Hello, I really ought to have posted days ago with this content, but I am lazy. And I wanted to read all the messages I haven't before posting. However, the timely nature now forces me to post prior to reading the messages... Regarding the B&S secret gig. Take it with a grain of salt. I ran into various members of Belle & Sebastian at last week's Low concert in New York. Stuart seemed to think it highly unlikely that they would even be back in Glasgow for the election itself. Recording the soundtrack to the mystery movie is taking much longer than they thought it would by the sound of things. Another point to consider, I asked Richard if there was any chance they'd play a secret gig or something since they were already in New York, and he said there was no chance, because they hadn't played in something like two years, and with all the recording they would not have time to practice. Consider, they were still in New York on Wednesday at midnight for certain, as Neil popped into IRC chat prior to going back to play a tambourine part. So for them to do a gig tonight, they would have had to rocket home to Glasgow yesterday, and spend all afternoon today jetlagged & practicing...and that's IF they finished the soundtrack Wednesday night or if they're taking a break or something. Maybe this is so important to the band that they will do it, but...well I'm skeptical. So if the gig doesn't happen, don't be too surprised. Anyway, other interesting content tidbits gleaned from talking to Stuart and Richard (mostly): Stuart did indeed once go to London mainly looking for Lawrence from Felt. The Loneliness of the Middle-Distance Runner's title is a reference to Alan Sillitoe's short story, but the lyrics aren't based off of it, though the mood is similar. The aforementioned soundtrack was originally slated to be an hour of the movie, with someone else doing the rest of the movie. However that fell through and now they're doing the entire 2 and a half hours of the movie. This is why recording has taken them so much longer than they thought. The soundtrack only has a few 'proper' songs (2 or 3 if memory serves) and a lot of it is filled with incidental music, etc. They're working closely with the mystery director of the movie in the recording of this (apparently why they went to New York). As in he's there to say things like "No, no, no, it's all wrong!" He probably never said that though. They're watching the movie as they record, so as to get the cues right. Some of the songs had been written beforehand and some of them were written in the studio. Also, they weren't certain that the soundtrack would see proper release. However, Matador & Jeepster were footing the bill for the hotel & the trip, so make your own conclusions. Oh, and they're really enjoying the recording process a lot by the sound of things. Whew! Crazy stuff. Well that's all I can report. And I have a million things to do so I must go. But potential Glasgow secret gig attendees, be ready for anything. That's all I'm saying... -- Brian Pennington, aka Mick McMick | cellophanesky@mac.com | AIM: emceeX3 Sandcastle Records: <http://www.indiepages.com/sandcastle/> the Cellophane Sky:<http://home.earthlink.net/~cellophanesky/the/index.html> "Better a tear of truth than smiling lies." - Duncan Browne +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+