Sinister: Quick, someone give BA this cheese burger so we can drug him and make him fall asleep and then we can carry him onto the plane.

[igh1 at xxx.uk]

Well hello you leetle sinister lovelies,

Ah, it has been a long, long time since last did I post to the list, but I have 
something to say now, so I feel I can.

FISHYCLAP, is, in my opinion, a good deal better than twattybus because the so-
called band democracy is much more effective.  Apart from the third song (i've 
forgotten the name of the blasted thing), which I think is an an absolute 
stinker of a belles song, and should have swapped places with the lovely Winter 
Wooksie.  Stevie's song writing seems to be getting better and better, and 
though I do like Family Tree I agree with whoever it was who said that it 
sounded like a Gentle Waves song.  But enough of this, there's been a zillion 
reviews already, and as this is the zillionth and first I'll make it brief.

When I read Mad Dog's comments about IFYS the other day, and I smiled a smug 
little smile all to myself because I have often thought this very thing 
myself.  The sound quality on Tigermilk (the only other album comparable with 
Sinister due to cost and fame and timescale other such things) is much better - 
there's something about the music on IFYS which gives me a bit of a headache (I 
love it and everything, but the production is a bit funny).  The songs on 
Tigermilk are also produced in a far more understated way (I'm guessing due to 
time restraint and cost as well as the fact that the boy Doogan wasn't 
involved), which leads me to conclude that two possibilities are affecting B&S 
records nowadays: Tony Doogan or the pressure on Stu to produce a classic 
(after all, the fans are a wee bit demanding).  I've always thought Tony Doogan 
was a good producer, but thinking back a lot of his records do have that 
overproduced, multi-limbed orchestra feel (obviously not the first Hefner 
album, though, cos I think that's brilliant, although their record company 
apparently was none-too-impressed).  B&S have a cellist and violinist and I 
believe that the others can also play instruments, so why have an orchestra on 
record, especially when Isobel is a brilliant cellist (and I won't hear a word 
against her, so naaaaah to all members of the "We hate the lovely and talented 
Isobel" fanclub.  In fact, double naaaaah :).

I've got a new job, but I'm not allowed to tell people what it is cos it 
involves money, so you'll just have to guess.  But I can tell you that I'm not 
a gigolo.

I did have a lot more to say, but I've forgotten it all now so I'll go but I 
might be back in a while with my other thoughts (though prolly not cos they 
don't usually make much sense, but hey . . .)

Goodbye one and all,
Ian.
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