HELLO SINISTER, HOW ARE YOU FEELING? yes, I am in full on rock festival mode, having just got back from that Glastonbury thing. One amusing thing about the way the world has moved into a post-ironic stage is that bands are no longer apologetic about shouting from the stage things like "HELLO GLASTONBERRY, MAKE SOME NOISE Y'ALL!". Last year bands (viz Belle & Sebastian) would find ironic ways of doing that, but now they just jump right in. RoXoR. I saw quite a few bands at the festival. Primal Scream were the best. They rocked hard. some years previously a friend remarked that Primal Scream are boosting their claim to be the great band of our times by absorbing cast-off members of other great bands. Seeing Mani and Kevin Shields in full effect with Bobby, Andy, Throb et al. I felt I knew what he meant. Also G*R*A*T*E were the Kings Of Leon. They were also kind of funny, because with their outlandish hairstyles, comedic facial hair, incomprehensible Boomhauer accents, and unreconstructed Southern rock, it was like they had been beamed forward in time from the early '70s. I also liked many other bands and artists, but feel a special mention must go to Rodrigo y Gabriela, who are the greatest guitarists the world has ever seen. I also liked when the local vicar said a few words from the Pyramid stage on sunday. I had to admire his technique. There was a Sinister meetup on Thursday. Actually it seemed like it was primarily an ILXOR meetup, but that didn't stop the more shy and retiring of us from coming along. I had a great cross-purposes conversation where I was introduced to a chap called Mark, and I thought he was Mark C. (of Boy In Corduroy fame) and I had this long in depth conversation with him, only gradually realising he was someone else entirely. If you are this person could you make yourself known to me? I also chatted to Carsmile Steve, Robin Stout, & Amy Skelton. At least that's who I think they were. Later in the weekend I got to meet K*e*n C*h*u. He was top. It was funny, when earlier in the day I mentioned Sinister to someone they said "Sinister... does that pykachu100@deletethisbithotmail.com guy still post there?" This proves that Ken is the default Sinister poster, surely something to be proud of. I gather there were loads of other Sinister people at Glastonbury, but I'm not sure if I met them. And now I must go away and write stuff. 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+