On Sat, 24 Oct 1998, Butch Sweaters wrote:
An unbelieveable ending to two months of waiting: Belle and Sebastian cancel tonight's show at Philadelphia's Trocadero, apparently due to Isobel's illness. Here's a short version: Cinerama plays; B&S's equipment get set up, which takes about 45 minutes; about 30 minutes go by with nothing but the Housemartins playing; people start to get gitated; someone with a Scottish accent comes out and says that someone in the band is ill and that she'e been taken to the hospital, but the band will be on shortly, sorry for the delay; another 45 minutes pass and another person, also Scottish (maybe
For the record, the first guy that came out never said the "band will be on shortly." He did say they were trying to "sort it out" and possibly said that, "hopefully [the] band will be on shortly." This may sound like the same thing, but, actually the first announcement was a good clue that they weren't going to play -- if you listened and watched closely ... Not that it stopped me from waiting around for the "official" word! ;-D
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At this point (midnight EDT, Friday night), I'm too disappointed to describe, but I will say this (which is something I think alot of people will say): Why can't a nine piece band make due with only eight when 1,200 people have been waiting two hours in a club for them to play (and God knows
When the first guy made his announcement, I was tempted to yell up, "Get Sally [to fill in]" [Sally Murrell from Cinerama, that is]. ;-) But, yeah, it seemed they certainly coulda gone on w/o Isobel ... Evidently, for them, it's an "all or nothing" proposition ... Anyway, let's wish the best for Isobel! :-) take care, --Michael, who thinks The Trocadero really needs to re-think their "entrance system"!! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+