Sinister: Static Electricity

[robin stout]

I wonder how many people have been listening to the Belle and Sebastian 
sessions on the radio. Is it really just me and David Moore? Now that no one 
else is bothered anymore, it's beginning to feel like I'm part of a secret 
society again, banging my tuning fork on the tabletop and hearing sounds no 
one else can hear.

Tonight on XFM they played session versions of Step Into My Office, Stay 
Loose and I'm a Cuckoo. Stay  Loose was notable because Stuart sang it in 
his normal voice, instead of letting RoboStuart take over, and it sounded a 
lot more like a "normal" belle and sebastian song. I'm a Cuckoo was a treat. 
Better than the album version I'd say. Low key, laid back and lovely.

The presenter kept talking about I'm a Cuckoo charting somewhere in the Top 
Twenty this week, which should mean another Top Of The Pops appearance for 
the rascals. I hope so. Luckily there are still reasons to buy their singles 
even if you have the album. I'm buying it for Stop, Look and Listen, which 
was on Radio Two last night and reminded me of the Beatles somehow. You 
should buy it too.

You know, I remember the days when I could pick up radio stations magically 
through an aerial and the vibrating ether. Now it seems I have to screw a 
pipe into a wall. It's a funny old game.

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Has everyone seen the latest Sillustrations, by the way? The Foxystrator has 
been busy with the felt -tip pens, drawing our thoughts for you all to see: 
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/sillustrations/

Robin x

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