Sinister: tales of a tortured bus ride

[trish delish]

hi kids

i suppose it's a little late to be reviewing the belfast gig, so i'll just add 
my shout outs to all the members of the sinister massive who were there 
(though a slightly muted shout to the pervy priest (Aka dirty vicar) for his 
disparaging title about the kids on the bus)

actually, i think those of us who travelled on the bus deserve some kind of 
prize....someone mentioned their hope that we introduce the presumably bemused 
bus driver to the joys of b and s. well, seamus and louise came prepared with 
tapes, and so impressed was the bus driver that he drove the last 100 miles 
home with the window down (sub zero temperatures bedamned) and once the tape 
had ended, decided on a musical/cultural exchange by bombarding us with the 
joyful 106.8 fm, dublin's ONLY country music radio station...who'da thunk it?
 personal faves included the delightful rockabilly version of away in a 
ma-a-a-nger, and the song whose title i missed, but whose chorus told of the 
boy who drove his car to the county fair, got bar-beee-kew sauce on his shirt, 
and a girl who was killing him with her mini skirt.
ah, much as i try to describe the joys, only those of us who experienced it 
will share that special bond...

so on to other things....actually, one thing i would like to mention about the 
belfast gig is that some of the crowd really could have gotten into the spirit 
of things a little more....some wag beside me on the balcony provided endless 
entertainment to his mates by (loudly) calling isobel a dickhead every time 
she opened her mouth to sing....a pity, i hope she didn't mind too much. 
otherwise, it really was a fab gig in every way, someone reviewing glasgow 
mentioned it was great to see them all enjoy themselves, which i thought in 
belfast too - a lovely change from the guitar smashing antics of dublin in 
times past

and so, it's off to bed and dreams of a year when i can smugly say i managed 
at least 24 hours before breaking all my resolutions (i write this surrounded 
by chocs, ciggies and nary a heterosexual man in sight)

happy new year kids
trish delish

ps actually, writing that last bit, i've had a bit of a belated epiphany - 
could the chocs and ciggies be responsible for the last bit? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

pps i promise that as of now, i will never ever mention the word bus in a 
sinister post again...it really can't be that interesting to those, ohhh 1387 
of you, who weren't on it...nitenite!


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