are they still alive?

[caddyman]

Having been unable to achieve a great deal yesterday on account of the strange power situation that left us with everything working except the computers (at least until the circuits blew a second time), any attempts to get back on track today have been stymied by a pointless Directorate meeting that ate most of the morning and another, equally pointless Divisional meeting later this afternoon. I mean, come on guys. Anyone who complains about missed deadlines this week will get the full power of the stare.

Still, this evening I am leaving early. We – Furtle and Yours Truly – are off to Wembley Arena to see Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard, supported by Steel Panther. I understand this latter mob to be heavily influences by Spinal Tap. I am unsure what to expect.

The gig starts bizarrely early at 6.30pm. I imagine that it will finish equally early so the aging rockers can be tucked up in their hotel beds with a mug of Ovaltyne by 23.00.

Rock’n’roll ain’t what it once was.

Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to it; I’ve never seen any of the three bands live or indeed half dead, so it will be interesting. And it looks as though, Jubilee Line permitting, we will be able to get back to the Gin Palace at a reasonable hour (by which I mean midnight) for a school night.

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Not so much with the Ovaltine for the Crue

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

I can assure you that at the least, Vince Neil of the Crue is still the tosser he always was. e.g. I understand that he did some (more) jail time for drunk driving in 2010 - against the background of having killed one of his mates (Razzle from Hanoi Rocks) whilst drunk driving "back in the day" and serving jail time for that. And in March this year he was arrested for allegedly beating up his ex girlfriend and her mate. And he's on his fourth wife. That comes from a very very quick Google on which I clicked on only three of the very many links resulting from the search "Vince Neil arrested".

Then again, that's not rock n roll - that's just being an arsehole.