Some westerner wrote:
i shant be going to any of those belle and sebastian shows, since california apparently isnt important enough to rate a stop this time around (but athens is, right? yep.)
And then Reid, aka "far behind", wrote:
Actually, I'm kind of surprised that this is the first time that someone publicly wondered *why* Belle and Sebastian are playing in Athens. To keep it short, it is simply one of the coolest towns on the East Coast. And I'm so proud of our little Belles and Sebastians for not avoiding the South like most UK bands do. Athens is not a tiny little hick town which, if I'm not wrong, the above quote implies. It's an hour from a city you might have heard of called Atlanta (another great place) and is home to the University of Georgia. And in case you weren't in the know, there's a few good bands and songwriters from Athens, some of which you may have even heard of. So yes, Athens IS important enough to rate a stop, thank you.
Thank you thank you thank you! You are right about Athens being important enough for Belle & Sebby to stop at. And NO, I am NOT just saying that because I live there! Well, not entirely...but this is also the only southeast show, not counting Washington. And! There are *tons* of bands that go to California, or just play New York and maybe some other northeast cities. And I think Donovan or Katrina or David or some other person like that at one time mentioned they'd be touring the west coast in 1999. Or did I just dream that?? Well, I am sorry if I seem a bit defensive, it's just that SOME people (i.e. me) never have and will get to see most of their favourite bands--without traveling--so I am very glad I at least have the *opportunity* to see one of my favourites really soon. It's nice that for once some UK band at least considered Athens, or the entire southeast, definitely. And to Carl, who asked about Kurt Vonnegut...well, I don't know how to get tickets if you're a non-student, but the university is adjacent (?) to the downtown area. It's basically right across the street. It's about a 2-3 minute drive (if that much, probably less) and if needed you could even walk from the campus to the 40 Watt. Smut content: umm...none for today Cheers & love, Stephanie "Even when I was a tiny girl, I preferred being alone...I could give my imagination free rein and live in a world of lovely dreams"--Greta Garbo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+