CPicard wrote: I don't dare for Thinking Plague to come and play in Paris, since I've heard that their last concert at Le Triton was far from being full...

They played RIO in Carmaux in '12, they were the lead in before Magma on the Saturday & were stunningly good.

melotron98 wrote: Weidorje!!! One of my favuorite zeuhl albums. By the way, on TP's facebook fanpage we can find a post I copied below (since it seems nobody have posted it in this thread): Thinking Plague wrote: Dear friends, I feel that it is again time to apologize to those who 'follow' Thinking Plague on FB for the lack of information/activity on this page. Fact is, we have no PR 'department', not even an intern or volunteer. None of us are independently well-off, and all (except me, MJ) are heavily engaged in activities aimed at making a living - teaching classes, private lessons, tutoring, accompanying dance classes, working full-time for a soulless retail behemoth, and playing in other bands or doing itinerant gigs. So, it's down to me. And generally I'm not inclined to post frivolous or irrelevant stuff just to generate 'traffic', as it were. I have written a complete new album of material and am engaged in trying to get it learned and recorded. The band is also trying to rehearse material for performance, as well as trying to land some shows, which has become increasingly difficult or untenable in recent years (wah wah, I know, whining!). So, anyway, we just want you to know that a new CD is in the works, and as always, I think it's the best TP music yet! ;) We are exploring strategies around funding for performing outside our own region, and for expediting the completion of the new CD. I'll try to post more tidbits, but please feel free to initiate any kind of relevant discussion or interaction on this page.  Thanks,  Mike So I think we can expect some good RIO stuff next year.

Then suggest them!

http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=1

Has The Tanks released anything/existed before this show?

Edited by Man With Hat - November 11 2014 at 00:57

Toby is also involved with Jeremiah Cymerman's upcoming residency, Nov 11-16 (so starting tonight).

Tartar Lamb III will be featured. 

Going to be placing a wayside order in the near future to caught up on what I've missed this year ... what are the must have albums from this year?

^Thanks for the list! Have the Knifeworld, Gong, Swans and Happy Family already. I wish I had grabbed UZ earlier but I delayed because of the price...now it seems much harder to find for a decent price. 

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: CPicard wrote: I don't dare for Thinking Plague to come and play in Paris, since I've heard that their last concert at Le Triton was far from being full... They played RIO in Carmaux in '12, they were the lead in before Magma on the Saturday & were stunningly good.

Yeah, nice for them, but I'm currently living in Paris: a trip to Carmaux is either a 8 hour train trip, or a 12 hour car trip.
This is why I hope for them playing near Paris.

OR... Since I'm planning to relocate myself to the south of France, I could try to organise RIO concerts in Marseille and its nearby towns.

TheGazzardian wrote: ^ I think in Marseille, you would be much closer to Carmaux than you would in Paris, no?

Not sure at all. From what I read on the website of the SNCF (the French railways), the Marseille-Carmaux trip could last from 5 to 7 hours.
Gosh.

CPicard wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: CPicard wrote: I don't dare for Thinking Plague to come and play in Paris, since I've heard that their last concert at Le Triton was far from being full... They played RIO in Carmaux in '12, they were the lead in before Magma on the Saturday & were stunningly good. Yeah, nice for them, but I'm currently living in Paris: a trip to Carmaux is either a 8 hour train trip, or a 12 hour car trip. This is why I hope for them playing near Paris. OR... Since I'm planning to relocate myself to the south of France, I could try to organise RIO concerts in Marseille and its nearby towns.

Dear God, THEY came all the way from Denver Colorado!! I've flown in from the USA the last 4 years for RIO, last year I flew to Paris, saw the Soleil Zeuhl Festival, drove from Paris to Carmaux, then flew back to the USA. Sorry if I don't have much sympathy, with these types of bands you have to be prepared to go to them (or as close as they get to you). You want them to come to your place and then complain that they don't when there's a history of no-one showing up.

Marseille looks like it's 4 hours, if you make there in the future I'll buy you a pint. It's a great festival.


Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - November 30 2014 at 15:09