Howdy from Texas, y'all Sinisterines! I am newly out of the nursery and also new to the wonders of Belle and Sebastian. Pardon me whilst I swoon over this band! I am in love with their music in a way that, quite honestly, I hadn't really expected to be with a band ever again. (My other faves are David Sylvian, Cocteau Twins, Tori Amos and of course lotsa good Brit pop!) I knew *of* B&S for a year or so, but hadn't found the time to give them a listen. Actually, the movie "High Fidelity" reminded me to check them out, so the next time I went into my friendly lil' indie record shoppe, 33 degrees, I gave "fishy clap" a listen. I was, and remain, smitten. Over the next few days, I felt the compulsion to hunt down and purchase all of their catalogue. Now's the time for mugs and teeshirts, methinks. Hope this isn't too rambling...surely you've time for someone who's getting to know what you've all known for years now, the subtle hybrid of pop folk wonderment that is B&S. I must also mention how much I'm enjoying the well crafted posts on this here listie-poo. Reading narratives about folks' lives in England and Scotland, Canada, New York, etc. is always a plus, as these are some of my favourite places on the planet. Nice to hear from people who actually get to live in them! Once I've been on the list a bit longer (just a few weeks so far) I will be able to reference names and such , but for now I'm just trying to keep up with the threads of conversation. Picnics sound like a great way to celebrate our superior aesthetic senses. Anyone ever think of one in Texas? We should probably wait for the summer to be over tho'...100 degrees + doesn't really inspire one to pic and nic. Um, I shall wait until I can craft a personal narrative that has some relevance to the list before I subject you to the effluvia and detritus of my life. Just another Texas Belle, Lisa H. p.s. send me email if you're of a mind to! leesa@ccsi.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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+