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November 7, 2013
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Yay. Might I recommend adding Nashville, Knoxville, Charleston (WV and SC), Atlanta, Charlotte, Greenville, Roanoake, and Asheville?

November 11, 2013
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Me happy about the new dates.

November 11, 2013
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Gray was talking over on Facebook this morning, says the whole country will be involved in the next tour. Like, everywhere. Guess the east coast is first. I'm still holding out hope for Justin doing western skies tour too.

November 14, 2013
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leslee said

Me happy about the new dates.

Where are you sitting in Nashville, Leslee? I get to visit my daughter and three of my grandbabies, have a photo op and front row seat...not to mention meeting up with some wonderful friends again. I'm happy, too. Hoping Knoxville is added the day before. THAT would be perfect!

November 14, 2013
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It will probably be a couple months before I even start looking for tickets. The job situation continues its increasingly precarious trajectory. Thanks for asking, though. It would be fair to say I will be somewhere behind you.

December 5, 2013
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Atlanta, GA March 21: http://www.pba.org/support/moodyblues

stolen without permission or acknowledgement from some nice person on FB

December 5, 2013
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HOTLANTA! YES!

Thanks you, whoever is arranging this tour.

December 10, 2013
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Did I say that Justin solo dates May 22, 23 (or was it 23, 24) came up, Ram's Head, Annapolis.... which is also graduation weekend.... check TER and MBA

Tickets go on sale TODAY http://www.ramsheadonstage.com/

December 12, 2013
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Yay. I'll have to hold my breath, though.

December 12, 2013
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I was slithering around on TER this morning, and came across a rather snitty thread........... they started out talking about a very nice article

http://travellingeternityroad......qpibOKWRdc

interview done with Justin, then they veered off to start griping about the cruise...... ooohh myyyy.... Justin says in the article something about "the cruise went down like a house afire" my paraphrase..... after reading it, people have got to understand, Justin is a commercial artist, and he's just trying to present his business in the best possible light...

What slayed me is someone said there was a "small group" of people on THIS newsgroup who were all for it!!!! WPWPWAHAHAHAHAHAHH can you say NOT NO BUT HECK NO !!!! LaughLaughLaughLaughLaughLaugh Man leslee and I have the biggest mouths on here.... we are totally bailing on the cruise!!! In my case, not cause I can't afford it (tho I'd rather spent my money on something else!!!) but more because it's so catered to the east coast. Very few of my friends from the west coast shows were on the boat, alas and I really was a little lonely, I just don't know the east coast crowd. I didn't like the Caribbean, it's too friggin salty, I don't like the hot sun (I've had skin cancer) Jamaica was cool for one visit, but I kept a very sharp eye on my purse, YES I had a great time.... but don't care to repeat it. Justin hid and he's my favorite, and I bet he'll hide again. The VIP reception (and package) was a rip off and over sold. The food wasn't all that hot IMHO, and I don't go for the food anyway (much prefer my own cooking).

What is really making me laugh............ is I can read a map. The ship may be bigger, but the journey will be much shorter, thus a considerable savings on the fuel spent. And, from experience, rooms were going begging at the end, so it wasn't like a SOLD OUT cruise. I wonder how it will be with this bigger ship.

And finally, I have NO desire to ever again do anything out of Florida. It's just too friggin far to go for a quick tour around the Bahamas. I might go to Galveston and do a cruise to Cozumel (on the bucket list) but ya all can HAVE Florida, and I'll be nice since many nice people in the Moody world live there, :P

If they can get backers for a third cruise, I really hope they consider doing something interesting on the west coast. Many options, like a cruise to Hawaii, or to Baja (Sea of Cortez) or something out of Seattle up through the Inland Passage, said to be very beautiful in the summer. JEEZE lets get out of the box a little!!!

Anyone else have thoughts on the upcoming cruise???

December 20, 2013
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What I don't like about the cruise is my mother would kill me if I went. I wanted to go on the last cruise, but I had a horrible change of heart at the last minute. I got this humongous feeling that I belonged somewhere else. I imagined overcast skies on a grey sea, non-stop rain, Justin only coming out for scheduled appearances, drunk guys desperate for dates, food laced with marijuana to make passengers think they were happy floating in a boat, jealous fans setting me up to be their dweeb and poke their rivals in the eye, returning to the cabin to find my underwear all thrown overboard - Then, I don't earn enough money to justify the excursion and the time off work.

Work! Right. Gotta go.

December 20, 2013
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P.S. My mouth's bigger than yours, luna, and the hot air it spews is solely responsible for mermaid global warming.

December 21, 2013
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I would never have thrown your skivvies over the side, leslee.

But I do respect your decisions and choices.... :)

Maybe I was a little caustic, but it's just too much to do. .... very much hope the tour swings through here (west of the Rockies) sometime in 2014.... Justin solo would be nice, or another line up....

December 21, 2013
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Basically, the band was not interested until they got wind of what the fan community thought of a cruise. Justin said..."I think that the whole Moody fan community really like it as an opportunity 'to be together for themselves' (my quote). It's almost a sort of plus to have us there as well." He's right in that assumption. It WAS all about meeting up with 'friends' - both virtual and real - and we all now know each other. I'm grateful for that. The bands were a bonus to having kindred spirits on board. Many friends left the ship at ports of call and had photos taken with Justin (gasp!) and John off shore. That didn't matter to me. I never expected 'meetings and greetings' with band members. It wasn't the point of cruising. I'm going again, was offered an 'upgrade' to Yacht Club which I turned down. It wasn't about the cost. It was about being too close to the bands (INTRUSION in what should remain a 'fantasy world') and being apart from GREAT next door cabin mates - love ya, Carolyn and Debbie! - in a perfectly good VIP cabin. I guess we all attend concerts and cruises for our own reasons. I'm thankful my reasons aren't delusional.

December 21, 2013
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well some missed the days of casinos in the 90s..... many good friends got together. "Some are dead and some are living" I sorta went through that phase, many of my friends did too.... partied out guts out too. I still bump into them at west coast shows, but we all have our own lives now.... we used to all pen pal by snail mail!!! Now with Internet, many have fallen out of touch!!! But there's nothing like that thrill of going to the mailbox and finding some goodie a Moody friend has sent, nor in piling up the maily boxes for YOUR Moody friends.... . all interviews were shared via underground snail mail in those days... articles, boots etc..... there WAS no youtube or podcasts.

If the Moodies hadn't been on that last cruise, it would have been very very boring frankly. Ditto the trips to Tahoe and Vegas "back in the day."

Looking back on the past 20 years or so.... I've been through nutty phases where the Moodies meant FAR too much to me, and I've had to pull back, get perspective. NOT going on a cruise is part of that.... besides, I just had a GREAT west coast land tour!!!

I hope everyone has fun, no matter what show or tour or cruise they do. (We all have fun in our own ways!)Laugh

December 23, 2013
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Call me a psychoparth or sociopath (depending on your certification), but I go to concerts to see my big hero. If I want to listen, I can stay home and listen electronically. If I want to see fans, I can see fans without the expensive ticket prices. No, I go to concerts to enjoy the high I get from the great JDH, my imaginary friend. He's not an imaginary lover, just a friend.

December 23, 2013
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No, no. It's not that. Justin is only an imaginary friend because I have to keep my mind G-rated.

December 24, 2013
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Well yea gotta say I enjoy winking at the band members and such.... Justin especially 'cause he's such a tease. Good at it. All while doing a very nice job on his frets. I dunno, I get into different band members depending on the night and my seat... and I enjoy the travel in between shows too.

I think if Justin could, he'd be friends with us all, but it would just be too much.... so it is as it is.

December 24, 2013
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Yes. I project it would be awful on his side. All these fans trying not to come on too strong by saying they go to the concerts only to consort with fans. Then, the star feels like a neglected old, shoe, because he thinks he's just wallpaper at the party.

December 24, 2013
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And, yes. I like the other band people, too. That the great Justin is in a league by himself in no way diminishes their kindness and accomplishment.

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