Hullo I don't think anyone has posted about Dunoon yet. In fact, there didn't seem to be many listees that I recognised there, but it was dark, and we all had our faces turned longingly towards the stage. Firstly, it was great. I hope no-one is offended because they can't get to gigs, but honestly, it was a joy. They played for over an hour, and (according to the NME) played 20 songs. When we arrived in Dunoon, we went to the tourist office to try to get a cheaper B&B than the one I booked over the modern internet, but were told with great glee by the nice lady there that we wouldn't find a thing, as the town was chock-a-block with two weddings, a clan gathering, and "the concert". Shortly after, our B&B owner offered to put all four of us in the same room. Rock-and-roll! We turned him down, were very respectable, and made it to breakfast the next day. I think the good townsfolk of Dunoon may have been disappointed at the genteel behaviour of the fans. The ambulance which cruised around the streets was, as far as I know, unused. Although it may have been on account of the weddings. I won't attempt any detailed musical analysis, but they looked and sounded lovely - really relaxed and happy. Various cool-looking musicians at played string instruments and a flute, and the bloke from the front of JD played bass. He is, everyone said, "Bob from V-Twin" and I didn't catch his second name - Kildare? Anyway he was very cute and very good, and searching the archives shows that he has been mentioned on sinister before as resembling Rod Stewart, which I suppose might be true depending on your opinion of Rod. Didn't get any set list, but songs they played (in no particular order) Family Tree, Like Dylan In The Movies, The Model, Boy with the Arab Strap, Slow Graffitti, Jonathan David, Legal Man, If you are Feeling Sinister, The Wrong Girl, a new song about Stuart's car, and (at this stage our collective minds got hazy) possibly two other new songs, one of which started off with Isobel singing and Stuart taking over. They obviously sang more than I have remembered, and I am lookign frantically through the albums to try to jolt my mind, but we listened to "sinister" as we drove home, our wee heads bobbing happily by the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond, and that has confused me. Stuart writing a song about his car is proof that he is still simply divine and mad as a brush, although there probably are true rock (and maybe pop, and certainly country) precedents for this. Greater minds than I will probably inform. Stevie gave a resounding rendition of Suspicious Minds in the request section, and Stuart looked a little put out at the ecstatic response ("I might as well go home...") but it was all really good-humoured - no tension on stage and Isobel's hair was especially shiny. People were at Perth last night? How was that? We are going to Dunfermline tonight, which is seated, Katrina says. Apparantly the set list is not going to change much, so maybe I will be able to give a better account tomorrow. I will take a notebook. Jonathan David has been on the radio, which is why I thought it was ok to mention it. I am afraid we have no special promo copy :) But I need to try to listen to it again, as at the concert Stuart joined Stevie singing the last part, and that seemed to anchor Stevie a bit. I still wish Stuart had sung this song, no matter who wrote it. As for Mistopher Chris.. he sang like an angel and had a dog called Scampi on stage with him. Shortly after the venue went on fire, but we sat tight. The Dudley Corporation truly rock. Apologies to PM - I thought I had that dyslexia licked, but obviously I go a bit scatty when I am in the presence. Lloyd Cole was on the juke box in the Sinbad pub in Dunoon. Honestly - just squatting on top, taking swipes at everyone as they tried to put on motown. "What do you think of my albums?" he snarled. "We like the later stuff" we said, surprising ourselves. The Sopranos by Alan Warner should be compulsory list reading. But I don't want to push my luck. Linda xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+