Er Robin, some of us would be listening to Belle & Sebastian radio sessions if 1. they were actually broadcast in my part of the country (XFM) 2. they were actually broadcast on a frequency poeple actually listen to (Virgin is still on MW where I am) 3. I hadn't accidentally erased the session the morning after I taped it (Radio 2). Although I do agree with you that lately (or maybe it's been always) this list has become less of a Belle & Sebastian community and more of a personal diary forum. I would have thought new songs, radio sessions would have sparked much opinion here, or even offers for trading, but after posting a few requests here in the past it seems those sort of messages get lost in cyberspace. So, some of us are still bothered, still very bothered about their favourite band, but due to situations and life in general, the opportunities to get enthusiastic about things you cannot hear and not many folk seem willing to share are becoming fewer. And by the way - please don't anyone tell me about some crappy streaming online version of the sessions - the radio stations don't seriously expect those to be listenable. They are just there to remind you that you should have been listening in the first place. Stuart Flanagan having a bad day :( --- robin stout <stoutrobin@hotmail.com> wrote:

I wonder how many people have been listening to the Belle and Sebastian sessions on the radio. Is it really just me and David Moore? Now that no one else is bothered anymore, it's beginning to feel like I'm part of a secret society again, banging my tuning fork on the tabletop and hearing sounds no one else can hear.

Tonight on XFM they played session versions of Step Into My Office, Stay Loose and I'm a Cuckoo. Stay Loose was notable because Stuart sang it in his normal voice, instead of letting RoboStuart take over, and it sounded a lot more like a "normal" belle and sebastian song. I'm a Cuckoo was a treat. Better than the album version I'd say. Low key, laid back and lovely.

The presenter kept talking about I'm a Cuckoo charting somewhere in the Top Twenty this week, which should mean another Top Of The Pops appearance for the rascals. I hope so. Luckily there are still reasons to buy their singles even if you have the album. I'm buying it for Stop, Look and Listen, which was on Radio Two last night and reminded me of the Beatles somehow. You should buy it too.

You know, I remember the days when I could pick up radio stations magically through an aerial and the vibrating ether. Now it seems I have to screw a pipe into a wall. It's a funny old game.

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