I caught the Flaming Lips and Looper twice this past weekend; once in Baltimore and again in Philly with Lauren Tigerxdare of the Sinister illuminati. Looper was pretty neat, they sounded alot better this time than when they headlined their own tour this past summer...more meat to the music and better tunes. Stuart said the exact same jokes (verbatim) two nights in a row, but he definitely seems alot more comfortable as a front man than he did before. He even mentions South Park in one of the new that goes something like "These things almost make me smile..". I thought he looked really sickly, like he had TB or something, but maybe thats just him. I still can't give myself entirely to them, but Lauren seemed to get a huge bang out of them, so I'll leave it to her to give us a good review. The Flaming Lips, however, must be experienced. I'm sure most of you caught them at Bowlie, so you're already aware of this, but anyone who hasn't seen them live is really missing out. It was easily the best show I've ever seen, because it wasn't so much of a show as it was an event. Confetti, rabbit suits, strobe lights, disturbing background films, smoke machines, theremins, fake blood, and, of course, the ever-present 3 ft. gong...it was fucking brilliant man. It was a pretty good approximation of an acid trip, all in all. All the drums and strings and whatnot were played from the CD over the PA, while the three members played all the bass/guitar/piano and vocals. I agree with Nick, that albums are so much better than concerts (although I do like concerts), and the Flaming Lips were sort of the synthesis between recorded medium and live performance. I urge anyone with the opportunity to catch them on the last few dates of their tour to do so...you won't regret it! Doeas anyone laugh like an ass during those "When Animals Attack" specials? I guess its supposed to be really serious and dramatic and stuff, but when they have they supposedly "tame" animals just going apeshit and mauling some unassuming passerby, I can't help it...sue me. I heard Christa Chaffiinch, a Sinister-ite formerly of DC, moved to Philly recently...is this true? I'd email her privately but I'm guessing she had her screen name changed if she did move. Elian Gonzalez *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Which Paul?" "BLAH!" visit http://callowkids.tripod.com or your crush will hate you forever +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+