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						<p>;) and they did, <br />I don't think any of the stones have ever set foot in the south island again, </p><p>its like a fairy story only really negative</p>
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				<title>Heather Gaye</title>
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						I say parochial, you say tomato, let's call the whole thing off..
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				<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:40:00 +1200</pubDate>
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						<p>speaking of shameful behaviour I just talked to someone who attended the rolling stones 60's gig in invercargill where mik jagger legendarily referred to invercargill as the ass hole of the world or some such sentiment.<br />While he may or may not be right about invercargills  anal similarities apparently the…</p>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:09:18 +1200</pubDate>
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						<blockquote><p>I blame the internet. All that blogging just encourages ppl to share their worthless opinions. </mine excepted></p></blockquote><p>:)</p>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 08:32:44 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>InternationalObserver</title>
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						<blockquote>Ugh. Why would people do that?</blockquote>I blame the internet. All that blogging just encourages ppl to share their worthless opinions. </mine excepted>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<blockquote><p>chris says spinal tap. take from that what you will.<br />his new album has some really lovely songs on it.<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/robotmonkeyorchestra" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.myspace.com/robotmonkeyorchestra</a></p></blockquote><p>Cool. I didn't really get Team Rocket when I saw them, but that sounds great.</p>
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						<blockquote><p>I recall it was Germany that some NZ bands had to adjust to when they toured. Reverent silence is great when you know that's what's going on, rather than indifference. So serious, the Germans.</p></blockquote><p>germany was great, they really looked after you.<br />meet you at the venue with fresh food,…</p>
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						<blockquote><p>Ugh. Why would people do that?</p></blockquote><p>guess she was drunk and thought 'he hadn't done anything good since railway surfing' and wanted to let him know. maybe she was chch? (fill in suitable sarcasm brackets for observer)</p><blockquote><p>How did the gig go apart from that?</p></blockquote><p>chris says spinal tap. take…</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:16:14 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<blockquote><p>although people actually paid to attend the recent chris matthews robot monkey orchestra gig in dunedin in order to yell at him he was "shit" and that he'd "done nothing good since railway surfing",<br />I'm sure he was pleased he'd stepped out of retirement just for that :)</p></blockquote><p>Ugh. Why…</p>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<blockquote><p>I'm more from the japanese school of "silence reverence" toward performers I admire in concert, (suitable applause and shouts of support at applicable moments of course).</p></blockquote><p>I recall it was Germany that some NZ bands had to adjust to when they toured. Reverent silence is great when you know that's…</p>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:58:09 +1200</pubDate>
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						<p>thank you sir.</p><p>I'll pass your tosser comments on to the applicable losers the next time I see them at a non free gig, which hopefully will be never, although people actually paid to attend the recent chris matthews robot monkey orchestra gig in dunedin in order to yell at…</p>
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				<title>InternationalObserver</title>
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						you are fergivin   :)
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						<p>sorry should have written <irony/sarcasm>, (doing us all proud bless em),......Is it still good to be the best at something even if its being the best at being the worst?</irony/sarcasm></p><p>I'm more from the japanese school of "silence reverence" toward performers I admire in concert, (suitable applause and shouts of…</p>
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						<blockquote>"we'll be back" robert said, and they were a year later with the faith tour, where boot boys proceeded to spit at the stage, (doing us all proud bless em)........and they never returned, ever.</blockquote> You reap what you sow. You sad tossers.  <blockquote>Is it still good to be the best…</blockquote>
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						<p>didn't attend the mainstreet one but the same tour in chch was one of the best things I've ever attended.<br />Don't recall it being too loud, just right, pulse pounding, mesmeric,..<br />Tickets were cheap cos no one knew who they were, ($6 if I remember) The gig had one of…</p>
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				<title>Simon Grigg</title>
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						Thought the Knack's gig was rubbish but that was mainly because my then girlfriend threw up in a taxi on the way home, and it cost me $50. As a band, even though they were not really my thing on record, they were quite fine live, but the best of…
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				<title>Graham Reid</title>
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						<p>Is it worth me intruding at this late date re The Cure &mdash; and their gig at Mainstreet all those decades ago?<br />Someone correct me if I'm wrong.<br />It might have been in about 1980 (hence my joke in the "review") and the intro-music was the astonishingly loud Psychedelic Furs'…</p>
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				<title>Jason Dykes</title>
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						<p>"It was also the first time I'd really enjoyed "killing an arab"." </p><p>It may have been my imagination, but I thought I heard Smith use the "killing another" alternative lyrics to that song. My partner disagrees with me &ndash; maybe someone can clear it up?</p><p>Wikipedia has some info on…</p>
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				<title>Heather Gaye</title>
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						<blockquote><p>Both times it has surprised me how well the songs held up to that treatment &ndash; which maybe shows how good they really are.</p></blockquote><p>I don't know the older songs at all, but I thought that encore was ace.  My (somewhat more experienced) companion was swooning.  It was also the…</p>
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				<title>AndrewD</title>
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						PS  Robert was pitch perfect all night long.  And the drummers hair stayed up all night even though his forearms must have had the world's greatest workout.
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						<p>Obviously Robert doesn't have a pet keyboardist right now and that's a pity as his guitarist with the tatooed head tried vainly to emulate the synth wash with a midi guitar leaving the mix with an excess of treble and white noise.</p><p>That's why my ears are still dulled.  But…</p>
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				<title>Jason Dykes</title>
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						<p>"All of the originals' keyboard melodies were turned into gigantic guitar riffs that destroyed the song &ndash; where was the keyboardist anyway?"</p><p>I thought it worked. Similar to when Smith put out some acoustic versions of his songs (in the early 90s?). Both times it has surprised me how well…</p>
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						<p>I dare anyone, anyone, to sit in their room with a guitar, work up a 30 minute set of your own songs then go onstage and let it rip.<br />Dare ya!</p>
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				<title>Giles Reid</title>
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						<blockquote><p>If Dylan doesn't like the people who pay $120 to come to see him, he should perhaps make attendence based on something other than stupid ticket prices. Or not perform. If he hates performing but does it for the money, he's a whore.</p></blockquote><p>If Bob Dylan is trying to whore…</p>
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				<title>InternationalObserver</title>
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						<blockquote>'Hey [insert town name here]! I hear [insert town name here] likes to party!'?</blockquote>Yeah, but can they party as hard as <em>Shelbyville</em>?
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				<title>Danielle</title>
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						I must come to Dylan's defence here and say I don't think he's ever been much of a stage banterer (unless 'I don't believe you &ndash; you're a liar!' counts). He and his band played well, and with feeling, and I don't think he is perfunctory about live performance at…
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				<title>Kyle Matthews</title>
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						<p>I've never seen Dylan live, and I suspect that I never will, given that I couldn't afford to see him this time, and he's not exactly young anymore.</p><p>But if I was to see him live, I want it to be him, an acoustic guitar, a stage, and no more…</p>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<blockquote><p>I've got a less than stellar DVD of Prince's 'Sign O' The Times' &ndash; and think RB saw one of the dates on that tour</p></blockquote><p>That was the tour he cancelled, but I saw the Parade tour before that, and it was astonishing. Still a contender for the best gig…</p>
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						<blockquote><p>Because you can buy Bob Dylans respect. For $120.</p></blockquote><p>If Dylan doesn't like the people who pay $120 to come to see him, he should perhaps make attendence based on something other than stupid ticket prices.  Or not perform.  If he hates performing but does it for the money, he's…</p>
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						<blockquote><p>*sigh* God that's stupid</p></blockquote><p>I think Craig's agreeing with me, but I can't tell.  Heh.</p><blockquote><p>The Cure's was ham-fisted &ndash; making their whole 30 year oeuvre sound like it came from their 2004 "rock" album.</p></blockquote><p>So you don't like it.  Oh well.  They obviously do.  And if integrity as an…</p>
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				<title>Felix</title>
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						<p>From a comment on the linked Dylan review:</p><blockquote><p>Bob showed me (and several thousand others) a whole lot less respect than $120 should have bought.</p></blockquote><p>Because you can buy Bob Dylans respect. For $120.</p>
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				<title>Craig Ranapia</title>
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						<blockquote><p>Yes, because artists should just churn out the same music in the same style, note for note, for the rest of their lives.</p></blockquote><p>*sigh*  God that's stupid &ndash; I've got a less than stellar DVD of Prince's 'Sign O' The Times' &ndash; and think RB saw one of the dates…</p>
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						I think the re-invention of songs in a live setting can be very rewarding if done well but The Cure's was ham-fisted &ndash; making their whole 30 year oeuvre sound like it came from their 2004 "rock" album.
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						<blockquote><p>When an artist massacres their own song-book so thoroughly it's probably time to hang up the guitar.</p></blockquote><p>Yes, because artists should just churn out the same music in the same style, note for note, for the rest of their lives.</p>
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				<title>andrew r</title>
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						<p>Graham you liked it or no ? whatever .. <br />where we were downstairs there was loads a room and it sounded good actually .. crisp and loud . was a good laugh too ... the cure are the cure . <br />reviewing your review ... sorry fell asleep half way through…</p>
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				<title>Jackie Clark</title>
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						Reading the Dylan review, I was just thinking how spoiled we've become. If it doesn't sound as good as, or better than, a bought one, we have a moan. It was Dylan for godssake. He came here, he's a legend, we're lucky. Time was, he wouldn't have come at all.…
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				<title>Meech</title>
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						<p>What if Picasso was in the middle of one of his latter periods and decided to use that new style to go back and redo all of his earlier works? That was what the Cure were like last night. </p><p>The Cure's eponymous 2004 album was rocked up by nu-metal producer…</p>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<p>Check out <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/feature/story.cfm?c_id=1501154&amp;objectid=10457808" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Your Views</a> on the Herald site. It seems very evident that the sound in that venue varies wildly depending on where you happen to be. It shouldn't be a damn lottery.</p><p>I gather it's fixable with acoustic panels. In which case, they should bloody well fix it. We didn't…</p>
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				<title>Rosie Wilkinson</title>
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						<p>I'm not a major Cure fan, I went along with my boyfriend and found myself impressed and enjoying the show. </p><p>Well I enjoyed the first half at least, the bit before my boyfriend (an experienced and hardy concert-goer)  collapsed and lost all vision and I had to assist him out…</p>
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				<title>Danielle</title>
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						<blockquote><p>I am wondering the same thing too, and I'm really looking forward to it. OMG!</p></blockquote><p>I am reliably informed that he will be bringing sexy back. Or so my sources tell me.</p>
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				<title>Robyn Gallagher</title>
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						<blockquote><p>but the bass &amp; some of the guitar were really difficult to hear at times</p></blockquote><p>Where I was sitting (front row of the bottom level, around the left-hand side of the stage), there were times where the bass, the low-end was really hard to hear. It seemed awash with treble.</p>
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				<title>Heather Gaye</title>
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						<blockquote><p>I was half way back on the floor, and the show sound absolutely superb</p></blockquote><p>Very glad to hear that, I'm sitting about there for Crowded House I think.  But in that spot for last night's gig it was like every note washed back at me off every inch of the…</p>
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						<blockquote><p><em>After seeing Dylan on Saturday I never want to go to Vecta Arena again!</em></p><p>Where were you sitting? I was half way back on the floor, and the show sound absolutely superb.</p></blockquote><p>This tends to bear out the comments from the Chili Peppers' sound guy &mdash; until the venue gets…</p>
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				<title>JP Hansen</title>
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						<blockquote><p>After seeing Dylan on Saturday I never want to go to Vecta Arena again!</p></blockquote><p>Where were you sitting? I was half way back on the floor, and the show sound absolutely superb. Or is a design and access issue you have rather than a sound quality one?</p><p>If it is…</p>
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				<title>Robyn Gallagher</title>
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						<blockquote><p>c) I will, however, be saving my pennies for Justin Timberlake. Will I be the oldest person in the crowd? Only time will tell.</p></blockquote><p>I am wondering the same thing too, and I'm really looking forward to it. OMG!</p>
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				<title>Richie McGrath</title>
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						<p>After seeing Dylan on Saturday I never want to go to Vecta Arena again!<br />  He wld have been great in a club,and no I can't afford to see him at the Civic.A typical piece of crap- kiwi-design-conception,all I can say is thank god Mallard did'nt get his Waterfront rugger pitch…</p>
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				<title>Mark Easterbrook</title>
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						I knew it was all a scam. I looked over and saw him hugging Scott Kara's dog, with a tear in his eye, during Charlotte Sometimes.
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				<title>Danielle</title>
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						<p>Heh. I got about halfway down and thought 'gosh, this is sounding awfully like that Bob Dylan review from a few days ago... ohhhhh.'</p><p>a) I thought Bob was really good, actually. His drummer kicks all kinds of ass. Besides, the voice of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour is…</p>
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				<title>Craig Ranapia</title>
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						Heh... Totally punked me, you bastard.  But Michael Field's Dylan review was totally bizarre.  I'm not the biggest Dylan fan on earth, but when you're reduced to bitching about the vulgar oinks sitting behind you, it's time to just go home.  W.H. Auden once said he never reviewed books he…
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				<title>elsketcho</title>
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						one element of truth to the faux review &ndash; dickheads with cameraphones! There was a twat behind me that thought my shoulder could be used as a tripod/leaning post for him to film the gig in glorious half megapixel resolution, the only hint he took to remove said implement was…
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				<title>Russell Brown</title>
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						It was the prostate that tipped me off.
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 12:09:14 +1200</pubDate>
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				<title>Robyn Gallagher</title>
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						<p>The Cure were so <em>so</em> so good last night. I can't even properly compose a sentence to describe what a splendid time I had last night.</p><p>Chur, Fat Bob. Chur.</p>
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				<title>Heather Gaye</title>
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						<p>Sara Jane, read the review linked in the disclaimer.</p><p>Granted, the acoustics at the arena really are pretty bad.  Couldn't they at least pad the ceiling a little?</p>
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				<title>Sara Jane</title>
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						<p>I had an incredible night at the concert &ndash; I'm totally confused by your review! He played In-Between Days, Spiderman and Just Like Heaven in the first third of the show so how can anyone say he left the hits 'til the end?<br />I was standing, which meant I was…</p>
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				<title>Heather Gaye</title>
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						Hahahahaha, I was reading and thinking "were we even in the same <i>building</i>???"
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				<title>Julian Melville</title>
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						I would have absolutely loved to see the Cure, a friend in Sydney saw them the other night and is raving and I was their at their previous NZ gig. But 120 bucks a ticket, and yes the babysitter and so on and you're starting to look at a $3-400…
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				<title>Jason Kemp</title>
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						<p>I saw the Cure back in the '80's and felt no need to revisit this time. Some things are best left to memory. </p><p>Scott Kara getting all teared up when they played Charlotte Sometimes was the best bit of his review. The reason-</p><blockquote><p>I named my dog after that song…</p></blockquote>
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				<title>Paul Litterick</title>
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						You had me right to the end. I thought something had gone horribly wrong with your writing style.
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						Great work Graham. I got it by the second sentence. The cynical and tired stereotyping of the original really pissed me off. And the obligatory All Blacks simile. And, well ... you get the idea.
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						Excellent! There was no need for the disclaimer at the bottom Graham, it was obvious from the opening line what you were up to. When I first read it I thought Michael Field must be just another Gen-X whiner but is he the same Michael Field who was kicked out…
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						<p>Discussion from blog post.</p>
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