Eamonn wrote:

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Sorry to lurch off topic but is their a link to that Q interview anywhere. It has just occurred to me I still have not read it.

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 I meant the video interview which is on youtube. The one in the magazine is probably on tumblr or summat.

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This is the video: 

http://news.qthemusic.com/2012/10/jarvis_cocker_pulp_still_feel.html

I just scanned the magazine article too:

Pretty damn disappointing since it was announced they would be doing FOUR shows on the high seas back in July and now it's just one each cruise. And the promoter told the New York Times that sets would be longer than normal since there are no curfews, but 90 minutes is the absolute norm for a headlining set. I guess since sales flopped, it was decided to cut losses and only pay the big acts to all play one set each cruise unopposed? And only one band is playing the theater on the third night of the Jamaica cruise; what a waste. A bit anticlimactic to have the biggest act play the first night, too. Peaking extra early, yes?

There's nobody playing after them in the theater so surely they can play for longer. The last ever Pulp show should have some rarities!  Surely Jarvis and Steve will do a dj set on the lawn or night club, at least? It was stated on facebook that djs not on the lineup would be playing those locations. 

After reading all the 'whoa bro' type posts on the facebook page this seems like nothing more than 'hell on the high seas'. If anyone gets any sleep on this crusie I will be amazed.  Good luck Bort!

I did come across this article earlier today. No details, but an interesting perspective on the whole thing.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-ss-coachella-2012-pulp-yeasayer-20121217,0,5007695.story

That's an amazing picture of Candida! Two paragraphs on the concert in this blog, mainly about what Jarvis said and the atmosphere: http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/countygrind/2012/12/ss_coachella_cruise_concert_review_day_one.php?page=2

"Even though some of the crowd started to clear out, by the end, people were jumping onstage to dance with the singer."

Ahhh, doesn't Candida look lovely.

http://seanwashere.com/post/38160783644/pulp-silhouette-theatre-ss-coachella

This must be one of the smallest gigs Pulp have played on their reunion tour.

"This was the group's first time on a cruise, joking, "We're all in the same boat together," calling it "a voyage of discovery." "

 - Jarvis sounded pretty bemused on Sunday about the whole idea of going on a cruise, saying he'd not been on one before, no idea what to expect, hoping to survive. For the clutching at straws brigade, he also said this was Pulp's last shows of the year. Let's hope they enjoy it like they seem to have enjoyed the rest of the reunion shows - Candida is certainly entering into the spirit.

I was quite amused by this observation in the previous article - is this what cruise holidays are all about? Just like following the hordes to Greece, from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads * ...

* insert own favourite references here.

"When Cocker sang the hook of "Common People," with its bleak invitation to dance, drink and have sex "because there's nothing else to do," here it felt more like a rallying cry than a line of desperation. "