Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Southend
So a difficult week last week. As probably expected our dog passed away last Tuesday. She was a lovely pet and I will miss her very much when I next go down to visit my parents. Southampton have been playing shockingly bad! Not sure what’s going on down there. However, on a plus side my antibiotics finally kicked in though, and hopefully I am now over the worse of my illness. This meant I could enjoy a trip to Southend on Friday. An afternoon of pubs followed by Status Quo at the Cliffs Pavillion.
The first pub was O’Neills by the station. An ok chain, with a person wearing a really ridiculous hat. The Townhouse was next where a game of pool was had and also McEwans lager on tap. This was actually alright though imagine it could get a bit rough later on. After some pleasant chips, we headed down to the sea front and went in the Liberty Bell, a large pub with a sixties feel to it. Another game of pool was played here. The Cornupica claims to be the smallest pub in Essex but it really wasn’t that small. It reminded me of one of those pubs in Brighton. The landlord/barman was well dressed looking like the Derby manager Billy Davies. Also it was a real ale pub with Camras news letter being displayed. A walk back to the venue saw us stop at the Sun Rooms with a ridiculously high bar. However it did have Red Stripe on tap. El Vicolinos was a wine bar restaurant with an emphasis on the bar part. I think we had Kronenberg in here. Also, a man with a very big beard was standing at the end of the bar. We then went in the ‘scream’ student pub called The Alex. Here we were stupendous on the quiz machine which kept us in beer for the rest of the evening. The Hamlet Court was the final pub before the gig, a spacious pub that was fairly pleasant. As for Quo, a good gig, but disappointing in that besides two new songs it almost identical as when we have seen them a few times over the last three years or so. Quite why they aren’t adventurous enough to try a few other tracks I don’t know, especially considering the 40 year age depth of material in their back catalogue.
Good news heard today. Paramore are back touring in February with a Friday night gig at Brixton. One not to be missed.
The first pub was O’Neills by the station. An ok chain, with a person wearing a really ridiculous hat. The Townhouse was next where a game of pool was had and also McEwans lager on tap. This was actually alright though imagine it could get a bit rough later on. After some pleasant chips, we headed down to the sea front and went in the Liberty Bell, a large pub with a sixties feel to it. Another game of pool was played here. The Cornupica claims to be the smallest pub in Essex but it really wasn’t that small. It reminded me of one of those pubs in Brighton. The landlord/barman was well dressed looking like the Derby manager Billy Davies. Also it was a real ale pub with Camras news letter being displayed. A walk back to the venue saw us stop at the Sun Rooms with a ridiculously high bar. However it did have Red Stripe on tap. El Vicolinos was a wine bar restaurant with an emphasis on the bar part. I think we had Kronenberg in here. Also, a man with a very big beard was standing at the end of the bar. We then went in the ‘scream’ student pub called The Alex. Here we were stupendous on the quiz machine which kept us in beer for the rest of the evening. The Hamlet Court was the final pub before the gig, a spacious pub that was fairly pleasant. As for Quo, a good gig, but disappointing in that besides two new songs it almost identical as when we have seen them a few times over the last three years or so. Quite why they aren’t adventurous enough to try a few other tracks I don’t know, especially considering the 40 year age depth of material in their back catalogue.
Good news heard today. Paramore are back touring in February with a Friday night gig at Brixton. One not to be missed.
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