Sinister: Falling over Seymour Stein

[Nick Dastoor/BSHO/GB]

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

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