Hello Sinister, a quick mail from the Dirty Vicar before I unsubscribe to pay a quick visit to the Netherlands. I've been to some interesting musical things. As you know I live in Dublin, and consequently I went to the first night of Wonky, which was this kind of festival thing in a converted industrial space that was once used to manufacture Guinness. The space itself was very striking - a huge industrial edifice from which you got wonderful views of the city at night. but also the music was top too, with local bands like the Dudley Corporation, the Jimmycake, and Large Mound turning in G*R*A*T*E performances. Best of all though were the Chalets. I mentioned them last time, now that I have actually seen them in concert they are truly the best band in the world that aren't B&S. They even include a former Sinister subber among their numbers so they have to be good. If you like the idea of a band fronted by two Betty Page lookalikes singing sharp boy-girl vocals and playing with xylophones you will like the Chalets. I'm hoping they go on to release some actual records before I lose interest. I also went to some world music shite which was T*O*P. Some brass band fellows from Rajastahn met with my approval, their blaring sounds calling to mind the Sun Ra Arkestra. And the Gotipua Dancers were also impressive. they were these boy dancers who dress like women and do dancing and stuff. the whole dressing like women thing was a bit bizarre, because it meant I was eyeing up people onstage and thinking "mmm, kinda tasty" and then remembering that they were i) male and ii) underage. ah well, beggars can't be choosers. And so I must leave you. 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+