Well kids, I think I may as well have my say on the Peel session, so here goes: IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. I'm glad I recorded it, though, because I wasn't keen on STSA initially, but now I love it. This may be asking for trouble, but, as I say, I taped the session, and so if anybody missed out, I'd be happy to send them a copy if they send me a tape, even to someone as far afield as Lawrence... As for the single, does anybody else think that the string section in TYCCASI sounds like a slowed down version of "There's Too Much Love" off FISHYCLAP? I do. And when it breaks down just before the vocal line comes in again, I think it sounds a lot like "A Century Of Fakers". I had a horribelle thought at work today. I had Tigermilk, IYFS and TWATTYBUS all playing, and I suddenly thought, "Are B&S actually any good anymore?", and I almost came to the conclusion of "No". Almost, but not quite. The reason for this was that as IYFS was playing, I was thinking about how the first three albums (and the early EPs) spoke to me really brilliantly, eloquently, perfectly about my life, and told me that it was okay to feel the way I did about things, and all the rest of it. Then I thought, "Does FISHYCLAP do this kind of thing to me?", and I though, "not reeeeaaaaaallllly, but it does have some delightful stories". The thing is, they no longer seem to touch me like they used to, and I thought, "I'm prolly just growing out of B&S". But then I downloaded Rhoda a couple of weeks ago and absolutely adored it and musically hugged it and all the rest of it and it gave me the same feeling that they first albums did, so perhaps I'm just being all NME and only liking the early stuff. I really really really hope that they return to the kind of blinding form they showed in the late-nineties, cos they were fab. Don't get me wrong, all their songs are rilly grate, and just cos they don't **speak** to me doesn't mean they're not witty and tuneful and all the rest of it, and a shitload better than 99.9% of other indie bands. It's just that I feel that B&S are like a former Champion football team who always finish 2nd or 3rd in the table, but we all know that they can finish top...(much like my beloved ARSENAL, but anyway). Anyway, sorry for the rant, I just wondered if anybody else felt this way, or if I was just having an off day... ENOUGH! love Sam.x _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+