Here now: There has been a recent spate of discussion on The List (dont talk about The List on The List) about the presence/absence of a certain Miss Isobel Campbell at gigs in the United States. I am pretty sure that I bitched or at least reported in detail about her pouty-ness at the Rímini gig, and as one lister (sorry, tried to cite you, but search is down) recently pointed out, she is not 'the band', but she is an integral part of it, and not unpleasant to look at besides, so I can understand why some people have felt shorted if her presence has been lacking at certain shows. (The half-price idea put forth by someone (sorry again, its that search) is intriguing, but doomed to failure and ultimately unworkable and Just Not Right). Lets remember--Isobels retiring nature has been, at least as reported anecdotally, an impediment to the bands touring on a large scale, and now THEY ARE DOING IT ANYWAY. So if Isobel bows out now and then, due to discomfort/fatigue/shacking up with Dean/discomfort AND fatigue produced by shacking up with Dean, then just be thankful that the band are coming to a venue near/within a ridiculously long drive/flight from you, at all. And for those of you who would still complain about her lackadaisical delivery, go now and put on Womens Realm and listen to this part of hers: Just a minute, close your eyes, If we settle for this compromise Etc. Do it. Now. Youll forgive her, whether you saw her and her great bloody cello or not. Shes not the band, any more than Stuart David was the band, but shes important. Sure, her absence is a bite in the pants, but her presence doesnt make a gig any more than her absence breaks it. She is just not a showperson, while Stuart and Stevie and (maybe) a few others (and damn near all of us, apparently) are, and so if she needs to have a lie-down while you rave out to a closing Legal Man psychedelia, well, let her be her. Thats all. Go put on Womens Realm now. I wasnt kidding. And love the whole band, whether they all can make it or not. We love the musicians, we love the band as a whole. We just love it. Enjoy it while it lasts, Bel or no Bel. By the way, Ive got no tickets to sell. JDS Conectate a Internet GRATIS con Yahoo! Conexión: http://conexion.yahoo.com.ar +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+