I've been away from the Sinister list for a quite a while (about 3 weeks). Good lord - What a HUGE back log of posts to read! I was away visiting some with some friends who informed me of some fantastic news (that is, if it's true) - Nick Horby's excellent first novel, 'High Fidelity,' is being made into a movie - even better, the soundtrack is to include contributions from Belle and Sebastian! Too good to be true? You tell me! As I've said, I've been out of the Sinister loop for a while, so allow me to apologize in advance if this information is way old! Those of you fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to see B&S live, your opinion is needed here as well. A B&S fan who saw the band in Athens, GA a year ago said that she was quite surprised to see the band in the flesh; she described Isobel and Sarah as very short and hefty (though sweet) - not at all like the waifish model-types she had envisioned; Stuart D. was tall and lurpy, somewhat handsome, while Mick, Stevie and the other guys were pretty vanilla-looking. She was most captivated by Stuart M - who was a complete contradiction to the notion of being "twee" - she described as him as tall and surprisingly "buff" - like he could kick some serious idie-ass if provoked - and not too handsome. W H A T? At the time she told me this (by the way, she's a fashion major or something) all I could picture of the band was pro-basketball player Gheorghe Muresan on guitar, Carnie Wilson and Mama Cass singing/playing at the sides, and out in front of the band - Rambo or Henry Rollins with a acoustic guitar... "Yo - we're Belle and uhhhh." I was fascinated by her take on the band's appearance, and have since disproved (for the most part) her bizarre version (thanks to the few B&S pictures on the web and in the music press)! Those of you who have seen B&S - is their some validity to her story? Just curious! Please share your first impressions! Have a great weekend! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+