hello everybody ...be warned this is a very indulgant post... -------------------------- genius tv moment -------------------------- was that really funky seb ...what a fantastic performance....not many people get to throw up on tv ...damn fine job ...expect to see funky seb collect his award at the Bafta's next year ...or would that be the Barfta's ... ------------------------- the smiths ------------------------- i think sometimes people analyse music too much ...i couldn't possibly choose my favourite smiths album ...i like all of them for different reasons ...i bought all of the smiths albums as they came out so i never had that problem of deciding which one to buy first... ------------------------------------- how i influenced the verve ------------------------------------- a few years ago ...myself and the band i'm in shared a studio complex with the verve ...they had a massive room that they used as a rehearsal room ...we had a small cupboard like space that was our studio ...anyway i got to hear them rehearse " urban hymns " a good year before it came out ...anyway we got on ok with them ashcroft was a bit moody ...but with him being a popstar thats ok ...the rest of them were friendly ...anyway i always get asked the question " what does your band sound like " well i'll tell you what we sound like ...all you need is a copy of the verves " lucky man " there is a track called MSG on it ...that sounds like my band ...we even tested it out on a few people that are familiar with our sound ...this track sounds nothing like the verve.. an interesting coincidence ...our album was released on the same day as the verve's urban hymns ...they sold about 2 million ...& we sold about 2000 ...yet they chose to steal from us.if anybody is interested & i'm sure your not my band is called Elixir. ====================== portishead stole my bass line ====================== again ...another true story...when our album was released we got reviewed in a swedish dance magazine ...the guest reviewers were portishead ...we managed to get it translated & it wasn't so bad ...they said it was one of the more interesting things to be going on in England at the moment ...but they said we could do with some vocals...( most of our stuff is instrumental ) ...anyway on our album we have a track called " Deimos "...& i play a very sublime bassline consisting of 3 notes ...you want to know what this sounds like well just play portisheads " only you " its the exact same bassline...& they can't claim to never having heard of us or our album because they reviewed it... ++++++++++++++ B&S content .... ++++++++++++++ absolutely none ...except that like all of you on this list ...i love B&S ...the few people that i have met have been friendly beyond belief...& i'm going to make a huge effort to attend forthcoming sinister events ... hope all of you have a fantastic weekend...& i'll say goodbye...but before i go i bought the Whistler album yesterday ...its a beautiful album...i also tracked down the Kathryn Williams album " dog leap stairs " & thats great too...see i have got something to say... take care everyone... richard.p. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+