Sinister: Londonium - Repost

[Rod Begbie]

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Hey there!

I tried to post this message earlier, but having a look through the archive
to see what others have been saying, it seems to have disappeared into the
ether, so here it is again:

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'lo Chaps!

Well, that was scary. Walking into a pub in London, not knowing what any of
the people you're about to meet look like, but having them recognise you!
(The Helen Love T-shirt, y'see. Works every time!)

Luckily, the predicted Begbie/Tag punch-up failed to materialise, so I was
able to enjoy a drink with a load of people with alarmingly familiar names.
To everyone I blethered to: I love you lots.

Gig was very good - Audience were a bit standy-still and not quite boogieing
enough - and I've never heard such a large group of people go "Shhhhh!"
before - but the band were tops.  Hand-Clappers of the world, unite!

See ya next time, pop-chums!
--

In addition to all that, in response to the point that others have raised:
Yeah, I felt that the audience reaction was pretty strange - partially due
to the fucking long wait (there was the start of some booing when yet
another song started on the tape) - and while the band were great, it wasn't
up there with the Edinburgh two cities concert which remains in my Top 3
gigs of all time (along with Elastica at T in the Park '95 and Teenage
Fanclub at the Queen's Hall the same summer).  Perhaps it was just the mood
I was in, but meeting Sinister-types before the gig was more of an event to
me than the show itself (I was sat on the night bus home thinking "Kevan was
quite a sound bloke", not "That recorder solo was fab")

Rod.

PS.  Charlotte - You're very lovely, and I apologise for talking so loudly
:)
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