Hello everyone, I've been sucked into your world from a small, pink moon orbiting in the distance (The Nick Drake mailing list-- Place-to-be). My discovery of B&S was accidental, but they exploded into my world with other artists unknown to me: Beth Orton, Wilco, and Jeff Buckley, whom are all probably well known to my new favorite group of people. You can imagine my suprise when the "beautiful-music" dominoes started falling. I'm struggling to keep up with the old and new of REAL pop music that doesn't sell-out. The event that brought me to this list was a package that was sent to me by a nice British gentleman on the Drake list. He sent me a free PAL copy of the B&S MTV Alternative Nation video special. I waited with this coded video for months until I could finally transfer it to NTSC, and now I can't stop watching it. I don't know why the band has to be so damned secretive (probably more so to Americans), but to actually see them be silly and have fun (and quasi-live) makes me so happy. My favorite video is Lazy Line Painter Jane; I can't believe that LLPJ is not a favorite song by most of the list. I'm also enamored with Isobel, who is my favorite member of the band. I'm a bit of a classic and childlike romantic, so Gentle Waves is a new favorite of mine (perfect for rainy days and children). I'm from Kentucky, and I'm a bit of a Belle & Sebastian loner/disciple. I have converted a few listeners at my university, and I discovered a few fans besides me. Being a fan isn't easy in America; afterall, the only things I have to appreciate are the music and the videos (and this list), which is a bit more than Nick Drake has to offer. I was wondering if the Belle and Sebastian lifestyle is big enough in Europe and other places to cause a cultural backlash? I've noticed on certain negative amazon.com B&S reviews that there are a few jerks, whom intend on crushing fragile B&S fans. How big is our sub-culture? I'm just curuious, since most people here are clueless toward any indie music (as was I). Thanks, Colin St. Clair ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+