BOC Friday

[Hall, Russell J]

The last concert I saw (Toad's Place - New Haven CT) had the following songs

(not in order, mind you)

Stairway to the Stars
Teen Archer
ETI
Pocket
Buck's Boogie
Golden Age of Leather
Last Days of May
Joan Crawford
Old Gods
Burning for You
Havest Moon
Lips in the Hills
Godzilla
Reaper
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D & S

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Jackson jr. [SMTP:tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:06 AM
> To:   BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> Subject:      BOC Friday
>
> On 2 Nov 00, at 8:30, Nick Medford wrote:
>
>
> > First HW show: Black Sword, Hammersmith '85. I remember the excitement
> > my 16 year-old self and my mates had about going to this gig.
> > Difficult (and perhaps not desirable) to retain that sense of awe and
> > excitement as you get older but ever since I knew the Hawkestra was
> > definitely happening I felt like I was 16 again! And it actually lived
> > up to my wholly unreasonable expectations!
>
> Good point about sustaining the excitement felt as a youthful convert.
> I gotta say I'm pretty psyched to see BOC tomorrow night some 28
> years after my first gig--damn, 28 years is older than a lot of folks on
> this list!  And, it's probably a bit harder to stay focused on BOC as
> they haven't had a steady steam of new releases like HW has.  Still,
> BOC live is an event similar to HW, although, I gather, BOC plays a
> lot more shows than HW in a given year.
>
> Anyone have an idea what we'll hear Fri. night?  Haven't seen any set
> lists from recent BOC gigs.  I'm still bitterly disappointed from the
> Vernon gig where BOC got short-sheeted into playing an abbreviated
> set, with no 'new' stuff--not even any HF tunes.  Hopefully, tomorrow's
> gig will set that straight.
>
> BTW, for Nick and anyone else traveling a long distance for the
> show:  I contacted the venue, and the dude said that doors open at 8,
> and first band goes on at 930p.  According to the web site, there are
> 2 opening bands, which should put BOC on stage around 11-1130p,
> I guess.
>
> What time are you all planning on showing up?  I figure to hit the
> place around 830 or so.  Maybe later. as I'm not in any hurry to hear
> Bad Karma, the opening act, which sounds like a bad cover band.
> Any of you Albany-area guys heard them?  Some other dude is
> playing--forget his name.  Mike, Jason, have you heard?
>
> theo