Well..... my cherry's busted. I've seen them. And met Stuart. He was easy like Sunday morning. The show was incredible, like hearing all your favorite songs one after another right in front of your face. The sound was almost perfect. Stuart was adorable in his red tartan scarf, which he said was mourning for Scotland who got kicked outa the world cup. He also said he went to see our LA Dodgers on Sunday (he's a big baseball fan, he kept talking about baseball after the show). He also asked if there was anyone famous in the audience. He hadn't seen any celebrities yet in California and really wanted to spot one. Stevie said "if Guns n' Roses is out there, c'mon up and we'll jam" and Stuart, who was only half listening, said "WHO??" like he really thought Stevie was inviting someone up. Stevie was SO cute and looked so shy while singing Jonathan David. And Isobel's voice was magnificent. And the trumpet player was dead-on. And was that Sarah next to Isobel? Why, she looks like a wee child! (except for the chest, of course.) And yes, I did indeed meet Stuart after the show, he stood talking to us for about an hour, and posing for photos, and signing things.... he's funny and un-shy and nice nice nice. He said they'd go to New York next year, he really has his mind set on playing Radio City Music Hall.... He said no, they didn't hate LA like the rumor says.... He said Isobel was kinda freaked out, being in a new country, nervous cos it's the first night, said "she'll smile a lot more as the tour progresses" (it's true about her bum by the way).... and he said a lot of other stuff. Want a setlist? Let me know if I left anything out: Le Pastie Simple Things Family Tree I Fought In A War Legal Man The Model My Wandering Days Are Over Slow Graffiti Theres Too Much Love Womens Realm The Wrong Girl Jonathan David My Girls Got Miraculous Technique The Magic of a Kind Word The State I Am In You Made Me Forget My Dreams The Boy With The Arab Strap He brought 6 people from the audience to dance onstage to Legal Man. Everyone was booing them out of jealousy. Jonathan Richman was wonderful, as usual. I'm still floating. And I get to see them tonight as well. What have I done to deserve this?? ~See you tonight. Brier +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+