Dearest Sinister, I think I have exploded with Belle and Sebastian ness at least a thousand times in the past while. So much to fill me! But yet...they are still so untouchable and far away. Another year passes, some more concerts...and I am still here, living vicariously through you. So, there was a bit of jealousy when reading all the wonderful posts, but the sheer delight soon overwhelms and makes me smile. Just some of those random moments seemed so perfect, frolicking with them on the beach at the one show, you will have that memory forever. Oh, it's not just the reviews, but the abundance of pictures, those little arms that swallowed the tennis balls, the Arms Of Sex that just won't quit. Arms of Sex everywhere! I can't even get started on the cape and pyrotechnics display or I will simply die. Now I can admire the perfect heart-shaped face even in MIME makeup, and I am frustrated, frustrated. The elfin charm radiates. The concerts just sounded so fun too, with the medals, the "hand-jiving to Legal Man" as one listee wrote and invitations for singing onstage, wow Lorraine. I saw Wilson Pickett and he invited someone on stage, but he was a bit more nudge-nudge-wink-wink, "My, my, YOU a healthy one, girl!" I bought Jonathan and David. This is old news, I know. There has been 100 reviews of that already. I love Jonathan and David. I enjoy Mick's shoulder on the back photo, peeking out with insolence. I feel like Jonathan myself, Belle and Sebastian went on to great heights and a whirlwind tour but Genevieve never really recovered. We were studying Jonathan and David in school when that was released. I just can't break the connection. I love the 'it's not like we'll never know love part' I just burst! I love Stevie's low voice, and then Struan comes in and it's just like oh my! Someone said Struan should sing the Song of Solomon for some smut content. I think someone said that. We had to study that too. Do you think it's beautiful if your beloved's hair is like a herd of goats? I don't...I like the parts where it gets to the tasting of all the secret fruits of the garden, your bosoms are like pomegranates, sing it Struanne sing it. I remember, not too long ago, someone was saying it was unfair of the double standard, that no one complains of Struan's girly voice, but he doesn't HAVE a widdly-pooh-goo-goo girly voice! It has strengthened no much, compared to the little voice on Tigermilk's The State I Am In, but again, that could be because my tape was the baby of the baby of the baby (and so on) the of original vinyl. But still! It's pure and shining, served for me on a golden platter. I love when Belle and Sebastian say 'married' in their songs, it's always the third person in the song left out, some tragic love triangle, like in You're Just a Baby, the girl has to marry some nasty brute, you just know it, but at least she can have one last night with her true love. Also, I cannot claim clairvoyance, but I remember a while ago, David Moore saying something about B&S resemblance to The Zombies in a post, and then I dreamed they did Time of The Season, and then they did. But that is also old news. I had all sorts of wishes to covers...they never did Tainted Love, did they? I know they did some stones covers already, but Under My Thumb, that would be good, or if they did The Love You Save by the Jackson 5, Struan could be Michael, and Stevie could by the other one, and they could spell out the letters in the air, with the "S, Is for save it!" "T, Is for take it slow!" part, with the girls doing the 'doo de doo' background bits. Maybe if the whole crowd had shouted a request for Baby Got Back, everyone could work themselves into a fever over Isobel's bum, sing it's praises, and then be done with it. The obsession would be exercised from our bodies, and we would feel refreshed, but until then, I just don't know. Oh, just try and pretend you wouldn't want to hear Struan shout out Shake that Healthy Butt, you can't fool me. Another thing from a while ago, whoever said it, it is weird how similar Summer Wine is to Dog On Wheels, in front of my face all this time, and I never noticed. I think Summer Wine is just about the best song to sing aloud to. I always sing it really loud when I do the dishes and am alone in the house, creeping the neighbors out when then see me flapping around with the big yellow gloves. There is another song that reminds me of something, or maybe I am just way off, but when I hear the beginning of my Girls Got Miraculous technique, I want to sing...the sun ain't gonna shine anymore...but I'm not even sure where that line is from, an oldie, I think by the walker brothers. I really have to stop, but it's just because I'm so excited, as I finally get to come overseas to Scotland and London in about a week. Love, Genevieve _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+