I also went to the Munich gig and I agree with Geoffrey and Pete; it was quite disappointing. The venue itself was terrible. The stage was so low and the Germans are so tall that you'd be glad if you could see more than one of the many band members. Besides, there were these two big pillars right in front of each side of the stage which blocked the view even more. But it was mainly the band's fault. The feeling you got during most of the songs was that the band just didn't want to be there but had to. Stuart M (whose hair clearly indicated he had just waken up) said they had just arrived by bus and apologised for not seeing the opening act, so maybe they were tired, I don't know. But I don't think they were drunk from the Oktoberfest. From their tour schedule I would guess they only had a few cold ones on the following day (Oct 4th). I took 3 friends along (2 of them knew B&S and 1 had never heard them before) and they all liked the Lucksmiths (the opening band) much better. Speaking of which, are there any Aussies from the list who could reccomend other Lucksmiths albums other than "A Good Kind of Nervous"? Two of my friends bought this CD (which sold out really fast) and it's really really good, a bit like a sweeter and happier early Violent Femmes. It was funny to see them onstage, the singer had this constant smile throughout all the songs, which made him look like someone you'd trust enough to leave your cat with while you went on holidays (if you love your cat, that is). I searched their website and found this email from a fan thanking the band for cleaning up his house after they slept over there after one gig. :-D Anyway, back to B&S's performance in Munich, here's the set list: i know where the summer goes the state i am in she�s losing it paper boat the rollercoaster ride lazy line painter jane chickfactor ease your feet simple things a century of elvis photo jenny loneliness of a middle distance runner seeing other people dirty dream number two I had never heard "where the summer goes" and liked it quite a lot. The same with "paper boat", which was sung by Stuart David. "The word out on the street is" StuD and Karn are buying a new house and need some money, so he wrote this mellow cheesy pop tune for the next ep (when is it coming out, by the way?). I found that lovely, and hope some more members need money as well. Love y'all, Andre. ************************************************************************ happy for a day - some belle and sebastian thoughts <http://welcome.to/happy4> contact us at: <mailto:lalala@altavista.net> =========================== "Men are so crazy, they want the essence, the woman is the essence, there it is right in their hands but they rush off erecting big abstract constructions." - Mardou Fox +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+