I followed the unbelievably amazing Superdrag during their last three stops of their East Coast tour and I was blown away (both methaphorically and sonically). If any of you either haven't checked them out before or if you've written them off after "Sucked Out" was played to death on MTV a few years back, I can't urge you enough to track down either of their Elektra records, Regretfully Yours, or Head Trip In Every Key. Dare I say they are our generation's Beatles? Yes, I dare. Ahhh...sadly I saw the most incredibly beautiful girl at the Baltimore stop on their tour but I hadn't the nerve to approach her. She was standing at stage left, a short pixie-ish girl with more than a passing resemblance to a slimmer, dark haired Isobel, miming the words to pure pop perfection and occassionally smiling at the girl standing next to her (now I know Isobel isn't the most liked person on this list, but dammit I fell in love you didn't so don't play that game). It was like that scene in Wayne's World where the room turns glittery and Dreamweaver starts playing, only thankfully the club soundman refrained from crushing my sanity. I pointed her out to my friend who said I should just go talk to her, but she was with some nerd so I said I'd wait until he left, which unfortunately turned out to be at the end of the show. In hindsight I should have caught up to her before she left the club but what can I do now? The show was fricking amazing and I got to hang out with the band afterwards but all I keep thinking about was how bad I wished I had any guts whatsoever. There's this line in this book called Cold Mountain where one character says to another "You know you really don't need her, you just want her" and the guy says back "The only thing I know is that I don't want to wake up tommorrow wishing I had more nerve tonight." Evidently that one went right over my head. Anyway, like I said I never said anything and she didnt go to the show in Delaware the next night so unfortunately my chance at eternal happiness was pissed away yet again. If anyone on this list has the foggiest notion of who I'm speaking of, for all that is holy and pure I hope you'll mail me with the 411. Maybe I'll see her at another show really soon, and maybe I'll actually say something. One of these days I'll learn... Steve C. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+