Dear Sinisterinies Hello to you all and a very happy and belated New Year greeting! Hope you guys all had a great and unforgettable New Year's Eve and ushered in the New Year in fine style. Unfortunately *I* was working (as a waiter at the Hyatt hotel). Not only did I have to work from 6 or so in the evening till 3:30 the next day! But I had a headache AND I WASN'T TIPPED:) (I know that sounds greedy but there was all this hype about getting tipped generously in New Year's Eve in previous years and you'd have expected even bigger sums on *this* occasion) Ah well at least I was paid triple my normal amount:) For some peculiar reason unknown to me; Perth, W.A. is turning from cultural desert to be full of great events. Recently have been to see Smog (very lovely and wonderful) and also Cat Power. She (alone) was doing musical accompaniment to the classic silent film, "Passion of Joan of Arc" (a super slow-moving film and never have I seen so many close ups of the wide-open eyes of the lead actress Renee Falconetti but still very intriguing). It was intermittently transcendent- when it worked both music and image gelled together to create a feast for all senses that was very stark and moving. But it was ruined by her apologies for putting on a "crap show" (the audience was very appreciative and WE all thought it was going well but obviously not her) and half-an-hour from the end of the film, she said she was going for a drink of water and never came back. Swindled. Listees who have seen her before, does this happen often? Bootlegged both gigs with my microcassette corder and it turned out quite well. Just yesterday went to see his Dark Majesty himself, Nick Cave sans Bad Seeds but with Warren and Jim from Dirty Three and a bassist. They played at the Belvoir Amphitheatre, a gorgeous natural venue that is a good 45 minutes out of the city but well worth the trip. It has steps made out of grass and wood on which to sit and picnic on and it is surrounded by tall trees which make it seem like some magical reserve hidden in time. Nick Cave played all his most beautiful, heart-breaking and just plain breath-taking songs. Stuff like "Love Letter", "Ship Song", "People Ain't No Good" were so tear-jerking and delicately beautiful that all you could do was swoon. We sat sorta near the back (we arrived late) but still had a pretty good view. There were these two hippie over-the-hill rejects who kept heckling and were forcibly ejected (too late if you ask me) much to the cheers of the crowd. Why do people pay $55 to heckle the band? Someone please answer me! Also bootlegged this gig but it didn't turn out very well at all. The vocals are clear as is the music but there is so much background static/tape hiss (is it because it was outdoors?) that it nearly obscures it. All you bootleggers out there (don't worry I'll be discreet and not reveal your names, PLEASE GIVE ME TIPS ON HOW TO DO A PRETTY GOOD BOOTLEG! I just want a good memento of the great time I had at the gig:) not for any kind of financial reason (i.e. selling these tapes or something) Please tell me ASAP if you can help me out. Obviously the best thing to do would be to get more sophisticated equipment but let's presume I have very little money (a good assumption) ok? How do you record sans tape hiss or how do you get rid of it afterwards-HELP!:) Previously the International Festival of Perth was barren of any kind of really interesting events but this year is chockfull of 'em. First up is The Weir, that highly acclaimed ghostly play which I wanna see. Has any listees seen it and if so, what's it like? Also *gasp* Dot Allison (her out of the heavenly and legendary One Dove whom I intermittently rave about) is coming and I've never been more excited about a gig since Radiohead came in '97. This would be on par with if B&S came, i.e. relatively obscure (though of course B&S are pretty well known) but genius band dares to be different and NOT ignore Perth! How amazing is Dot Allison going to be? I'm just SO EXCITED! WOOHOO! When I first read it, I couldn't believe my eyes. Just said, "ohmigod!" for a full ten minutes and would have let out a little yelp too if I wasn't in a public place. Oh of course Big Day Out is coming (cool summer festival) with the lovely Beth Orton, Chems, Primals, Basement Jaxx- what did I say about a sudden deluge of brilliant things to see and do?:) Anyway have really gotta skedaddle- please if anyone has any advice or info (re: Cat Power, The Weir AND especially bootlegging) please email me privately Ok love ya and leave ya Seeya Kin Woo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+