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mmmender Guthrie in Detroit Photo Journal

i drove to detroit from toronto on monday, november 8th. i left toronto at 1 pm and arrived at my hotel around 5pm. i had a quick shower and headed out to the venue "The Magic Bag." when i got there the place was pretty empty and there wasn't anyone hanging about waiting for the doors to open. i was very pleased however to see his name on the marquee so i took a few pix.





i knocked on the door and asked the guy who answered if robin was in, he replied "Robin who?" i just stood back and looked at the marquee and laughed. he said "I don't even know who that is" and shut the door. so i walked across the street to a coffee shop and sat down with my hot chocolate waiting for the doors to open. while waiting i met a guy named eddy (who says he's going to join the forums btw) and he, rob and i sat and had a good old cocteau chat while we waited. eddy informed me that he didn't have a ticket, i told him i was supposed to be on the guest list and if robin remembered to do that i would give him my spare ticket. (for some reason they had a sign on the door which stated that tickets would not be available at the venue.)

8pm rolls around and they did indeed have my name on the guestlist so i gave eddy my ticket and he was very pleased. so we went in and sat right in the front, had a drink and waited for the place to fill up. while waiting i took a few pictures of the empty stage and the screen.




now here's the funny bit....i don't have any pics of the actual performance. the reason being....i used a digital camera for all of the quick snapshots but for the performance i wanted to use a real camera - with a real zoom lens - and real film. so, as soon as those are developed i'll insert them right here.

needless to say when robin came on stage he got a lovely round of applause. he began playing and the room fell silent in awe of the wonderful sounds he was creating. i didn't know what to look at...at times i wanted to watch him play and fiddle with his equipment but then i was drawn to the screen and the wonderful collage of images he had created. lumiere is a perfect translation of his music. ambient yet vibrant, full of life yet calm and soothing, electric, lush, thick and just plain brilliant. his ability to create a film that translates his music into light was evident.

after his 40 minute performance he happily walked off stage while nearly everyone gave him a (much deserved) standing ovation.


i immediately headed for the backstage curtain where the security guard stood in my way. i explained to him that i was on the guestlist and wanted to go back and say hello to robin. after a bit of banter and confusion he let me go. robin was in the middle of his "post gig post mortem" and seemed delighted yet frantic about his performance. it was a joy to watch.

he then let me bring a few friends backstage with me to take some pictures....the other guy is eddy and rob (hitherto) took the pictures for me. eddy seemed over the moon to have the opportunity to meet with robin.....and so was i. no matter how many times you meet one of your idols it's still magical!



(note: you can see one of my cocteau tattoo's in this pic, which robin thinks is lovely and very subtle!:-*)

after a brief rest backstage robin headed out into the club where he signed some autographs......



after hanging out in the club for a while i finally put my coat on and moved to the door. the best part was him standing there asking me if we could get together tomorrow afternoon for lunch!



robin didn't notice me holding my fingers above his head, i'm sure he'll love this photo when he see's it!:sweat:

the next morning robin calls me in my hotel room and says that before we meet for lunch he's got to do a radio interview at WDET with DJ liz copeland and asks me if i'd like to attend the interview. did he even have to ask?

i get ready and head over to the station. right in the reception room they have this lovely little sign set-up for all to see as you enter the building....



i approach the receptionist and tell them i'm here to meet with robin guthrie. the receptionist repies "Are you Leesa?" and i said "yeah" he says "Hmm, that's odd because there were 7 other people here before you claiming to be Leesa so i'm gonna need to see some identification." naturally i start digging through my bag for my wallet and the receptionist starts laughing "I'm only kidding, make a right and go straight down the hall"

i walk down the hall and i can see robin in front of me in the recording booth, he's got all his gear set-up and i start to freak out cos i realise he's not only going to do an interview but he's performing live as well.

i walk in and greet robin and he immediately puts me on the spot asking me the name of the place cocteau twins performed in detroit. i'm all flustered and i froze, i couldn't remember!

robin eventually sits down and begins to muck about with his guitar. he strums one chord, looks and me and asks me to name it...."PINK ORANGE RED" i screamed out. he replied "You're good!"

just before they begin the recording session i'm thinking for sure they'll kick me and rob out of the room but they didn't. so i sat in the room while robin played a private little performance as they recorded it for broadcast later on. needless to say i was over the moon. here are some pix.....

again, i have a truckload of pix of him performing but i'm not gonna post them all here or the thread would be huge and robin would hate me!

after he performs 2 songs, liz copeland (the DJ) comes in and the begin to set-up for the interview...

mm...mender这老妖婆的嘴脸～

note: you can see one of my cocteau tattoo's in this pic, which robin thinks is lovely and very subtle!)

人家叫她吃屎她也吃吧

可怜ROBIN就被她摸了一把！！

摸奶！L

老罗当着他的女粉丝的面还在看自己那张露毛cover的专辑？居心何在！

robin didn't notice me holding my fingers above his head, i'm sure he'll love this photo when he see's it!

核突的见多了，就是没见过她这样核突的粉丝

噢噢
他们的眼睛好红

没消红眼..

这个男人是“著名音乐人”群中长得还算不错的熊族