Sinister: After filling my fat face
Odds and ends, as usual. I just got back from a three-day feeding binge to the very interesting (things have picked up a bit) pile of digests and was pretty entertained for the first time in a long time. Is anyone else beginning to tingle with excitement for the new EP? Man, I can't wait. I'm setting up a tent beside my mailbox on Dec 7 and I'm not moving until it gets here. I picked up the copy of Magnet that has the two page article on B&S (mostly an interview w/ Richard)...aside from the paint-by-numbers intro (I'd give my right arm of sex for an article about B&S that doesn't mention the word "shy"), it's really good and very informative, for once. I'll transcribe a few of the details to the list when I get a few minutes tonight or tomorrow unless someone sends in an objection. Bill Moss wrote:
what istrument is playing in the the begining of 'if you're feeling sinister?' it's the one that fades in and out - is that a pedal steel, slide or cello? and who are those kids?
Ooh, I checked those fancy-ass new archives for this, and it wasn't in there (although I think Katrina and/or David wrote something about the kids a while back). So, an answer: If I'm not mistaken, that's an electric guitar using the simple but incredible trick of strumming a chord with the volume down at 0, and then slowly turning the volume knob up and then back down, creating a beautiful swell effect. The bassist of the band that I used to be in did this all the time. I never objected.No one else but Brad could have written:
speaking of daring, i watched a g.g. allin documentary today and he, among other things, crapped on stage, licked it, rubbed it on his face and his naked body, and threw it at the crowd. that's what i want more of at shows.
Stevie did that at the DC show. Did I forget to mention that? Sorry. It was during the break in Sleep the Clock Around, when I had my glasses off. And was drunk. And was watcing the GG Allin documentary.
I can also make most of you dead jealous by letting you know we got a hold of the promo copies of the new EP this week, icky brown cover and all.
Brown?! BROWN?!!! When the hell did this happen and why wasn't I notified?! The last I saw on the Jeepster site it was orange. Orange. I know orange when I see orange, mister, even if I can't rhyme it. Did they change it? If they did, I'm disappointed. I was going to get an extra copy and tie it to a piece of string. Then I was going to hide in alleys and when a Smiths fan mistook it for Louder Than Bombs, I was going to yank it up and then laugh at the poor Smiths fan: "Ha ha! It's not Louder Than Bombs at all! It's Belle and Sebastian! They're totally different!" This would have entertained me for hours, but I can't do it if it's brown. <sigh> You see though a goldfish bowl, Reid +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Reid wrote: <<Then I was going to hide in alleys and when a Smiths fan mistook it for Louder Than Bombs, I was going to yank it up and then laugh at the poor Smiths fan: "Ha ha! It's not Louder Than Bombs at all! It's Belle and Sebastian! They're totally different!">> Haha, it is Louder than Bombs isn't it. I knew it reminded me of something. I suppose by that theory then Dog on Wheels is Destroy the Heart by the House of Love. I'd also agree with Reid on the "intro to If you're feeling sinister" issue. It's definitely the electric guitar volume knob trick. Perhaps that's one for the Continually Asked Questions file. Sarah loves Jamie and his Magic Stash, what a top Children's program that was. For those who haven't seen it, Jamie at night under his bed finds a magic "torch", which then whisks him down a psychedelically swirling helter-skelter hole in his floor to a place where there's a policeman on a wheel and a strange airship not unlike Richard Branson's efforts sailing about in the sky. The place bears an uncanny resemblance to Pepperland and it should definitely not be kids viewing. What particularly worries me is that Jamie looks like me. Sarah, I dunno if you've noticed, but one of the contributors to the TV Cream site is none other than our own Roddddderney Beggerbie. Better get him on the job again, cause the TV Cream site doesn't contain an entry for Kojak. That's no good is it. Talking of the TV shite, on seeing Health Secretary Frank Dobson on the telly the other day, I was sitting with a friend and suddenly couldn't help myself but to sing "He's the gaffer", cause he is isn't he! He looks exactly like Bill Maynard. You know, someone told me recently that the bloke who did the daft jump through the high jump in Gregory's girl, was in fact Raymond McGinley from Teenage Fanclub. Who'd have believed that? That's an example of childhood talent coming through akin to Cheggars appearing in Polanski's Macbeth. OK. Better go to bed now. After all it is work tomorrow Goodnight chums, Keith.
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