BS: Talking........ In pubs!

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Kaleea
Date: 31 Jan 04 - 03:14 AM

A Ceoli band I was in happened to be playing for the "New owner" celebration of a little establishment. After a few tunes, the new owner brought us each a beverage. As we all took a wee sip, a rather well oiled feller decided to begin some sort of theorum expounding exercise. The new owner cordially told him that the oratory group was in the back room, & patting him on the back, escorted the feller to the back door, gently pushed him through & into the alley, locking the door after him. The feller never returned. Moral of the story: don't talk louder than the band sips!?

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Geoff the Duck
Date: 30 Jan 04 - 05:35 AM

Wonderful concept Skippy. Can't see it catching on though, what with TXTNG and E-mail and stuff. I just think you made it all up.
Next you'll be trying to kid us that people stand about throwing sharp bits of sticks at circles on the pub wall, or poke balls with long sticks into holes in the table, or some other tosh!
Quack!
GtD.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: GUEST,KJ
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 03:27 PM

I've got a cure for it.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Sttaw Legend
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 03:07 PM

I recently attended the Union of Catholic Mothers monthly debating society. It was quite apparent that all they were interested in was debating about mothers, religion, and unions. What is this world coming to.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: MAG
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 12:52 PM

this reminds me of certain folk venues in Chicago where you got reamed out for whispering to a friend -- which was, I might add, considerably more disruptive than the whispering.

This happened to me at the U. of C. folk fest too, during a workshop -- from a couple of old farts who took notes obsessively and never played a damn thing.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Peterr
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 12:11 PM

In my local, the Blue Anchor, there is no piped music, and the talking sometimes even gets in the way of drinking. Regular topics include folk music, golf, old cars, baseball, rugby, morris dancing, beer, DIY. Seems a sad list, looking at it, but the talk never stays long on one subject(though yesterday conspiracy theories were rife) It is the oldest and tattiest pub in town, and brews it's own beer.
Heard just up the street from a group of teenagers 'We've got an hour to kill before the bus - let's go in the Blue and listen to the old men talking b*****ks'

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: manitas_at_work
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 08:56 AM

Sounds like my sword side. When we've finished dancing at the last pub we take to talking (other sides would probably have a session but sword teams don't need more tahn one musician). Having a medical physicist, a paint chemist and an engine designer in the team make for some pretty esoteric discussions.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 06:25 AM

The object of PEL is to charge a license fee for everything that we enjoy.
eric

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 05:34 AM

If I perform a talking blues unaccompanied, does tat get around the PEL?

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Dead Horse
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 05:27 AM

It's OK to talk, so long as it is only about death, destruction, politics, divorce, etc. The obvious exception is during Happy Hour, when anything goes.
Talking does not come within the scope of the dreaded PEL unless it is amplified.
I am curious, tho, Skip. Do your talking sessions take the form of a "talkaround" or can anyone butt in? And are shaky eggs allowed???

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: GUEST,KB
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 05:07 AM

I thought the Ultimate Aim was not to ban everything, just to charge for it.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: harvey andrews
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 05:02 AM

Gareth, what's tintinus? A surfeit of French cartoon books?
I can't enjoy them because the noise of my tinitus gets in the way!

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Roger the Skiffler
Date: 29 Jan 04 - 03:39 AM

I remember going into a (Welsh) pub with a Scots friend. There was some muzak at which he winced. I said, jokingly," Of course in Scotland you think music in pubs too frivolous and interferes with serious drinking."
"Aye," he replied, "In some of them you get glared at if you TALK".

...and we're still friends 35 years on (where did the time go...?)

RtS

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Sorcha
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 08:43 PM

Ban everything is the Ultimate Aim of liscencing....too good, Hubby Dear!

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: GUEST,ozmacca
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 08:09 PM

Hey Guest, I thought that was the ultimate aim of the Licensing thing anyway.....

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 07:24 PM

Ban talking.

Subject: RE: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Gareth
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 07:20 PM

I suffer from Tintinus - Conversation, and singing, can be difficult !!

Gareth

Subject: BS: Talking........ In pubs!
From: Skipjack K8
Date: 28 Jan 04 - 07:10 PM

We made a wonderful discovery the other night in the Six Bells in Barrow. We were all playing away, like you do in pubs, and when the music went a bit flat for a while, one of the lads whipped out a theorem, and gave us a blast. Well, it seemed one of the others knew this theme, and joined in, and before you could say Kim Howells, there were six of us jabbering away. I'm sad to say that some contributors were pretty poor, and perhaps they should have practised in their bedrooms for a few more years before expounding to an entire pub, but they did their best to keep up.

The regulars loved it! They were whooping and hollering at every new twist to the debate, and the craic was so hot we talked for the rest of the evening, with narry a gap between speakers you could've slid a quaver in.

It wasn't all Wordsworth, I can tell you. The poor landlady was beside herself that we were engaging openly in public entertainment with more than two speakers holding forth at the same time. Naturally, talk turned to licensing of such activities. This sort of extreme debating will soon come to the attention of local government busybodies, so the idea of self regulation was floated. Due to the occasionally poor standard of performance, entry standards should be imposed, and at least a Grade Five qualification would largely stamp out contributions from the populist press from ill-versed half-wits who reckon anyone can pick up a debate and belt out a hypothesis.

It isn't for everyone though, and some of the musicians present did get up and leave when the talking started, but then the pub started to fill up when passing trade heard the craic. No doubt there will be some backlash next week, and it'll be back to playing the same old tunes, but it was surprising to see how quickly the pub filled up when there was something worth listening to.