Hello--- I'm crossing my fingers that this one will work now that the list is all shiny and new. You see I've been on the list for quite some time now, but my messages never seemed to make it to the list. I'm Kristen, I live in Boston (USA), and I love records. Here's a question, did any of you send a message to get free tickets for the West 54th taping? Just curious if you got a response yet. That may be my only chance of seeing the band this time around, so I'm anxious to hear back from them. here I am, kristen ps. I think the Arab Strap album is good (with the exception of 1 song). If you like the sound of guitars recorded so that you can hear the fingers sliding over the strings, all scratchy and lo-fi (for lack of a better word) with whispery/angsty story-like lyrics, an occasional bombastic blast of drums and a catchy bassline here or there, by all means pick it up. The single The First Big Weekend is just stunning (and included on the album.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister -----------------------------------------------------------------------