Hello again. Last night, some popstars played a concert at the Brixton Academy. Before that, some people met up in Green Park, but the Boy G has already told you about that. The gig was good, but different from the last tour there was definitely a change in sound. This is going to sound silly, but it the whole performance sounded like soundtrack music it was a lot more subdued and bare, but still as pretty and beautiful as ever. I have no qualms about this, because I like hearing music that is originally designed as wallpaper played live; you can hear the subtleties that you might have missed when you were watching the film or whatever. They played a very soundtrack version of LLPJ (without Monica Queen), which I really liked the song was performed quietly between Struan and Stevie, it then broke down to just a drum beat, and then launched itself into something huge and anthemic for the ending. Awesome stuff. It was a good gig. Highlights for me were The State That Im In, You Made Me Forget My Dreams and Is It Wicked Not To Care. Metro, the free newspaper commonly found discarded on vacated Tube seats, previewed the band as brilliant but gloriously bonkers. The assembled picnickers in Green Park guffawed at this write-up before the gig, but the description proved frighteningly accurate when, halfway through the set, Stuart introduced a steel band to the show. B&S went off, to be replaced by a bone fide steel band, who played a rather fetching cover of No Woman No Cry. I thought that this was a truly inspired, if slightly random, decision, and they really did funk up the place. Other audience members were not as enamoured with this, and I think it could be safe to say that plenty werent impressed. But the inclusion of the steel band served to accentuate the fact that B&S are no longer just a twee-indie band; theyre growing into a genuinely eclectic outfit. There were so many different styles of music during the gig: the sleazy lounge-jazz of Dont Leave The Light On Baby, the flamenco maracas-fest of Wandering Alone and the punky growl cover of Another Girl, Another Planet, the reggae step of the guest outfit and of course the indie sing-along. I was lucky enough to grab a set-list at the end, and so here is the full set: Sleep The Clock Around Dirty Dream #2 The Magic Of A Kind Word Im Waking Up To Us String Bean Jean Seymour Stein Wandering Alone Dont Leave The Light On Baby The Model <<band leaves, steel band come on>> Yellow Bird/No Woman No Cry <<band come back on stage>> Fuck This Shit <<steel band leaves>> The State That I Am In (or Sinister) * The Boy With The Arab Strap You Made Me Forget My Dreams Is It Wicked Not To Care Lazy Line Painter Jane Judy And The Dream Of Horses The Wrong Girl Theres Too Much Love Legal Man Another Girl Another Planet ** * The played TSTIAI, not IYFS ** As previously reported, this is by The Only Ones. Apparently. Afterwards, I was accosted by Jeremy Breams and Miss Marianna, and offered a Guest Pass so that I could go upstairs for a drink with the band. Despite the extortionate prices (£2.95 a bottle!) this was a real thrill. I got to speak to Beans briefly (although I dont think he appreciated it much he was trying to pull) and to Struan for longer. Thank you VERY VERY much to Jeremy and, more importantly, Katrina for providing the passes it really made my night. Right then. Im off the Albert Memorial for a kickabout Love Asm.x ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" - Mary Cohen _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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. 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+