Hi all, just thought as everyone else had had their say, I'd wade in too. Um, so what did happen that weekend? Arrived Sat evening, booked in at our cheap hotel, alas not the Dolby but the Grafton down by the Uni. Off to Vinyl Exchange and Piccadilly for supplies first, then roamed my way to the Square Albert. Being the shy type I didnt really say hi much for about an hour, though I was one of the first there 8-(. Still, Martin turns up and beers are proceeded to be had. As it filled up a bit I said hi to Stuart and HoneyPaul and had a general good gossip. Ahem, bit worse for wear by 8, off we staggered across the square to the Town Hall. Ha, another church! Pseudo-bar upstairs and "please no drinks or smoking in the hall". OK, hung around, Arab Strap kinda came and went without exactly being there (?!). Is there such a thing as a "typical" B+S stage show, well assuming yes is the reposte to that, then I'd say "typical B+S" stage show, U-shaped stage!! PA looked quite small, yep very quiet gig to come. OK, so quite packed by the time I had finished another of Murphy's beers, so I'm kind of near the back watching two stages side on but with the sound right in front of me ;-) And them, um, well, I remember Photo Jenny as great and Century of Fakers as bop-along but not much else, and then they were gone.... Had I come from Southampton for this?? Still, no time to lose wallowing in the disappointment of it all, taxi off to Smile, where the entire Town Hall crowd bopped to such stupendous records as Therese, Carbrain and Pristine Christine. Said hi to Julian, my mate Mark's friend. OK Martin, its 2am, I'm tired and drunk and the gig is coming back to me, off home. Awake at 11 with no sign of aforementioned cohort, seemed he had "met someone at the end of Smile and gone to theirs". Blimey can't get the staff these days ;-). So, Sunday spent nursing hangover from hell, no ticket for the matinee but not to worry, tonights gig MIGHT be great, like Colchester after Oxford. Its kinda like Charlie opening that Wonka wrapper, this MIGHT be the golden ticket, so this gig MIGHT be the best in history. So, the Albert is closed, off to the Ferris Wheel, glance at GMEX, into the Briton's Protection (sp?) for a hairofthedog Tetleys. over to the Hall at 8. OK, feel better now, hangover gone, on the cokes, meet friends up from Wales (hi Mike and Fred) and good old Pat from Accies, who is amazed to see me (I'm now sitting here typing this taping him TM ;-)) So, support come and go without a fuss, get nearer the front than last night, that's better already. Off we go at 9.30. Modern Rock Song, and its just wonderful. Sound is about a gazillion times better than last night, and no its not just the lack of alcoholic stupor! The State I Am In next and if that isnt the best song in the history of music.... A glitch for Le Pastis , never my fave anyway, but then Shes Losing It, oh so wonderful, me thinks this next hour is going to be so great. But a couple more go by whose titles elude me. It is going off the boil I think, tho still better than last night. And, then, WOW revival or revival??? Century of Elvis just the best, what a tune (hmm preaching to the converted here Stuart??) better than horrid Fakers remake ;-) And Judy and Seymour and Dylan and it just flows and glides and this is the BEST BAND IN THE WORLD.... havent felt like this in years, since oooh Codeine in London.. they play for 80 mins and it just gets better. Hey whats this, "Another Girl Another Planet" to end, ha no, its "Sleep the Clock Around" and is this the full cacophony or what, everyone seemingly at full pelt, but WHAT a sound. Naff hotels and bad hangovers are forgotten, this is the place to be, here right now, no matter the cost.... On the way out, opinion landslide that tonight swamped last, off home to recover from a whirlwind time.. Hm, back to the "sounds like X" thread, anyone agree that We Rule The School has the solo straight from Streets of London by Ralph McTell ;-)) Just my 200 dollars ;-) OK, slaggings-off welcome. -- Stuart ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------