hello folks, lots has happened since i last posted. eurovision for one thing. i know a lot of you were rooting for latvia, but norway had my support all the way. how on earth did denmark win? it was a blummin disgrace. in the world of twee guitar pop, the brittle stars split up, but le coupe released their debut single, so things sort of balanced out there. bjork won best actress at cannes, and john gielgud died the next day, although the two facts may not be connected. steven wells was frothing belligerently as usual. he always goes on about how bands should be more political, and yet *he* chooses to spend his time writing reviews of pop records. you see what i'm saying don't you? the other thing that happened was that belle and sebastian released a new record for the first time in over eighteen months, and since no one else has bothered to write in with their thoughts i guess i'll have to do it. you lot are such slackers. LEGAL MAN no one seems to have mentioned the bongos. am i the only one who hears bongos? am i? i can't really hear the northern soul influence that was bandied about before the record's release, the whole thing is pleasingly cacophonous in a psych garage girl group easy listening sort of way. fun, but not really northern soul, and not really belle and sebastian either. JUDY IS A DICK SLAP as nick and lucy have suggested, the first few bars ARE "born to be wild", but after 12 seconds it goes all joe meek, with the keyboard sound that dominates the rest of the track lifted straight from geoff goddard's clavioline lead on telstar. the sound of mick's trumpet on the extended version is pleasantly familiar amongst the chuggy chuggy bleepiness of it all. i like stereolab, but this isn't stereolab, this isn't even quickspace. WINTER WOOSKIE feels more like traditional b&s, though that may just be because i've known it for a while. i rather like what they've done with the song though - particularly the choral style of the backing vocals. mind you, i still prefer paper boat. overall you can't help the feeling that this misfit collection of songs is the stuff that didn't really fit in on the new album, but which the band still wanted to release anyway. if it means that the album is less disjointed and has a more flowing then that's great. why is the letter on the back cover addressed to stevie, is he in charge, or does each band member get sent an identical letter each time jeepster want to write to them? talking of jeepster, i like the way they've dropped "disques" into their name on the sleeve, very del boy trotter. is it going to be a permanent feature maintenent? back to lurkland, kevan *********************************** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. http://www.chickshops.com boutique shopping from chickclick.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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+