Sinister: B&S for Baltimore

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>>And Baltimore just oozes with character, unless you wander into
>>the baseball stadium which I felt looked rather contrived. There's the
>>whole Edgar Allen Poe connection as well. And then there's Tim Hardin's
>>Lady Came From Baltimore. A nice tune for B&S to cover.
>
>Yes, or there's Nina Simone's incomparable 'Baltimore' , which with
>its dreamy reggae beat would prove an ideal cover to further Belle and
>Sebastian's fan-baiting eclecticism.

And we've yet to mention Randy Newman's paean to the city, the chorus of
which goes "oooh Baltimore / It's horrible....". Good Randy Newman feature
in this month's Uncut magazine, incidentally.

On the topic of songs about American towns, I met somebody from Wichita last
night, and she'd never heard of "Wichita Lineman"! What are the chances of
that happening, eh?

Trousers

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