On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Rod Begbie wrote:
<double takes>
Rialto album?!? I thought they were just preparing to release Monday Morning 5:15 for the umpteenth time, just on a different label now? Wossit called?
Rialto got dropped by East West Records less than a week before their album was due out, so inevitably by that time a lot of copies had been pressed. Some of these are now available "on import", on the basis that they weren't dropped by East West in some other countries. The fact that these imports are available for the price of a normal album makes me doubt if they are in fact imports... The band are going to release a remix of Monday Morning 5.19 next month, with at least one album track on the B-side I believe, followed by the proper release of their eponymous album shortly after. Actually I saw Rialto last night, and they were excellent. They were playing at Trinity College May Ball (yeah yeah, I know, this is the one time of year when us Cambridge students actually live up to our stereotype as extravagent, opulent types. I mean, prints of Monet paintings, and piped classical music, in the Portaloos? Although there aren't many chances in your lifetime to stand in beautiful surroundings, eating oysters, drinking vintage wine, watching a massive firework display... It might be elitist and poncey or whatever, but it's a bloody good night!). Given that it was only a college gig, you might have expected them to ease off a bit, not try particularly hard, and just be there for the money; but they really went for it, and we even got a moshpit going in the marquee, in dinner jackets. If you get the chance to see them, I would highly recommend it. Of course, one problem with going to a Cambridge May Ball (apart from the price...) is that they don't finish until 6am. So I'm off to go back to bed. The Tired Git ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------