Hello Popsters, Carlos wanted to know our opinions of B & S touring the US. Well . . . I wouldn't want to be forward or anything, but . . . YES! YES! YES! YES! And they definately should come out west. California needs them. And I can only vouch for myself, but . . . I guarantee at least one ticket sale at every San Francisco show, San Jose show, Los Angeles show, and any other shows in California. I could also guarantee one ticket sale in Seattle WA, Chicago IL, and Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, or Houston TX because I either like those places or I have friends there. Yes, Belle & Sebastian should tour the US, and frequently! Please pardon my enthusiasm, but the thought excites me. Oh, and my housemate said that she would love to see them play SF as well. Snow Patrol on MTV. This is good, it would be better if it was a Snow Patrol concert, or better yet, a Bell & Sebastian concert, but hey, if Snow Patrol can generate interest, maybe Belle & Sebastian is not far behind. It seems that there are many different meanings to the term "stoner" in this world, and I believe our Mistopher Chris got ahold of the wrong end of the stick. Round about the parts that I come from (Cali, where we know how to party) a "stoner band" is one whose fans tend to alter their consciousness with herbal concoctions, usually to excess, while listening to the band's music. And though I have been known to "burn a fatty" every now and again while listening to IFYS or Twattybus, but never while listening to Tigermilk (yeah, right), and though thoughts of Isobel have been known to evoke Mistopher Chris's idea of a stoner, I would no more call then a "stoner band" that I would a "Goth band" (unless I completely misread my list mates). But it does give me a bit of a smile to think of those creatures of the night with dark silent eyes, brooding visages, and a bit too much make-up softly grooving to "Is It Wicked." The song marie elia used to sing in choir is a canon for Handel's Messiah. It sounds like "Oh we like sheep/ Oh we like sheep/ Oh we like sheep . . ." but in actual fact the lines are "All we like sheep/ All we like sheep/ all we like sheep have gone astray." Still . . . . I have used this piece to demonstrate that George Frederick was a little more than friendly with our fleecy friends, in a country sort of way. And what is even more frightening is that the lyrics, as all the lyric in the Messiah, are verse lifted directly from the Bible. Makes one wonder, don't it? I think I would rather be a goat, but then I am a Capricorn. So I guess I already am. Autumn doesn't make me think of Belle & Sebastian music, but Autumn in California is not like Autumn in say Boston or Virginia. I could see how Belle & Sebastian would be a wonderful soundtrack as one walked across the campus of a fine old eastern American University or against the gothic stone of those campuses in the UK with the air crisp and the leaves crunchy and red and yellow and brown. But here in California, autumn is only summer cooling off before the rains come. The sunlight changes and becomes more sad, because it signifies the end of Summer than the beginning of Winter. But Belle & Sebastian music is like hot cocoa, it makes everything better. Well there's my two cents, and I'm sure we're all the richer for it. I'm back to lurking quietly. Have a nice weekend all . . . Until next time I have something to say All the best Daniel Hooper +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+