Sinister: "I thought you were dead!"

[Lawrence Mikkelsen]

It occurs to me that it has been almost nine months since I last posted,
which is a far cry from my one a week postings of 2000/2001. Sorry ... I am
waaaay out of the Sinist*r loop.

So ... prepare yourself for "Lawrence ... the wilderness years".

I think the last time I posted, I'd just got back from my honeymoon in
Hawaii. Which was lovely thank you. Thus far married life is good, although
a little weird getting used to at first. I never really realised how cranky
and stubborn I was, until I began living with someone equally cranky and
stubborn. So then it was just work, and stuff .......

The most interesting thing which has happened is that I am now the company
director of an indie record label! For the last year or so, me and two other
guys have been talking about setting up an indie in the spirit of early
Flying Nun, Elephant 6 and Postcard Records. So may I present ...

"Lil' Chief Records"
http://www.lilchiefrecords.com

No releases as yet, but the debut album by The Brunettes, "Holding Hands,
Feeding Ducks" should be out pretty soon. <shameless plug> Plus we'll have a
PayPal shopping cart if anyone overseas is interested in buying copies of
the rather fine album. </shameless plug> I'm the non-musical guy of the
trio, the other two being Jonathan Brunette and Scott Mannion, who is also a
Sinist*r listee. Don't know if there are any hardcore Peel devotees, but
John Peel played a Brunettes sing some months ago on his show, shortly after
coming home from New Zealand ...

Speaking of which, I'm kinda amused with people mentioning The Datsuns and
The D4 in recent posts. I really don't see the appeal, and can think of
about half a dozen New Zealand bands who are so much better than either of
those two, that would kill for that sort of exposure. (sigh). The Datsuns
were the sort of local band who would usually put me off going to a live
show here, because I'd know it would be full of greasy-haired guys with
black jeans.

Since I last posted, of course, Belle & Sebastian released an album. I reall
y love it, and listen to it almost every day. But it took some getting used
to, and part of me just wishes they'd taken the best songs from the last two
EPs, paired them up with the "songs" from "Storytelling" and released a
proper album. A few weeks ago I played "Fuck This Shit" at my church, and no
one was any the wiser. I was sad about Jeepster ... I wonder how much longer
Jeepster will go on for now ... but think Rough Trade will be a nice new
home for B&S. I'm also hoping Jeepster will cash in on the bands' departure
by released some sort of radio sessions album.

Which reminds me, Niko .....would *love* those new Peel Sessions on CD!

The other vaguely Sinist*r related thing was that listee Niko stayed with me
and missus for a few days some months ago. it was lovely to meet another
real live listee, and show him the sights of my rather boring city.

Speaking of boring ... I should go. I really just wanted to say "hi" and
"I'm still here", but wanted to disguise it in the form of something people
might like to read.

Take care everyone ....

Lawrence
xxx

PS - another shameless plug .... I've just started an Orange Juice mailing
list, for anyone interested in 80's Scottish pop. It only has a handful of
members right now, but I'd love a few more, if there are any fans of Orange
Juice, Edwyn Collins, Associates, Josef K etc. It's here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rip_it_up/

Or you can send a blank email message to:
rip_it_up-subscribe at yahoogroups.com

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