In a message dated 8/16/99 3:38:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time, alexrunchman@hotmail.com writes: << One thing I was wondering that no-one seems to have talked about yet is whether Stuart Murdoch is religious or ardently anti-religious. I haven't quite figured it out from If You're Feeling Sinister and The State I'm In.

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I'm going to respond to this very cautiously, for fear that this might spark a religious debate. I hope not. I've seen mailing lists self-destruct over religous "discussions" that end in hurt feelings. So. Let me say with caution, that I think Stuart can't be too anti-religious if he's the caretaker for a church, eh? not too many people employed by churches hate their employers.. after all, he could just live somewhere else, now that he's a rock star. I think there's a certain dissatisfaction with forms of organized religion evident in the music of Belle and Sebastian. However, i think that many people are dissatisfied with the churches of today. Many others love them, though, and I wouldn't presume to judge either category. let me just recommend the sleeka sounds website to all you who have the decency to care about my posts. Very good stuff; I just got a tape from Massa Leonard in the mail the other day and positively loved it. fantastic stuff. it's made the drive to work much nicer... http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~calnd/sleeka/ PS i agree that prodding at the stars for the rationale behind their works may be the reason that Belle and Sebastian are so media shy. This makes everything that you can't easily come by that much more fascinating. no-one cares about live Steps shows; everything is just like the CD. Not so Belle and Sebastian. They throw in alternate versions, unreleased tunes, etc. So when rumor of a bootleg surfaces, we all flail around trying to find it. Same with mister salinger's stories. They could be like POPkins' tale of celebrity feces, but because he never puts out much in the way of material, we'd scoff up the fetid little droppings. Not that the Legendary Hopkins stories are shite. They were just about it. no offense. lots of love to all dave (moonman) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+