Gig reviews, set lists, thoughts, comments and observations on the 2008/2009 Sisters tour, including the Autumn/Winter 2008 U.S. and European 2009 legs.
Balzac wrote:They have courage, intellect and strength but as they lack firmness of purpose this courage, intellect and strength have no method or intelligent control, for the Pole is as unstable as the wind that dominates this vast swampy plain
If you'd been run over by as many war machines over the course of history as Poland has had to bear, you might be unstable too.
Who can begin conventional amiability the first thing in the morning?
It is the hour of savage instincts and natural tendencies.
--Elizabeth von Arnim
Balzac wrote:They have courage, intellect and strength but as they lack firmness of purpose this courage, intellect and strength have no method or intelligent control, for the Pole is as unstable as the wind that dominates this vast swampy plain
If you'd been run over by as many war machines over the course of history as Poland has had to bear, you might be unstable too.
Possibly one of the most amazing things I ever read was how the Polish Cossacks tried to repel the Wehrmacht's tanks.
On horseback.
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
—Bertrand Russell
Balzac wrote:They have courage, intellect and strength but as they lack firmness of purpose this courage, intellect and strength have no method or intelligent control, for the Pole is as unstable as the wind that dominates this vast swampy plain
If you'd been run over by as many war machines over the course of history as Poland has had to bear, you might be unstable too.
Possibly one of the most amazing things I ever read was how the Polish Cossacks tried to repel the Wehrmacht's tanks.
Balzac wrote:They have courage, intellect and strength but as they lack firmness of purpose this courage, intellect and strength have no method or intelligent control, for the Pole is as unstable as the wind that dominates this vast swampy plain
If you'd been run over by as many war machines over the course of history as Poland has had to bear, you might be unstable too.
Possibly one of the most amazing things I ever read was how the Polish Cossacks tried to repel the Wehrmacht's tanks.
On horseback.
like most war stories somewhat of a falsehood tho'
And the image of poor innocent horses being involuntarily involved in a human war. This is the last straw for this week, I need a break. May I just sit in the corner and cry for a couple of hours, please don't disturb.
Mind you, I'll be back as soon as the drugs kick in.
I see there is a post from Quiff Boy in the "No News?" thread, so I open the "view last post" immediately with trembling heart and what do I see? A big red bloody "BAD NEWS" phrase.
You know what, I have a feeling that a week from now MrAE will be as fit as a fiddle in Zagreb, while I'll be banging my head against a wall dressed in a straitjacket in Lubliniec.
_emma_ wrote:I see there is a post from Quiff Boy in the "No News?" thread, so I open the "view last post" immediately with trembling heart and what do I see? A big red bloody "BAD NEWS" phrase.
never thought of that
What’s the difference between a buffalo and a bison?
did i miss something? was there more illness after the uk gigs? i refuse to be blamed for this, just cause i shook his hand.(i let the queen shake my hand once and she's doing revoltingly well. )
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
Rise891 wrote:Von is fine, South America will go on as scheduled.
you mean they're going to keep cutting it down/snorting it until the only recognisable feature are the nazi war criminals? oh, you mean the tour will go on as scheduled. (no offence -just struck me as funny.)
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:did i miss something? was there more illness after the uk gigs? i refuse to be blamed for this, just cause i shook his hand.(i let the queen shake my hand once and she's doing revoltingly well. )
you might like to check out the thread for the thessaloniki gig.
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