It's me again. Insomnia is ravaging at this wee hour of the morning. As there appears to be no new Belle and Sebastian news to report and the end of the decade is rapidly approaching (the first that I've lived through cognizant of music minus any Disney tracks), is anyone up for "best of" lists, e.g. "Top 25 Albums of the Decade", "Top 50 Songs of the Decade", "Top 10 Guitarists", "Songwriters", etc.? If anyone is interested in rating the best (or worst), I'm game as this should provide plenty of grist for our sinister mill until the release of Belle and Sebastian's new LP. Give me a few days to think and I'll start off the fun with a "Top 25 Albums of the Decade" list. Also does anyone know what the deal with the "Mary Jo" single is? I have an old Select (this year) which contains an advert for "Mary jo" by B&S but nowhere else is there a mention of this. HELP!!!:) As one could discern from my title, this email is to recount in loving and unneccessary detail about my going to see one of my fave bands, GARBAGE here in Perth, W.A.:) Went to see Garbage (wierdly supporting the queen of YUCK that is Alanis Morrissette) on Tuesday, which was terrific. $70 for an hour
Sounds like a GREAT IDEA. I for one am always up for it. Others can start first but rest assured my "albums of the decade" will include B&S, Belly and lots more!:) On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Mark Niciu wrote: performance (couldn't bear to stay for Alanis) is of course extremely ridiculous, but it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and pretty worth it I thought. Support band Stellar sounded a lot like a rock Sneakerpimps and were pretty non descript. But when Shirley came on, it was so absolutely AMAZING! She seemed slightly shorter than I'd imagined her to be but she just commandeered the whole place with her magnetic presence. She was funny, hypnotic and great to watch. They played all their classics though I could have done without "Hammering in my head" and "dumb" for "queer" and "not my idea" instead. The sound was a perfect pitch between their dark, sinister, menacing side with their rocking and poppy side. Loved how before "vow" they had a sample that said, "don't you know all bad girls go to hell". Shirls even incorporated Britney Spears "Hit Me Baby One More Time" into one of her songs! Brought a tape recorder but unfortunately batteries didn't work- CRAP!!!:( Would have been such a magnificent bootleg to have. Nearly on par with Radiohead for my fave gig ever I guess, but the fact that Radiohead was vastly cheaper and they played for longer tip it over in favour of the 'Head. Afterwards, went to the side door to see if we could get a siggie (signature) from the band. This is where the biggest letdown of the night occurred. There were only a small bunch of us, very orderly too awaiting the majesty of Garb's, but when they finally came out, only Shirley waved to the fans (others ignored us!) and there was this big burly guard that prevented us from going closer to them for an autograph. Swindled! I thought Shirls etc would be happy to sign just a handful of autographs since that's the impression I get from all their interviews. Instead, they just piled into a van and waved as they drove off- BOO!!! Was hoping to add to my collection of famous Scots autographs along with Ewan McGregor and Teenie Fanclub! Still had an awesome night and nothing can take away from my pleasure of my memory of that:) (wierd sentence but nevermind!) ok that's all folks:) Gotta run, hope to hear from some of you re: "Mary Jo" conundrum and of course to see some "best of" lists seeya Kin Woo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+