Small Reminders/Updates on Coldplay.com (feat. Roadie #42!) - Page 300

NumbersGirl · 13-09-2010, 06:54 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by coldplayisawesome;4439706

it seems to be working fine for me

Maybe they were updating it at the exact moment I went there and something got messed up.
Now I can't even access it at all.
Double-

coldplay doesn't like me

EDIT: Okay, it works now. wtf

LittleMissMessy · 13-09-2010, 07:00 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by NumbersGirl;4439703
Okay so I go to coldplay.com right now, and it just shows up as a Kylie Minogue advertisement. It won't go to coldplay.com. I mean, I know some of the crew are infatuated with Kylie, but come on...

Happened to me as well ...

Tash · 13-09-2010, 07:11 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by NumbersGirl;4439714
Maybe they were updating it at the exact moment I went there and something got messed up.
Now I can't even access it at all.
Double-

coldplay doesn't like me

EDIT: Okay, it works now. wtf

Also had that problem, now it's working fine.

NumbersGirl · 13-09-2010, 07:13 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by LittleMissMessy;4439720
Happened to me as well ...

Quote:
Originally Posted by Natascha;4439737
Also had that problem, now it's working fine.

Good. For a minute there I thought I was smoking crack. * changes mood *

Tash · 13-09-2010, 07:14 PM

You a crackhead? No!

busybeeburns · 13-09-2010, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by NumbersGirl;4439742
Good. For a minute there I thought I was smoking crack. * changes mood *

you don't know any boxers do you?

NumbersGirl · 13-09-2010, 07:16 PM

Quote:
Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4439747
you don't know any boxers do you?

Oh, so THAT'S why they get bloody noses in the ring.

busybeeburns · 13-09-2010, 07:26 PM

in Hatton's case he goes the distance before he even gets into the ring

Ok I done with being off topic

AnnaElisabeth · 16-09-2010, 06:46 PM

Roadie #42 - Blog #122
September 16, 2010 6:35 pm
Our man on the inside is back...

Oh yes, I should have mentioned that we were going away for our summer holidays....

But today, like legions of kids across the land being dragged away from their Xboxes (or their surfboards...) we're back to school. Interestingly and somewhat predictably, we've spent the last ten days prepping the studio ready for what we thought would be our first lesson - only to have the timetable turned firmly on its head within the first hour of the band being in the building.

The natural response is to curse, tut and whine about moving goalposts, but we've long since learned that this is simply the way the creative process works. The band are attempting, after all, to create something from nothing. So planning the route is as much guesswork as anything else. As things begin to develop, the best way forward becomes clearer.

This, of course, is easy to type several days after the fact, made all the more easy by a good healthy dose of tutting and cursing which helped to smooth the transition.

After much discussion and frantic re-arrangement of the studio, the afternoon begins with the band in a circle and playing together. The results are pretty special.

I remember a long time ago discussing with a mate how driving a car very fast wasn't really that impressive. He said, "It's not like The Flintstones, where you've got your feet through the floor powering it yourself". In a way, making "huge sounding" music can be the same. It can be a triumph of machinery, when all the driver is doing is pressing his foot on a pedal.

Here and now, "big sounding" is some distance away, as the band are pretty much as close to silence as it's possible to get whilst still playing music. As a result, it's less like watching a racing driver and more like witnessing a high wire act. All poise, balance and the ever-present possibility that it could all go south at any moment.

Everyone in the room is still. I click the mouse button on my laptop and receive a disapproving raising of eyebrows from co-producer Rik Simpson. It becomes one of those moments where you're a little afraid to exhale in case it bursts the bubble or breaks the spell.

Our first week back continues in exactly this vein. "The plan" becomes a pinball, bouncing off different points of enthusiasm at alarmingly regular intervals. In all honesty, it would be pointless me trying to explain where we're going right now. By the time we're halfway there, we'll be going somewhere else.

Hell of a ride though....

Roadie #42

AnnaElisabeth · 16-09-2010, 06:47 PM

Well, that was kind of disappointing...

*feels bad for thinking that*

Mimixxx · 16-09-2010, 06:48 PM

Yay

Even though all he's told us that they changed their mind about something and play silent songs

Is still great to have that little nugget of info

AnnaElisabeth · 16-09-2010, 06:49 PM

*brightens* You're right, Mich!

Cyan Kat · 16-09-2010, 06:59 PM

NEWS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOO

xmonstermaggie · 16-09-2010, 07:00 PM

I'm so glad he updated, but that was definitely a major disappointment. I was expecting more for the amount of time he was gone... :/ Oh well, better than nothing!

Raphaele · 16-09-2010, 07:05 PM

better than nothing! this

13-09-2010, 06:54 PM	#4486
NumbersGirl sooner or later Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,488 Country: Fav. CP song: I Ramsterdam Atrouble Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 65 Thanked 179 Times in 98 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by coldplayisawesome;4439706 it seems to be working fine for me Maybe they were updating it at the exact moment I went there and something got messed up. Now I can't even access it at all. Double- coldplay doesn't like me EDIT: Okay, it works now. wtf __________________ there is no Carrie, only Zuul... the mongrel cat with the crazy-kitten smile

13-09-2010, 07:00 PM	#4487
LittleMissMessy White Shadows ;) Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,121 Location: Northern Germany Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 4 Thanked 16 Times in 5 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by NumbersGirl;4439703 Okay so I go to coldplay.com right now, and it just shows up as a Kylie Minogue advertisement. It won't go to coldplay.com. I mean, I know some of the crew are infatuated with Kylie, but come on... Happened to me as well ... __________________ Never argue with an idiot! They only bring you down to their level and beat you with experience!

13-09-2010, 07:11 PM	#4488
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,477 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 235 Thanked 4,039 Times in 1,884 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by NumbersGirl;4439714 Maybe they were updating it at the exact moment I went there and something got messed up. Now I can't even access it at all. Double- coldplay doesn't like me EDIT: Okay, it works now. wtf Also had that problem, now it's working fine. __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

13-09-2010, 07:13 PM	#4489
NumbersGirl sooner or later Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,488 Country: Fav. CP song: I Ramsterdam Atrouble Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 65 Thanked 179 Times in 98 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by LittleMissMessy;4439720 Happened to me as well ... Quote: Originally Posted by Natascha;4439737 Also had that problem, now it's working fine. Good. For a minute there I thought I was smoking crack. * changes mood * __________________ there is no Carrie, only Zuul... the mongrel cat with the crazy-kitten smile

13-09-2010, 07:14 PM	#4490
Tash Ms Coldplaying 2012 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 35,477 Location: 0118 Gender: Seen CP: 12 times Fav. CP album: VLVODAAHF Fav. CP song: See You Soon Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 235 Thanked 4,039 Times in 1,884 Posts	You a crackhead? No! __________________ Luctor et Emergo/not swallowed in the sea Rotterdam 03-10-08 Nijmegen 09-09-09 Landgraaf 11-06-11 Arras 03-07-11 London 09-12-11 London 10-12-11 Rotterdam 17-12-11 London 01-06-12 London 02-06-12 London 04-06-12 Detroit 01-08-12 The Hague 06-09-12 *it means everything and it means nothing to everybody and nobody - Guy Berryman* *Phil, who is our fifth member, he doesn’t play an instrument but he plays the mobile phone and the laptop computer - Will Champion* *a negative capability is the ability within yourself to accept that things go up and down and you can't always control it and they can't always be up but they won't always be down - Chris Martin* it’s a good noisy crowd that sing through the show at the Ahoy - none more so than when the band are on the B-Stage and the cheer for Will during Us Against The World is so huge that the song grinds to a halt amidst disbelieving giggles on stage - Roadie #42

13-09-2010, 07:16 PM	#4491
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,342 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,553 Thanked 937 Times in 421 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by NumbersGirl;4439742 Good. For a minute there I thought I was smoking crack. * changes mood * you don't know any boxers do you? __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

13-09-2010, 07:16 PM	#4492
NumbersGirl sooner or later Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,488 Country: Fav. CP song: I Ramsterdam Atrouble Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 65 Thanked 179 Times in 98 Posts	Quote: Originally Posted by busybeeburns;4439747 you don't know any boxers do you? Oh, so THAT'S why they get bloody noses in the ring. __________________ there is no Carrie, only Zuul... the mongrel cat with the crazy-kitten smile

13-09-2010, 07:26 PM	#4493
busybeeburns mr coldplaying himself Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 46,342 My Mood: Location: test Gender: Country: Seen CP: 20 times Fav. CP album: X&Y Fav. CP song: GPASUYF Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 4 Thanks given: 1,553 Thanked 937 Times in 421 Posts	in Hatton's case he goes the distance before he even gets into the ring Ok I done with being off topic __________________ The early bird catches the worm. The second mouse gets the cheese!

16-09-2010, 06:46 PM	#4494
AnnaElisabeth My crumbling heart Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,326 Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Roadie #42 - Blog #122 September 16, 2010 6:35 pm Our man on the inside is back... Oh yes, I should have mentioned that we were going away for our summer holidays.... But today, like legions of kids across the land being dragged away from their Xboxes (or their surfboards...) we're back to school. Interestingly and somewhat predictably, we've spent the last ten days prepping the studio ready for what we thought would be our first lesson - only to have the timetable turned firmly on its head within the first hour of the band being in the building. The natural response is to curse, tut and whine about moving goalposts, but we've long since learned that this is simply the way the creative process works. The band are attempting, after all, to create something from nothing. So planning the route is as much guesswork as anything else. As things begin to develop, the best way forward becomes clearer. This, of course, is easy to type several days after the fact, made all the more easy by a good healthy dose of tutting and cursing which helped to smooth the transition. After much discussion and frantic re-arrangement of the studio, the afternoon begins with the band in a circle and playing together. The results are pretty special. I remember a long time ago discussing with a mate how driving a car very fast wasn't really that impressive. He said, "It's not like The Flintstones, where you've got your feet through the floor powering it yourself". In a way, making "huge sounding" music can be the same. It can be a triumph of machinery, when all the driver is doing is pressing his foot on a pedal. Here and now, "big sounding" is some distance away, as the band are pretty much as close to silence as it's possible to get whilst still playing music. As a result, it's less like watching a racing driver and more like witnessing a high wire act. All poise, balance and the ever-present possibility that it could all go south at any moment. Everyone in the room is still. I click the mouse button on my laptop and receive a disapproving raising of eyebrows from co-producer Rik Simpson. It becomes one of those moments where you're a little afraid to exhale in case it bursts the bubble or breaks the spell. Our first week back continues in exactly this vein. "The plan" becomes a pinball, bouncing off different points of enthusiasm at alarmingly regular intervals. In all honesty, it would be pointless me trying to explain where we're going right now. By the time we're halfway there, we'll be going somewhere else. Hell of a ride though.... Roadie #42 __________________ - 220809 - 180909 - 191210 - 280611 - 030711- 271011 - - 241111 - 061211 - 091211 - 220512 - 010612 - 020612 - 040612 - I love my elephant girls - Mich - Laura - Josie - Chelsea - ♡

16-09-2010, 06:47 PM	#4495
AnnaElisabeth My crumbling heart Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,326 Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Well, that was kind of disappointing... feels bad for thinking that __________________ - 220809 - 180909 - 191210 - 280611 - 030711- 271011 - - 241111 - 061211 - 091211 - 220512 - 010612 - 020612 - 040612 - I love my elephant girls - Mich - Laura - Josie - Chelsea - ♡

16-09-2010, 06:48 PM	#4496
Mimixxx If we could float away... Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 42,489 My Mood: Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Yay Even though all he's told us that they changed their mind about something and play silent songs Is still great to have that little nugget of info __________________ M

16-09-2010, 06:49 PM	#4497
AnnaElisabeth My crumbling heart Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,326 Location: London Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	brightens You're right, Mich! __________________ - 220809 - 180909 - 191210 - 280611 - 030711- 271011 - - 241111 - 061211 - 091211 - 220512 - 010612 - 020612 - 040612 - I love my elephant girls - Mich - Laura - Josie - Chelsea - ♡

16-09-2010, 06:59 PM	#4498
Cyan Kat Meh Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 12,717 Location: Yorkshire Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 286 Thanked 123 Times in 90 Posts	NEWS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY WOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOO

16-09-2010, 07:00 PM	#4499
xmonstermaggie Coldplayer Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 130 My Mood: Gender: Country: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm so glad he updated, but that was definitely a major disappointment. I was expecting more for the amount of time he was gone... :/ Oh well, better than nothing! __________________ "Good looking, attractive, people down in the central area of the concert venue...Are you in love?"-Chris Martin 5/24/09 Hershey, PA 5/26/09 Camden, NJ 7/27/09 Saratoga Springs, NY 10/21/11 Today Show NY, NY

16-09-2010, 07:05 PM	#4500
Raphaele YOU take it Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 30,174 My Mood: Gender: Country: Seen CP: 19 times Fav. CP album: AROBTTH Fav. CP member: Chat posts: 0 Thanks given: 1 Thanked 159 Times in 115 Posts	better than nothing! this __________________ Paris - Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo - London Boat Trip - Pinkpop Landgraaf - Rock Werchter - Main Square Arras - Optimus Alive Lisbon - Oxegen Ireland - iTunes Festival London - Paris - Paris - London - Paris - Berlin - Zurich - Copenhagen - Stockholm - Paris - Hannover Thanks A-man! 19/12/10 - 20/12/10 - 09/06/11