Sinister: B&S in a travel guide?!

[Amy Golden]

So get this:  I'm planning a trip over the water, & lo and behold, right 
there on page 449 of "Let's Go Britain & Ireland '98" is the following 
passage:

     In the 1970's and 80's, Scotland has played a significant role in 
the development of popular music, launching THE REZILLOS (c. 1978), the 
Skids, Average White Band, Glasgow's Orange Juice, Edinburgh's Josef K, 
and the record label Postcard which favored Byrdsy guitar chimes and 
winsome, coy-boy singers.  Although mainstream rock claimed popularity 
during the early 90's, producing groups like the Wake and Aberdeen's 
Kitchen Cynics, Scottish punk rages once again.  Slampt and Vesuvius 
record labels promote Scottish punk bands, including the suggestively 
named YUMMY FUR and LUNG LEG, while the quiet folk-rock of BELLE & 
SEBASTIAN wail throughout Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Sorry for SHOUTING, but my program can't do bold (I'm not sure how they 
decided which people rated bold & which didn't).  So what do you make of 
this?  I thought it kind of funny to find that there amongst 
descriptions of Glasgow Cathedral and haggis.  Could the author be on 
the list?
So anyhoo, my gal-pal & I will be in England, Scotland, & Ireland from 
mid July to mid August (I know--the worst time to go), & would welcome 
any tips on where to go.  I don't just mean whole towns, but also good 
music and book shops as well.  Right now our itinerary is a hazy line at 
best, but it would be fun to meet a sinisterian or two.  I s'pose all 
the cool kids would say, "Fancy a pint?," but a cuppa tea is more our 
speed.  Hopefully the picnics will still be thriving :-)
Whew!  That was long for a little lurker like me... 

"That's my story and I am stuck with it" (Trashcan Sinatras)
--Amy


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