hello babies possibitity of a rant developing here, but i'll try to keep it relevant... and before i start this isn't a dig at idles or andy, it's something i've been thinking about for a while, their posts just reminded me. So, the reason i love belle and sebastian is because of the songs, full stop. Much as i would love to see them live again, I just get the feeling it isn't going to happen, that it seems to cause so much stress (cf Stuart smashing his guitar in Dublin, cancellation of dates from illness etc), that any sort of tour could mean the end of the band, and that would be the real tragedy. I'd much rather have another five albums (wishful thinking) of lovliness forever, than a botched tour and a couple of nights of excitement. I suppose another thing that i'm thinking about here is that despite the fact that b&s have been my fave band for at least two years, none of the band have blown their head off or left their car next to the severn bridge and disappeared, if you know what i mean. </dramaqueen> Not that I'm even remotely suggesting that anything like that *would* happen, but one gets protective about one's favourite band. does this make any sense? i'm not sure. i'd just like to add that all the above is purely idle speculation, i don't have any contact with anyone from the band or anything, it's just a sort of gut feeling. Having said all that, if there are dates, i'll be at the front of the queue for tickets with the rest of you... On the subject of live music (although that could be argued) i'm going to see marilyn manson next wednesday, which is nice, and according to my sources stuart david/looper are about to confirm an instore at Oxford Borders in April. Hmm, i just got marilyn manson and looper into the same sentence... xoxo CarsmileSteve +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+