Thoughts for HL meet-up 2010.

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Yes, like the tin says, just thoughts or ideas of what we want with regards to this event, helping the boss and all...what we would travel for and such. Maybe even where, but yes I know the spiritual home is Leeds.

So my suggestion is.. would it be possible to organize a weekend of events with every night a band or two or three that comes from within these walls to strut their instruments on stage for the glee of HL? 8)

I posted something like this on my FB but only Andie had ideas of who and to do this thread, it could be very interesting.

We are thinking bands like..

* Rhombus
* Legion
* All Living Fear
* Eureka Machines
* Night by Night
* Anne Marie
* Mumbles
* FGG (Belgium)
* Ahráyeph (Belgium)

in no particular order of course! If I have missed anyone slap me.

Is it a good idea :?:

Thoughts and ayes or nahs please.

And have a good day! :D
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please, not manchester, or i can't come :(
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no leeds or holland or south africa! it's not decided where yet!

you are coming or i'm not coming! 2010 is a debsems year! :twisted:

i'll lick you for a photo! :wink: :lol:
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ems, i've just networked FB! don't you dare not come.

should i ask dok haze? and rosie lugosi? :wink:
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is there a guest list?
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:lol: yes guests have to report here as do the artists and we'll decide who has VIP or not!
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Count me in if you get FGG confirmed. :wink:
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I think the boss of HL should see this first! Sorry!

There I am asking all these bands to think about it and check here and I haven't even asked you! :oops: I'm sorry Barry!

So could we have a date for 2010 and can the stress levels handle it. I'll help you I promise, this is all my bad. Take full responsibility!
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There is hope & light at the end of the tunnel! :D :notworthy:

This might just pull together!
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emilystrange wrote:please, not manchester, or i can't come :(
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emilystrange wrote:please, not manchester, or i can't come :(
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blimey :lol:

right, let's have a look into this.

over the last couple of years the HL meets have started to dwindle in terms of numbers. all perfectly understandable and tbh i was always the more popular meets got as many as they did ~100 iirc... :)

i was actually thinking that i wasn't going to do any more, certainly not for a couple of years. the idea being to let people save up/realise what they were missing/etc etc

i wasn't going to do the last one until paddy said he wanted to send the smurphs off with a bang 8)

also, to be perfectly blunt, we've been running out of different things to do.

the formula was always supposed to be

- a club night
- a gig by a sisters-related band (& if poss a HL family band)
- a social night

i feel it is my duty to provide a full and interesting programme of events for you guys in order to make it worth your while travelling up/down/across/over for the weekend.

sadly that formula has been exhausted now :(

basically we've run out of bands who would a) consider playing b) we could afford and c) i'd want to put on

the sad reality is that some old bands require upwards of a few hundred quid to play, and we would not recover anywhere near that amount in tickets. larger promotors with bigger events can afford to take that hit because the smaller bands bring on the extra numbers, and they will play for (relatively) pennies to gain experience and the kudos that comes from playing larger gigs with big bands.

bands like anne-marie, the lorries, the skellies (rip) are all way beyond the scope of HL meets.

in the past i've approached several of those old sisters-affilliated bands and they have all politely declined to play to a room full of sisters obsessives :lol:

bands & artists such as the lorries, porl king/miserylab, robochrist, salvation, marx (solo) have all been approached in the past but the lorries and the sallies couldnt make it logistically, robo was busy and didnt feel 100% comfortable milking his rock star status with us fanbois ;) :lol: :kiss:, and porl & marx both felt their solo material was not ready for a live outing.

to go into bit more details:

when phono paul and myself organise the weekend, paul looks after the gig side of it using any contacts or recommendations i may have. one of his main considerations has to be how many people the gig will pull in, so he can cover his costs. Hl punters alone are not enough to fill a gig in itself. they can certainly go a long way to 'topping up the audience', and are frequently some of the most ardent fans in the audience, but a room full of you lot just ain't enough bodies i'm afraid :|

this means he has to have bands of a certain stature and size in order to get people's interest. sadly the scene for the last few years means that dodgy ebm "man with a laptop" bands get more people than dodgy goff "3 men & a drum machine" bands :( and quite frankly, i do not want to put in a weekend with bands like that. it's not what HL is about.

without the gig to bolster the weekend, just having a social night in a pub (albeit with the coolest DJs ever :lol:) would be unlikely to be enough of a draw to most people. and it doesnt feel fair to the hardcore regulars who always make it to leeds to keep on expecting them to turn up for essentially the same thing every year :(






apologies of that is all a bit rambling.

i know it probably raises more questions than it answers, but i just wanted you all to understand the situation myself, phono paul & fraser (the man who books everything for the HL social stuff :notworthy:) face when trying to plan these things.

the crux of it seems to be that we've run out of varied things to do, that can still cover their costs, and without that variation i feel bad expecting people to travel to leeds for the same-old-same-old

and until i can think of a fresh plan that is a) logistically possible and b) financially viable, i can't see what else i/we can do :|

sorry if that sounds a little negative, but anyone that came to leeds for the last one (smurphs gig notwothstanding) will know what i mean.
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MadameButterfly wrote:If I have missed anyone slap me.
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:oops: You get to slap me!
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Quiff Boy wrote: apologies of that is all a bit rambling.

i know it probably raises more questions than it answers, but i just wanted you all to understand the situation myself, phono paul & fraser (the man who books everything for the HL social stuff :notworthy:) face when trying to plan these things.

the crux of it seems to be that we've run out of varied things to do, that can still cover their costs, and without that variation i feel bad expecting people to travel to leeds for the same-old-same-old

and until i can think of a fresh plan that is a) logistically possible and b) financially viable, i can't see what else i/we can do :|

sorry if that sounds a little negative, but anyone that came to leeds for the last one (smurphs gig notwothstanding) will know what i mean.
:notworthy: thanks for that indepth information boss!

i can understand where you are coming from as it sounds like lots of energy is put into it for us and then like you say thinking of a fresh plan to do another one for us if WE turn up! it doesn't sound negative although i just got so excited by my idea that i took a dive into the deep.

it would be a sad thing though if there wasn't a 2010 meet-up, i'm sure it's going to be a good year, but on the other hand taking something like this away from us would make the heart grow fonder to make it to the next one to come.

oh lordy me and my big mouth! i'm going to go bury my head in mud now. :oops:

thanks again boss for this explanation!
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no problem :lol:

i'm sure the topic would have come up sooner or later, so by doing it now at least it sets expectations... i know how you all plan your savings and your holidays around HL events ;) :lol:
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god ain't that the truth! and i've only been to ONE! planned for TWO and would really like to plan again! :wink:
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Well said Boss, I am lucky in that I am geographically close to these events and have been turning up for the last few years. Had it been elsewhere it would have been difficult due to financial/family constraints. I’ve already had to miss a Dawnrazor meet this year-ARSE!

The last HL meet up was somewhat small, but that is no slight on our illustrious members, that’s just life.

All I can offer is if we do another one in Leeds I’ll open the weebles hotel again.
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awww....that's sweet! thanks weebies! :kiss: :notworthy: 8)
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Quiff Boy wrote:blimey :lol:


i feel it is my duty to provide a full and interesting programme of events
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i have not been banned from manchester - that i know of!
it's just that bit too far in time and distance, from here
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a worthwhile thread.

Having never been to a HL do I am intrigued to see what a die-hard sisters fans look like :D

It was a shame to miss the last one and the murphy's last outing.

goff bingo sounds erm...

a bit like goff karaoke :lol:

Perhaps, since there's so much advanced notice, something could happen at me'ra luna next year, with an after sisters gig, the consuming of restorative herbs and special ales?

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it looks more like HL festival.
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