Hello readers, I notice there are already lots more posts about the Belfast gig than the Scottish one. That's because the kind of people who go to gigs in Belfast are C*O*O*L and the kind of people who go to ones in Glasgow are U*N*C*O*O*L. I found the gig a lot of fun... the sound was maybe a bit ropey and not loud enough but the raucously positive atmosphere more than made up for it. Also, perhaps not enough Stevie action... everyone knows he's the real sexgod star of B&S. I also enjoyed all the Sinister meetup antics that went on. I'll give big shouts to all the people I was talking to later. But first I will bore you with what I think is the list of songs performed by everyone's favourite band: Here Comes The Sun There's Too Much Love [that track from the Peel session that starts off with just Isobel singing and then launches into some kind of total poptasm, maybe it's called the happiness of a kind word or maybe it's not] You Know My Wandering Days Are Over (sadly I couldn't remember any of the actions from the dance someone (Andre Alessi?) posted in a while back) Me & the Major [A track my notes aren't too clear on... possibly a newie or a cover called 'Wandering Home'] Slow Graffiti (very nice) The Model Don't Leave The Light On Baby Cool For Cats (with Richard Colburn on lead vocals for this Squeeze number; What's funny about when he does lead vocals is he loses his drummer face) Waiting For The Man (audience member Barry joined the band to sing lead vocals on this Velvet Underground cover; he proved a bit too good at singing and being onstage and stuff to be just some random chancer from the audience, and further enquiries revealed him to be lead singer with Dublin band Da Capo) Simple Things Boy With The Arab Strap Fox In The Snow O Come O Come Emmanuel (again, very nice) Dog On Wheels The Wrong Girl (this time in the style of Barry White) Dirty Dream Number 2 Legal Man [intermission] The Boys Are Back In Town (performance of this Thin Lizzy classic was preceded by Stuart asking us whether we had any Irish in us, leading to amusement on the part of my longtime Lizzyfan special friend; the song featured endlessly hilarious backing vocal action on the part of Chris and Mick) Happy Christmas - War Is Over (surprisingly affecting version of this Lennon track; despite hating John Lennon as an irritating hypocrite I have to admit to thinking this is a nice song, a cut above the usual sentimental "lovely song" arse he is more associated with) It's funny, I never read tracklistings of gigs I wasn't at so I've probably lost most of you by now. Isobel was wearing her Bob Dylan dress with some fetching stilleto boots and looks as mad as ever. Mind you, she didn't seem to be in her usual trance state while performing minor percussion chores, god bless her. Support band The Frames were interesting... I'm still not sure whether they are competent musicians with a good stage presence but nothing special, or whether they actually have a spark of greatness about them. I may have to go see them again or something. Now it's the shouts bit - hail to Psi & James from Derry, Ian & Barbara from Belfast, Daragh and Tim Bambino from wherever they were from, Scottish Rachel & Greek Dimitra whom I only talked to briefly (top marks to Dimitra for guessing that I was on Sinister though... is it that obvious?), list lurker Eamonn & Ruth, and then to the Bus People - Seamus, Louise, Grainne, Seamus' sister, Mark, and er anyone else I was talking to. Like Rener, for instance. Maximum Respect To The Entire Sinister Posse. Remove Your Ampersand T-Shirt And Await Further Instructions. I'm thinking of going to allegedly good Dublin indie club Helter Shelter in the Shelter later in December, anyone else on for it? Likewise, B&S guest star Barry said that his band Da Capo are also playing the Shelter later in the month too... if I'm feeling really mad for it I might catch them too. Oh, and list abuse: fuck you Sinister, you think you're cool, but you're nothing. Nothing I tell you! praise Tobit, 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+