Evan Dando - The Village, Dublin 22nd May 08
The Village is a really cool venue in Dublin. First time I’ve been in it. Really intimate so of course we made sure we were right in front of Evan’s mikestand. There wasn’t even a barrier so it was hard to control myself from jumping on him!
To our complete delight EUGENE KELLY OF THE VASELINES was special guest support! I didn’t recognise him at first. His hair is cut really short and he’s going grey. But I told him he was looking well and he said I’d obviously forgot to put my contacts in. Poor guy. He played “Jesus Don’t want me for Sunbeam” and at the end we asked him to play Molly’s Lips, but he said “I don’t remember how to”. Lol. Unfortunately he seemed to disappear after the gig so we didn’t to talk to him this time.
Then my love, my dreamboat, Mr Dando appeared. The stage was just dimly lit, just his acoustic guitar and him. Bliss. As we were right in front of him, and tipsy on wine and champagne we were in fine heckling form! So as soon as he came on I said “Hey Evan you made it, I was waiting for you in Belfast last night”. And he bent right down to us and said “sorry I was delayed in customs” in his deep, stoned voice. Aww. He started to play the entire “Shame About Ray” album so of course me and Penny were singing every word, especially loudly on the Juliana Hatfield parts! He didn’t chat too much between these songs, went straight from one song to the next, but I still managed to get in a few “We missed you Evan” and “We love you Evan”. To which he always smirked, that pretty little smile. *FAINTS*. He kept his hair in his eyes though which was annoying, but he had little trickles of sweat all over his face which I kept wanting to reach up and lick. YUM. He told a little story about “Frank Mills” and how he was inspired to do the song when he came to Ireland as exchange student! Lol! Imagine sending your son off to Boston for the summer, and in return you get a 16 year old Evan Dando! Anyway the music was just BRILLIANT. After “Ray” he did a mixture of all his “hits” (at least to us diehard fans). Towards the end he picked up his bottle of beer and ran backstage, only to return with his wife (formerly known as the manbitch from hell) She sat behind him on stage like a total Yoko and he sang some covers and newer songs which we didn’t really know. I started to get really angry that she was just sitting there, looking at us, and it was really ruining the last few songs for me! Penny and I were quite fuming…. But then about an hour later that would all change…..
So in total Penny Lane & supergroupie Lynn style we waited at the backstage door for our beautiful strawberry blonde love. We were the only people waiting! Poor Evan just doesn’t have the dedicated fans he once had! So just as we were starting to get a bored and cold waiting, the back door opens and out comes Evan carrying his guitar case, and his wifey carrying the micstand and some bottles of water (yes that was his tour entourage - wife and 1 roadie and him, bless). So we asked him again about Belfast and he said he was stuck in customs, but Elizabeth said immigration so I looked at them with a bit of a “im not sure I believe you look”. So then Evan started explaining (when I say explaining, Evan is permantly stoned and its quite hard for him to form actual words!) so he mumbled something about work visas and he was worried for a minute that he would never be allowed to work in this country again! (obviously he has a drug conviction or something in there).
Anyway…we asked if he would mind if we took a picture with him and he said “sure” and then his wife offered to take it for us! Awww.. suddenly my hateful words of manbitch rang through my head and I felt bad because she was SO SWEET, and much more beautiful (and unlike a man) in person. So I said “so you’re Mrs Dando Then” and she smiled and said “I’m Elizabeth” and put out her hand to shake mine. She was lovely and even took an extra pic in case the first one was rubbish - which it was which is why I’m only posting one! So we walked with them around the block to their car (at which point you must understand I am quite drunk and talking crap. As usual.) So im talking to Evan about the time I met him 10 years in a little bar in Belfast, and he remembers the bar, but probably not me! I love how he talks. I love that he’s just Dylan the stoned rabbit from Magic Roundabout! So then my drunkenness, and my guilt at calling Elizabeth names behind her back take over and I tell Evan how beautiful she is. He nods and smiles and says he knows. He is so obviously smitten with her - the childhood pics he has of her on his guitar is further proof of that. So I start talking like I’m a proud mamma of his and say how happy I am that he’s settled with someone he loves and that they look so happy together, I tell them how much I think they look alike and Elizabeth says she gets told that a lot. I tell them that means they’re a perfect match and they both look at eachother and smile. Its all so sickly sweet. I think she’s impressed that I know a little bit about her when I say “you don’t talk like a Geordie” (cuz she’s from Newcastle Upon Tyne) and she laughs and says she can go back into it when she wants and puts on a Geordie accent. Evan is smiling smittenly away, and Penny is getting more embarrassed by me by the minute! Lol. It gets worse though…. Well I was polite and asked Elizabeth if I could kiss her husband goodbye and she said I could. So Evan puts his cheek out to me, but I twist my head and get him smack on the lips! LOL. At this point Penny tells me she is looking at Elizabeth and rolling her eyes, and luckily Elizabeth does not smack me in the face. But she’s too sweet. I like her. A lot.
To our complete delight EUGENE KELLY OF THE VASELINES was special guest support! I didn’t recognise him at first. His hair is cut really short and he’s going grey. But I told him he was looking well and he said I’d obviously forgot to put my contacts in. Poor guy. He played “Jesus Don’t want me for Sunbeam” and at the end we asked him to play Molly’s Lips, but he said “I don’t remember how to”. Lol. Unfortunately he seemed to disappear after the gig so we didn’t to talk to him this time.
Then my love, my dreamboat, Mr Dando appeared. The stage was just dimly lit, just his acoustic guitar and him. Bliss. As we were right in front of him, and tipsy on wine and champagne we were in fine heckling form! So as soon as he came on I said “Hey Evan you made it, I was waiting for you in Belfast last night”. And he bent right down to us and said “sorry I was delayed in customs” in his deep, stoned voice. Aww. He started to play the entire “Shame About Ray” album so of course me and Penny were singing every word, especially loudly on the Juliana Hatfield parts! He didn’t chat too much between these songs, went straight from one song to the next, but I still managed to get in a few “We missed you Evan” and “We love you Evan”. To which he always smirked, that pretty little smile. *FAINTS*. He kept his hair in his eyes though which was annoying, but he had little trickles of sweat all over his face which I kept wanting to reach up and lick. YUM. He told a little story about “Frank Mills” and how he was inspired to do the song when he came to Ireland as exchange student! Lol! Imagine sending your son off to Boston for the summer, and in return you get a 16 year old Evan Dando! Anyway the music was just BRILLIANT. After “Ray” he did a mixture of all his “hits” (at least to us diehard fans). Towards the end he picked up his bottle of beer and ran backstage, only to return with his wife (formerly known as the manbitch from hell) She sat behind him on stage like a total Yoko and he sang some covers and newer songs which we didn’t really know. I started to get really angry that she was just sitting there, looking at us, and it was really ruining the last few songs for me! Penny and I were quite fuming…. But then about an hour later that would all change…..
So in total Penny Lane & supergroupie Lynn style we waited at the backstage door for our beautiful strawberry blonde love. We were the only people waiting! Poor Evan just doesn’t have the dedicated fans he once had! So just as we were starting to get a bored and cold waiting, the back door opens and out comes Evan carrying his guitar case, and his wifey carrying the micstand and some bottles of water (yes that was his tour entourage - wife and 1 roadie and him, bless). So we asked him again about Belfast and he said he was stuck in customs, but Elizabeth said immigration so I looked at them with a bit of a “im not sure I believe you look”. So then Evan started explaining (when I say explaining, Evan is permantly stoned and its quite hard for him to form actual words!) so he mumbled something about work visas and he was worried for a minute that he would never be allowed to work in this country again! (obviously he has a drug conviction or something in there).
Anyway…we asked if he would mind if we took a picture with him and he said “sure” and then his wife offered to take it for us! Awww.. suddenly my hateful words of manbitch rang through my head and I felt bad because she was SO SWEET, and much more beautiful (and unlike a man) in person. So I said “so you’re Mrs Dando Then” and she smiled and said “I’m Elizabeth” and put out her hand to shake mine. She was lovely and even took an extra pic in case the first one was rubbish - which it was which is why I’m only posting one! So we walked with them around the block to their car (at which point you must understand I am quite drunk and talking crap. As usual.) So im talking to Evan about the time I met him 10 years in a little bar in Belfast, and he remembers the bar, but probably not me! I love how he talks. I love that he’s just Dylan the stoned rabbit from Magic Roundabout! So then my drunkenness, and my guilt at calling Elizabeth names behind her back take over and I tell Evan how beautiful she is. He nods and smiles and says he knows. He is so obviously smitten with her - the childhood pics he has of her on his guitar is further proof of that. So I start talking like I’m a proud mamma of his and say how happy I am that he’s settled with someone he loves and that they look so happy together, I tell them how much I think they look alike and Elizabeth says she gets told that a lot. I tell them that means they’re a perfect match and they both look at eachother and smile. Its all so sickly sweet. I think she’s impressed that I know a little bit about her when I say “you don’t talk like a Geordie” (cuz she’s from Newcastle Upon Tyne) and she laughs and says she can go back into it when she wants and puts on a Geordie accent. Evan is smiling smittenly away, and Penny is getting more embarrassed by me by the minute! Lol. It gets worse though…. Well I was polite and asked Elizabeth if I could kiss her husband goodbye and she said I could. So Evan puts his cheek out to me, but I twist my head and get him smack on the lips! LOL. At this point Penny tells me she is looking at Elizabeth and rolling her eyes, and luckily Elizabeth does not smack me in the face. But she’s too sweet. I like her. A lot.