<I know I speak with all the zeal of a recent convert, but there is <no denying the power of these guys' music. Do any of you know what <has become of Alex Chilton? The sleevenotes tell how Chris Bell died <in a car crash but other than saying that Chilton was demoralised <and out of music by the 80s nothing more was said. I can come up with an etremely tenuous B&S link with Alex Chilton. Here goes: V-Twin, the band that Chris Geddes sometimes plays (played?) with, supported Alex Chilton when he last came to Glasgow (though I couldn't go cause I was working- in a shop accross the road from the venue, just to rub it in). I heard it that they got to do it because Jason, the singer sent a tape of some of their songs to Alex Chilton and he liked it a lot. In fact they got on so well that Jason and the guitarist (don't know his name) are supposedly going to New Orleans to live in Alex Chilton's spare house. You still see them about Glasgow though, so they're not on their way yet. And talking, well kind of, about B&S members extra-curricular acivity, Mick Cook played with The Karelia when I saw them play a couple of weeks ago. He played trumpet on one song, and guitar on the rest, but i got the idea he only played guitar so much because the singer couldn't- becuase he had cut his finger. Does anyone know anthing more about this?, that is Mick playing with The Karelia, not the singer's cut finger. And Keith, count me in for an Edinburgh picnic. I think many of my friends can be persuaded to attend. When I told them about the London picnic they said they wanted to go. Yet they wouldn't go to the Manchester gigs with me. I don't know. That's all, I think. Love Juliaxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------