Sinister: Don't Mess with B&S (Austin show elation!) Warning: long!

[Lee & Lisa]

OH. MY. GAWD.

::Lisa is 12, mentally::
Welcome to the one of the best nights of my life. I am tempted to send it
all out play by play, in *excruciating* detail. (Do you really want to know?
Really? Sure? Ok.)
This is the first time I had ever seen the band (after being thwarted from
taking a plane on Sept. 14th  last year, to go to Seattle. ) I knew it would
be one of the most amazing shows I'd ever seen, but I didn't know exactly
HOW true that was to be.

::You could either  be successful ....::
The setlist's been posted, so I won't repeat that, but wow!! Nearly *all* of
my favourite songs!! I almost cried when they struck up "There's Too Much
Love", my favourite ever. So many songs off of Sinister as well! I felt as
though *you* were there with me. The band was jovial, banterous ( a word? I
looked it up in my dicCHUnary) and bouncy (fun fun fun fun fun). Stevie
joked that he was being "oh so demanding" by requesting that we clap on a
few songs. Stuart put his leg up on a monitor but kinda fell a bit, and then
said "I've only put my leg up on a monitor once or twice in my life. Guess
I'm not good at it. Pathetic, really"  He tossed his soccer ball out to the
crowd and we all enjoyed playing w/ it. Someone yelled "Manchester
United!!". It was too funny to hear that come out in a Texan twang! At one
point, Stuart chastised Sarah for taking off her "Texas"emblazoned cowgirl
hat, and I shouted out "Don't Mess with Texas". Stuart looked right at me,
and said "Oh , I know! You don't!!"  I gave Stevie the "Don't Mess with B&S"
pins I had made, and he thanked me so politely. These Scottish boys fit in
so well in Texas, someone's gone to the trouble of teaching them manners.
They should move here! :)

I can't describe how incredible it was to hear "Fox in the Snow", the most
beautiful and consoling song. ever. Suffice it to say that a crowd of
probably 3,000 was transfixed, in silence. Stuart remarked that he thought
we were a good audience and that even though we were probably the biggest
crowd they'd ever played to, we knew when to yell during the loud ones and
to be quiet during the soft songs. Yes, Stuart, we've been waiting years and
have travelled miles to see you, you think we're going to f*** it up now?

Later on, Jeanette (another Texas listie, the only one I managed to find,and
a wonderfully cool woman, in her own right!) and I wandered around and found
Richard, Stuart, Stevie and Sarah all hanging out, talking to some friends
and fans. I had my picture taken w/ Stuart and Richard, who were so sweet
about it. Richard even went to the trouble of handing around my fishyclap
booklet , so that various people could sign it. What a guy!! They said
they'd be working on a new album the second half of this year, but that they
have plans to tour again next year, and that they'll come back to Texas!!
yay! Richard talked to us a bit about Storytelling as well. He asked me what
I thought of the film, to which I replied "Well, I liked *your music* in
it!" He smiled and said he could see what I was saying about how when
someone tries to hard to shock one (in the film), it's a bit off putting. He
said he really didn't know Todd Solondz's other work, so had no idea what he
was getting into. He said that the film was originally supposed to be 2 1/2
hours long, so some of the songs they wrote for it, relate to parts of the
film which didn't make the final cut.  He was worried that because it's a
soundtrack, people might not get into it. I said, "Oh, I don't think you'll
have to worry about that!"

::Sing along with Stuart::
Start told us that he'd done kareoke the night before and that they were
planning on going back that night. He said he thought it would be great fun
to sing the BeeGees and treated us to a few lines "You can tell by the way I
use my walk..."  Hilarious! So, we didn't want to bug them anymore,so we
said we'd try to come to the kareoke. We  made it to the club a few minutes
before the band arrived, and were treated to Stuart singing John Denver's
"Annie's Song" (You fill up my senses) and to him doing a duet with the
hostess of the night, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Too F!U!N! Then, as the
kareoke was over, the maestro (?) put on Ac/Dc's "You Shook Me All Night
Long", to which Stuart shook his Scottish booty! FUN!!!
There are more details, aren't there always? But I think that's more than
sufficient for now. Write me if you would like to hear more, I guess. I
don't have anywhere to post pictures, but once they come out, I will let you
know.

A very VERY happy woman,
Much love to you all,
Lisa from Texas (I really just used this name as a way to differentiate
myself from possible other Lisas on the list. Now it seems SO appropo of
last night!)
p.s. Feel free to chime in with more details, Jeanette! :)

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