deep breath... 1) the new looper single (the a-side anyway, the b-side suffers somewhat because it contains totured trumpets) is quite gorgeous despite what susannah says. it also clarifies something from 'a century of elvis' which has always intrigued me, the line when he's telling elvis about how him and karn did it all backwards which goes 'we got to know each other and then we met'. which those of you who've ever met your email crush will instantly identify with... 2) peel played 'brilliant career' on his show last night (at 8:57 to be precise). was worried the new lp would be over-produced (cos i've always prefered, say, the session versions of tracks from the last lp) and whilst this is kinda polished they haven't buffed the life out of it completely. reminds me of simon and garfunkel. which in turn reminds me of florida, sigh... (he's also been playing tracks from the new salako lp in every show this week (colours merge and fly at 9:51 last night), sounds nice, very sixties and nothing like i'd expect from someone like james 8) 3) strange that someone asked why stuart m was 'pretending' to be left handed in the new press shot (the one in the lecture theatre) cos if you watch him spray the wall in the 'dog on wheels' video he also does this with his left hand... 4) if the threat of legal action should force a change of name i think the simplest change would be to germanise it - 'belle und sebastian' 8) that said, if i was a french women who'd had a brief spell of fame in the seventies i'd be flattered that my work had imprinted itself so fondly on a bunch of scottish rapscalians with an eye for a tune. 5) the big question about the upcoming tour is whether they are going to be using the big red a.m.k van still. we got to manchester and the taxi driver dropped us off at the back of the town hall and it's a big place and we weren't quite sure just where the gig was going to be. and then we spotted the a.m.k. van and we knew we were going to be ok... 6) a couple of things even keith missed on his roundup of side-projects and the like: sarah mentions a hobby band in the chickfactor review, i forget the name, something to do with brothers. and stevie was seen recently wowwing los angeleans playing guitar with the bmx bandits. there, 6 points, all remarkably on-topic, probably more than some of you have managed since you subscribed... andy i think i'd better point out that that picture of st lucy is kinda misleading. in reality st lucy's hair isn't quite that colour for a start... one of the manics on the big breakfast this morning saying that the two things that keep him going are sport and chips. ooh, cutting edge. this, to my mind, makes him about as dangerous and out there and intensely intense as my dad. isn't banjo kazooie great? i like the way tooty dances around whilst mumbo is playing the vibes in the opening sequence, bit of a bobby gillepsie influence there if i'm not mistaken... * alice in wonderland. or is it alice through the looking glass? i don't know. anyway, it's the red queen... == andrew dean (koogydelbbog@yahoo.com) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was 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" List rules, FAQ etc., http://www.majordomo.net/sinister

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