I have been reading the discussions on Nouvelle Vague with great interest, and while I know very little about the form, I was drawn to write by the comments made by Youn about Belle and Sebastians "feminine sensability." I thought about this assertion for a bit and I am not sure I agree. For a while now, I have been trying to identify what it is about Belle and Sebastian that makes them a much "better" (for lack of a term) band in my eyes than other bands that I like. I thought that perhaps Youn had identified what I had been searching for, but I don't think so. Is what belle and sebastian has such a "feminine" sensibility? I rarely ever think about gender when listening to Belle and Sebastian because I think defining a gender creates boundaries and I think the subject matter of a lot of B & S songs don't have gender boundaries. Unfortunately, this does not answer the question of what exactly it IS about Belle and Sebastian that sets them apart. Maybe I should stop trying to figure it out. Maybe I am just talking out of my ass, but I have had a hard time figuring out what makes Belle and Sebastian so damned good. Brandt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+