The Montreal show totally kicked my ass. And a big word up to Mick Cooke being one of the highlights and providing much viewing pleasure to everyone in our section. We couldn't see about half the stage (but still managed to see quite a bit, due to the sheer amount of people playing), but were fully entertained by his many talents. The Aislers Set were very good- I didn't know much about them, but I noticed that the keyboard player is from The Fairways. Unfortunately, the sound was not very good during their set...I think something was wrong with the mic and the overall mix was very quiet. The sound was corrected for B&S, but it's too bad that The Aislers Set didn't get their volume cranked to 11 as well. Here's the setlist, as I wrote it on a scrap of paper. I'm forgetting a lot of the talking parts, so I'm hoping that the other Montreal go-ers can fill in the blanks: Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie - I was in the bathroom when this started, and let me tell you: everything they've said about bathroom acoustics is true. I would've stayed in there if there was a Jumbotron in the sink area. I don't think they started out with Fuck This Shit since I didn't hear a harmonica among the crowd-screams, but I was in the can, so I'm not really sure. Dirty Dream #2 (no talky bits) Dunno (Magic of a Kind Word?) I'm Waking Up To Us I Love My Car Stevie Song from Storytelling (Consuelo Leaving?) - complete with suggestive Genie In A Bottle dance moves from said B&S member. The string section sounded excellent. Scooby Driver Stars of Track and Field - this one received one of the biggest cheers of the night. Stuart hesitated at the beginning, which prompted a short conference with Stevie. I think this was when a girl in the audience shouted "I can sing it!". Ten seconds later: "I mean it!". Heehee... The Model Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - !!!, with Sarah on vocals; Stevie, Mick, Bobby and Chris I Could Be Dreaming The Boy w/ the Arab Strap - included a Mick-led clapping frenzy. I ran out of clapping-steam about half way, but the rest of the crowd showed endurance and strength right to the finish line. Slow Graffiti Family Tree I Know Where the Summer Goes Dog On Wheels The Wrong Girl There's Too Much Love Put the Book Back on the Shelf Legal Man - all sorts of good crazy shit. Great closer, since we did not get an encore. Stories included an announcement of the Canadiens win over the Hurricanes (no comment as I'm from Ottawa), hockey fights, rats following Stuart around, and a questioning of whether they were considered prog due to Stuart's double bass/guitar combo. Sadly, no Yes covers were played, although the Leonard Cohen tune almost made up for it. The band seemed to be in a good mood: lots of crowd interaction, dancing, smiles, glasses slipping down noses. It was pretty wild. For those of you catching them on the rest of the tour: I hate you all! Have fun, --Cathy. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+