09.07
Hotel It Sucks! – With Smoke, Somewhere Outside Somewhere Near San Sebastian.
A grey, wet morning with a sign of hope…
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Hooray! The barrier raises! Farewell Hotel It Sucks! Your name is well chosen - you suck.
09.17 Director Nunez is reading a local newspaper…
This also amuses FOH Sound Engineer Biff…
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A 3 hour ‘bus ride from the grey & cool of Somewhere Near Somewhere Not Very Near To San Sebastian, here is a very different kind of weather & temperature. The theatre is only a block from the hotel, and we are actually within walking distance of the town centre. Yippee!
Now, to computing. Wifi is available in the hotel lobby @ €7.50 for 45 minutes, roughly £5 or $10, for 45 minutes. This I decline. El extortionato est.
16.34 A visit to the theatre via the artists’ entrance I…
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… the poster featuring a photo taken by a fan in Buenos Aires (1993) with the RFSQ…
Corridor of dressing rooms…
Dressing Room of the Rock God…
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Then back on the street & into the heart of the town (Zaragoza city & Zaragoza travel guide) I…
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From Zaragoza sightseeing...
Catedral de la Seo
This gothic cathedral, with later on added parts in neoclassical, baroque and plateresque styles was built in 14th century, over an older Romanesque temple. In its interior, which consists of five naves with lateral chapels, the main-altar with splendid reliefs and the Mudejar-style apse are remarkable.
Among the lateral chapels, which generally are very valuable from the artistical point of view, the Capilla de Don Lope de Luna, of 14th century, is outstanding.
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Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar
This church is one of the most visited places of pilgrimage in all Spain, consecrated to the "Holy Virgin of Pilar", patroness not only of this town but of all Spanish-speaking countries. So the annual celebrations to the "Day of Pilar", at October 12th, are of great importance.
The baroque building of 1681 is flanked by four towers. Some parts, as the neoclassical main-facade, were added in later periods. In its interior the wall-paintings in the cupola, works of Goya and Bayeau, are of particular interest. In the church’s museum you can see a large collection mainly of religious arts.
Opposite the Basilica…
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17.58 Returning to tonight’s venue only 2 minutes’ walk from the hotel I…
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20.16 LCG Soundcheck I…
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Hospitality Area I…
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23.45 A good show. As l walked on, immediately the flash. We were also videoed. What a pity. But a generous audience, despite prats & the greedy, in this superb venue.
01.19 Excellent late dinner at the venue I…
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"We may not have an equality of talent. We may not have an equality of experience.
But we may be equal in aspiration. We can be equal in commit-ment."
