GonG unconvention, Amsterdam, Nov 06
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Topic: GonG unconvention, Amsterdam, Nov 06
Posted By: Sean Trane
Subject: GonG unconvention, Amsterdam, Nov 06
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 05:36
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Gong Family Unconvention 2006 a joyous conspiracy playing it by heart
Sounds like fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 05:50
Oooooooppppppsssssssss!!!!!!!!!!..........
I might also give you the link to it as well
 http://www.planetgong.co.uk/gasmains/special.html - http://www.planetgong.co.uk/gasmains/special.html ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 05:55
| The price is 150€...i wonder if it's possible to pay per day, maybe not go to all concerts. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 08:29
Typically dutch .
The expensive price is shunned in the front page and when you take a look, the price is in £ and not € which you still have to multiply by 1.5 ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 08:30
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Have you already bought your ticket, Sean?
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 08:38
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From Gong Gas:
"smoking: smoking is permitted in The Max & The Old Hall" 
"please: it's a strict condition of the Melkweg that no "hard drugs" are sold, used or brought into the venue. " OK, so i'll stay on weed, H and shrooms! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 09:07
no, just discovered this yesterday ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
oliverstoned wrote:Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 09:21
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Wow, I wish I could go to that. The spirit of Gong lives on! -------------  
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 10:54
I already knew about this little "Gong unconvention" for a while, but it's just too bloody expensive at € 140,- !!!  In August I will attend the Lowlands festival, including tons of bands, comedy, theater and other happenings in popular culture, all going on during the entire day. We will also camp there. Altogether, that costs about € 120,-. So, as much as I would love to see Gong, the price is really rediculous (especially in comparison to full festivals such as Lowlands). The only way I will reconsider buying a ticket is if tickets for a single day will be available. All this does not mean, though, that I won't be there when there will be a PA meeting in the day, when Gong aren't playing. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 10:58
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"All this does not mean, though, that I won't be there when there will be a PA meeting in the day, when Gong aren't playing."
Dear Joren, can you rephrase this complex sentence which i don't understand? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 11:01
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Anyway the Baldies are intending to go, I am tempted and Olivier is too. and Amsterdam is not a bad place for that second Dutch Prog Archivers meeting even if it is bloody expensive. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 11:05
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Yes, a tourist trap!
Friend Christophe is up also. |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 11:20
Mmm, pick a day, let me know what the costs are and I let you know by then. ( typical Dutch  ).
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Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: July 21 2006 at 12:11
Sorry.  What I meant to say: IF there will be a meeting in the daytime, I will be there. So I won't go to the concert (at night). But I suppose that you will all be in Amsterdam in the daytime as well, so then I can join you. |
Posted By: emdiar
Date Posted: August 01 2006 at 17:55
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I think it's worth the money, just to see Here & Now playing "Secrets" again. I await the gig with thrilled anticipation.
Terug van Weg geweest, Em. ------------- Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact. |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:25
| I'm very tempted to go, time to start saving money... |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:26
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Yes, quite expensive, indeed!! |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:38
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It's only a 30 minute drive from my house, I feel like I NEED to go! I'll find a way.
Have you got a ticket yet, stoned little oliver?
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:40
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Not yet! I'm not totally sure and i wonder if it's possible to attend to a part of the concerts only (as it last 3 days) and not pay the full. So you live close to 'Dam? |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:48
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Yep, I live in a small village close to the university city of Leiden (perhaps you know it). I'm right between Amsterdam and Den Haag, quite convinient.
And which part of France are you from?
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:50
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Indeed! We did a PA meeting in Den Haag in March. Beautiful town. What are your fav coffeeshops? (in any town) |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:56
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Aaah, sadly I missed that meeting, maybe next time. Here in leiden there's a nice little coffeeshop called Coffee and Dreams, right in the centre, so its very convinient. It also has a little bar right next to it.
But I have to admit that I've calmed down with the pot smoking in the last year, and because I am stiil underage (
) going to a proper amsterdam style coffeshop trip has been quite a difficulty. In less then a year I will make sure to do it. (better to do it right then do it early) |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 09:58
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Hehe...so you're 17! |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:02
yes, good detective work  .
Where are you from in France? If thats not too rude to inqure?
Also, just not to get confused, I'm not actually dutch, just have the pleasure to live here for now.
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:07
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I'm from the parisian area, 35km south to Paris, in the Countryside. What's your nationality, so? |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:10
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Sounds like a great place to live. I'm from Israel, yet I've lived in Europe for quite a few years already. |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:13
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Well, France is probably the most beautiful place on earth. The only problem in France is ...french people! |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:15
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Well if you find out about the daily tickets, can you post it somewhere? I'm trying to think of what to do.
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:15
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Of course, i'll let you know by PM or on this thread. |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 21 2006 at 10:17
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Cheers mate. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 04:16
The truth comes out of the horse's mouth ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 04:18
I work just north of Alkmaar. So we are almost neibours. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 04:21
I didn't know that expression. Here we say: the truth comes out of the children's mouth. |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 05:25
Wow, very nice to know I'm not a lonely progger here after all. Sean isn't a very dutch name, is it?
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 05:49
Neither is my real name
>> Hugues ChantraineI am Belgo-Canadian and have been working for three years on the ECN site;
WELCOME, ALTHOUGH YOU ARE NOT THAT NEW ANYMORE..... ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 06:12
Oh, oops, how naive of me. Sorry about that.
Well thanks for the welcome, even though I'm not new at all anymore. As much as I love this forums and I do, alot, I've never been very active. I read, get informed and research,...thats about it. I go on it very often though, just don't say much usually.
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: August 22 2006 at 07:01
Oh, oops, how naive of me. Sorry about that.
I just saw your post count and join-updates. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: September 01 2006 at 04:41
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bump
this had slided to the second page.
I suppose there will be something for Pip ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 11 2006 at 08:30
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Gong UnConventional Gathering 3rd-5th November, 2006 • http://www.melkweg.nl/ - Melkweg , Amsterdam shapechanging on a broad scale... Master UnCeremonies: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Studios/6285/ - Thom the World Poet
------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: October 23 2006 at 14:31
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^^^ Saturday doesn't look too promising... Who are all those DJ's? |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: October 24 2006 at 05:21
Saturday looks like the pits except for the Moerlen and Pyle Tribute.
System 7 is Steve Hillage's techno thingie, though. Reputed one of the best in the genre.
Reputedly, this could well be the last Gong show ever, since 2001 ,this is their first and only one off show . ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: November 03 2006 at 11:45
So... I think it started already, is anyone from the site going? give some insight to what I'm missing!
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Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: November 04 2006 at 00:26
Eat Static consists of 2 ex-Ozrics, Merv and Joie; _absolutely_ one of the best in the psy trance genre. I've been dying to see them here in the US for years, but they never come over here.  And to miss them sharing the stage with System 7??? ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 04 2006 at 12:21
Well I am missing out on this unconvention because of a mean bout of bronchitis.
And this event happening in Holland (where pot is legal) and smoking permitted on the grounds, I wouldn't have survived it.
I think the Baldies are at this event. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: November 04 2006 at 12:40
 Hope you feel better, Sean! ------------- Pure Brilliance:
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: November 05 2006 at 11:16
Yes, hope you feel better. I'm missing it cause of the damn price!
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: November 06 2006 at 13:05
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So, who's been there eventually? |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: November 12 2006 at 06:25
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Seems that no one been to this event, nobody among our dutch members?!! |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 05:17
Normally the Baldies were there. Sadly it was my turn to miss out on a RV without favorite pair of crazy women.  ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: November 13 2006 at 05:19
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Yes, and they are quite discrete these days. |