SPARKS

I posted a couple of you tube links this morning that have now been removed from the forum.

Also, another link, that was on line this afternoon , has now been removed from you tube.

Just info. ...

(I missed the second page of the above. Sorry!)

In fact it was only on the iconic "This Town Ain't Big Enough..." that one missed the band when the buzzing guitar motif failed to material ...

More details please, please, please!

In the meantime, I found this review:
http://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/sparks-bush-hall

Sparks, Bush Hall
Mael bonding as America's quirkiest ...

Ba ha ha ha!

I was just curious. "Gareth Pugh" doesn't strike me as a common name! He is pretty famous in fashion circles and it wouldn't surprise me if they all knew each other as Garet ...

Just listened to the interview and at the end that there was a question from am audience member called Gareth Pugh. (I think the question was about who would play them in a Bergman film.)

For those ...

Oh!

Did they sell shirts that said スパークス on them?

I need one.

Thanks for that Zen!

Yuuri is so cute. I had completely forgotten that new dancers are hired in each city. It would have been fun to see the show with Japanese dancers.

(And the Japanese text is ...

It was definitely filmed. But now that I think about it, there were no signs around that said the usual "by attending this concert, your likeness may be used in a DVD..." legal stuff.

Th ...

I read that ^ as "side trips to Magic Mountain and FREE CANDY upstairs."

Can you tell I'm getting excited?!

What an interesting tour thus far!

February: LA (one date)
March: UK (two dates)
April: Japan (three dates)

I hate to be greedy, but I want more!

Wow, an advertisement!

And Brian, thank you for the hotel info. It's so exciting. How can I wait until February?

I can't believe it's really happening!

I don't really know the Westwood area all that well. Any recommendations for decent walking distance hotels? Where are the out-of-towners staying? ...

I managed to book my ticket over the phone last night after realising you could only book tickets online if you lived in the States. :-(

I ended up getitng double charged and had to call the UCLA ...

That was so stressful!

I got Row CC on the UCLA site only to have something go awry. Tried again and had the same thing happen. Went over to Ticketmaster and found nothing very exciting. The ...

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So far there's nothing booked for the 14th at Royce Hall.

It is beautiful, I think it would be a great venue for the gig. Wait, I meant gigs, plural, didn't I? Gigs gigs gigs!

Oh, here's the corrected linky (it was missing the end bit):

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2008/11/sparks-to-play.html

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lily,

thank you thank you thank you for typing all that up!

Help!

Can someone please record and post the BBC interview video from this page?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/music/connect/2008/

It's not accessible to those outside of the UK. <p ...

Thanks for that - I was wondering how it went. Can you tell us more about the songlist?

I really wanted to go to that gig!