Hi all. It's me again, here to waste your time with my thoughts on the new Belle and Sebastian song/single as well as my observations on the Cleveland music scene, something I know like 4 of you on this list care about, but I thought that maybe if you guys had seen some of the same tours we would have a point of common experience. So without further adieu... LEGAL MAN Ok, so my first experience with this song was probably less than ideal. I listened to it via real audio and the quality was spotty at best. I think I need to hear it via CD or LP on my stereo to make a good judgement. Keith Watson said on Friday that it was a catchy tune, and maybe he's right, but it's hard to make a judgement when it sounds like you are listening to it via a scratchy telephone connection. YO LA TENGO Great show, wierd crowd. There were numerous people drinking wine (I found myself wondering when I had arrived at the wine tasting party) and there was one guy who looked like an overweight jock boy throwing his arms around and dancing like a fool. He was especially getting into it when Ira Kaplan launched into some really discordant guitar lines. I think at one point he elbowed a guy in the face and the guy gave him a stern talking to, because past that point I saw the ape boy's arms yearning to breathe free, but practicing restraint, he just played air guitar instead. It's not often that a crowd could ruin a show for me, but by the time YLT came on for their second encore in classic arena rock style, I was fed up and yearning to watch IRON CHEF (which, thanks to a technical glitch, I never got to see.) CAT POWER I thought Saturday would be better since I had a ticket to see Cat Power, but it ended up being postponed a night because Chan Marshall had car troubles in Detroit. So instead my friend Liz and I had an IRON CHEF marathon. Then Chan came into town last night and played. She showed her typical (from what I hear) fear of the crowd--her fear often manifested itself in attempts at witty banter with the audience during the middle of a song. Highlights include: 1. Chan asking if some long dead Cleveland rocker was in the crowd. This ended up generating a conversation between Chan and an audience member who explained thew rocker's unfortunate fate (that he committed suicide in the 70s.) 2. Trivia time! She asked us what the city of brotherly love was, to which the entire crowd ansered "Philadelphia." She then asked what Detroit was. I screamed "a hellhole!" She said "no, that's south africa." ok. 3. This strange boy with a shirt wrapped around his head walked up to the stage, stared at her for 5 seconds and walked away. Chan joked, "that's my boyfriend. He likes to make me feel important." A funny joke until you find out after the show that the guy is selling Cat Power records in the back. 4. Chan asks if we'll all run to the bar if she tells us drinks are on the house. This accentuates her fear of the crowd and some of the less couth members of the audience start screaming at her. Anyway, if any of you saw cat power, it may seem that I didn't like the show, but I did. I just found it strange that she just wouldn't stop playing. She would never take a break to receive much deserved applause, but would instead do wierd changes and then joke with the audience to cover up how wierd they were. Last night was just crazy. I went to the apothecary to get some cheap assed ibuprofin and on my way back to my apartment (I live around the corner from the venue) I was asked if I rode a scooter and a hippy tried to sell me hash. Crazy. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY I just got done reading this book and since I had a nasty row with my father this weekend, I sat and fumed for a good hour after I read it. I had to "clean the palate" (for lack of a better term) by picking up my copy of THE HOBBIT. I am tired as shit today though. Brandt ===== "Selma, Jub Jub is fantastic! He's everywhere you want to be!" --Troy McClure __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+