OK, probably nothing you don't know already, but this has appeared on the B&S website: ------------------------------------------- BELLES PLAY BELFAST We're pleased to announce details of Belle and Sebastian's first trip to Northern Ireland. (Bobby is particularly pleased) 21st December - Mandela Hall, Belfast Support from The Frames Tickets: £16.50 + Booking fee Available from all Ticketmaster outlets in Northern Ireland and Queens Student Union All money goes to You're Kidding, raising money for the NSPCC toys at Christmas campaign A limited amount of tickets, including coach travel from Dublin, will be released in the Republic of Ireland next week. Check back here on Tuesday for details ------------------------------------------- So now it's time to start a campaign to get them to do a cover of "Fairytale of New York", which is still the greatest Christmas song E!V!E!R!. Playing a gig just to raise money so they can buy some toys - how dare people say B&S are twee? So none of you know what korfball is. What a surprise. Rachel Fruitloop even said "Big Stu, korfball sounds like something that Gordon Schumway would play. You know, ALF? Alien Life Form? No problem? Ate cats? Ring a bell?". And I have absolutely no idea what she was talking about. But still, if anyone is interested, or just plain bored, you can find out about the other interest in my life by going to www.nottingham.freewebspace.com; which is the website of my korfball club. There's also lots of bad photos of me on there, but I'm not telling you where. It's a great site, because I write it. And, as has been pointed out, I am vain. I've been walking round all week with a great big plaster on my chin after my trip to hospital last weekend. One person, who shall remain nameless (principally because I don't know his name), asked if the plaster was because I'd had plastic surgery. What is he saying? Does he think I need to? Meanwhile, I've been spending most of the week with "The Story Of The Blues" my The Mighty Wah on my headphones, which may well be one of my favourite ten songs of all time. I think I may have gone too far though, it's started appearing as the soundtrack to my dreams. I think I need help. Of course, those who have followed my posts with interest will know that when mentioning good music, I won't be able to resist talking about the Whitlams; and you should all go to Audiogalaxy and download their song "I Make Hamburgers", or "You Sound Like Louis Burdett". And then buy ten copies of each of their albums, in the hope that a few sales might persuade them to play some gigs on this side of the world. Come to think of it, those of you who have followed my posts with interest should probably get out more. Big Stu +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+