Hidi Ho, Well, I guess this missive is intended for an underwear-obsessed chap named Steve, but I am interested in others' opinion on the topic as well. Personally, I like the Scottish folk-singer who appears in "Lazy Line Painter Jane" and whose name escapes me now. And, incidentally, "Lazy Line Painter Jane" is in my top five favorite Belle and Sebastian songs because of Chris Geddes work on the hammond organ (isn't it time that he gets more credit for creating the Belle and Sebastian sound?). Nevertheless, I would much rather listen to someone like this bird than the breathy, five-year-oldesque lyrics of Belle and Sebastian's gentle wave. Albeit she is extremely cute (and this initially endeared her voice to me - call it the Backstreet Boys syndrome in reverse), her voice is progressively getting more and more annoying at every listen, especially on "Green Fields of Foreverland". Give me an off-key belting Scottish bird who isn't obsessed with being cute any day of the week. On the Elephant 6 tip, I saw Beulah at the CMJ in New York and they were fucking top! Personally, I prefer them to both Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control. They also have an extremely rare first album (released in 1997) which wqs available at the show. Not as good as "When Your Heartstrings Break", but it is worth the investment if you can track it down. Rememberin' the punks and the hippies too, Mark ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+