Firstly I have never been so drunk at a concert before - but this is what I remember "Union Chapel last year - I missed it - couldn;t get in, tried every contact in the book - I cursed B&S every since for playing at a venue where only record co. lovies can get in. BUT I got my tickets for the empire and my numbers were 0003,0004,0005,0006 which I thought was pretty cool but who got the first two ? I met up with four B&S convertees outside - I arrived by cab and a tout opened the door for me and asked if I had any tickets to sell ! - for christs sake haven't even got out of cab yet - Got in and got my Sinister Tshirt for £15 !!!! there goes my beer money. Luckily my girfriend louise subbed me with beer all night. National Park came on and I am three rows from the front and determined to stay there. I thought they were a bit drab and grey - the songs were all a bit slow and kinda reminded me of Radiohead. Next on Eliot Smith - I have a couple of his lp's so this was a bonus support act for me. By now I was 5 rows back, I am 6ft 1inch but I still couldn't see him - so (drunken heckle number one) I shout STAND UP about 25 times - I should have lent him a guitar strap - I thought he was superb , lovely voice and a good guitar player aswell, that I could hear but not see. Then the wait - I know bands like REM will keep you waiting to increase the suspense but I knew B&S wouldn't do that - I don't mind waiting for bands but I have a pissed morish attitude to cider by now and I REALLY NEED TO GO TO THE TOILET. As we get more and more impatient, people start to push in in front of me. I start to give them some verbals (like pissed blokes do ) - If you are ready this I apologize for my attitude but I had been standing there for about 3 hrs so please don't push in again !! By now people start to boo - this made me angry - but then at last they come on. Stuart looks like he needs feeding and some sunshine - they start with a song I don't know ( why release the lp on the day of the gig !!! ?) - and then I remember the start of stars of track and field and my legs turn to jelly, hearing this song live made me love it more than ever. The quality of the sound hits me- it is awesome, acoustic instruments normally sound shit live but this was an engineering masterpiece. I don't have a set list but I do remember the bwtas and seeing other people, belle and sebastian, dylan in the movies and that's about it. My other drunken heckles were "play the state I am in " but they didn't, my girlfriend was shouting out " Are you gay" - she is very intrigued by gay men and if Stuart is reading this I apologise if you were offended in any way - she just loves gay men. I left feeling great , pissed, and I missed my train , and got a £30 cab fare back to Lewisham , my girlfriend lost her wallet. So altogether a wonderful and pissed evening - I wish they would play there again and I wish I could remember more and I wish I had a bootleg and I wish I had a set list. Tim ps what's with the ref to Rolling Stones bside song titles in the new lp - the song that goes about spider and the fly etc +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+