This time it's L.A. I was at the pit at the very front of Stuart. I asked Stuart after he sang Jonathan David, "Stuart! Can we come on stage again like in Berkeley?" He had a grin on his face and he said, "You can come up!" I didn't know what to do until they launched into Dirty Dream #2. I knew what I was in for. Stuart signalled me to go up and I did. I wasn't afraid being on stage. I was in this state of euphoria where I couldn't hear anything or see anything. All I saw was Stuart and the mic stand. I proceeded to say the first line, "In a town so small, there's no escaping you." Then I backed away. This time, I was deathly afraid because I didn't know the exact wording of the second line. So, with my Liam Gallagher impersonation (I had to do it! When am I ever going to do it in front of 10,000 people?) I said the same line. Nobody seemed to notice. Then I completed the third line. I began bouncing up and down like crazy, raising my arms "Arsenio Hall" style in the air! Then I heard the crowd cheering for me and they all went mad! I immediately went down from the stage so Stuart can finish the song. I was received with lots of compliments and pats on the back from the pit crowd. Then, after B&S played an awesome rendition of "Video Killed the Radio Star," they played "Judy and the Dream of Horses." If you were following my previous story, this is the song that Stuart invited everyone to go on stage and dance. After the first verse, he invited people on stage. Of course, I was there with them! It was so cool!!! Then Connor from Bright Eyes danced with me and I just couldn't control my happiness, joy, and my moment of child-like actions. I was jumping like mad!! Dancing and just big smiles all around, giving high fives to the group of people around me on stage for instigating this whole thing. Then I gave Stuart a hug telling him thank you for the most wonderful night of my life. Then I got the setlist. As I was exiting the venue, random people started coming up to me congratulating and complimenting me for my performance. I didn't know what to say, other than "thank you?" At Fred's 62, I also got applauses. At the Derby, same reaction. There goes my moment of fame. Today it will be forgotten by all. But it will live in eternity with me. Thanks for reading. Cheers, Ian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+