CONTACT THE MAN VON SPIGG

29 Sep 2003, 05:11

Digging around tonight I stumbled upon this;

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mish/message/85

What do people make of it? I haven't ried mailing him!

Loki · 29 Sep 2003, 13:23

Steve303 wrote:Digging around tonight I stumbled upon this;

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mish/message/85

What do people make of it? I haven't ried mailing him!

I wouldn't even dare to attempt to make contact with him. I get enough humiliation on here without getting it direct from God. Imagine the response you'd get if he was in a bad mood and felt you were invading his privacy. Jeez ...

Great conversational ice-breaker though:

'Have you met Andrew Eldritch?'

'No. But I'm on his blocked senders list ...'

mh · 29 Sep 2003, 13:35

I'd hazard a guess that if that email addy has gone public, it's prolly no longer valid anyhows.

It would not be wise to contact him. Only band member I've ever made any contact with via the interweb thing is Sonic Boom (ex Spacemen 3) but he's an utter gent, whereas we all know what Von is like.

Nuff said.

Jim · 29 Sep 2003, 15:51

Yeah. I make it a rule that all my friends are nice people. Not narcissistic arseholes.

Black Planet · 29 Sep 2003, 18:15

Obviously a fake addy. But nice try.

Andy TG · 30 Sep 2003, 01:18

It does really P*** ME OFF that the "Sisters" / Merciful Release / The Sisters Management etc appear to be unwilling to be contacted any way whatsoever!

For Example If I was a promotor or a venue owner or even rich how the HELL could I hire the "Sisters" to perform at a concert.

Who the HELL does he think he is - Jesus H Christ or something

slicepack · 30 Sep 2003, 06:16

AndyTheGoth wrote: For Example If I was a promotor or a venue owner or even rich how the HELL could I hire the "Sisters" to perform at a concert.

TSOM would approach Mean Fiddler who would then offer them to whatever venues they think would be willing stump up the cash for them to play there. Looking at the last tour and the amount of gear and transportation and dividing that by the size and number of nights I couldn't quite work out what all the expense was actually for - they weren't pimping any new product and most of the audiences would have purchased previous releases years ago - unless (and this is my hunch) at least one of the gigs was a showcase for a few interested record companies. Economies of scale and all that mean that if you're going to assemble the wherewithall for a gig you might as well make use of all that gear you've hired for the week by playing a few other gigs in the provinces

zaltys7 · 30 Sep 2003, 10:40

slicepack wrote:
AndyTheGoth wrote: For Example If I was a promotor or a venue owner or even rich how the HELL could I hire the "Sisters" to perform at a concert.
TSOM would approach Mean Fiddler who would then offer them to whatever venues they think would be willing stump up the cash for them to play there. Looking at the last tour and the amount of gear and transportation and dividing that by the size and number of nights I couldn't quite work out what all the expense was actually for - they weren't pimping any new product and most of the audiences would have purchased previous releases years ago - unless (and this is my hunch) at least one of the gigs was a showcase for a few interested record companies. Economies of scale and all that mean that if you're going to assemble the wherewithall for a gig you might as well make use of all that gear you've hired for the week by playing a few other gigs in the provinces

Hi all,

I,ve often wondered this as well. If I was REALY rich could the Sisters be bribed into playing for me.

How much would they cost?, how would I go about reaching them?.

I mean if I threw half a million quid at them and promised I wasn't a goth (no offence! we all know how he feels about that) could I get my own private gig.

Oh the speculations of the poor and idle!

See ya later.

Black Planet · 30 Sep 2003, 13:04

zaltys7 wrote:Hi all,

I,ve often wondered this as well. If I was REALY rich could the Sisters be bribed into playing for me.

How much would they cost?, how would I go about reaching them?.

I mean if I threw half a million quid at them and promised I wasn't a goth (no offence! we all know how he feels about that) could I get my own private gig.

Oh the speculations of the poor and idle!

See ya later.

Sigh....Me too. I have the sneaking impression our dear egotistical leader would say NO.

@ ATG: No, Von doesn't think he's Jesus H Christ, He thinks he's GOD!!!

zaltys7 · 30 Sep 2003, 13:55

Well we know that they turned down Â£250,000 for the Whitby festival (or supposedly did).

But surely Â£500,000 from a private individual at a suitable venue with the bands usual stipulations would be a different kettle of fish.

well I like to think so anyway.

Maybe I should start doing the lottery, I've got about the sames odds of winning as the Sisters have of releasing a new album. Or slightly better odds perhaps. I hope not

Cheers

zaltys7 · 30 Sep 2003, 13:57

Dont know what I did there I apear to be quoting myself

Mrs RicheyJames · 30 Sep 2003, 14:47

Izzy HaveMercy · 30 Sep 2003, 17:01

zaltys7 wrote:

Dont know what I did there I apear to be quoting myself

Oh......

You're sooooooo Eldritch......

*swoon*

CellThree · 30 Sep 2003, 21:42

I was reading an interview with Mike Edwards from Jesus Jones a little while ago. He said that the band make more playing private venues than they do on a whole tour. He quoted something like some conference they were asked to play at either earlier this year or last year to play one or two songs ONLY a night for a week plus all expenses paid 4 star hotel netted them more money than they would have earnt in a full tour.

Selling out can be profitable!

dead stars · 30 Sep 2003, 23:30

zaltys7 wrote:
I,ve often wondered this as well. If I was REALY rich could the Sisters be bribed into playing for me.

How much would they cost?, how would I go about reaching them?.

I mean if I threw half a million quid at them and promised I wasn't a goth (no offence! we all know how he feels about that) could I get my own private gig.

You if show the right amount you may call the entire goth brigade in your neighbourhood and they'll play alright.
How do I know?
Simple. I've been to a concert.

Andy TG · 30 Sep 2003, 23:31

CellThree wrote:Selling out can be profitable!

Isn't that the whole point!

dead stars · 30 Sep 2003, 23:35

dead inside wrote:
zaltys7 wrote:
I,ve often wondered this as well. If I was REALY rich could the Sisters be bribed into playing for me.

How much would they cost?, how would I go about reaching them?.

I mean if I threw half a million quid at them and promised I wasn't a goth (no offence! we all know how he feels about that) could I get my own private gig.

You if show the right amount you may call the entire goth brigade in your neighbourhood and they'll play alright.
How do I know?
Simple. I've been to a concert.

Conclusion:
- either Eldritch has been selling out for quite some time now

or...
- Eldritch doesn't care as much about the goth issue as people like to inflate. (I've heard so many misplaced and misinterpreted quotes already...)

Loki · 01 Oct 2003, 09:26

dead inside wrote:
zaltys7 wrote:
I,ve often wondered this as well. If I was REALY rich could the Sisters be bribed into playing for me.

How much would they cost?, how would I go about reaching them?.

I mean if I threw half a million quid at them and promised I wasn't a goth (no offence! we all know how he feels about that) could I get my own private gig.

You if show the right amount you may call the entire goth brigade in your neighbourhood and they'll play alright.
How do I know?
Simple. I've been to a concert.

Spill the beans DI. I need to know how to go about it when I win the Lotto ...

MrChris · 01 Oct 2003, 10:10

Since Eldo is only after half a million quid to make his record, I'm sure he would play one if not more concerts for that price. In fact, I suspect he would play a whole tour of twelve gigs if he thought he'd clear that kind of money. I'd make a ballpark guess that for a Smoke-and-Mirrors type gig, he'd be doing very well to even make an actual profit of Â£5,000, or Â£10,000 max for a stadium gig.

Speaking of private gigs, my stepdad works for Vodafone, and over recent years they've had performances at their annual parties by Kylie, Robbie Williams, Hearsay, S Club 7, Blue, Chrissie Hynde (???), and more or less all the biggest stars of planet pap. I presume they must be paid a LOT of money to do this kind of work. Maybe Eldo should turn recruit four girlies to join the band, and team up with Pete Waterman.

Black Dahlia · 01 Oct 2003, 10:40

Steve303 wrote:Digging around tonight I stumbled upon this;

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mish/message/85

What do people make of it? I haven't ried mailing him!

BTW - the owner of this email address is a nice chap in Cambridge called Andrew Taylor and absolutely no relation to Von sadly ..............

Jim · 01 Oct 2003, 12:03

MrChris wrote:.... and team up with Pete Waterman.

Worked for TJ...

08 Oct 2003, 06:17

I now feel guilty for exposing the innocent and sweet resident of Cabridge they call Andrew Taylor. I wish I'd never mentioned it now.

Black Dahlia · 09 Oct 2003, 20:31

Steve303 wrote:I now feel guilty for exposing the innocent and sweet resident of Cabridge they call Andrew Taylor. I wish I'd never mentioned it now.

Dont worry, he was actually kind of flattered (and came and had a look at H.L ) He said my email was "amusing and intriguing" so no harm done I feel Steve.

dead stars · 10 Oct 2003, 01:45

Black Dahlia wrote:
Steve303 wrote:I now feel guilty for exposing the innocent and sweet resident of Cabridge they call Andrew Taylor. I wish I'd never mentioned it now.
Dont worry, he was actually kind of flattered (and came and had a look at H.L ) He said my email was "amusing and intriguing" so no harm done I feel Steve.

My God, Andrew Taylor has been to Heartland?...

pikkrong · 10 Oct 2003, 08:59

that Duran guy?