I would have posted this sooner, but as I have been on the road for the past two weeks, this was the first opportunity I had to send/check email. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Belle & Sebastian graced the stage of the Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA on Monday. The band was in top form, and the show was flawless (minus a few minor technical difficulties that happened periodically during instrument changeovers). The Great Lakes, another Elephant 6 project and a friend of Sarah's, opened for the band, and they were very entertaining and good. They got the well-dressed audience warmed up for Belle & Sebastian, and they were quite excited for having the opportunity to open for Belle & Sebastian. After the Great Lakes set, there was a very short break, and Belle & Sebastian walked out on to the stage and broke into a very intense and high energy version "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie". The show continued with the same intensity throughout the night especially during Stevie's rocking harmonica solos on "Me And The Major", Mick's clapping and dancing on "Wandering Alone", Melora's beautiful cello playing on "We Rule The School", the Great Lake's and Sarah's dancing and singing on "Legal Man", and Stuart's antics and dancing on "There's Too Much Love". The band interacted with the audience throughout the night inviting members of the audience up on stage to sing and dance and by passing a microphone out to the audience to sing on certain songs. Sarah invited the members of the Great Lakes up on stage for some singing and dancing during "Legal Man" which was very entertaining. That song took on a whole new personality live. The band stated that they absolutely loved the venue, and that they had a lot of fun in Atlanta. The audience had a lot of fun too and thanks the band for the wonderful music and good times in Atlanta. We hope to see you again soon... The setlist for the evening is as follows: Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie Woman's Realm String Bean Jean Wandering Alone I Fought In A War Me And The Major Jonathan David Sarah #2 Don't Leave The Light On Baby The Model Sweet Home Alabama Jam Georgia On My Mind Sweet Home Alabama Simple Things The Boy With The Arab Strap We Rule The School I Love My Car Like Dylan In The Movies Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying The Wrong Girl Dirty Dream #2 Legal Man Encore: This Is Just A Modern Rock Song There's Too Much Love Notes on the setlist: The band played an instrumental version of Sweet Home Alabama while Stuart was talking to audience members about who knew the lyrics good enough to sing them on stage. While Stuart was pulling people up on stage, the band played and Stevie sang "Georgia On My Mind". Also, Stevie dedicated his performance of "The Wrong Girl" to one of his favorite rock legends, Elvis Presley. Stuart passed a microphone out to three guys up front for the bridge on Dirty Dream #2. A few photos from the show: http://www.dtpx.com/images/photography/2002/belleandsebastian.05132002/b elandseb.05132002.1.jpg http://www.dtpx.com/images/photography/2002/belleandsebastian.05132002/b elandseb.05132002.2.jpg http://www.dtpx.com/images/photography/2002/belleandsebastian.05132002/g reatlakes.05132002.1.jpg I will post more photos later. Time to catch up on sleep now... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+