Fuck you. And fuck your train!
Jan. 26th, 2020 11:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dhampyresaThis time last week, I was watching Death to the Meachanisms live in Nambucca, a pub somewhere in London.
Getting there was almost an adventure, given that as soon as I boarded the eurostar, the captain made an announcement that the tracks were on fire. Power got cut to the train (and the station?) some moments later, switching the train to battery power. When the train went to emergency lighting there was still fire on the tracks and no word when we would leave. SO I went to sleep.
The train, needless to say, arrived well behind schedule, which is hilarious given that the Bifrost Incident (a live rendition of which starts about 1h30 into the above livestream, iirc) involves a very delayed train finally making it to station. The title of this entry is taken from said album.
I've been a fan of The Mechanisms for a really long time, since around the time High Noon Over Camelot came out. I can't remember exactly if it was before or after. I took a really, really long time to actually listen to that album -- Arthuriana can hit me really badly -- but it's now my favourite, maybe tied with the Bifrost Incident.
This concert last Sunday being their last one ever, I decided I was going to take this last chance to see them live. Which I did.
I... made the mistake of not asking for priority seating, because I thought the venue would have more seating than it had and because my knee is mostly fine as long as I don't stand on it for too long. I sat on the floor intermittently throughout the support act, until someone almost stepped on me once it was over. She had seats, she gave me one, she was very nice :')
Knee pain aside, totally worth it.
I didn't tell anyone in the band how much it meant to me -- I mean, I did tell theCaptain First mate that i loved the show when I ran into him on my way out -- because it's (a) hard to phrase at all and (b) without being creepy. Also, (c) idk how to talk to people.
Anyway, ever since the concert ended I have been feeling kind of bereft and despondent. Which I know intellectually is kind of silly, because the people are still doing things and the music is not going anywhere -- especially not now that I have physical copies -- but still.
Still.
I'm gonna miss them.
Getting there was almost an adventure, given that as soon as I boarded the eurostar, the captain made an announcement that the tracks were on fire. Power got cut to the train (and the station?) some moments later, switching the train to battery power. When the train went to emergency lighting there was still fire on the tracks and no word when we would leave. SO I went to sleep.
The train, needless to say, arrived well behind schedule, which is hilarious given that the Bifrost Incident (a live rendition of which starts about 1h30 into the above livestream, iirc) involves a very delayed train finally making it to station. The title of this entry is taken from said album.
I've been a fan of The Mechanisms for a really long time, since around the time High Noon Over Camelot came out. I can't remember exactly if it was before or after. I took a really, really long time to actually listen to that album -- Arthuriana can hit me really badly -- but it's now my favourite, maybe tied with the Bifrost Incident.
This concert last Sunday being their last one ever, I decided I was going to take this last chance to see them live. Which I did.
I... made the mistake of not asking for priority seating, because I thought the venue would have more seating than it had and because my knee is mostly fine as long as I don't stand on it for too long. I sat on the floor intermittently throughout the support act, until someone almost stepped on me once it was over. She had seats, she gave me one, she was very nice :')
Knee pain aside, totally worth it.
I didn't tell anyone in the band how much it meant to me -- I mean, I did tell the
Anyway, ever since the concert ended I have been feeling kind of bereft and despondent. Which I know intellectually is kind of silly, because the people are still doing things and the music is not going anywhere -- especially not now that I have physical copies -- but still.
Still.
I'm gonna miss them.
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Date: 2020-01-27 02:01 am (UTC)I'm glad you were there for it.
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Date: 2020-01-27 10:18 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-01-27 02:37 am (UTC)Ulysses Dies At Dawn is my favorite album of theirs, I think.
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Date: 2020-01-27 10:24 pm (UTC)Ulysses Dies t Dawn is SO GREAT and has my favourite song, Sirens.
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Date: 2020-01-27 07:57 pm (UTC)I don't remember hearing about The Mechanisms until after listening to TMA, though I'm pretty sure I must have, and now all the "Jonathan Sims was in a college band pre-canon" headcanons kind of make me want to check it out (though I worry the voice will be distracting.)
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Date: 2020-01-27 10:30 pm (UTC)*I found out like two days ago both Jonnys were the same Jonny? /bad at following people
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Date: 2020-01-27 10:37 pm (UTC)(One of the first intro posts I read about TMA included the line, paraphrased, "Jonathan Sims is both the name of the writer and the main character, but don't worry about mixing them up, they're very different people. One of them is a space pirate, and it's not the one you think.")
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Date: 2020-01-27 08:00 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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