From de same reco'din' session comes one uh Murdoch's earliest attempts at songwritin', but no one kin rememba' whut it's called. It menshuns "She Made Me Realise" by My Bloody Valentine. What it is, Mama! Effo'ts t'locate dese reco'din's gots'

I sent this to jivenator@jiveon.com for kicks and giggles. You can send them anything and they will translate it into jive. Ha ha. Rachael --------------- Belle and Sebastian : Frequently ax'ed Quesshuns 1. What be Tigermilk, where kin ah' get some copy? Tigermilk be de bands fust album and wuz released around about May 1996. It wuz released as part uh a Stow College course whereby Alan Rankine (of de Associates) fronts down de cash to reco'd some sin'le every year, aldough wid Belle and Sebastian dey decided dat dere wuz enough material fo' an album, hence Tigermilk. Dere wuz only 1000 copies pressed and so's de reco'd be wo'd some lot uh bre'd now. De band gots' always mantained dat Tigermilk will be re-released at some point, and dis gots'ta definitely be da damn case, currently likesly dat about March 1999, aldough dis may change. What it is, Mama! 2. Who be de guest sin'a' on Lazy Line Painta' Jane? De female sin'a' on Lazy Line Painta' Jane be Monica Queen, fo'merly of countryish Glasgow band Drum. 'S coo', bro. Drum released some reco'd some few years ago, about 1994 ah' dink. Last ah' heard she wuz reco'din' wid ha' own band which be called "Monica", o' at least dat's whut it wuz called in February 1997. Here's some list uh releases. "Purify" 7", "Drum" / "Here ah' am" / "So glad" 12"/CDs and da damn "Rifferama" LP/CD 3. What be "Elvis" in A Century uh Elvis. No-one knows bar de audo' really, but it's probably some cat, puh'haps a to'toise, maybe actually Elvis, maybe it's To'telvis fum Dread Zeppelin who knows, and t'be quite honest, who cares. 4. Who be in de band... Stuart Murdoch - sin'in' guitar, trumpet apparently now, fo' de twin lead trumpet effect. Isobel Campbell - sin'in', cello, various Sarah Martin - violin, weird wahtahmelluns Stevie Buckwheatson - Guitar, piano, sin'in'. Stuart Issac - Bass Mick Cooke - Trumpet, various Chris Geddes - keybo'ds Richard Colburn - Drums Neil Leroyson gots'ta been knode t'play bass on Stuart Issac's "Spaceboy Dream", which brin's me on to... 5. What oda' bands gots' members uh Belle and Sebastian involved in? Dere's quite some numba' of wahtahmelluns here. What it is, Mama! I'm sho' nuff it's not complete eider, it's plum whut ah' can rememba' off hand. Chris Geddes : currently V-Twin and Golden Rodeo (dink dat's whut dey're called). Has played on Arab Strap reco'ds. V-Twin gots' released two sin'les (to my knowledge), Gifted, and a 12", In de land uh de Pharoes. Mick Cooke : Used t'play wid Hardbody, who released two sin'les on Epic (On yo' own, Hazel's hob). Now plays wid de Karelia and da damn Amphetameanies. Has also played on releases by Mojave 3, Ex-Cadedra. Sheeeiit. Probably oders too. Stuart Murdoch : Played on releases by Polarbear and Arab Strap. Previously : (Early) Digger$, Lisa Helps De Blind, Rhode Island. Richard Colburn : Has played wid Polarbear/Snowpatrol Isobel Campbell : Has played on Arab Strap reco'ds, also played on de Snowpatrol reco'd. Stuart Issac : Stuart Issac gots'ta some side project called "Loopuh'". Dere gots'ta been one sin'le released on Sub-pop sin'les club called "Impossible wahtahmelluns" and dere be an album planned. 6. What reco'ds gots' been released? Tigermilk (LP) May 1996 If youse feelin' sinista' (LP) Novemba' 1996 Dog on Wheels (EP) April 1997 Lazy Line Painta' Jane (EP) June 1997 3,6,9 Seconds uh Light (EP) Octoba' 1997 De Boy wid de Arab Strap (LP) Septemba' 1998 7. What's dat song at da damn end uh de 3,6,9 seconds uh light EP called. It's called "Songs fo' Children". 8. What about all dese unreleased songs dat sucka's keep beltin' on about in o'da' to make demselves look smart? Pocketscribblin' Angel London gots'ta let me waaay down Hurley's havin' dreams Dese are little demos uh old songs dat gots'ta as far as we know, never eva' be released as Belle and Sebastian. 'S coo', bro. Loneliness uh de middle distance runner Modern Rock song Rhoda People around da damn place gots' tapes uh various different versions of dese, dey've been kickin' around fo' some while and dey may sheeit be released reasonably soon, dere are numerous different versions of de Loneliness uh de middle distance runner. Ah be baaad... I Know where da damn summa' goes De Gate Dese two gots'ta probably be some part uh de next sin'le Here's anoda' piece by Peta' Milla' : One uh de rarest Belle and Sebastian related reco'din's be a plantation produced demo uh "To Sir Wid Love", de Lulu song fum de film uh de same dojigger. De reco'din' features de plaintive voice uh Stuart Murdoch alone wid his Casiotone keybo'd, and be rumoured t'be heartboogiein'ly beautiful. proved unsuccesful so's far. Ah be baaad... 9. What sessions gots' dey done on de transista'? De fust session wuz around about Septemba' 1996 here Amos Lamarr sat in fo' Amos and Lard at night... Dey played Judy and da damn dream uh ho'ses Like Dylan in de movies De State dat ah' am in De stars uh track and field De second wuz about February 1997 on Amos + Lard's honky code again and dey played : I could be dreamin' Seein' oda' sucka's (slow version) We rule da damn farm Modern Rock song De dird wuz on Steve Lamacq's evenin' session and dey played : Lazy Line Painta' Jane Sleep de clock around Slow Graffiti Seymour Stein Dey dun did one uh Stevie Buckwheatson's tracks "Wrong Love" one night when de evenin' session wuz live fum Glasgow. Apparently dis be now called "Wrong Girl", gots'ta it be called "Wrong Sheep" at some point in de future? De foed less sheeit knode session wuz on Peta' Easton's Radio Scotland beat honky code where he played : De Loneliness uh de middle distance runner Slow Graffiti Modern Rock song. 10. Who be Tigermilk dedicated to? Tigermilk be dedicated t'Lawrence Bradby, who's some homey uh Stuart's. ah' dunno how frequently ax'ed dis quesshun is, but it certainly wuz ax'ed frequently recently as regards some competishun on French transista'. 11. Are Belle and Sebastian twee? No, dey rock. 12. Dog on Wheels, whut's de sto'y dere den? Sheeit it's not really Belle and Sebastian on dat EP, as ya''ll see if ya' gots' some look at who played on it. Here's de sto'y, dig dis: All de songs on de EP wuz reco'ded some time, eida' at da damn end uh '95, o' start uh '96, at Beat Box studios, which is where Stuarts Murdoch and Issac wuz doin' some doley sound engineerin' course at da damn time. What it is, Mama! Pretty much everyone who plays on it wuz on de course as sheeit, apart fum Mick. One uh de guys who ran de studio wuz Alan Rankine, uh Stow College, and Electric Honey Reco'ds, which be where he came in. 'S coo', bro. So hopefully dat'll put an end t'de wo'd uh loads uh ho'y old session beatians playin' on it, plum kids who were on de course. What it is, Mama! Makes de reco'din' uh dat EP sounds less likes an episode uh Rock School duzn't it. 13. Le Pastie de la Bourgeousie - whut duz it translate as? Apparently, whut it's sdownposed t'translate as is "De Apady uh de Uppuh' Class", howeva' it duzn't, so's we're told by reliable French sucka's... Doh. Right On! And yes it wuz sprayed on de wall at Charin' Cross fo' some while, it's in de video fo' Dog on Wheels, dere wuz anoda' graffiti of de same wahtahmellun done by some bloke fum de Yummyfur next t'Greggs de Bakers on Byres road. 14. Who's on de covers uh de reco'ds? Tigermilk : Joanne Kenney If youse feelin' sinista' : Ciara MacLaverty Dog on Wheels : Joanne Kenney Lazy Line Painta' Jane : ah' dunno 3,6,9 Seconds uh Light : Victo'ia Mo'ton De Boy wid de Arab Strap : Chris Geddes ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+