But that long wait for the band...I reckon they've got rid of the gaps between songs and saved them up for one big one at the start (boom boom!). Now I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose but as it was I

London, 7/9/98, then. I was SO upset at the lack of volume - I couldn't have felt less immersed in the music - it was like listening to a poorly taped copy in the middle of a house party. I am underwhelmed, and even

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Jon Johnston, said: thought the atmosphere was poisonous by the time they got on. And the charming and gentle way they start their set wasn't the sort of thing to win over the doubters I reckon. Not unlike Russ Abbot (with whom I also share a passion for wry humour) I like a party with a happy atmosphere and to start with we really didn't have one and I didn't enjoy that. and then Markie mark said: though it did gte a bit louder towards the end, I still came away from the venue feeling just a little bit conned. It should have been the best

gig of my life, but it doesn't even make the top ten.

mmm, well, i was kinda looking forward to it too (i cut short my holiday in Greece, didn't go to bed the night before, ran to the airport with this severe jetlag and hangover combination ran trough the Greeen. so clutching my stomach and turning to my friends i tell them that even though i'm so hot i feel as though i'm about to give birth, i think that a Belle and Sebastian gig is just about the only place in London where the audience actually tells eachother to (cue low rolling whispher that gathers pace as more people join in) ....*Sssshhusssshh* ... and i loved that, but i was still a bit upset that it wasn't like the Union Chapel thing where everyone was being really cuddly and just plain Huggable. so my best friend turns to me and says knowingly, ahh, but there's just something in the way Stuart Murdoch sings. (cue this big fat smile). his dimples. yaz x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+