hello all- so, this is my second post, no real occasion, just kind of bored. *belle and sebastian tapes* i was on vacation in boston a couple weeks ago (i live in california) and i was in this cool little independent record store where i noticed they had a import/bootleg section. anyway, they had several b&s ones and i bought two tapes, one is from london in 1996 plus an interview, more songs, etc. and the other one is from paris and munchen in 1998. it was really exciting to find them. i had hoped to get one with "loneliness of a middle distance runner" and a couple other gems not on albums but i did get "paperboat" and the tape quality is really good and it's cool to hear them live, so i was happy. i was a little conflicted about dropping $8.50 per tape. see, i sort of feel that live music should be shared and traded among fans (i mean not including the cost of the blank cdr or cassette) rather than sold in a store, since none of the profits are going to the band. however at this time i don't have a means of getting my hands on any live b&s (okay, actually my brother has been downloading a bunch of mp3's to make me a cd, i forgot) so i felt like it was okay to buy them. it was supporting an independent music store and i want those to stay alive. *belle and sebastian at work* i have played belle and sebastian at the store i work at (where we can only play our own music after the store closes) and it has got a rather chilly reception by most of my coworkers (there is one guy who works there who also likes them). but then the other night i brought in "the geometrid" and people actually seemed to like it. one guy even told me today they he had gone to look for it at the record store, so that was kind of cool. interesting though. also, one of the cheesy chain-issued (i work at trader joe's, this grocery-type store) soft rock tapes that plays during store hours has "ease your feet in the sea" on it. i don't care for it in this context at all, as it is classifying belle and sebastian in this lame soft rock genre. *bay area listees* (if anyone is still reading this post) so, when are we going to have a picnic/meetup here. i actually live in santa cruz, but would totally go to san francisco or wherever for s sinister gathering. is there anyone going to modest mouse out here on october 8 or 9? if you are not, you should, they are a brilliant band, as has been discussed this week. i am not sure which date i will be attending yet. also, if there are any seattle listees, i am going up there the last weekend of this month for my stepsister's 21st birthday. she and her boyfriend are also b&s fans, so if anyone ones to meet up there, it would be cool. *misc* there is this overweight guy who runs incredibly slowly (i mean hardly running) by my house in the morning when i am sitting out on the porch having the first cigarette/coffee of the day. there is the instinct that he looks kind of ridiculous, but then i look at myself smoking, drinking coffee and realize, good for him, at least he is trying to be healthy and take care of himself, so today he waved at me and i gave him a big smile, since i had just been thinking that. okay, i will stop now. -margo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+