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Ehh Stuart David once tried to chuck a CD player out the hotel window one time

but the window didn't open wide enough for him to fit it out.

That was just totally pathetic.

That's pretty twee in itself. lt's kinda like twee hotel wreckin' or something.

ls that a Dukes Of Hazzard mug?

Wow yes. lt's a present from Bob.

lt's the General Lee.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

l was in a group called The Moondials and they kinda broke up at the end of '95 l think.

And l think about a week later Stuart approached me and it was as simple as that really.

To... l think like at that point... this Stow College thing came up

l think Stuart approached me 'cause he wanted to make a single, and would l play guitar on it?

And l think he actually asked me to join his group but l refused, 'cause l was very sick of groups

and he wrote me a letter saying ''l know you're tired of groups but can you do this?''

l've still got it actually... Y' know, how dumb can you get?

We've been on and off aeroplanes quite, fairly frequently and that makes me so happy y'know?

Travelling the world y'know? l've been to Brazil and Japan.

Eh... How do l get on to this street?

Belle & Sebastian. Please!

Jo: Don't you think that Scottish are the nicest people in the world.

Richard: Sometimes

Jo: Sometimes... Usually. And l see the band over there. Beautiful girls

one very tired... Sitting here... The lazy one.

How old... Does your mother know that your with the band?

Stuart: Yes.

Jo: You too?

Chris: Yeah. Jo: You're sure? You didn't run away from home? You're sure?

Chris: No l didn't. Jo: No, OK.

Stuart: We're older than you think

Jo: You think so?

Stuart: Yeah yeah.

Jo: You are older than what eighteen, seventeen? Stuart: Yeah.

Richard: Twenty two. Jo: Twenty two?

Much older!... You all take turns on the microphone?

Richard: Some do... l'm the drummer.

Mick: We do on the stage yeah, we all...

Jo: 'l'm the drummer', l don't give a... l don't give a ff... a hoot.

And is it true that you just made, or you sing something in Portuguese too?

Stuart: Well, these guys here, they're the... They know Portuguese.

Stuart: They just sing from the sheet.

Jo: You have the sheet there?

Great! Sing a little bit for us, come on.

Go ahead...

Now he doesn't know how to read it.

Stevie: There you go.

Jo: Go ahead, go ahead

go ahead... sing it to us.

Stuart: Get up there Stevie.

Jo: Fantastic! Stevie: Thank you.

Jo: You have a gift for this... Really.

You managed to sing in Portuguese... And, nobody understands...

a fucking thing that you say.

No just kidding. lt was great, it was really great, first class!

Where did you get this fantastic name, Belle & Sebastian?

Stuart: Well we stole it from a French writer, an authoress called Madame Cecile Aubry.

Jo: Ahh... Cecile Aubry. You speak French?

No.

Jo: You just steal from French people. That's very good. That's great.

Belle et Sebastian, and it's nice.

Who is the good cook here? Who cooks.

Beans, Chris.

Jo: You do? What's your best? What's your speciality?

Chris: Umm, lt's all vegetarian, l'm vegetarian

Jo: So you're vegetarian? So you don't even bother to cook them.

You just pick them up and eat them.

And you're the best cook?

Stuart: No. He does a good, he does good curry and he does good pasta and he does lasagne.

Mick: His stir fry's good.

Jo: But no meat? Chris: No.

Jo: None!... None! Whatsoever.

Chris: No. None, you can keep saying it but still...

Jo: So, a vegetarian and chaste also? Chris: Sorry?

Jo: Chastity is also, chastity is also um, vegetarian and chaste too?

Nooo

Jo: well man you said no meat, no meat at all.

Mick: No, he gives meat but.

Jo: You're not that radical.

But which... OK l see the other ones with their instruments are ready

and the beautiful lazy girl here.

What do you do in the band? Tell us.

Andrea: l play the flute. Jo: You play the flute?

Andrea: But today l'm clapping

Jo: Clapping? Wow... That's great, that's great.

And who else claps here? The vegetarian of course

because he doesn't look like someone who wants to work a lot.

You're clapping and singing? Bobby: Just clapping. Richard: Just Clapping.

Jo: And you blue eyes.

Mick: l normally play the trumpet. Jo: l was talking to her not to you.

l'm not going to call a man blue eyes! what do you think?

You play what? The trumpet?

Sarah: l sing.

Jo: And you, tell me? You play?

Mick: Me, l'm playing bass today... Bass guitar. Jo: Bass today?

l've never heard of that. Bass today? Richard: lt's new.

And you can't play it tomorrow for instance? You always play the bass?

You always play the bass?

Sometimes. l play trumpet as well.

Let's hear it, come on. Belle & Sebastian! Thank you!

Who do you turn into if you rehearse too much?

Steve Vai.

Yeah, you turn into Steve Vai

Stuart: you can enjoy actually playing, you can enjoy the sound of the music that you're making

and the camaraderie between the band and you can look at each other and you think...

come on let's make a fabulous sounding record this time.

Let's make a record that's as good as y'know...

'Make Me Smile' by Cockney Rebel

or 'Marquee Moon' by Television.

OK we'll probably fail but Jesus we've got to have a go.

When you wake up in the morning you try to organise your day around

sort of avoiding what you really must do and doing what you wanna do.

Which are two different things.

ln this song, l can assure you that when l mention my brother it was in a dream.