*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* being the ageing hipster he is, my dad, subscribes to Q magazine, it arrived today and included this review of the boy with the arab strap: in red letters at the top:"Third album fromthe world's mostintrospective and publicity shy band. Allegedly" and then: "Despite making music that conjures up images of sandals, cardigans, and straw protruding from crooked teeth, Belle & sebastian, a chronically shy Glaswegian septet, are nevertheless a quietly wondrous proposition. Unashamedly folk, their songs are as fractured as Nick Drake's and as lyricallysharp as anything that ever came from morrisey's nib, while singer Stuart Murdoch has a voice thatis pithched half way between Donovan and a church mouse. As with previous outings, this record is all aural eggshels andemmotional hesitancy, demanding a certainpatience frm the listener. And although there's nothing to match the sheer ebulience of earlier single Lazy Line Painter Jane, there's still ample evidence here to suggest they're capable of producing a classic before very long." The reviewer, nick duerden, gives it 4 stars, which is the same as the manics album gets, only they get a whole page and a big picture, and a big article as well, but B&S'll lick em in the charts. on other matters, the new chart show replacement is crap, electrasy, suggs, faithless, moby, bollocks, even the chart show was better. And jeepster what's with the cheapo packaging on the salako album, it'll go all skanky, but the contents are good. my appologies for talking shite. please dont look at my home page, if you appreciate quality, easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~zulu/ see you tommorow glasgowing peeps colin. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+