hey Sinisterinos once again, a question about downloading B&S music, although this time I shall phrase things such as to not offend Honey or potentially infringe copyright. OK, firstly, how come no one told me that there was a new B&S single out today? Jeeze! Secondly, can anyone suggest a legitimate way I can get a crisp, digital version of "Whiskey in a jar", the b-side from the 7". A copy of said record is winging its way to me as I write this, but I'd really like to iPod-ise it, and have always found that the transition from vinyl-to-MP3 is a) a pain in the arse b) terribly time consuming, and c) not that satisfying from an audio point of view. My issue is that pretty much every legitimate download service is unavailable in New Zealand. iTunes isn't, and every other service I've tried have spat the dummy as soon as they see my credit card billing address is outside of the EU or US. Any suggestions (or emails with attachments) gratefully received. Secondly, there's been little discussion about "Late Night Tales" compilation and I was wondering what people thought? Personally, I think it's a bit disapppointing. It could (I think) have just as easily been called "Chris Geddes: Late Night Tales" rather than "Belle & Sebastian: Late Nigth Tales". OK, so making a mix like this is probably a consensus exercise between seven people with quite different musical tastes, but I can't help feeling like they tried a little _too_ hard to make it as un-indie as possible. I mean, really, Stuart has always been very vocal about the music he likes, but other than "French Disko" I'm wondering where all his favourites are? (And, again, I know there's more to making a mix than just sticking your 20 favourite songs on a CD) Surely Felt would have made the grade? Or Orange Juice, or some of the other 80s indie which was clearly quite an influence. Or something. It's a sad state of affairs when a Steve Miller band song is my favourite song on the album. OK, I really should have started working about half an hour ago ... keep on rockin' Lawrence +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Secondly, there's been little discussion about "Late Night Tales" compilation and I was wondering what people thought? Personally, I think it's a bit disapppointing. It could (I think) have just as easily been called "Chris Geddes: Late Night Tales" rather than "Belle & Sebastian: Late Nigth Tales". OK, so making a mix like this is probably a consensus exercise between seven people with quite different musical tastes, but I can't help feeling like they tried a little _too_ hard to make it as un-indie as possible. I mean, really, Stuart has always been very vocal about the music he likes, but other than "French Disko" I'm wondering where all his favourites are? (And, again, I know there's more to making a mix than just sticking your 20 favourite songs on a CD) Surely Felt would have made the grade? Or Orange Juice, or some of the other 80s indie which was clearly quite an influence. Or something. It's a sad state of affairs when a Steve Miller band song is my favourite song on the album.
There is a lengthy interview with Young Murdoch in this month's Record Collector in which he reveals that he had nowt to do with Late Night Tales, it is all, or nearly all, the work of Chris and Mick. I only had a quick skim through the interview at the airport, but it looked quite good as far as these things go. Then again, I like Record Collector. They ask Stewpot about his collection, and indeed about *our* collection. Basically, if you found one of the clues on the treasure hunt, you are quids in. Probably. Unlike if you have an original Tigermilk, the last one went for a measly £136. I read about the new single in the NME. I have not seen or heard mention of it elsewhere. I am unexcited. I would like a "digital copy" of that Kebab Shop song, given that I paid for one and then the server was "too busy", and I don't even live in New Zealand. Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Hello Sinister The Miller and The Mikkelsen both mentioned Late Night Tales, and being the Nosey Parker that I am, I thought I would stick in my tuppance about the record, because, in short, I rather like it. As far as compilations go, it is a very pleasing listen, good for putting on whilst you're making and eating dinner, and also nice for stimulating debate as it did round my house the other night, precisely because it's *not* the obvious choices of 80s indie (which in any case doesn't really equate to dear old B&S anymore). Instead, it genuinely succeeded in introducing me to new bands. I also appreciate the skill in which Chris (for I assume it is he who is mixing) guides you through a pretty bumpy array of genres remarkably smoothly. I see no problem that it's essentially Mick and Chris anoraking about their favourite records (although from reading the sleeve notes, I think Sarah appears to play a reasonable part in it too) - as we all know, B&S is no longer Struan + session musicians, and I find it really rather satisfying to see other members of the band branching out and getting their chance to shine. I also reject the idea that a B&S mix tape would have to have their original influences on them, as new fans will not get the reference and old fans will probably already know or even own the likes of Felt/Orange Juice already. (Also, and I might be wrong, but I think I read somewhere that Creation are notoriously tight about letting their acts appear on comps). These omissions are no more surprising than the fact that The Life Pursuit doesn't have another Fox In The Snow/We Rule The School song; are you still listening to the same records you were ten years ago? Perfectly understandably, Belle & Sebastian aren't. I reckon what it comes down to is that I don't think these kind of records are intended as pieces of homework for the fans (the "Under The Influence" series by Dmc is probably more like that); instead, they're more a simulation of someone from the band setting up some decks in your living room and playing you an hour of interesting, eclectic music to broaden your horizons, which sounds fair enough to me. Just a thought. Asm.x ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Lawrence Mikkelsen -
Peter Miller -
Sam Walton