naughty, naughty. shocking really. when I joined up with this list (yes, this is my first post, thank you very much) I never expected to find such a bunch of gutter-dwelling, filthy-minded, potty mouthed gossip mongers. not that that's a bad thing mind you... it's just that B&S are so cute and sensitive and precious and innocent (you can sometimes hear the blushing coming through the speakers when a dirty word or suggestive reference is spoken). 'twee' is the word I think many of you like to use. i often tell people that B&S are 'the wussiest band I will ever love' and i feel quite safe in saying that because i know that i do love them and i think the likelihood of me finding anything wussier is slight. Note: i hope that hasn't offended anyone and i'll be quite happy to define my terms to anyone interested. I remember one critic saying something akin to "I would probably like Belle and Sebastian if I still lived at home and had never learned to masturbate." ouch. well you'd certainly have more time for music appreciation...but it's this rather sexless image i had in my head that has been shattered by your titillating speculations about lyrical subtext and just what is under that scarf. that and honey's promise of trouser fumblings. we appear to be only a few steps away from people posting pieces of pornographic fiction about the band members like those Star Trek and X-Files fans (why IS that phenomenon so common in sci-fi?). I hope i haven't given anyone any ideas, or maybe i hope i have... there, first post jitters out of the way. whew! ryan _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+