A few random comments: * I f'n love Belle & Sebastian .. they're as infallable as a band can get these days ... impossible to get tired of 'em. Me can't wait to get me grubby mitts on the new album ... *get in line, eh?* * Apart from some great musicianship & songs like "Alice Childress", I quickly jumped off the BFF bandwagon by the time that 2nd album was released. Someone PLEASE pair Ben up with a lyricist ... seriously. The whole preening, pandering, gifted high-schooler "I was never cool in school" sentiment really wears thin after a while (and yes, you may throw Barenaked Ladies, et al in that pile as well ... "Brian Wilson" is a shudder-inducing song). Brown eyes were also opened wide once I heard Elton & co.'s superlative 11-17-70 album ... Reg wrote the book and then some a long, long time ago. * About a remark about how Q is more for "older" folks: trust me, if you were over here in the States and surrounded by pandering, self-important, out-of-touch "music magazine" corporate Frankensteins like Rolling Stone (Spin to a lesser degree), your parents' copy of Q would suddenly bask in a heavenly glow. (In all fairness to Spin, they put IFYS in their 1997 top 20). To go against typical heavy fan sentiments of "I saw them first!" and "They're mine, Mine, MINE!" (fortunately which generally doesn't happen around here, which is definitely refreshing), I honestly can't wait until B&S get a little more exposure over here in the States. Granted, airplay on typical "alternative" radio over here will be next to impossible, unless there's some sort of shitto fake ska single ... fortunately, highly doubtful. Back on track with my original thoughts, one word of advice: NO interviews with Rolling Stone, please. In fact, bring legal action against RS if they even mention the band in any way, shape, or form. It ain't woith it! Besides, knowing how "hip" RS considers themselves to be, they won't "discover" B&S until 2003, and by then the world will be completely dessimated by the y2k bug anyhow. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+