Hello to one and all, That sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-journos at the New Musical Express just won't leave us alone. Here's the recent evidence....... 4th May issue, page 10: "NME remembers fondly the olden days, when ATP was known as Bowlie and presented an opportunity for socially inexperienced Belle & Sebastian fans to leave home - many for the first time - and meet like minded youngsters." (they conveniently ommited the 'and stuff us at football' bit) 4th May issue, page 41: (Review of The Chemistry Experiment single 'Round The Corner Dutch Zebra') "Claiming on the press release to be a cross between the Sugarbabes and The Magnetic Fields, this is in fact so schmindie it makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Jay-Z." 11th May issue, page 14: (Coachella Review) "Belle & Sebastian, Outdoor Theatre, Sunday. Until Slipknot record an acoustic version of Lionel Ritchie's 'Hello' there'll be nothing - nothing - odder than the sight of these pale wastrels performing in the blazing California sunshine framed by palm trees. With Stuart Murdoch joking and kicking a football around, the atmosphere is so relaxed and chatty that it's in danger of resembling a church fete, but the sheer quality of Murdoch's perfomance annihilates the idea that this is mere community service. Although Isobel Campbell's gossamer warble is absent, tonight B&S reaffirm their position as standard beareres for the self-consciously dispossessed. Or indeed anyone with a heart." Ah, there's nothing quite like content, 'specially when it's nicked. Tune in same time next week, or sooner, or later, for your next bulletin. Or don't. Take care folks Ben xXx "Westward bound" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+