What ho listees! Did anyone see the wee article on CS Lewis in the weekend's Observer? Not being a huge fan of posho kids' books myself, I've never read 'The Lion, The Witch..' et al, though as Lewis is a major influence on Mr Murdoch, I took an interest in the piece. The thrust of its tenor (or should that be tenor of its thrust?) was that Lewis was a bit of an old puritan, with a high moral tone in his work. Consequently, though kids love his books, adults find them a bit creepy. The irony of course is that grown-ups love Belle & Sebastian while the kids find them a bit creepy. Much has been written about Belle and Sebastian's religious interests, but how do we square this apparent spirituality with their voyeuristic bent (prisoners with Arab straps and the like). Discuss. Meanwhile, in a packed programme tonight, your correspondent will be going to the Borderline to see soul/country songwriting legend Dan Penn and distribute some flyers for Matinee's gigs this week. We're playing the Hope & Anchor on Wednesday and the Acoustic Caff on Thursday, in the face of stiff competition from Hefner and Grand Drive respectively. Any listees that want flyers, please mail me at the above address. Americans: if you can't make it, you can smell Matinnee live at a North London pub gig, complete with Real Audio at our site (www.members.tripod.com/~the_embankment). You'll be grateful to know that my 'Study At Stow' stage gear has now arrived. Martin Horsfield, left-handed bassist PS/ Anyone who likes literate pop with added shagging should check out Hefner's 'Breaking God's Heart'. When Matinee retreat to their garrets for some songwriting next weekend, the (artisitc) success of that record will be upp ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+