I'm sure that this has been mentiioned on the list before I joined the fun, but others may be interested to read about the events that (I assume) were the inspiration for Belle & Sebastian's fantastic paean to the Sire records supremo. The report is from the Glasgow Herald of 6/12/96. CONSIDERING that they're two regular blokes from Falkirk, Arab Strap have quickly made a lasting impression on the hipper epicentres of the music industry. Or more accurately they've made a series of lasting impressions, some of them physical. For instance, after the duo's first public performance in August, supporting Belle And Sebastian in Glasgow, Aidan Moffat left the stage in a drunken stupor and fell heavily over Seymour Stein, the recordbiz legend who discovered Talking Heads, Blondie, Madonna, and the Ramones. Stein was sitting on the venue's floor, having jetted in from New York to see the show's headliners. Despite his Strap-inflicted contusions, however, Stein remained sufficiently impressed to press his phone number upon them. Nick Dastoor ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------