Sinister: Sessions at West 54th

[Jim Nisbet]

Not news of the B&S appearance I'm afraid but a reference in an article 
in today's Independent on Sunday review section in the UK.  The piece is 
a profile of film-maker DA Pennebaker, mainly about his 'rockumentaries' 
but it also tells us that he is responsible for the interview segments in 
the TV programme.  After a description for those of us on this side of 
the pond (which makes it sound like a programme well worth watching and 
not unlike Later with Jools Holland) it goes on:

'Although Pennebaker's involvement is restricted to 10 minutes of 
interviews in each hour-long episode, he apparently exerts pulling power, 
not only among viewers but performers.  Douridas says the prospect of 
meeting the veteran film-maker lured the chronically diffident Scottish 
band Belle and Sebastian into giving their first television performance 
(they had a song called "Like Dylan in the Movies" on their last album). 
"They were very shy", recalls Pennebaker.  "I really liked them."'

Jim

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