{"id":5306,"date":"2011-10-24T09:33:31","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T07:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/?p=5306"},"modified":"2012-04-01T23:30:42","modified_gmt":"2012-04-01T21:30:42","slug":"coal-the-red-robins-at-the-waiting-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/coal-the-red-robins-at-the-waiting-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal &#038; The Red Robins at The Waiting Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eventDate\">Tuesday 18 October 2011<\/div>\n<p>Coal put on <a title=\"coal\" href=\"\/blog\/tag\/coal\" target=\"_blank\">another lovely show<\/a> at the Waiting Room on Tuesday night and were joined by The Red Robins.<\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5340\" title=\"The Red Robins\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a  href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5349\" title=\"Coal\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Coal\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323-575x383.jpg 575w, http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really know what I was expecting from The Red Robins but they surprised me. I can&#8217;t really make my mind up about them &#8211; they seem to me a bit like<a title=\"La.Vi\" href=\"\/blog\/tag\/la.vi\/\" target=\"_blank\"> La.Vi<\/a>&#8216;s rougher little cousins. There were moments I liked and others I really didn&#8217;t; the guest appearance from Rolling Thunder&#8217;s vocalist was one of the former and the odd pitchy moments from the lead vocalist were some of the latter&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-5306 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_SM_6237.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_SM_6237-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins2_LMcC_6252-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6256.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6256-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6258.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6258-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6270.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6270-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6272.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6272-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6300.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6300-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6306.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6306-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6312.jpg' title=\"The Red Robins\" data-rl_title=\"The Red Robins\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/The-Red-Robins_LMcC_6312-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Red Robins\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>While this time wasn&#8217;t as special as their <a title=\"Coal &amp; guests at the Waiting Room\" href=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/coal-guests-at-the-waiting-room\/\" target=\"_blank\">extended set on Women&#8217;s Day<\/a>, Coal sounded punchier than I&#8217;d heard them before &#8211; and I don&#8217;t mean in a purely &#8216;down to the soundguy&#8217; kinda way (though he did a great job). They also played a lovely &#8216;new&#8217; song, <em>The Ruse<\/em>, that&#8217;s not really new at all but was being performed for the first time in over a year.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5306 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6323-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6327.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6327-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6330.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6330-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal2_LMcC_6358.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal2_LMcC_6358-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6376.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6376-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6398.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6398-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6404.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6404-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6408.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6408-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6417.jpg' title=\"Coal\" data-rl_title=\"Coal\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/lauramccullagh.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Coal_LMcC_6417-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Coal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"coal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/embersofcoal\" target=\"_blank\">Coal&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a> and <a title=\"coal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.embersofcoal.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a title=\"red robins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Red-Robins\/139947732731575\" target=\"_blank\">The Red Robins on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 18 October 2011 Coal put on another lovely show at the Waiting Room on Tuesday night and were joined by The Red Robins. 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