it's been gig central here in Dublin. On Friday I saw local band Estel for the first time. They turned out to be an art-rock outfit, with the emphasis on the ROCK. They even had two drummer for some songs. I feel this kind of thing is to be encouraged. After them noted Australian band Ninety Nine were on. The most notable thing about them was that they featured a mentalist on drums who looked like the spit of the Pinefox (back when he had his new wave hairstyle). Does anyone know where the Pinefox was on Friday night? could he have been playing drums in Dublin? Apart from their mentalist drummer, Ninety Nine were two women who sang and played a variety of instruments. For all that I love xylophones, the best songs were the ones where they rocked out, which is the kind of thing you should do if you have the mentalist Pinefox on drums. Last night I saw Dexy's Midnight Runners. The crowd were very up for it, in contrast to what I've heard about some of the UK audiences. Kevin Rowland (in his French gangster suit) seemed genuinely touched to be playing in Ireland, although he did not take the opportunity to sing 'My national pride'. Still, he did wow us with tunes from many eras of his band, finishing with a cover version of a Commodores track called 'Night Shift' which older readers may remember. I'll be going to more gigs next week, as I'm over to fucking London for the Strange Fruit festival and things like that. I'm going wednesday, thursday, and friday. I might see some of you at these, although I may not recognise you if we have never been introduced. later, 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+