Sinister: Lunnon tahn

[Lucy Munro]

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London?  Well, I *did* enjoy it - it was certainly the best I've 
*heard* them, but it's a bit odd going to a comparatively big venue 
when you've got used to seeing bands play in grubby little back 
rooms.  I've only ever seen B&S in small places or churches 
before.  Oh, and a shop...  A little shakey at the start, 
especially as portions of the crowd seemed a little pissed (or 
indeed pished) off, to say the least.  Sadly, as I was busy 
talking to some friends I hadn't seen for a couple of 
months I didn't even realise that they'd been so long.  
Though if I'd had an early train to catch I'd have been 
cross - a friend had to leave after 5 songs.  Had the 
same thing happen to me at a Shack gig at the Jazz cafe a couple of 
years ago when I was living in Cambridge & distinctly remember 
stomping past Martin Rossiter on the way out, and him looking really 
taken aback, as if he thought I was scowling at him. 

But B&S really came together about a third of the way through, &
they sounded far less shambolic than any other time I've seen 
them - harmonies actually coordinating rather than wavering.  I 
kind of thought about going to the front, but I didn't have the 
sheer blind reckless courage - made do with standing on tip-toe 
and just about seeing the top of Stuarts Murdoch and David's 
heads from time to time.  Until the end when it cleared out a 
little & I got a glimpse of Stuart M.'s Felt t-shirt.  Honey 
informs me that Mick Cooke was wearing a kilt, but I have no way 
of knowing whether this is true.  Did anyone else see the boys on the 
balcony air drumming?

I had a bit of nightmare getting home.  Had to wait ages for 
the Hammersmith & City tube at Shepherds Bush & then it stopped at 
Edgware Road and an announcement said there wouldn't be 
another train for 20 minutes or something.  So I decided to get the 
27 bus to Chalk Farm instead of waiting for the tube, as the last 
trains go from Baker St to Finchley Road go at about 12:40, if not 
earlier.  Kind of appropriate to ride home on a bus, now I stop to 
think about it.  My friend Ben saw me at Edgware Road (we'd lost him 
in the venue - he was off talking to friends near the back), and I 
didn't see him.  I don't think I actually walked past him, but it was 
pretty near.  I've told him it wasn't my fault, I was stressed.  He 
says he was testing my powers of observation and I failed.  Bah!

Sorry not to have introduced myself to anyone in the pub - I got 
there late, & had to try and find the man with my ticket before he 
got tempted to sell it to a tout (apparantly they were selling them 
for 35 quid).  And then it took me 20 minutes to get served at the 
bar - I really should have got the hang of it by now, but no.

Oh, this is far too long and dull...

Lucy

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Lucy Munro
lucy.munro at kcl.ac.uk










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