The Duke wrote ...
i heard a story from a reputable source that goes like this: There was a party being held by, i think, Stephen Pastel, at which were assembled various pop personages and other glasgow hipsters. Lois Maffeo was there also... So Stephen and Lois were playing some songs on guitars, and because they were hip everyone was going 'yeah, cool' and being sycophantic apparantly.
Thanks for refreshing my memory ... is there a chance that your reputable source is called Jennifer R****** ? I'd love to get in touch with her again ! Besides, Stuart used to have a recording of this or some similar party ... unfortunately he lost it.
ANyway, then Stuart played some of his own songs, and everyone (including Stephen and Lois) were looking really embarrassed and shifty, looking out the window, whatever, just not into it at all.
Hmmm ... I'm still wondering about the reasons for crediting Stephen McRobbie on the latest album ... and about Stephen's more recent evaluation of B&S ...
So just so you know, there was a time when Stuart and his songs were not loved by the people of Glasgow... never mind anywhere else.
Couldn't be more truthful ... five people coming for his first gig with a "real" band (that is, accompanied by two other guys) in '95 ... for the books ... a corner pub somewhere near West Princess Street ... wasn't it called the Cava ? Can't remember ... Perfection As A Hipster ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------