Eek, hello :) Ian Nicolson said:

Not many people have been posting gig reviews so far

I went to Dunoon and Dunfermline, and scared as I am that no-one will remember me, I will peek out from my sinister hidey-hole and add a few bits to what's been said. Dunoon was so long ago I can hardly remember it but it was great! The beach was great too. We found dead crabs, worms with sand coming out of their bottoms, starfish and Linda forgot to say she found a pearl in a rockpool! Is this normal? It didn't have a hole through it so maybe it was real. Pearls are really just fabulously beautiful bits of poo in a way aren't they? I'll add a few Dunfermlinesqe bits to Ian's admirable account. During the "break", when the band decide to take requests, Stuart's supposed to have a little rest, apparently. Stevie is supposed to sing, and Stuart is supposed to sip cocktails. I am still not sure if the requests from the crowd are a setup, like someone bringing Uri Geller a particularly bendy spoon. Stevie didn't seem to hear the requests for Billie Jean last night, which is a pit because I was dying to see the walk. As Ian said, they did the Zombies "Time of the Season", which they confessed to sort of knowing (Sarah and Isobel certainly knew the clicks chick-ket-kah!). Stuart said they'd done it at that Scottish Socialist gig, so only the socialists in the band knew it. Chris, being a strict communist, didn't. It was very good. Stuart said after the song, as the management brought on a tray of non-alcoholic cocktails, that he felt slightly cheated because he was supposed to have had a rest. Beanz commented "you feel cheated, think how they feel" and gave us all one of his Beanzy looks. I really really really want someone to suggest they cover "Wombling Merry Christmas". Will you shout it out? I'm shy. We should all agree to shout out requests for the same song at the Glasgow or London gigs, just so we know if it's a setup or not. We will foil their dastardly plans (pesky kids, etc.). Spacestation Carey Lander said that watching the dixie support band, the Uptown Shufflers, was like watching an episode of Dad's Army. It was. A "faggy but nice" list member may have received a mysterious phone call last night at around 9pm that lasted about 3 minutes and had a scottish boy singing about a portrait in his backroom. Mark, we only did it to make you jealous. Oh and we met Shawn, Emily and Elias from the colonies, and Ms Vicky Voddypea and Steve, and Sophie, and Christopher Danke, who were all lovely. What's wrong with you all! You're supposed to be weirdo internet freaks! These concerts really are the best I've ever seen the band, quite honestly. They are all BIG smiles, having a great time, the new songs are fab, and I like the string section and kerrrazy little men from the Uptown Shufflers (Mick's pals) with trombones and susaphones who amble on stage to play "I Love My Car". Which is a FAB song! All the new songs are great, the band are tight, and FUN, Belfast Bob has a jawline, cheekbones and twinkly eyes to make a young girl sigh (sigh) and you will have a great time if you see them live. And if you don't, you will still have a great time! Because jigsaws are great too! (oops) People with an inclination to like the first two LPs of any given band then go right off them will see the string section, the ability to hit the notes at the same time and generally have fun on stage as confirmation of all they feared for the band's loss of integrity, so they will have a great time too. The new song with the tape loop is a steal of Leaving On a Jet Plane. It really is, but in a good way. Whoever said Carriage Clock was a steal of "I've Been To Paradise, But I've Never Been To Me" (the best song of the post-war period) was very quick off the mark: so true. Lawyers hover in the wings, biros poised. Incidentally, I've been undressed by kings, and I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see. Honey xxx Non-executive list mummy. P.S. Ms Genevieve Wesley has not disappeared, I can exclusively confirm. It was only last week she passed me a perfumed notelet in Double Maths. P.S. I just saw Ms Hottodir's plea for us not to mention the gigs after I'd written this. It took more than 15 mins, so, like Cliff Richard would, I am inclined to hit send, on the basis that none of us will have much to say after the UK tour is up and the early gigs are forgotten memories. Then there's the subsequent gigs they will probably do in Europe or the US. When will our silence end! We must have our pie and eat it. I look to the acting list mummy for a ruling. Oh yes. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. 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