Hi you lot, So the gig has gone and sold out. Oh well. I guess I can�t be too bugged out, I have seen them play this year, and that was cool enough. Anyway, for all you, like me, too slow or in many cases, too far away to get to go and see the hallowed B+S play (seriously, I�m thinking about setting up my own CCTV around the various universities of Glasgow, seeing as B+S probably seem to hang around there more than the students.. why do they always play secret gigs there?) I have something else for you. Just for you. Nobody else but you. So all you smug smugs can go away. No peeking. ***Oh, there�s a titbit of B+S gossip rattling through the Corduroy Smoke message board right now. You might already have heard it, but then again, you might not. The link, as always, is littering the bottom of this e mail.*** Recommendation of the week (if you�re not out buying B+S records, that is): James Orr Complex. I picked up this dazzling EP for two quid in Avalanche on Saturday, and can safely recommend it to all of you on the basis that it is fantastic. I bought some other stuff too, but this was a favourite. Saturday, I spent the evening in Glasgow getting drunk with a friend and chatting and listening to music. I stayed over at her house, and met her new gerbil, Laurence, whose a gothic interior designer of a gerbil. And so lovely as well. Not as radical as her previous gerbil, the Che Guvara reincarnation socialist- Zorro. It made me want to get a gerbil myself. We also chatted with her husband yesterday morning about music and things. I don�t know if you know, but this might be of interest for any of you in bands in Scotland needing funding for projects. Check out the Scottish Arts Council site to find out about grants given to musical, artistic and writing areas and all sorts of other things. As far as music is concerned, they seem to be very keen on the idea of supporting contempary musicians. Some of the pieces of interest were these: Music Promotions and Events Funds to assist music festivals and concert promoters working in all styles of music. Priority areas are traditional music and contemporary music. Closing dates: 18 Feb 2002 - latest guidelines and application form will be posted here soon (projects in 2002/2003 Recording Grants for special recording projects (not demos) involving Scottish based artists working in all styles of music. Priority areas are traditional music and contemporary music. Closing dates: 21 Jan 2002 http://www.sac.org.uk There were plenty more options available, but check out the website if this has whetted your appetite. Half the office looks as if it is taking time off this week. Except me. I got my mobile phone bill through, and on top of that, my stereo is being repaired and will take up a chunk of this weeks pay cheque. But this is not a career. I spent a small fortune in Borders yesterday. I gazed across the stationery, and ended up buying a couple of fountain pens to write in my little notebook with. I looked over the magazine racks. Why are there no decent indie music magazine left anymore? Has my taste moved so far underground that the publications can�t find me anymore? Or is it just that the things I�m into doesn�t appeal to them? Viva fanzines, viva! I also bought a big book about music, just to help me get my references right. Of course, I�m sure I could find them on the internet, but this is more handy. Anyway, enough of my ramblings, go on, go out and smile. Love, Idles ===== http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/corduroysmoke and the world did get covered in a thick haze of corduroy smoke. And it felt good. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+