[WhiT]

Hey I went out in Amsterdam for the first time, how cool is that!

[Scots Lass]

CLEOPATRA! JBN & AUUSIEGIRL!!! I've loved reading this thread....you three are like the three Musketeers!!!....What Wonderful adventures! loved every second of reading ! even if Aussiegirls turned out to be..... a "Comfort Inn" hee hee hee

Luv Ya Eileen xx

[WhiT]

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Originally posted by Nami:
What d'ya get up to Whit? Did you go out with friends?

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Am I off topic here?

I went to the Heineken Music Hall. There was this Urban party. My cousin loves all that kinda music. I was like...hmmm... But she forced me So I went. We were almost the only white people there! It looked like that club of Save The Last Dance!...
It was very cool though. A lot of performances including Nina Sky. (yes Pati)

[WhiT]

No didn't drink Heineken I hate beer!

Amsterdam is a 25 min. drive from where I live!

Haha, ahw, it's sweet of your mom! 13 is young. Altough I already went out at the age of 13. My cous was 15. We always go out in Spain. But the waiters always look after us. They still do

[WhiT]

HAHA! Funny you say that... cause I'm always the one who thinks we're gonna be kidnapped I'm scared of EVERYTHING! I drive my cousin nuts!

Yeah A'dam is very close. I'm there every week. I'm there at danceschool also. At Friday and Saturday.

[Sweets]

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No didn't drink Heineken I hate beer!

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HA HA!! We used to call Heineken beer "Skunk Juice!" Man...it was bad! HA HA!! But then again, we always bought these bottles of cheap beer called Colt 45 that wasn't much better! Oh well, that was a long time ago! HEE HEE!

Sweets

[Cleopatra]

Hi Everyone!
I was just curious to see how many of you on here used to go see Michael perform at BABALU, in Vancouver. (not that I'm trying to get things back on topic, or anything!) (hee hee)


Cleopatra.

[Ditto]

Bonjour/Hi Cleopatra!!

I must admit that I'm envious!! Wow!!! This is awesome!!! But reading your posts, makes it easier to imagine and dream...!! Thanks for sharing with us ''mortals'' Keep posting!! I enjoy reading your posts!! They are ''dreamy''!!

Ditto,
Johanne

[Cleopatra]

Thanks, Johanne!
It's nice to know someone is enjoying hearing about the "old days" at Babalu! Have a great night!


Cleopatra.

[Pati Colorado]

Oh I so wish that someone would re-build and bring back Babalu....... how amazing would that be..............
pati bublé

[Danny Girl]

Hey! tell me if you guys know about this...

According to travel and Leisure magazine April 2005 issue, there's a Babalu in Minnesota!

Now that's new!

Though you may fly the Scottish Highlands
Or take a trip to some isle near Napoli
When you're whistlin’
"The Campbells Are Comin’"
Or hummin’ "The Isle of Capri"
Don't dream of anybody but me

[Lorraine Carley]

Hi Cleopatra, from Aussieland,

Having quite recently received my copy of "Babalu", (very grateful to Wolf, hope he received my letter of thanks), can you tell me when Michael was actually performing there.

You say he performed there for a couple of years, was it late 90's, just approx years, trying to work out the order of the early albums, I did see somewhere his first album was recorded in 1996.

Hope you can help,

Hoo roo for now,
Aussie Lo.

[Cleopatra]

Hi Lorraine, How are you?
I started seeing Michael perform at Babalu in 1997, so it would have been '97 and '98 mostly.


Cleopatra.

[sammy]

I wish I had seen MB in Babalu.
It must have been amazing.

[Lorraine Carley]

Hi Cleopatra,

Thank you very much for the info, I can just imagine how great it was, as the first time I saw Michael here in Australia, was at The Basement, which is a Jazz Club here in Sydney in 2003, it was a great venue because he was so close to the audience that he could actually just step off the stage (which he did) and had photographs taken, also to kiss an older lady who Michael said looked quite shocked after his "Rap" number, even though it was standing room only, it was a night I shall never forget.

He shall be here in two weeks, but only for a brief promotional trip, then not until September for a concert tour, boy we have to wait ages here in Australia.

Thank you again for the info,
Hoo roo for now,
Aussie Lo.

[Pati Colorado]

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Originally posted by Lorraine Carley:
Hi Cleopatra,
Thank you very much for the info, I can just imagine how great it was, as the first time I saw Michael here in Australia, was at The Basement, which is a Jazz Club here in Sydney in 2003, it was a great venue because he was so close to the audience that he could actually just step off the stage (which he did) and had photographs taken, also to kiss an older lady who Michael said looked quite shocked after his "Rap" number, even though it was standing room only, it was a night I shall never forget.
He shall be here in two weeks, but only for a brief promotional trip, then not until September for a concert tour, boy we have to wait ages here in Australia.
Thank you again for the info, Hoo roo for now, Aussie Lo.

Hi LC, The Basement sounds pretty cool, I think its really great when you first see Mb in these smaller venues, you can really appreciate being close
thanks for sharing, I wonder if BD was there?
pati bublé

[Lorraine Carley]

Hi Pati,

Yes it was really a great venue much more intimate, I don't think BD would have been there as he is from Melbourne not Sydney, Michael did one show in Melbourne during that visit and two at The Basement, the Thursday was just for "The Media" and the Saturday night I was there, was completely sold out "Standing room Only".

A truly great night.
Hoo roo for now,
Aussie Lo.

[tickles]

Hi Aussie Lo, Tickles form Melbourne here! You were sooooooooo lucky to have seen Michael at such a great venue. Doesn't get any better than that! Sometimes the ABC have performances from the Basement on the TV. The last one was a Jazz singer called Kurt Elling only two weeks ago, Do you know if they were recording the night our Mikey was performing?

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Originally posted by Lorraine Carley:
Hi Pati,

Yes it was really a great venue much more intimate, I don't think BD would have been there as he is from Melbourne not Sydney, Michael did one show in Melbourne during that visit and two at The Basement, the Thursday was just for "The Media" and the Saturday night I was there, was completely sold out "Standing room Only".

A truly great night.
Hoo roo for now,
Aussie Lo.

[Lorraine Carley]

Hi Tickles,

Yes we were very lucky to have seen Michael at this venue. There was someone filming that night, but I don't know if it was the ABC.

I do have a video of an interview which Richard Wilkins did with Michael at the Basement for The Today Show, I think it was recorded after the Thursday night show, and Richard presented Michael with his "Gold Record", and remember his album had only been on sale in Australia for about two & a half weeks, Richard said he had sold 35,000 copies, Michael said "Already, you mean my Mother bought that many copies" then he held it up to show the boys in the band and said "Hey boys look what we're doin'", such a lovely personality.

The Live at The Basement is usually on Tuesday nights on the ABC.

Hoo roo for now,
Aussie Lo.

[Cleopatra]

Hi Pati, How's it going? I absolutely ADORE your idea of someone bringing back Babalu to Vancouver. It's only fair that those who never got to experience Michael there get to feel the magic, too. To this day, there hasn't been a club here that even comes close. Shall we start a petition?


Cleopatra.