goodness me its been a long time since I mailed anything to you lovely lot. as i remember it i got disillusioned because no-one ever spoke back to me. but i'm willing to forgive you. as you all seem to be on the subject of beautiful songwriters i thought i'd just drop a quick line to put a word in for Vic Chesnutt whose gorgeous weaving disjointed misanthropic southern drawls sent my psyche spinning off into fantastic new territories when I was fourteen and have been messing with my soul ever since. also to pledge my support for nick drake and will oldham (the bonnie prince reigns supreme). and to make sure you don't forget kurt wagner. i do like elliott smith - xo is good, especially waltz no 2 (or is it three, i forget) but i do think elliott fever is getting just a touch out of control. the lad's vocals sound better live - on the record's they're a little sugar-coated for my taste. i haven't heard much rufus wainwright yet but he has a beautiful voice. carole king has been giving me strength lately. and kristin hersh. (the girl's don't seem to be be getting much of a mention - oh god, if anyone starts on about bloody alanis morrissette or tori amos now i'll be sorry i said that.) are we talking about greatest living songwriters or do dead ones count too? if they do i have four words to leave you with - Gershwin, Porter, Kern, Berlin. i don't know whether i'm stretching the parameters of this list a bit, but some of these writers have been more than important to me. that's my lot. love from molly xxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+