiting, as they had to drive back to Cardiff, but it WAS nice
to know Mel approved of the FC Ensemble, seeing as how she's such a "Rock Gal"
and wants the guitars loud and solos long. By the way, Colston Hall was a
really nice theatre, albeit, a COLD one...(does ANYONE in England own a
heater?) Also, Graham Coxson called my mobile to talk about playing RFH with
us while Gene and I were at KFC...ah...the memories...

SHOW #91-Jan 15, 2003-London, England-Royal Festival Hall

I remember this day being super long cause of the film crew and the interviews
for the DVD and such. Although i thoroughly understand how these things are
necessary, they are real distractions and it's a complete challenge to play
rock and roll and the end of the day when you have so many un-rock and roll
things to deal with. Still, i had fun at the show and it was nice to chat with
Graham after the show. All the booze at the after party was gone in, like, 10
minutes; 3 cases of beer and 12 bottle of wine. There were maybe 50 people at
the party. That doesn't add up, does it?

SHOW #92-Jan 16, 2003-Oxford, England-Brooks Univ.

With the pressure form the filming and recording of RFH behind us, everyone got
loose and played a heck of a show at Oxford. Unfortunately, security was
tighter than a mosquito's ass and we didn't film this show so there is no audio
or video representation of this show. Still, it sits (from memory) as one of
my favorites. The security goons were only too happy to throw ever fan out as
soon as the last chord finished ringing...and it was damn COLD that night...but
Ringo and i found a good pub before the show so I was nice and warm.

Mike Randle
mike@lovewitharthurlee.com

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