Hello Sinister First of all, thank you to everyone who came to the Winchester Club on Friday. Troika were lovely and, dare I say it, actually *better* unplugged than they are when swathed in "belly button fluff" (their words, not mine). Malcolm M was great too, although I had to miss a bit of his set to run about in the pouring rain and try and persuade people to come along after the Ballboy gig. Our success in this was limited, but we did manage to get Keith Watson and friend to return in the car with us. The sleb count was pretty high - four Camera Obscuras, two Belle & Sebastians and at least two Arab Straps (there may have been more but I’m not sure what they all look like) as well as Keith and Genevieve. The hottest dance floor fillas were Borderline by Madonna and Yes Sir, I Can Boogie, by Baccara. Considering we were pitting our little night up against the likes of Pulp, Ballboy, Bill ‘n’ Bel and Stuart Braithwaite, not to mention Rod Stewart and Ronan Keating, I think we did OK. You should come along next time (yes, even you). It’s on 13th July and features Chris Leonard, (formerly?) of this very list and Aerospace, who are just fabulous. Speaking of Aerospace, I’m getting all excited about going to see them in Sweden next month. Sweden seems to be the HAPPENING place this summer - Ant and the Clientele are playing in August and Aerospace, Boy Racer, Tender Trap and Sportique are playing at the Mitt Bästa Liv Festival, which is where Ally and I are going. Did you know that in Sweden, instead of saying "Speak of the devil" when you turn up, they say "Speak of the troll?" I love furrin languages. I can’t remember exactly what Idleberry said about people having Proper Jobs and not chasing their dreams and stuff like that, but the subject reminded me of Amelia Fletcher, who has the posh title of Chief Economist at the Office of Fair Trading, as well as making sweet music with Tender Trap (not to mention her glorious past with Heavenly, Marine Research etc.) Why not have your cake *and* eat it, eh? After Sweden, Ally and I will be in London for a weekend and Genevieve says she’s thinking of coming down then too. Would somebody orgainise a piquenique for us? Juicy Lucy ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+