Sinister: b+s documentary and new website

[robin stout]

I reckon Idleberry just wants Dear Catastrophe Waitress to be Tigermilk 5. I 
do agree that Underachievers Please Try Harder is probably the better album 
- it's one of the best albums I've heard for ages - but I like the feeling 
of recklessness that DICKYWUSS has about it. It manages to be diverse but 
still fit together somehow, like the old EPs used to do. And certain songs 
are absolutely gorgeous. I think Idleberry just wants Belle and Sebastian to 
be more twee.

It's funny, I've heard a few people dissing the whole "I'd rather be in 
Tokyo, I'd rather listen to Thin Lizzy-oh" line, because it doesn't rhyme 
properly. I find this very odd. Stuart's lyrics have never really rhymed 
properly. In Lord Anthony he rhymes "toff" with "maths". I don't think 
rhyming has ever had anything to do with why i like Stuart's lyrics. Anyone 
can use a rhyming dictionary if they want to. I expect he doesn't want to.

Well.. what i actually posted to say was that the B+S website has a link to 
the brand new Dear Catastrophe Waitress website at 
www.dearcatastrophewaitress.com, where you can hear snippets of the album 
tracks, read the song lyrics, look at photos and play a somewhat baffling 
game. The lyrics are great, and it's good to see them all laid out. Some of 
the lyrics here are different to those in the recording, another lovely 
habit of Stuart's - there are lines about CS Lewis and a whole extra verse 
to Stay Loose.  There's also a lovely piece of writing by Stuart about eggs 
and how his favourite word is "creepeth", which I read last night when I was 
staggeringly drunk and don't remember all that well. This might be the 
sleevenotes, although i'm not too sure about that.

Also, more exciting news, to accompany the single Step Into My Office b+s 
have released a documentary about a typical day in the life of Richard 
Colburn, during which he nobs some foxy secretaries and runs about in his 
pants. You can have a look at it here: 
http://www.lesinrocks.com/DetailArt...m?iditem=162182 .

BYE!!

robin xxx

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