Hello Sinister. Before I start, I must draw your attention to this: http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html It's the online petition for "Rhoda", an early B&S song, to be re-released. Even if you've never heard it, please sign it; at this stage you just have to trust me and Mark C that it's the greatest unreleased composition by the band. Go on, sign it now. Click the link. You can read the rest of my Scintilating Post in a minute. I mean it. Sign it now: http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html. Signed it yet? Right then, I'll begin. Sensationally, I *don't* have a ticket to go and see Belle & Sebastian this winter, not because I missed the ticket bus, but because it would have cost me about fifty quid to go and see them what with train fares and similar malarky, and I just don't have that kinda money at the moment. It's very sad. That said however, I did go and see Radiohead last night, in what I can only describe as something of a religious experience*. I hope the concerts are good for all those who go though. Having allowed DCW to sink in a little, I think I can safely say that in my mind it's the strongest of B&S's albums. I mean sure, there are two duff tracks on it (DCW, which, since Carsmile mentioned it, I can't stop hearing as a My Life Story record, and RW - The Clunker #2, surely), but then again so do most of the other records. And the remaining tracks are, well, nigh on perfection, in my humble O. It's been two months now, and ISWM is still recieving *daily* airplay. That's rare for me, btw. So I bought the new single, too. Big Stu was mentioning the lack of reviews, and for that sparce analysis you'll be punished with my opinions. I personally think it's great. Surely SIMO,B is one of the best tracks on the DCW. For me, the highlight of the entire album comes at 3:03 on this track, when that synth gambols into the break-down like someone putting an axe through a watermain. Wonderful stuff. LOTM sounds great all studio-ed up, I reckon. I wasn't keen on the Peel Sesh version, but all studio-ed up it's great. I've recently joined a samba percussion group, and it's nice to hear one of my favourite bands doing some Brazilian tinged stuff. And DMAFOM? Well, it's DMAFOM; who can argue? Gorgeous melody, and that unexpected chord-change in the chorus? Phew, it got me going, for sure. I guess, actually, that's all I've got to say at the moment. As far as my state of mind goes, I've been a bit stressed, but nothing I can't handle really. Hopefully. I just really wanted to tell you what I thought of the new single. Time was, once, that Sinister would be flooded with thoughts of a new single. Wow, aren't we grown up... :-) Oh, and sign here: http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html love Asm.x *and I'm not even that much of a Radiohead obsessive, either. ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+