Sinister: W1 nights (hopefully this will have the end)

[A. Memon]

sorry - i'm sending this again as it just arrived in my inbox without an end. dunno why it did that. if it happens again, i'll leave it as it is.



Hello everybody,

Nice to have the day off work after Tigermilking. No, I didnt do a sickie, (no need to Katrina - read on) or anything like that. I walked into work, and my boss told me I looked pale. I said, "Well, I feel kinda rough," which was the truth. I was dead tired - it took me nearly two hours on the N18 nightbus to get home. So she sent me home! Bless her little cotton socks, if she was wearing some. Oh, bless her anyway.

Like the journey Marcus had on his way in to Tigermilking, I had to side step violent arguments, avoid the gaze of hustlers and keep my wits about me on a MONDAY night. I wondered if Friday night could be any safer by being populated with people having fun, but that would probably magnetise the bad, seedy side of Soho by 100% as well.

Well, Tigermilking for me was a safe haven for a good few hours. I saw plenty of familiar faces, faces from gigs and faces I couldnt exactly place (me thinks I will have to make the next picnic). I think Paul (?) from Track and Field was there too. If it was him he didnt have his glasses on. Lots of happy popkids, and ironic metallers. It felt like the Bowlie club nights. Everywhere a happy face.

Some unexpected tunes they played:
Kylie - Confide in Me
Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O Mine and Paradise City (the latter was played so people could rock out and win goodies)
Kraftwerk - The Model (one of two songs I knew ALL the lyrics to yesterday. the other was Primal Scream's Come Together - I'm hopeless with lyrics)
Motorhead - Ace of Spades

Some more expected tunes I enjoyed:
Super Furry Animals - Hometown Unicorn
B&S - Seeing Other People
Pulp - Mishapes
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
David Bowie - Starman
+ more I cant recall.

And the video projections did indeed show previously unknown B&S footage (they were in a studio at one point), Pavement, Buzzcocks, and a vast amount of Suede was heard and shown. I noticed that as I'm not overly keen on Suede.

I can't remember the names of the people I met, only someone called Nicola. She was stuck on The Electric Sound of Joy from the Earworm Records cd compilation.

So I thoroughly enjoyed riding the bus home early from work today. My friend from Blackburn had sent me a tape of his band, Tom Paulin and it's easily said they're influenced by the B&S sound (I also know his other reference points - Sonic Youth for one). His music on my walkman and the morning had made me realise I'd forgotten how peaceful 10:30am can be. There are lots of things I dont get to witness whilst at work. Hitchhikers wanting to disappear up the M1. Old folks ruling the streets. Schoolboys skiving. Brent Cross shopping centre breathing easy. Perfect atmosphere for my ever-worrying mind. 

When I got home and finally fell asleep after watching a previously taped Louis Theroux episode, (the Black Activists) I woke up to Gram Parsons singing "Hot Burrito #1" which was Emmylou Harris's choice for Music of the Millenium.

Everything had turned out just right. It always does.
 
I'll read you all later,
Amos

PS
Marcus - I'm going to see Godspeed on Thursday after seeing Princess Anne in the morning. I'll contact you to see if you'd like to meet up.
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