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Comment on Passion, Commitment and a Great Day Out by plumsource

plumsource — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:07:15 +0000

Well done Clare. Good for you.

Comment on What goes around, comes around by Podnosh Blog » Archive » Jazz is Gangster: Soweto Kinch as Active Citizen.

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:47:48 +0000

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Comment on I’m sorry I’m short - could you take one step to the right? by Tom

Tom — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:01:08 +0000

Hey claire,

I was at the bjork gig and I’m also quite tall (we only managed to find some space at the back), I do worry about obscuring peoples views and I certainly don’t mind moving if someone asks but at the end of the day there’s not really much I can do. no matter how far back I stand I’m always going to piss someone off.

The civic really needs some screens for the larger gigs, although I am fairly tall there’s was still some bits I missed because of tall peoples.

Comment on I’m sorry I’m short - could you take one step to the right? by hellocatfood

hellocatfood — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:42:47 +0000

I went to see SikTh at Bar Academy and really felt sorry for those behind me. As I’m 6ft something I do try and consider those behind me, but even at one point when I was a few rows back I couldn’t see anything at all! Sloping floors or higher stages please!

Comment on I’m sorry I’m short - could you take one step to the right? by plumsource

plumsource — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:34:47 +0000

Yeah! Gig rights for shorties! I’ll give my support to any scheme. Where do I sign? From another vertically challenged fan.

I remember years ago straining my neck so much at a Prince gig that I went home with a migraine. I agree best venues are those with sloping floors. Absolute worst = flat stalls with seating where nasty security won’t let small people stand in the aisle or on the chair (yeah I know they’ve got a job to do but when I’ve paid £90 to see my teen heart-throbs The Police, I am gonna find a way to see, Ok Birmingham NIA??)

Comment on I’m sorry I’m short - could you take one step to the right? by Dave Harte

Dave Harte — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:33:33 +0000

Whoops - got the url in the link for my name wrong. This one is corrected.

Dave

Comment on I’m sorry I’m short - could you take one step to the right? by Dave Harte

Dave Harte — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:32:36 +0000

I seem to recall that Brixton Academy has a sloping floor which made for great viewing of the one gig I saw there in the late 1980s. More venues like that would be a start I guess - I doubt it’s a hazard as such. Think yourself lucky the tall bloke didn’t have anyone on his shoulders which is something that annoys the hell out of me at festivals.

Dave
(5ft 11 and polite enough to either move out the way or swap places).

Comment on I’m sorry I’m short - could you take one step to the right? by bobbiejane

bobbiejane — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:26:00 +0000

Hi Clare!

That would really piss me off. I am 5″3 and I have been to many a gig where some tall person has stood in front of me and ruined the whole evening! Sometimes I have moved or done something naughty.

What did you do in the end? Surely you didn’t go to see an epic artist only to stare at some rude, tall guy’s back? I hope not…

I think something should be done- that doesn’t make small people embarrassed and tall people victims of height prejudice.

Maybe like you suggested the 2-3 front rows designated for little people/young people or tall people on their knees- LOL!

Or the venue itself- can have sloping/slanting floor- probably a hazard.

Bobbie

Comment on What goes around, comes around by clareedwards

clareedwards — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:14:24 +0000

Sounds good to me! … and we could go for G&T’s after!

Comment on What goes around, comes around by john

john — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:25:44 +0000

Top man Colin,

Clare if ever you need: I used to be a ‘chain boy’. The boy who held the far end of the tape for the civil engineer when measuring on site. Better than a bag.