Sue

Thanks Sean, it's been bloody hard and often stressful work on top of a day job, and if it wasn't for Nygel I think I'd have given up by now :) But worth it when people appreciate it! :)-D Edited to say: I mean, the fact that Nygel does at least half of the work involved, the Goose is a joint venture :)

stereforth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tasty-snacks wants a decent music venue. The best > venue is The Ivy House. I know it's on the wrong > side of the Common, and is badly served by public > transport, but as a venue it's superb. xxxxxxx Agree it's a superb room per se, but there's no sound barrier between the front bar and the room with the music. Fine if the band is loud, useless if the music is quite quiet. The transport difficulties combined with the noise, plus it's a long trek if you live the other side of ED, ruled it out for The Goose at least. If only it could be miraculously transported to Lordship Lane :)

I'm sure someone will be rushing to claim that then :))

He'll be on at the Goose next year - watch this space - not allowed to publicise it yet :))

Well I don't really know how rated she is. There are some of her tracks I like a lot, including a couple on her latest album. But overall, yeah, I dunno. Only time I've seen her live was a bit unrepresentative as she was doing Christmas stuff from an album which apparently has just been released in the States. Anyway academic now, I've just booked Jim Causley (solo) for February - somewhat different kettle of fish :)) Edited to say: We definitely won't be booking Martha Wainwright, I can't bear her :)) though of course that could change ... Edited to say: Thanks admin for allowing this thread in this section, you can lounge it now as it's reached a natural conclusion :)

ClareC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > CD wow are the same - you have to wait 21 days!! > That said one of my CD's turned up today, just shy > of 21 days from dispatch! xxxxxx CD Wow have had a lot of bad publicity in the past, I'm amazed they're still going.

DrDom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, > > I too have had things delivered via amazon not > from royalmail, but this was direct from dealers > have turned up. However the things I have bought > direct from Amazon come via Royalmail. I have put > in 2 complaints and they have re-sent twice, both > annoyingly through Royalmail. I have been refunded > the postage though and their customer services > have been very good. I have to wait 3 more days > and then they will not send me another one out, > but refund me. > > Surely somethings got to be done here. Someone at > royalmail is half inching this stuff!!! xxxxxxx Are you sure because the stuff I got yesterday came direct from Amazon, not other dealers advertising on the Amazon site, and was definitely not via Royal Mail. If you google it there are loads of links to articles about Amazon going elsewhere, here's one: Royal Mail loses Amazon contract However I have received a parcel this morning via Royal Mail from a toy company, and again, it was only ordered on Saturday. I'm not trying to defend Royal Mail, all I'm saying is I have had absolutely no problems with receiving anything I've ordered online, and I order loads. Edited to add link Edited again to say the article says the Amazon contract Royal Mail lost was for parcels over 500g, so maybe they're still using Royal Mail for very light packets

Sorry Thea Gilmore fans, but we won't be booking her in 2010. Maybe some other time. Edited to say: Trying for James Yorkston though, waiting to confirm a date

DrDom Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm still waiting on 2 things direct from amazon. > They are still using royalmail. They were supposed > to have arrived 3 weeks ago, first class, which I > paid for. xxxxxx I've literally (yes - at nearly 9pm) just had a parcel from Amazon of stuff which I only ordered at the weekend. I said to the guy crikey that was quick and he said that they were trying to get things out quickly before Christmas. I didn't pay for delivery at all. It didn't come via Royal Mail. It says HDNL on it, but that could be a reference code. It wasn't Royal Mail

Good ideas but will only reach hardcore Thea fans who are actively looking at her website etc.. We need promotional outlets equivalent to for example fRoots, Folk London, Folk and Roots, Mudcat - and we have absolutely no idea what those might be. For various reasons the balance is tipping against at the moment.

Yes, all you write is true (apart from Dave :)) ) An additional dilemma is that our normal promotional outlets are the folk circuit ones, we don't know how to tap into Thea Gilmore fans elsewhere and we have already ascertained that several of our regular punters have not even heard of Thea Gilmore :)):)):)) Although a few more people may get to hear of her soon as she's on a BBC4 Christmas thing with Bellowhead (watch out for the Goose in Victorian-ish costume). Her agent won't be promoting it other than putting it on Thea's website, and as you say she's just done a big tour and consequently people are highly unlikely to trek to East Dulwich to see her again.

You want to finance it then Fairport? :)) I was in constant contact with her agent until I asked what sort of audiences she had been getting on her tour, since when I have heard zilch. If you know that she has been selling out venues, then please could you tell me which ones and what size they are, thanks!

Yeh same here, memo to self, follow up all those Virgin cards that keep dropping through my letter box - Oh No! It's half past one!!! :-S

Stella, Adnams Broadside, cold Muscadet, Prosecco, gin, tonic, ice, lemon, that red stuff whose name I can't remember but which turns gin pink, dry cider, BAILEYS if it's Christmas or something else sweet and sickly, yeh malt whisky :)) Dark rum if hot chocolate is also available :)) Oh and maybe calvados ....

Shouldn't this be in some other bit of the forum??

The Rose - Bette Midler

Soothing, blue, innit :)

Bloody hell, my preparation for an emergency is a couple of cans of potatoes, a wind-up torch and some bottled water in the loft. Memo to self: Must do better :-$

The Little Drummer Boy - was played by the Moors Murderers as they tortured their victims :-S

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Dare I mention Ganapati :) Completely different to anything on Lordship Lane, thank God :)

Visions of Johanna - Bob Dylan

Also, I've ordered a load of stuff online recently, and it's all arrived fine. I'm in Ulverscroft Road. I've rarely had problems with Royal Mail but I did have an incident where a courier left a card to say my parcel was "in the bin" (it was - luckily not on bin day) and another where a courier left a parcel outside my house in pouring rain :-S

pinz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > amazon just > reported to us that they would resend an item > first class, from which i assumed they would be > using royal mail - fingers crossed they wont! xxxxxxx Amazon did not renew their contract with Royal Mail following the recent strike, or so I read. The last parcel I had from Amazon, a couple of days back, came via another postal service, can't remember which now as I've thrown away the card they left (to tell me the parcel was with my neighbour)

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The big Sainsburys on Dog Kennel hasnt put any of > the local shops out of business xxxxxxxxx Erm, yes it has, actually. A couple of local butchers and at least one greengrocer (at the Goose Green end of Lordship Lane) all closed when the DKH Sainsbury's opened. Also a Greek deli which used to be on North Cross Road claimed it was having to close due to business going to Sainsbury's, however my view is that it was more likely to have lost customers due to selling stale bread and cream way past its sell by date (claiming the cream "smelled fine") :)