Dear Sinisterines and -ettes,
Um, if one were so inclined, one could listen to "Your Cover's Blown" over
at the excellent music blog:
Said the Gramophone (http://www.tangmonkey.com/blogs/music/) Although, I
should say this- it's probably better just to stream it, because otherwise
the website will collapse into bandwith-exceeded coma. The song, by the way,
is amazing. Stuart definitely gives a nice Michael Jackson-esque 'unh' in
the first thirty seconds of the track which = pure hotness. I feel as if
this is maybe the first Belle and Sebastian song that could be appropriately
played at an uptown coke-party.
Hope you're all well,
Kevin
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The sky above is pale blue, paler than eyes. The
clouds cirrus is it or no cumulus are wispy and blown
across the corners of the sky. I was going to say: it
is always sunny on Bloomsday - but no: two years agao
the rain tipping down as Spain's penalties put the
Republic out and the barmen started removing their
leprechaun hats; sheets of rain down the quays to
O'Conell Bridge, festivities cancelled.
Cirrus it is after all.
Monday night: roygbiv is that all the colours it is on
the edge of the air at Sandymount. Dogs live and liver
chasing each others' tails across the packed sand.
Cocklerpickers, ghost ships. Bailey light comes on in
the distance, too far and fast flashing for a
photograph.
The next day from St Stephen's, that is, Trouss�'s,
Green, wander South hardly knowing a destination:
Leeson Street South, Morehampton Road, Donnybrook
Road. Trees line avenues: concrete banks like old
fortified police stations of 1919: pubs, estate agents
and takeaways declare their location, like the
Drumcondra Laundry. A dacent bookshop here, all this
way out in nowhere, somewhere, Dublin visitors don't
seek, beyond the slow jet of the canal, up to the
crooked line of the Dodder. Follow that to the coast?
No - I am on a trek now: head south again, up to a bus
stop where the advert for sausages depicts JJ and the
schoolgirls turn out to be holidaying Americans.
Endless roads of grey matter down south into
anonymity: Stillorgan feels like a trellis of
highways. 1960s modernization Ireland. The bus heads
off the map, takes in every available permutation of
the posters for European election candidates with
their warm real phoney gas man TD smiles. Dun
Laoghaire and south with little fuel in me own tank.
Scent of the rocks below the tower where I clambered
the day after two years gone, the day after Robbie
Keane hit two pens on target and went out. I ask the
curator if he remembers me.
- Struggling to remember... the context.
I don't tell him it was the Kaiser's school we spoke
at. Busy?
- Rushed off my feet.
- Literally.
- Literally. Like you-know-who.
Heading out again I declare,
- I'll be back.
One day.
Pints below the stained glass of Fitzgerald's where
the oldsters aggressively ask each other,
- Would you like a drink?
and the curate brings me mine and offers a merely
approximate charge at first.
The clouds grow, come together, drift off. May today
the streets take you where you or they will. Be light
lucky and lovely.
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Good Lord.
Even back in the day (aah, Dunfermline 2001!), and I had two extra tickets
as my father and my sister couldn't stand stu's voice, I gave my tickets
away.
Fucking touters piss me off.
Anyway, I'm going to annoy everyone as there is FREE BELLE AND SEBASTIAN GIG
not 100 yards from my flat and i'm not going! muwahahaha
So I just wanted to say that Neil's post was dangerously close to being
totally fucking old school Neil Robertson! Very exciting. More people
should post controversial statements so he can kick ass Robertson style!
No point to this post. Other than the fact that Crowded House' "Don't Dream
It's Over" is a quality tune, and the video is up for download on Alex
Proyas' website. www.mysteryclock.com. Enjoy!
-Matt
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Hola Sinistras
S'it hot where you are? Coz it's uncommonly warm here in Arbroath (the
armpit of North East Scotland), where I'm spending a week with my folks.
It's the usual Summer visit. We all have to do it. We all get to whinge
about it.
Anyway, the great thing is that only the way up from London to here, I
stopped in on Glasgow for the 'Belle & Sebastian and friends' FREE concert
at the Botanic Gardens. Did anyone else go? The night before, I went to
Sufjan Stevens at 'Stereo', which was a fine warm-up, and we even [are
pretty sure we] saw Isobel (Campbell, that is), looking very happy with a
young man, and with her lovely pony-tail swinging off into the uncommonly
mild Glasgow night.
So, Saturday, and by way of some kinda miracle, the city took on tropical
traits and it was a scorcher! Straight down the Brel (smashing pub with
great grassy slope out the back) we went for a few pre-gig pints, then off
to the park. Got to the park - great! Realise there's nowhere to buy booze
- bad! Back outta the park (sneaking past security men eating ice lollies,
God love 'em), and managed to sweet-talk our way into an Off Licence that
was threating to close coz of demand...
So then we're back in the park again, and settling in for the show, and WHAT
A SHOW! The band played favourites from all eras - from Dylan in the Movie
right through to Stay Loose, and it sounded amazing! Monica Queen made a
guest appearance for LLPJ, and there was a REAL LIFE piper for Sleep The
Clock Around (which I heard from the portaloo queue, but never mind).
All in all, it was an immense evening, and a roaring success by all
accounts. We didn't make it to the after party, although we DID try our
best to go see Uncle John & Whitelock, but too many Tennent's we stacked
against us, I'm afraid.
Thanks to the band - Saturday was what it's all about: a really good way to
say 'cheers' to the folk of Glasgow for being totally and utterly fucking
marvellous. I'm sure the sun shone stronger just for y'all.
Love, like it sprays from a dropped can,
Miss Ho
PS - Hear! hear! to Neil for scuppering that shocking attempt to sell
tickets won in a competition. Christ, what's next - Grannies going for £50
a-piece? BAH!
See yaz all at Somerset Sunday.
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Dear Sinister,
Wow, Jonathan Davis from KoRn doing a film with a Belle and Sebastian song
title!? Awesome. I once wanted to start a KoRn tribute band called QUoRn,
and it was gonna be vegetarian rock.
It's funny how "Stay Loose" is prolly my favourite song from DICKWANK, I was
listening to it quite a lot on my iPod when it had batteries in it whilst
roaming the streets of New York the other week on holiday, and wow that
guitar solo is fun. And it's so good to sing along to.
"but what about meeee??? I can't really seeee, how things will
improh-oh-ohohhh, if all you want is to stay ... the lights are out in the
house tonight and I'll creep around and creep into your head ... all you
want is to stay ..
Dungdungdungdungdungdungdungdungdangdungdangdingdangdungdungdung dur-dadadum
dur-dadadum dur-dadadum dur-dadadam dur-dadadam dur-dadadam dur-dadadam
dumdumdumdur dum dum dum da dum dum de dum dum dum dummmmm dum da da da
deeeeee"
Ooh it's so good! I longed for my guitar so bad.. The streets of NY
probably saw me air-guitaring like a mad fool the whole time I was there. I
wanted to buy this kid-sized STANDALONE electric guitar too that I saw at
toys-r-us! It would have been just the thing to get me beaten up again..
After the beating for singing Like Dylan in the Movies in London. I'd get
fucked up for playing Stay Loose with a toy-electric guitar in New York.
Maybe I can start a career in getting myself assaulted for committing Belle
and Sebastian related activity in the capitals of the world. Next stop,
human beatboxing Electronic Renaissance in Moscow. Doing Jazz Hands to I'm
a Cuckoo in Tokyo*
---
I need someone to karaoke this Stay Loose song with me and then we can
alternate the singing of the bit where it goes
"and I know it could be me I'm always asking for more MORE more MORE" more
of that please.
But yeah wow whilst in New York I watched a bit of baseball on the telly (or
"TV" or "Television" as the Americans called them - how odd!) and Mike
Piazza was batting, wow. That's excitement. He was a bit gay - he kept
yanking other player's willies. They didn't seem to mind though, some even
wore shirts that proclaimed to the world that they were all his yankees!!!
----
I'd like to also mention that Neil Robertson once sold me a B+S ticket
outside one of their gigs, and he charged me £11, plus a hug, for it. Or
maybe I paid £11 for a hug and he gave me a B+S ticket for free.
On Ticket related news, if anyone has one or two Saturday Somerset House gig
tickets for sale, please sell them to me! I'll pay up to whatever you paid
for it. Plus a hug.
Two hugs if you give me the tickets for free.
Backstage Pass gets you a snog.
etc.
Indeed,
Ken
*in Tokyo! in the style of Thin Lezzy-o! Playing Subuteo! With Dominic
Matteo! Etc with Michael Caine fighting the zulus there's something wrong
with me I'm a cuckoo poo poo etc.
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Come and meet me at How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on June 18th. If you feel
like it, since meeting Ian was so very nice (and he wrote such nice things
about me in the weblog - I am blushing! - I want to meet as many of you as
possible)
I will be the giggly six foot brunette who will be speaking Swedish with her
tiny (she is a lot shorter) brunette sister and other people. I think I will
be quite hard to miss.
Also, I am in the mix cd for the site www.blandband.nu, called blandband.nu
vol 1 - songs for a trade. It really is quite exciting to have your band on
a CD with other people who make great music, ih! Yes, it was one of Kat's
first proper appearances.
Also, look out for Martin Gordon's CD Hogwash (?) since me and Amanda sing
back-up on the track Fuss Me. I was told there is a weird filter over our
voices though, I have nto heard it myself. But it will be interesting none
the less and it was a fun experience!
ANyways, must now go and socialize with my friends,
see you Friday hopefully
I am looking forward to going to England so much I could DIE!
Well, I won't, hopefully, but it will be pretty damn nice I tell you!
Take care,
love
Astrid
Ps. Also have now started writing my first proper novel. Might be any out of
maybe five different starts. Hmmm.
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coming from a country that didn't qualify for the
european championships and living in a country that
didnt qualify for the european championships and not
even caring enough about football to avoid watching
the Beach on the other channel, (what the hell was
that all about - i don't care how nice the beach is
but 6 years of beach volleyball is gonna get dull???),
i suppose i should feel left out....
but i don't really care, so thank you apathy, once
again... and thank you dad for making me love rugby
and get bored by football, c'est la vie.... a
glaswegian anomlay indeed.
my latest bout of idiocy involved the concept of
recording music...something i guess many of you will
be familiar with....it all started with a mobile phone
(with recording facility), a vorspiel (norwegian code
for getting trashed before going out thus in theory
avoiding need to purchase numerous 50 kroner beers in
the pub whilst in reality inducing need to buy even
more expensive liquor), and a very bad acoustic guitar
based cover of a song which i believe doesn't actually
have guitars in it. genius.
since then, via the all empowering embrace of the
incredibly poor thus incredibly enhancing sound
quality of the phone mic, we have come to believe we
need to record to a non phone based media. this led
rapidly to the heady world of digital 4 tracks and
fancy instrument mics...i had to stop when i realised
i could probably live for half a year in asia for the
cost of hearing a perfect reproduction of a
guitar-less song played with guitars by 2 guys,
neither of whom could sing...
never let the dream be diminished by facts but there
comes a point. Anyway, since then, and most probably
for the better, i have become aware in the style of a
caveman wandering into the NASA headquarters of the
sheer myriad of pc-based technology available for such
musical efforts, so despite lacking a pc, this could
be a more sensible way of going about things...?
mmm splurge...the wind is blowing itself into a frenzy
and am about to spend 2 days and nights on a large
boat off the coast of norway.
hope the Glasgow show rocked..
i'm off to get acquainted with the interior of a
bucket.
adios amigos :>
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You probably don't remember me...I'm like one of those
swamis that stays silent for years and then speaks up
with profound insights (or not). However, today I am
feeling very weird, and also lonely. If you want to
make a new virtual chum and share my virtual
lovehearts, please pop an ICQ to 72090007. Or look at
www.livejournal.com/users/mippy and leave notes on how
cool I am, like a big laburnum tree. Even hate mail
gladdens my heart and reminds me there's more than
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Holy Moley!
B&S in Australia! Let's not be coy about it, it's brown trousers time
here! I assume the chance of B&S taking a punt on flying across the
Tasman and playing a one-off gig in New Zealand is pretty slim?
(long silence from B&S camp)
sigh ... thought so.
Well then, I guess I'll have to fly to Melbourne for the gig.
I am feeling extremely excited, and also slightly miffed at the prospect
of having to shell out far more money than I can justify to see my
favourite band in another country.
Lawrence
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Well sadly James, I'm going to be the highest bidder for this, and you can
whistle for your money.
It's a free show for competition winners. Just give your tickets away, don't
sell them.
Selling them makes you a tout, and I fucking hate touts.
Neil
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