21/05/07 The original members of The Saints performing AGAIN at Brisbane July 14th 2007 !!!
Old friends at London in 2007 : Chris Bailey singing with Ed Kuepper’s band; Nick Cave, Chris Bailey and Ed Kuepper (pics from Ed’s myspace)
A nice message found today on my page Myspace/Meltingpod…
There is a long time I wanted to go to Brisbane for many different reasons but now : the Pig City Queensland Music festival will bring together different bands from the 70s punk era through today with… The Saints founders Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper and Ivor Hay …the Bastille Day : my French blood is burning…a podcast is planned with Ed Kuepper soon !
The Riptides are playing at that event too : hey Buzz, wasn’t Cal’s ex-band you produced ?…:) Will you be there ?
Meltingpod Connections :
Update May 22th : I recorded a podcast with GANGgajang (members or having played with the Riptides; thanks Buzz !!), the whole band in a car just before their show at Perth last February ! I need to add some short interviews and it will be OK ! A great moment of wild podcasting !!!
Update May 27th : Bertrand Lenôtre or Le Podcasteur tried to help me to find money to go to Brisbane with his blog.podemus : Interesting to see if it works, who knows ? Anyway a nice friendly initiative ! Thanks Bertrand !!
mai 21st, 2007 at 20:28:43
Brisbane, CA? sure I’ll be there, front row!
too far and too scared to travel around the world to see a remake of Austin SXSW pathetic show 
If there is no plan to go on tour after this, I would love a DVD of the show.
But Brisbane, somewhere in Australia, I have to pass
mai 21st, 2007 at 21:06:04
bah ! Pascal, you surely listened to a bad podcast !!…:)
I didn’t know there was a Brisbane in California but I spoke about Brisbane-Queensland-Australia : Marseille ’s sister city !!!
mai 21st, 2007 at 22:44:40
And what a beautiful place it is but just an hour down the road is a little place called the Gold Coast, now that’s where the action is. With beautiful beaches, theme parks, niteclubs , rock venues, the mountains and most importantly the beautiful sunshine. I guess it’s the closest you can get to heaven without dying.
mai 22nd, 2007 at 06:24:22
Hi Annie,
I do know about the Saints gig. Cal is playing too with the Riptides. I’m going, it will be a great gig for sure.
Hope all is well and happy in your world Annie. Talk again soon.
Love from Robert
mai 22nd, 2007 at 07:16:24
Hi Annie!
You can listen to Bailey and me at my website, check it out!
I will be in Brisbane in June, gee one month to early. I would have loved to stay but I can’t! Normally I would have swimmed to Australia to see a gig like that
http://www.myspace.com/larswallin (Consert/video with Bailey)
http://www.uddevallakassetten.se (Consert/video with Bailey)
http://www.larswallin.nu (Consert/video with Bailey)
mai 22nd, 2007 at 10:17:09
Hey Annie, not only will I be there, I will be playing drums for the
Riptides !!!
Speak soon,
Buzz.
mai 22nd, 2007 at 10:32:41
Wow ! Buzz ! Yes , I forgot a part of the Riptides’ history (I read it again right now…:) What a festival !!! I only see a solution to avoid to die with regrets (like Lars said above) it’s to swim from Marseille to Brisbane and I surely need to start today…bye Meltingpod !
mai 22nd, 2007 at 19:12:14
Of course Annie, I will always be there when it comes to The Saints… Well in thoughts anyway.
That will be a hell of an event this one…
I am looking forward to listening to your podcast with Ed Kuepper!
xx
mai 23rd, 2007 at 00:52:11
the Saints; christ; I still remember seeing the clip for “I’m stranded” in 76?
very cool when Chris Bailey flicks his cigarette just before he starts singing
always loved the aggro guitar of the first few records; Ed knew how to destroy a ‘Gibson SG’
cheers from Oz
mai 23rd, 2007 at 22:51:00
I’ve been to Brisbane twice, and do think it is a fun city, certainly a good venue for the Saints, if a bit of a detour for many of us. I’ll be in Paris in June, but don’t expect to take the long way back home…. Enjoy! And, while the Gold Coast is beautiful, I’d even more recommend an excursion to Heron Island, on the Great Barrier Reef….
Lou from New York City
mai 25th, 2007 at 16:44:19
Hi Annie-yep negotiations have been going on for months and months but it all looks like its going ahead, I even attended the launch in Brisbane last Friday-will either be the gig or the trainwreck of the decade, so place your bets now folks while the odds are in your favour. The line-up will include the three founding members -Ivor Hay, Chris Bailey and myself as well as Caspar Weijnberg on bass and a three piece horn section. We’ll be playing songs from the first three albums, some for the first ever live and maybe a surprise or two-then again maybe not. Some really good bands on the bill as well the Saints [including the first show by The Apartments for 15 years or so], I’d probably go even if I wasn’t being paid to go.
Anyway look forward to our chat
all the best
Ed Kuepper
mai 25th, 2007 at 17:31:01
hey Ed ! Welcome to Meltingpod world !!
Caspar is the bassist with you…I thought he will…songs from the first three albums…what can I do to go there ???? Any sponsor or arabic emir who reads me and would love to have a super podcast from that event ?? + July 14th…it’s so symbolic for us in France…
(Christine de Dubaï…à l’aide , vite !!…:)
Anyway i’m happy to start with a phone interview with you soon, Ed ! it’s such a pleasure…maybe I will find an idea…
mai 25th, 2007 at 19:58:33
Thanks Annie,surely Air France will be offering free flights in celebration,if they’re not remind them of the date.Hope you can make it
mai 26th, 2007 at 08:31:51
Anyone going, any spare room in your suitcase? I am quiet, low maintenance, excellent cook and can make the perfect cup of tea. Only 5ft3 and not too heavy. Please contact Annie if interested. Thanks.
Sandra xx
mai 26th, 2007 at 17:22:16
Yes I am still in Dubai and may be for 10 years more. I met sometimes the scheik but not enough time to ask him to be sponsor. One day, I hope… But I have a friend at Air France and he is in Dubai too. He comes from Marseille like me. When you need help or have some questions about this next travel. I know this man from my childwood and may be he could help. Have good time and love. Christine de Dubai.
mai 26th, 2007 at 18:25:09
Annie, everything seems waiting for you in Australia.
All your friends are agree to help you ( some want to come other have solution for cheap flight, and at least some are OK to make a kind of sponsoring - like me -.( I have a dream to be like Laurent le magnifique : a mecene for artist)
So you say the Saints have a very special place in your heart, be brave, jump over the ocean to make a greatest podcast for this continent….
mai 27th, 2007 at 08:33:59
Hi Annie, how could you miss this event? Think we have to find the right Air France guy e-mail. Every meltingpog fan will send him a message and i’m sure there will be a free trip for you!…and me! You know i’m the second biggest Saints fan in the universe. May the force be with you.
mai 27th, 2007 at 12:33:50
reunion of the original Saints line-up ? with a horn section ?
c’mon Annie, you’ve got to go this one ! f*cking hell, if you see the show and get an interview with Chris and Ed afterwards, then Rock n Folk should pay for your bloody plane ticket !
go for it Annie !
Dave
mai 27th, 2007 at 13:29:01
alalala…it’s very exciting to read your enthusiasm here ! but to be serious, what is your ideas of sponsorship :
Nadine la Magnifique ? Le Skeik de Dubaï ? Air France ? Rock n Folk ?
the flight cost is around 2000 Euros (Marseille-Brisbane) with our good Air France at that period, 1500 Euros (Paris-Sydney) with Emirates Airlines (stop at Dubaï !! hey Christine !) + money to travel there + surely a digital camera for a videopodcast (Bertrand could you help me ?)…
mai 27th, 2007 at 17:03:15
you should talk to the pope; he speaks German like you, he loves the Saints and he is loaded.
mai 28th, 2007 at 06:33:21
I just said that maybe my friend from Air France could help you to get the best price for your ticket. For sponsoring by Air France, it is an other service but I should ask and will tell you very soon.
Love. Christine de Dubai.
mai 28th, 2007 at 16:23:12
Bonjour Lady Marseille!
Just writing to you to say hello and tell you that I LOVE the song that you chose for your myspace page : “It’s still nowhere” from Ed Kuepper.
I have never heard of the band, but that is the beauty of mySpace! It is great how music can bring people of all countries and cultures together. Music is my passion, and I like your taste in music!
Well I hope that you have some fun this weekend. It is nice and HOT over here in NJ today!
Peace to you,
Susan
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juin 1st, 2007 at 11:24:36
si quelqu’un veut m’offrir le voyage, ce sera avec plaisir !
juin 3rd, 2007 at 18:53:50
they must come to europe with this line-up!!!
we’re waiting for them!!!
Rauky