hi all, well, as I mentioned a week ago, 'Alternative Nation' on MTV UK will be presenting a Belle & Sebastian special on Tuesday 29th June, here is the press release ... *** MTV's Alternative Nation presents A BELLE AND SEBASTIAN VIDEO SPECIAL Midnight Tuesday June 29th 1999 As a warm-up to the long-awaited re-release of Tigermilk on July 12th, MTV's Alternative Nation gives UK viewers the chance to see all of the promotional videos produced to date by the band known as BELLE AND SEBASTIAN from midnight on the evening of Tuesday 29th June 1999. The show will also include tracks from THE GENTLE WAVES and LOOPER both bands comprising of various B&S members. In the past these videos have had limited TV coverage and given the feedback to Alternative Nation after airing them on the show, many viewers and fans of the band were unaware of there very existence. So we are pleased to present all of their tracks together in one show for your viewing pleasure. It will also feature the first TV screening of the six-minute mini-documentary recorded by the band late last year entitled 'Up Our Own Arses'. This show is also the first in a series of monthly shows featuring tracks from one band/artist, with an hour of rare and classic videos. These shows will follow the first Alternative Nation of the month. On 6 July 1999 further to numerous requests we feature a Manic Street Preachers video special, following shows lined up include Suede, Beck and Nirvana. Further suggestions and requests for specials or particular videos can be sent to altnation@mtvne.com *** as far as i know, MTV Europe are looking to broadcast this special at some stage, so stay tuned for more details. and speaking of press releases, we now have details on Bowlie 2 - 'All Tomorrow's Parties ... *** ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES Friday 17th - Monday 20th September Camber Sands Holiday Centre BOWLHEAD REVISITED As weeping music lovers from around the globe disembarked from the sanctuary of the spiritual homecoming that was The Bowlie Weekender, one unified voice could be heard, 'Stuff ever staying in a tent again and pissing in a hole'. The voice travelled through the East Sussex night straight into the attentive conscience of the hosts and overlords of this, the first musical meeting of minds, ideas and chalet-hopping. 'We will return! We will re-live! We will get our deposits back!' And they were right. 'All Tomorrow's Parties' is the spiritual successor to Bowlie. The same location, the same quality of bands, DJ's and production, the same high standards of hygiene and once again, the only festival where you can have a lie-in, watching cable on your own TV, in your own apartment, with its own shower and its own toilet. Over twenty bands will follow the legacy pioneered by the likes of Belle 7 Sebastian, Mercury Rev, Jon Spencer and Mogwai. The line-up, performing in the two indoor venues, will be announced over the next two weeks and as before, there will be several surprise guests and secret acts performing impromptu sets. Five-a-side football, the swimming pool, and the uninhabited endless beaches are all there for your enjoyment, even the crazy golf and go-karts will be open this time round. The gates will open at midday on the Friday to avoid queues and once again in-chalet-entertainment will be provided, showing over forty movies and up to the minute coverage of the event. The apartments sleep 4, 5, 6 and 7 people. Numbers are strictly limited to 2,600 standard tickets priced at £90 - and 100 VIP tickets priced at £130. The ticket price includes three night's accommodation and access to the site's numerous facilities, including the bars that seldom shut. Tickets can be purchased in person, by credit card or over the Internet exclusively from Ticket Web. They go on sale at midnight, Friday 4th june over the Internet - and at 10am on Saturday 5th June on the credit card hotline. A returnable damages deposit of £10 will be added to each ticket at the point of sale. For ticket information, please contact Ticket Web on 0171 771 2000 or online at http://www.ticketweb.co.uk *** the list of confirmed bands is as follows: stereolab the tindersticks shack tortoise yo la tengo high llamas arab strap the delgados bardo pond (tbc) blonde redhead (tbc) gorkys zygotic mynci snow patrol radar brothers clinic laika scott 4 ten benson plaid plone salaryman national park motor life co. pavement will NOT be playing despite the rumours and there should be more bands added next week. oh, and no b&s either ... :( the promoter is popping in today and we will get contact details from them to pass on to you all so you can find out more information, as we don't know any more than is listed above! the 'bowlie' site is still online at http://www.jeepster.co.uk/bowlie/ which has info about the site and the runnings of the april fest, we're not sure if there will be a new site created for 'all tomorrow's parties' but we will have that info tomorrow too :) *** a few more updates on the Looper U.S. gigs ... *the 4th of july show is at irvine meadows 4th of july festival thing (california), not at oak canyon ranch. "This Aint no Picnic"-sonic youth. sunny day real estate.sleater kinney. guided by voices. superchunk. the boredoms. the get up kids. rocket from the crypt. mike watt. apples in stereo. will oldham. hovercraft. orbit. scarnella. at the drive in. the killingtons. crash cart (lineup subject to change) @ oak canyon ranch, irvine. starts at 12pm *tickets are $25+ service charge* *apparently the San Francisco date @ Great American Music Hall has changed, so Looper now appear on July 6th instead of the 7th. *the URL for the venue for the seattle date is http://www.arospace.com/ or http://seattle.sidewalk.com/detail/45669 (thanks to paul, eric, ryan, troy and adam for all the extra info) *** i'm off, have an ace weekend ... anyone got any tips for staying cheery whilst flathunting? :( np - add n to (x) and luna recent lp's. oh, check out the b&s website as you can download your very own b&s wallpaper for your desktop - http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk - i can't quite replace my damon one yet though ... *sigh* cheers, katrina. -- ************************************************************************ jeepster recordings ltd. - mailto:a-and-r@jeepster.co.uk http://www.jeepster.co.uk/ po box 14153, london, sw11 4xu, u.k. tel: 0171 924 2324, fax: 0171 924 6161 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". 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