Hello kidz This is your special correspondent for pop, here to report back on the crayzee shenanigans that took place at the B&S Q&A last night. After following a trail of people up to the 6th floor of the building and finding a room set up in the conference style, we sat down and moaned about the bar, which consisted of Robinson's Barley Water and Highland Spring and wondered who was ill, because there were only six chairs up the front. Then somebody came and told us all that we were in the wrong room, a lucky thing because the right room had FREE BOUZE! and BIG SOFAS! and and GLITTERY ARTWORKS ON THE WALLS! and FREE BOUZE! Then the band came on and these are some of the things I remember: - Isobel was looking fine and foxy in a ponytail and biker jacket thing with patches on it - Stuart was looking fine and foxy in a schoolboy shirt and tie combo and a big old earring (not dangly, but round) - I can't remember what on earth the others were wearing, but they all looked fine and foxy nonetheless - The general consensus in the band seems to be that The Model is the best song on the album, although Don't Leave The Light... and Too Much Love were also mentioned as good'uns - Stuart thinks that "Steps are freaks" (expect to see this quote in every article about them for the next year) - When asked why he thought B&S fans were scary obsessives, Stuart gestured in the direction of a group of your own Sinister friends and asked "do these people look like scary obsessives?" At this point, his argument was sort of ruined by a person of this parish, who will remain nameless, who got a tiny bit carried away and shouted out "BUT YOU'RE THE BEST BAND IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD EVER!" or something. Stuart went red. Bless. - The video for Legal Man was shown for the first time, but I was behind a pillar and a way off from the screen, so I'll leave it's description to somebody else who might actually have seen it. The rest is a bit of a blur at the moment, largely due to the FREE BOUZE! but it was a bit of a strange atmosphere - sort of forced, but sort of nice at the same time, if you know what I mean. Anyway, I'll stop yabbering on here and let other people fill in my numerous gaps and talk about the questions they themselves asked (I merely sat back and listened to other people asking stuff, other people largely being Ben Clancy of the Melody Maker, who hogged the limelight somewhat). Oh yeah, I've got the whole thing on minidisc too, so I'll try to make the contents available sometime soon, although in what format I'm not sure because, frankly, it's a terrible recording. Feeling rough as a cat's tongue this morning... Juicy Lucy -- This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+