that was very strange, the way they played 'matchstalk men' on the sunday night as it had been in my head all week after seeing Ancoats in the A-Z on saturday afternoon. actually, i've always thought they were singing about hangcoats, those hooks on the backs of doors. hey, i was young... (once!). always thought it odd that someone would want to paint parts of hangcoats. i mean, why not paint the whole thing? yeah, sound was a bit muggy at times but, hey, it was a live gig... and i'd rather hear isobel singing orange juice songs over a muggy p.a. than not hear isobel singing orange juice songs. and don't complain about the gaps between songs because they weren't really there (apart from the long one where the cello died - 'that cello doesn't need a doctor it needs a priest!'). saturdays gig was 80 minutes, sunday nights was 90 minutes and both contained 16 or so songs. and, anyway, it seems that most of what people will remember about the weekend happened outside the town hall. 4 or 5 miles outside in my case... was nice to meet those of you i did and will see the rest of you next time. and, hey, the dj on sunday played the original of 'kinky love' by nancy sinatra (later covered wonderfully by the pale saints) which i have been dying to hear ever since i knew it existed so... oh, and bumped into chris and his brother andy at manchester station the day after and, well, it looks like chris's passion for wearing wide bottomed trousers is genetic... strange that he was travelling back alone - 'yeah, they're trying to get rid of me - first they put me on a separate stage and then they won't let me ride in the van' and if anyone has a decent tape of the matinee show then get in touch and i'll swap you for one of the others. i'll offer tapes to everyone else in due course but at the moment i'm only really interested in trades. ok? and amanda, i have your mug and will post it when i've found suitable packaging. you ought to thank dave for this btw as he kept it to one side for me... andy not in a muddle at all, thankyou. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------