Sinister: American in Glasgow

[MM_KULIK at xxx.EDU]

Hello everyone...
 
 i think i have probably posted maybe 3 times ever on
 the list but i have been receiving it for quite some
 time...therefore, nobody knows me, so i will introduce
 myself.  my name is Moira and i'm from America
 (outside Philadelphia, incidentally), but i am in
 glasgow until christmas studying at the university of
 glasgow.  this is the funny thing i have
 discovered...when i talk to people around here about
 music, when i mention belle & sebastian, they say
 something like, 'oh, yes, i've heard of them,' or 'i
 know one or two of their songs,' or, most
 surprisingly, 'who???'  granted, none of the people
 i've asked have actually been from glasgow but they're
 all scottish (or sometimes english) and i would have
 thought they would be more familiar, but i know more
 americans who listen to them than scots, so far (of
 course, most of those americans are my friends who
 i've forced to listen to my b&s records and eventually
 converted into fans, with very little effort on my
 part...but it doesn't matter!).  i find this all a bit
 strange.  and when i went into fopp's yesterday they
 had only TBWTAS and tigermilk...no EPs, no sinister,
 just those two.  i was very upset about this because i
 had intended to complete my collection by buying dog
 on wheels, but i will have to wait until i find a
 record shop or go back to america.  i did pick up the
 divine comedy's 'fin de siecle' on sale for #7...they
 are having a huge sale on lots of quality items so if
 anyone is in the market for cheap records i would
 suggest stopping in and having a look.  anyway...since
 none of my friends here can help me by alerting me to
 upcoming b&s-related events in glasgow, i would be
 most appreciative if you all would let me know when
 things are occurring because i would be most excited
 to attend...i always get very jealous, reading about
 picnics and club nights and things from my computer in
 the states and now i can actually join in, yay!!!  so
 please keep the updates coming, and let me know of
 anything else in glasgow and the surrounding areas
 (i.e. the UK) that i may be interested to know.  
 
 p.s. brandt, yes, you are absolutely right to feel the
 way you do about your mother's situation (sorry i
 can't quote the original message here...) -- i would
 feel the same way.  but it's always a precarious
 situation to try and give advice to your parents about
 their personal lives, especially when they know you're
 right and they're wrong -- they don't like to hear
 that from their children.  but every once in a while
 my parents ASK for my opinion and it is quite
 refreshing.
 
 THANK YOU one and all!!!  this city is lovely and i
 don't want to leave in 9 weeks.
 
 xoxo
 moira
 
 
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 Moira Kulik
 Queen Margaret Hall
 55 Bellshaugh Road
 Kirklee
 Glasgow G12 OSQ
 Scotland
 0141.334.2192 
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