hello. *b&s news* belle and sebastian are among the nominations for the nordoff-robbins hard rock new talent award. b&s - hard rock. who'd have thunk it? well, okay, so the hard rock refers to the chain of grotty cafes (sorry julie). also nominated are arab strap, the delgados, geneva, idlewild, justin, and mogwai. there's a phone number to call to vote, but bugger me if i don't know what it is. *more b&s news* mr. alasdair gray, author and illustrator, is collaborating with the belle-ends on a book containing the lyrics of the first three albums, along with illustrations. when this will appear is anybody's guess - mr. gray took more than fifteen years to write his most recent work, "book of prefaces". *even more b&s news* okay, not really. but with the imminent death of napster, those pre-b&s corduroy hipsters spinal tap have come to the rescue. visit www.tapster.com to download their comeback single, "back from the dead" (in Doubly!). from the press release - lead guitarist nigel tufnell - "one of the brilliant things about tapster is that there's only one song to choose from". lead singer david st hubbins - "we're putting it on the internet because we want the people who really care that we're still alive to have it in their hands and their machinery and then in their ears". i just realised i last posted in december '98. terrifically prolific, me. goodbye. andy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+