Dearest list, I'm sat here typing on my device listening to a lovely little live recording of our beloved B&S. Not sure where it's from, but they're playing 'Belle & Sebastian' now and I feel a little woozy with a dab of whimsy and giant dollop of nostalgia. 1998 - heddy days indeed. I was 16 and it had been a full year since that fateful day when I first heard Jo Whiley play a song called Lazy Line Painter Jane on the Evening Session. It was a glorious August evening, about 8:30, and I was watering my neighbours garden for the princely sum of £1 a day. I waited 'til the evening so I could listen to pop records on my little transistor radio and this particular ditty had me mesmerised. I noted down the name of afore mentioned boy/girl duo - Belle & Sebastian - and caught the bus into Ipswich the next morning where Rex Records were able to sell me the 7" for £1.49. I sometimes feel that everything in my life can be traced back to that evening, and then the part of me with a job to do, bills to pay and another degree to complete says "get a grip" and I concentrate on Newsnight and cheese sandwiches again. I saw another Glasgow band on Saturday - Glasvegas. They were playing at The Junction in York which is just the back room of a pub really, and it was rammed. With good reason though - they were absolutely stunning and I recommend anyone with a passing interest in The Jesus & Mary Chain / Phil Spector / Shoegaze explores further. On that note, I'm going to drift off into the finest of B&S's live moments (Electronic Renaissance) and then have a cherry bakewell. lots of love chris __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+