Hi Non Dextrous Ones, The Duke wrote "it's just so funny to be seeing a magazine writing about 'the new country' at this point in time... the article is mainly bollocks, but it's going to be kind of interesting for newcomers, or even to old sods.... The cover CD is good though, and makes me want to hear more of quite a few of the newer groups." I agree that the cover CD repays the outlay for the mag, but not for the newer bands, who unfortunately ('cos I wanted to like some of them) sound pretty dreary to me. The track that does it for me is the closer, a live version from the soon to be released "Spyboy" album, a version of "Boulder to Birmingham" by Emmylou Harris. The other day whilst listening in the car it made all the hair on my body stand on end and my eyes moist at the same time. (BTW I always thought the verse should finish And feel the city air Run past your body *hair*) Listen to this (Emmylou, not IYFS, silly) and then go and buy one of her first 2 solo albums, or even better still, fork out for one of the Gram Parsons albums she accompanied him on. Most record stores seem to knock out the combined GP/Grievous Angel CD for £9.99, which is a ridiculously good currency v. blow you away emotional power exchange. BTW, HoneyPaul, why will that look like 100 times Australian dollars or something? Also Hun, thanks for tidying up our digests. It was a dirty hack, but someone had to do it. Especially as for a compuserve member, it reduces their size and (mostly) stops them becoming attached .txt files. I also recommend seeing John Otway live. I once saw the Bard of Princes Risborough play with Wild Willie Barrett when he dived onto Willie's steel guitar (which was on wheels) and went over the edge of the stage on it onto his head. Got up and carried on singing. I just read another digest, and have to concur with Tim Hopkins about The Burritos'Sin City and peeing from a great height (perhaps the 31st Floor?) Every time I listen to this song it makes me sing out loud. And I can't sing. Senior Citizens for Belle & Sebastian, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+