A new Go-Betweens album, the superbly laconic The Friends Of Rachel Worth, is shortly to appear. That's why the people here tonight are excited. When She Sang About Angels' with its memorable line about how Robert wished she'd 'sung about Tom Verlaine', not Kurt Cobain. Grant's almost wearily resonant 'The Clock' and a run-through of the classic 'Bye Bye Pride'. A solitary cheer comes from the audience.
People turn round and stare.
Who's that jerk, cheering the absence of Elliott. It was me. If you're wondering why I haven't described the show in detail, please allow me the odd indulgence. Even music critics like to hold their moments to cherish, their memories to linger. The Friends Of Rachel Worth and the live performance that accompanies it is so spell-binding in their simplicity and riffs to die for, they almost defy description.