Sinister: I was made to love magic...

[colin thornton]

Hello everyone,

I've been sucked into your world from a small, pink moon orbiting in the 
distance (The Nick Drake mailing list-- Place-to-be).  My discovery of B&S 
was accidental, but they exploded into my world with other artists unknown 
to me:  Beth Orton, Wilco, and Jeff Buckley, whom are all probably well 
known to my new favorite group of people.  You can imagine my suprise when 
the "beautiful-music" dominoes started falling.  I'm struggling to keep up 
with the old and new of REAL pop music that doesn't sell-out.

The event that brought me to this list was a package that was sent to me by 
a nice British gentleman on the Drake list.  He sent me a free PAL copy of 
the B&S MTV Alternative Nation video special.  I waited with this coded 
video for months until I could finally transfer it to NTSC, and now I can't 
stop watching it.  I don't know why the band has to be so damned secretive 
(probably more so to Americans), but to actually see them be silly and have 
fun (and quasi-live) makes me so happy.  My favorite video is Lazy Line 
Painter Jane; I can't believe that LLPJ is not a favorite song by most of 
the list.  I'm also enamored with Isobel, who is my favorite member of the 
band.  I'm a bit of a classic and childlike romantic, so Gentle Waves is a 
new favorite of mine (perfect for rainy days and children).

I'm from Kentucky, and I'm a bit of a Belle & Sebastian loner/disciple.  I 
have converted a few listeners at my university, and I discovered a few fans 
besides me.  Being a fan isn't easy in America; afterall, the only things I 
have to appreciate are the music and the videos (and this list), which is a 
bit more than Nick Drake has to offer.

I was wondering if the Belle and Sebastian lifestyle is big enough in Europe 
and other places to cause a cultural backlash?  I've noticed on certain 
negative amazon.com B&S reviews that there are a few jerks, whom intend on 
crushing fragile B&S fans.  How big is our sub-culture?  I'm just curuious, 
since most people here are clueless toward any indie music (as was I).

Thanks,
Colin St. Clair

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