Last night I saw The Clonefox. I was at this charidee event for people who had been washed away by the big wave. Your old friend Paula Cullen Booze Explosion's band The Chalets were playing, my main reason for going, even if I am not convinced by their new 80s Slapper makeover. Still and all, they played an impressively rocktastic set. There were other bands on the bill, and one of them was The Clonefox. This was not actually the name he went under, but he looked and dressed so like The Truefox that I was wondering if maybe he had flown over to Ireland to help raise money for victims of the big wave. Then I realised that this could not actually be the case - for he was using a laptop to assist in the creation of his sweet music. So he must be some local fellow. His name turned out to actually be Joe Chester. I was interested enough by his music to now mind seeing him again in the future, so maybe you too might like to check him out, if you are local. The other band I saw did not have current or former member of this mailing list in their line-up, or a clone of one, but they were called 8-Ball and proved yet again that the days of shoegazing have started to come back. This is a good thing. Meanwhile, my fair consort and I have spotted a shared gap in our busy schedules - the first weekend in February. We are thinking of making a flying visit to somewhere exciting... Cork or Glasgow, I reckon. Watch out if you live in either of those towns. And finally, those of you who are still waiting for a christmas present from me (you don't know who you are) will be pleased to learn that I have finally put my stereo system back together, so a lovingly crafted c-90 compilation tape could soon be coming your way. bless you all, DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+