Sinister: The Bathers Etc.
I was browsing in Virgin the other day, and I came across three records by the Bathers. One of the records was called Kelvingrove Baby, and I seem to remember they were on the bill of the B&S show in Glasgow earlier this year. Are they any good? They're on Marina, who I think did that tribute to Postcard a while back, which is probably a good sign. I need advice because my bank account dictates that I can't be quite as cavalier in my record purchasing as I would like! On a literary tip, I remember reading in an interview in Select that Stuart was heavily influenced by the work of CS Lewis, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe guy. Though I'm damned if I can see any evidence. Some of the songs remind me of the short stories of Lorrie Moore, however. Finally: Hal Hartley. I remember when The Unbelievable Truth came out in the mid-eighties, Hartley was saying that he was trying to do in cinema what the Smiths and other English indie bands were doing in music. So with his influence on B&S, the debt seems to have come full circle. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------
stephen troussé wrote:
On a literary tip, I remember reading in an interview in Select that Stuart was heavily influenced by the work of CS Lewis, the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe guy. Though I'm damned if I can see any evidence. Some of the songs remind me of the short stories of Lorrie Moore, however.
Perhaps it's got more to do with his religious stuff, rather than the Nania books. Though I'm damned if I can see any evidence of that either. Probably because I haven't read them. I think he wrote stuff about medieval literature too. As I am a bit bored, I may go and look for medieval influences in the illuminated texts of Mister Murdoch. There's all that stuff about randy clergy, that's very medieval. Electronic Renaissance. The renaissance came after the middle ages. But it wasn't electronic. You had to make your own entertainment in those days. Hence the shorter life expectancy. The picture on the back of If You're Feeling Sinister looks like a photo of the last supper. Except Saint Stuart is sitting on the floor playing with his lego. Did anyone read that Sid James stuff? Spooky, eh? Peter What's this Poetry Place thing, if you don't mind me asking. I'm paying a lot of attention to e-mail adresses these days. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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