Good Intent Sweeps

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: GUEST,Tone Deaf Leopard
Date: 05 May 10 - 12:32 PM

I was referring only to our immediate friends, of course. I don't think everyone in Kent will fit.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 05 May 10 - 12:08 PM

I hope thats not the case I was talking to Pigs Ear after they came off stage at Sweeps and there is concern about the event getting to big?

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Girl Friday
Date: 05 May 10 - 10:19 AM

Anyone who is anyone in Kent goes to Piggie's.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 05 May 10 - 06:22 AM

Does Linda go to Piggy? Do bears shit in the woods? Do folkies drink beer?

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 05 May 10 - 05:26 AM

"Have a shit before going on stage"? Ha Ha charming to the last?
"How delicate".
Well thanks very much for that advice Richard?
What with Dons advice along side yours I,ll take to practicing on the bloody toilet?

I was sitting next to Don all day Saturday and I do not recall anybody being loud or disruptive? There again such things can be over and done in a few minutes usually with the person/persons coping the hump and leaving which I assume is what happened. I may well have been outside have a smoke fore I do not recall this incident.

I was quite amazed I got has far has the castle this year last year I done every pub in the town and fore some reason never got to the castle.

also I was siting down in the town when this person with a dog walked past me and the dog went for me he was on a lead and the person pulled the dog back. Sorry the owner said to me but he does not like your Hat?
Looking at the moth eaten mutt crossly I said Well I am a hat collector I have got about thirty hats in doors which one do you think he might like?

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 05 May 10 - 05:12 AM

They were a complete pain in the arse, and I was most amused at the sheepish looks back as Tam loudly applauded their walk to the door.

Good on you VT.

Don T.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 05 May 10 - 02:40 AM

Richard

re the rude couple.

The couple sitting just to the left of me were polite and attentive when our Linda was singing. They were in the corner of the bench seating.

It was the very talkative couple next down the bench in the direction of Don Thompson. Don't think they were muso's or dancers. TSO says they were just a pair of twats.   It was on the Saturday afternoon session. Perhaps you weren't in the room when this happened.

Really annoyed me because Linda wasn't there long because she had danced all day and I missed her song. Grumble grumble.

Does Linda go to Pig's Ear, typically? Or is there going to be a deathiversary this year? Would like a catch up with some folks.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 May 10 - 07:48 PM

Maybe we should club together and buy Karen and Dall a better door-closer, that does not stick open and that closes into one of those "soft-close" tracks.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 May 10 - 07:44 PM

What a Fiasco . i have worked with Joe Public fore many a year and folk will not close doors I had a lock in once down Chislehurst caves. going back to times Beyond recall and some soppy silly arse used the electric buggy used to transport gear in and out, to ram the bloody   Cave door down. I wouldnt mind the thing was open any way. lot of explaining.
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Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 May 10 - 06:27 PM

Hmm. I had drink taken VT, so my geography may be inexact, but was that sitting on your left, or on your right? If on your left, I recollect two players, and I would have thought that two players should have known better.

OTOH, absent totally bad manners I think particularly at festival time we should try to be inclusive of a wider audience - I was really hoping to tempt some of the Sunday arrivers into song - I know one to be a very fine guitarist-singer (albeit contemporary) and one other I gather to be a talented drummer-percussionist. Likewise on Saturday there was a very useful young muso-producer present who I failed to tempt with the offer of the loan of a guitar.

That said, and while I in principle set my face against those who would have participants sit a test, pass an exam, and have an audition before performing, there were three who did give tongue over the weekend who would do better to consider whether what they were doing added to or detracted from the occasion.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 04 May 10 - 05:34 PM

People going in and out doesn't bother me, it is leaving the door open that's inconsiderate, especially when it is bloody freezing. Some people don't clock that the outside noise might be an intrusion on what's going on inside. But the damned cold. Were they raised in a barn?

What really got on my tits was the rude couple on Saturday complaining about certain types of songs/singers. I leaned over to them and said, "If you don't like it, then *please* leave." Too much to drink is no excuse for poor manners. And the lady sitting beside me said as much to them. When they finally left I applauded them.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: The Barden of England
Date: 04 May 10 - 02:15 PM

Be thee a Lager drinker GUSSET?

John Barden

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: The Barden of England
Date: 04 May 10 - 02:13 PM

Howdy ther GUSSET :-)
John Barden

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: The Barden of England
Date: 04 May 10 - 02:07 PM

Oh - I suspect something may be crawling out of the woodwork. Identify yourself GUEST (or should that be GUSSET)

John Barden

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: The Barden of England
Date: 04 May 10 - 01:36 PM

The important thing about The Good Intent is that it has 2 bars (or 3 if you count the beer tent with 30 stunning beers tyo be had over Sweeps). Why people HAVE to walk through the crowd is somewhat beyond my comprehension. Just go to the other bar if you want a pint of Lager!! What, can't be bothered?? It's just one weekend out of 52. And to make it positively clear, the beer that was thrown over me was bitter, not lager. Nuff said!

John Barden

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 May 10 - 09:51 AM

Most important piece of advice Pete. Shit before going on stage.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Don(Wyziwyg)T
Date: 04 May 10 - 09:17 AM

Pick your best, rehearse it well, and enjoy it, and so will they.

And thank you for the mention above. I was getting in practice for Sidmouth.

Confirmed my Caravan booking, so I'LL BE THERE!

Don T.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 May 10 - 09:08 AM

God Helpus I have been offered a Half hour slot Wednesday night at Folk mob prior to a guest performance.Shit what do I do?

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 May 10 - 09:04 AM

I think it a matter of politeness to stop at the door if one is to cross the path of a singer or player or both.Weather on route to the bar or not its common in the clubs I attend to wait and be patient,

but having said that "in the case of the Good Intent and the session bar on a packed Saturday night I agree Richard folk should not stand in the doorway blocking it up but move on in and go to the bar I think in future we should wave folk through if they stand in the door and the singers and performers will just have to put up with it.

I say in General to wait is good mannered and polite but clearly it wont work in the Good Intent when its really busy. Wave em through I say and let them go about there course. It will save all the above palaver.

In general the singer rounds need good people like John Kevin and Simon (and to give him credit Don has well He looked after the session Saturday while John went off to dinner and handed it back later upon John,s return to run these session fairly and to keep order. Without them session go to pieces has what happened Monday night after Kevin and Growler left ie I got fed up with it all and went back to the B&B.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 May 10 - 08:26 AM

1. The string was a spare one anyway Pete, don't worry about it.
2. It's a bar! People should come in and then go to the bar, not stand in the doorway blocking it up.
3. If people don't stand in the doorway then others will not get stcuk behind them and hold the door open - permitting the blast of 27 steam-driven melodeons playing nearly the same thing as each other to to overwhelm any singer who is not one of the lords of steam and iron. Not to mention the use of a device first invented as a weapon of psychological warfare.
4. The tune bashers want to bash tunes without stopping and of course they are very welcome to come in and do some tunes but the singers simply can't join in with the tunes - it's merely a matter of reciprocal consideration. I enjoyed the tunes in passing (and might bring a deadly drum next year to do some of them)

Were the specialist tunes sessions at the Gordon and the Coopers as ebullient?

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 04 May 10 - 08:03 AM

Well done to Karen and Dal who worked liked troopers and to John Barden Growler and Melodeon Boy who refereed the sessions/ I have got a dose of tennis Elbow caused by repeatedly shutting that bloody door that leads in from the beer garden.

I wish folk would have patience when people are singing and not start swearing at people. because they have to wait at the door Such attitude proves that they had to much to drink in the first place cant people wait two minutes? to state that the folk outside are not welcome in the session part of the pub is not true but if they have attitude to others the likes of swearing at folk then they are clearly not be welcomed.
The fact is the people who played outside do so through choice 1. because there is more room outside. 2.They all play has one and join in with each other. 3. There is clearly not enough room to comfortably accommodate everyone in the session bar?

On the other hand
Well done to all musicians singers both inside the session bar and outside in the Beer Garden Hats off to the Greenwich lot some good stuff played.

Finally I was some what pissed off about my 12 string being out of action especially during Ride On on Saturday but thanks to Richard its now working perfectly.

Richard I believe I owe you a G Sting?

Kind regards to all and well done to al
Pierre.l

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Girl Friday
Date: 04 May 10 - 06:22 AM

As we didn't see Jen yesterday, can we assume that the owner of the thingy has been located? That was a very enjoyable final session at the G.I. Tiredness overcame us by 5.00 , and we had to leave. Yet again, the G.I. sessions were the best part of the Festival!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 04 May 10 - 03:18 AM

Broadstairs Jen has posted on the other sweeps fred about an objet trouve.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 03 May 10 - 06:18 PM

I think Cari may have the details too. I can't believe they had no CDs! What an object lesson in percussion!!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: TheSilentOne
Date: 03 May 10 - 05:32 PM

Growler, VT has their email and phone number and will PM it to you.

Thanks for a really great weekend everybody!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: growler
Date: 03 May 10 - 05:03 PM

Anyone got their contact number, cause I agree, they are something else

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 03 May 10 - 02:30 PM

They were heart stoppingly good. I am just stunned with what Raj can do with her voice and I loved the mini tabla lesson. Wish we could have stayed longer but we feared a long wait to cross the Dartford. Turned out there was not so much end of bank holiday traffic as we expected. Pity.

If that concert is at the GI and out of term time, we'd be up for it too.

Just lovely.

Thank you Karen and Dal - As usual we had a wonderful time.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 03 May 10 - 01:39 PM

Weren't Raj and Sam fan-bloody-tastic with the Punjabi songs? I'm totally up for a concert evening from them!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: growler
Date: 03 May 10 - 12:44 PM

What a fantastic weekend. Thanks to all who came, Karen and Dal, the hosts and JB who forced himself to stay awake untill the early hours, each day, to make sure that no one drank more than he did. Such commitment !!!!! I've just left at 5.15 pm as it was supposed to be winding down, the place was still packed. See you all next year, when, hopefully my liver has recovered
Thanks for your thoughts Chris

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: GUEST,Canberra Chris
Date: 03 May 10 - 04:48 AM

Growler- My very best wishes to your son for his wedding, and may it be a bit of high dry ground for you in an otherwise boggy year, and lead on to other happiness for you and your family. I suspect it was an argument well-lost.

Best wishes also to all at the GI for song and ale, and the intrusion of little else.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 03 May 10 - 03:33 AM

I gratefully got my nerve back last night. Maybe it was the lovely dinner with TDL and John and Jan Barden and Pete from PJs Music at the Shonza. Been turned on to Kulfi thanks to Trevor.

I have zero voice this morning after my wail last night. What I lack in confidence I make up for in VOLUME! So if anyone is suffering temporary deafness, my apologies.

Looking forward to good Monday afternoon session.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Leadfingers
Date: 02 May 10 - 05:45 PM

IF there hadnt been a Birthdsay BBQ here I'd have been over yesterday ! And today I've been getting sorted for tomorrows Gig !
Glad its been a goosd weekend

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: growler
Date: 02 May 10 - 05:30 PM

A lovely afternoon, I'm begining to panic, as Dal recons if you greedy sods keep drinking, he will run out of ale before my session on Monday

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 02 May 10 - 07:48 AM

Gone back home today Sunday to sort out the 12 string Thanks very much to John Barden who found the Problem and to Richard Bridge who sorted it out The fault may well have been mine has I strung the 12 string myself with NEW Martin strings gauge 10.

I cant see where I went wrong Richard showed me how to correctly string up a guitar at
Pigs Ear last year   Ie I angled the stings at the bridge end to sit snugly under the pegs. I alined the strings has best I could and above all I allowed for tension re taking the strings back half a fret before tightening.
                            But the strings kept slipping it would not tune and I could not get a note out of the guitar. What ever Richard done to it last night it sounded much better but i refrained from playing it and let it stand over night in its case I have taken it home with me this morning retuned it and its sounds excellent still slipping slightly bur I am sure it will be ok for The Bank holiday session so I will be returning back to Rochester Monday morn to rebook myself in to the B&B and join in the sing around session.
                                                   "What a Bloody Palaver"

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 02 May 10 - 04:56 AM

11.08 from Whitstable gets in about 12, then a squelch up to the GI.
Al

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: GUEST,SwindonPete
Date: 02 May 10 - 04:05 AM

What a great time. Just a line to thank John Barden and other Good Intent regulars for making the singaround a relaxed and pleasant environment yesterday. Thank You. Can't wait until next year. Enjoy the rest of the festival and hope the weather 'picks up' for you all over the next couple of day.

Best Wishes

Pete

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 01 May 10 - 08:42 PM

More ale.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: GUEST,Bogwog
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 07:16 PM

Let's hope there are mo paddys there!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: morning wood
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 05:59 PM

Al,

Not checked them out yet. I'll have a trawl tomorrow.
PM'd my email.

Paul.

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Abdul The Bul Bul
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 03:39 PM

You checked the train times yet Paul? I don't have your email address by the way.
Al

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 12:37 PM

Stay in pub, easy!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: morning wood
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 12:14 PM

"Wevva looking wetta and wetta on metcheck"

Now that's got me all concerned about warping my wood!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 09:48 AM

Wevva looking wetta and wetta on metcheck

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: melodeonboy
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 05:18 AM

Thwack, thwack! Yaroo!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 05:03 AM

Gentlemen!?!?

Meet Mr. Quelch

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Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: melodeonboy
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 05:00 AM

Or, presumably, if he breaks the ladder while erecting it, a step in her skip!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: Pierre Le Chapeau
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 04:42 AM

Re Dals erection
Dal,s Partner will have a skip in her step then?

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: melodeonboy
Date: 30 Apr 10 - 04:40 AM

I'm rather concerned at the element of flippancy that appears to be creeping into this thread!

Where's Mr. Quelch? He'll sort it out!

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: GUEST,Mark Stevens
Date: 29 Apr 10 - 05:28 PM

I hope it doesn't leak, or dribble . . . . .

Subject: RE: Good Intent Sweeps
From: growler
Date: 29 Apr 10 - 04:56 PM

Weather looks awfull, but Dal has a 35 foot erection for shelter, so we will be OK