Hello Sinister! Time for REPORTING BACK. Although I am sad to see my mini-trip of Belle and Sebastian it is nice to be back in the land where the only thing anyone cares about is the 7th game in Toronto tomorrow. Oddly, I will only be here for a few days before I leave for Scotland. The rain seems to have followed me from Chicago, it's Tuesday and STILL RAINING. I'm sure the rain will continue to follow me to Scotland as well. Perhaps some of you are bit overwhelmed with all these tour reports but hell, it's my time to live baby! I might confuse some details with other shows, so forgive me. 7 May 2002 Montreal Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie Dirty Dream #2 Magic of a Kind Word Waking Up To Us I Love My Car Consuelo Leaving Scooby Driver Stars of Track And Field The Model Leonard Cohen song I Could Be Dreaming The Boy With The Arab Strap Slow Graffiti Family Tree I Know Where The Summer Goes Dog On Wheels The Wrong Girl There's Too Much Love Legal Man There was that rush and slight nauseous feeling in my stomach before they came on stage. So excited! I get up to the front but very far right so Mick is right in front of me. Gorgeous Struan in tight slacks and tight "I'm With Them" arrow t-shirt. He must be aware of the notoriety of his arms. Before playing 'I Love My Car' announced that it was their prog number. Struan says they play a game in the bus naming Rush albums. Struan tells a story of a rat in Montreal chasing him down the street as he was late for the show. My appreciation for Stevie and Mick increases a million times. Stevie is a very funny guy, his awkward movements, pushing glasses up on nose, and witty onstage banter. He starts talking about journalists and does his impression of a London journalist holding beer, grumbling "fucking twee pop, play some fucking rock". Struan tries to speak a little bit of French and updates the audience on the Habs score. I love Mick's dancing so much, the little sway and handclaps. Sarah sang a Leonard Cohen song that was absolutely lovely. 8 May 2002 Toronto The State I Am In Sleep The Clock Around Wandering Alone Dylan In The Movies She's Losing It Dirty Dream #2 Fuck This Shit Seymour Stein The Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner Waking Up To Us Satisfaction cover Magic of a Kind Word The Boy With The Arab Strap We Rule The School Family Tree Put The Book Back On The Shelf String Bean Jean The Wrong Girl Woman's Realm Legal Man Me And The Major In Toronto it is freezing waiting outside in the line-up. My voice was starting to go a bit in Montreal and it's getting worse. By Chicago I will sound like a 70 year old woman who smokes 5 packs of Marlboros a day. Kool Haus is unlike the other theatre style venues, it's just a big warehouse style room. The Aisler set open again, very nice. The bassist always smiles. Again, I get up to the front far right. Struan originally wearing a little jacket and bundled up scarf. Paul has this little laser thing you can twirl around and the words show up in a circle, so he programmed BELLE AND SEBASTIAN to light up. Struan notices this, comes right down (so close!) and takes it, asks for the house lights down and spins it around. The wrong way at first, (he's left-handed). Struan wonders if this a 'Toronto' thing. He comes back down to give the light to Paul but a very excited girl thrusts some picture in Struan's face. After a few too many drinks Paul keeps screaming out for them to play some Rush. Mick finds this amusing I think. I notice another button on Mick's stylish shirt has come undone. Isobel seems much better in Toronto than Montreal, she's dressed up a little (plastic red jacket, very salon blonde shiny hair) and there is even a flicker of a smile when someone calls out her name. A girl from the audience is invited on stage to sing and they cover Satisfaction, Stevie doing an excellent job with the rest of the lyrics when everyone else seems to forget besides 'I can't get none'. Loving Mick's dancing and clothes, the Stevie theatrics, the session musicians helping out during Legal Man, Struan's ease in front of the audience, Belfast's Bobs "urban mullet" that stays in place. Struan also does some crazy dancing, especially during There's Too Much Love. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. 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