hmm. Virus warning. I have a friend who forwards them constantly, and it really bugs me. I am getting fed up with spam (especially from some guy called Lowfly or Art Vortex who, unsolicitated, sends me big graphic attachments. Annoying ..... Anyway, to matters at hand. ie, eg, or ..... for example ***BELLE AND SEBASTIAN*** I am kinda annoyed with the complete lack of Belle & Sebastian in my life. I know we (as a list) have been over and over the whole thing about no one in the band wanting it to be *all* they do, and I know that the band owes me nothing, but still ..... It's not like there wouldn't been any new material. There are *loads* of brilliant songs which haven't been released. Lord Antony, Rhoda, The Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner, plus the myriad of songs which were (supposedly) recorded during the "Peasant" sessions and have never seen the light of day. So really, I don't think a new album would be too difficult to hastily compile. Also, the lack of gigs. Now personally I don't really care too much, because ... hey, fat chance they'd ever come to New Zealand, but it does kinda suck. If you're gonna tour constantly (like Bob Dylan) you can forgive an artist for not recording much, because they're always on the road. Silimarly, if you want to be The Beatles, and just *stop* playing live, for whatever reason, and just make music, then .... well, more music. Cool. Unfortunately, B&S are doing neither, and may well turn out to be the Def Lepard of the 00's My sneaking suspicion is that the band has, for all intents and purposes, broken up.I think Stuart D leaving was a bit of a blow for the band, but they soldiered on and released the album anyway, and theb did precisely *no* promotion for it, aside from one press conference, an phone conversation with Steve Wells and a mimed appearance on TOTP. Then nothing. My friends, I really believe, though it gieves me to say it, that this may well be the end of the line. Most of the band members seem to be off doing the solo thing (apart from Stuart, who, lets face it, is really the only person we're desperate for solo things from ...) and no news has leaked from the camp in more than six months. And what the hell's going on with Jeepster? The site never gets updated, the shop didn't even sell the Christmas album, and there have been no newsletters in months. RIP? oh God, I hope not. feeling bleak ..... Lawrence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+