No Portugal for MK, No Portugal for the Biebs!

[The Privateer]

And also, this recent addition of countries (with all the respect for them), as Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Serbia, etc., makes it even stranger!!

[vgonis]

Picnic At Hanging Rock and Walkabout

Thanks vgnois, never heard of either one.   

Directed by Peter Weir and Nicholas Roeg respectively!

Peter Weir's break through film!  He has directed many blockbusters since! While Nicolas Roeg is best remembered for Performance and the man who fell on earth. Harder nut to crack! Have enjoyed films by both but these two went under my radar. Funnily, the book from which came "Picnic..." had a final chapter that offered a clear solution, but the published and editor took it away when it was first published, in order to enhance the mystery. It looks as though the writer left a will for this final chapter to be published 3 years after her death, and it was published in 1987! http://www.castleofspirits.com/picnicathangingrock.html
Have you read this complete version dmg? Does it add to it?


About MK's concerts, your arguments Nuno Rita, are quite valid, but the fact that he avoids completely or reduced dramatically his appearences at the counties in crisis, probably means that the reason is this. And anyway, the rest of the names you mention, probably have a younger-bigger-stronger audience-fan base and healthier sales. But yes, its still a mystery. 

[dustyvalentino]

I saw John Martyn. Hilarious on stage.

And I love Clockwork Orange, must have a sick mind.

[JF]

 I love Clockwork Orange too

[dmg]

@vgonis: No I haven't read the book Picnic, I'd prefer to live in the dark and have the mystery "hanging" over me.

[vgonis]

Fair enough dmg! Photophobia eh?    I wouldn't stand the Damoclean mystery though.

Dusty, you were lucky! One of the few artists I would have liked to see live.

[The Privateer]

Hey vgonis, you got right on the spot - maybe this weird situation is due to MK management's ignorance. They read just the titles on the news and became trembling little girls!!
You know, this Irish and Portuguese finantial markets crisis would be a wonderful and grateful situation for Romanians, Bulgarians, Serbians or Russians, to name just a few!
And infact, if you packed 80.000 people to attend at a Bon Jovi concert, you'd get 12.000 to a MK gig! Actually the average age of fans is not so different...

[vgonis]

Nuno Rita, I wouldn't fool myself about concert going, based on my preferences. MK has attracted all ages in Greece when he came around in 2008, many of them guitarists (metal fans as well) paying tribute to the man. But I guess the recent sales were not that good and it is a solid indicator about concert goers, or so it seems. Knopfler got more fans than Dylan or Loenoard Cohen, around that time, but Depeche mode and Iron Maiden and Roger Waters sold 8-15 times the tickets. And yes the audience for these bands are about the same age, but attract a whole lot more teens and people in their early twenties.
The point was made by mr. jbaent earlier, being from Spain he shares this problem with us!

[twm]

A bit late now but I have bought the Paul Nelson book though not read it yet. However, I skipped through for references to LITTLE SANDY REVIEW. Paul Nelson himself used to tell people that they knew a lot of girls named Sandi, so got the name from there. His co-editor said (a touch more plausibly, I suspect) that there used to be a magazine called THE LITTLE REVIEW and there was a Little Sandy River in Kentucky or Tennessee and they simply conflated the two.

There, you can't say that AMIT isn't educational!

[dmg]

A bit late now but I have bought the Paul Nelson book though not read it yet. However, I skipped through for references to LITTLE SANDY REVIEW. Paul Nelson himself used to tell people that they knew a lot of girls named Sandi, so got the name from there. His co-editor said (a touch more plausibly, I suspect) that there used to be a maggazine called THE LITTLE REVIEW and there was a Little Sandy River in Kentucky or Tennessee and they simply conflated the two.

There, you can't say that AMIT isn't educational!

Indeed - and I thought it was because he wrote his reviews from a beach!

[twm]

Ah, yes, the golden strand of Minneapolis.