I saw Fountains of Wayne tonight in DC and it was truly incredible. They have the most energetic and brillant live show I've ever been blessed with attending and once they got appropriately liquored up they were also some of the funniest bastards. In between songs the lead singer broke into an impromptu version of "How Soon Is Now" and actually did a half decent Morrissey impersonation, then they covered a Cars song in the breakdown of a song awhile later. They played a brand new song about a woman who is part of a magic act (she repeatedly gets sawed in half) who becomes fed up and escapes only to realize she can't make a living doing anything else so she comes back. It was hilarious, but maybe thats one of those things you have to be there to appreciate. Afterwards they invited us into the VIP lounge (much to the chagrin of the club security) and I asked Adam (the bassist, and also the guy who wrote the theme song to that wonderful movie "That Thing You Do") whether he was a B&S fan and he professed to love IYFS but he said he was kind of cool on TBWTAS. He said he loved Struan's voice and that he thought he was an incredible songwriter and he started to say something else as well but the club security kicked us out so the thought remained unfinished. I'm not sure how popular FOW are in the UK but evidenced by the turnout tonight (they sold out the entire 900 capacity club) they seem to be getting quite big over here. They're a Weezer-ish pop foursome and they kick ass or something...well I'm exhausted. Later Steve +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+