"I am so small, I am barely seen - how can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes - they are small, but they see enormous things!" - Rumi So here is My 1st Ever Weekly List Of "Fine Music I Bought This Week:" (this can also serve as a list for those of you fickle shoppers who are not sure what to sample..) here they are, in no particular order 1. Lhasa - "La LLorona" Dark & stirring Spanish ehtnic sounds, folksy, rootsy, lovely expect to be bewitched 2. Smog - "Knock, Knock" More introspective low-fi from the master, Bill Callahan This new album has more of an up-tempo than previous smog albums; many feel it is his finest offering to date 3. Jason Faulkner - "Can You Still Feel.." hard edged, hook heavy, (but not at all zeppelinesque) pop rock. Kinda groovy. 4. The Nields - "Play" Much in the tradition of Belle & Sebastian, these folks weave pop, folk, rock, and even psychadelia into their music, infusing it with beautiful harmonies, and cathcy choruses.. sure to please 5. Erik Satie - "OEuvres for Piano" This eccentric, turn-of-the-century French composer has become somewhat of an obession of mine these past few weeks.. his is a mind & spirit that I find unequalled anywhere in the timelines of music history.. bizarre creativity run rampant. His 3 Gymnopedies, especially #1, is the soundtrack to my soul... some days.. 6. Momus - "Tender Pervert" Ah, Nick. "Nicholas, Don't Be So Ridiculous.." Momus represents rather baffling evidence that you can in fact be an undiscovered genius while spanning a career well over a decade long.. This album, in my humble opinion, should be in everyone's collection everywhere, and it is perhaps one of the most underrated (as is he) albums in recent memory.. The man was Morrissey before Morrissey was really Morrissey, if that makes any sense.. poetic, literate, passionate lyrics, rife with wit, wisdom, ambiguous - and sometimes very UNambiguous sexual tinges, and the keenest of all pop minds.. Momus is a Hero. 7. Pink Martini - "Sympathique" Among the best things I've stumbled across at me local record shoppe this past month. Brilliant. Take salsa, cabaret, classical, romantic, pop, lounge, and world traditions, shake well, and you'll have this wonderful cocktail we call Pink Martini. I have HIGH, APPLE PIE IN THE SKY HOPES for this ensemble. My heart is theirs. 8. Aterciopelados - "Caribe Atomico" Ultra cool riffs and grooves from Latin America's premiere pop/punk/folk rock band. Next to Cafe Tacuba, few can match wit with soul so effortlessly. Bilingual education not needed. Theirs is a sound catchy and solid enough to be appreciated by all. 9. Anything by Composer Bohaus Martinu My personal fave composer is Mozart. For me, there is no one greater in the history of music anywhere ever. That includes any genre. And all of the elements I love about Wolfie are found in this 20th century composer Martinu. Beauty, simplicity, passion, soulspeak. Give a listen. 10. The soundtrack to the film, "The Double Life of Veronique" Haunting original music by Zbigniew Preisner Preisner writes entirely chilling music that manages to affect even the most disaffected listener. Sure, it's a movie soundtrack - but this is a composer who could damn well be among the greatest of all living composers.. Track #4, this eerie chorale, stirs me to no end. 11. Rufus Wainright - self titled debut "April Fools" is on a loop in my head. Love it. 12. And um, something called "Looper." And speaking of loops - I just finally acquired Looper's debut. Not Bad. Not bad at all. I love the first cut, with the kiddies helping out. Laughed me little arse off first time around. But I must agree with, oh, was it the NME or Melody Maker, that said that The Ballad of Ray Suzuki is annoying.. it's psuedorave/techno/triphop caca.. it lacks the lustre, if you will, of the true techno "artist's" soul. I can't believe I just wrote that. Techno/rave=anathema. Yet I know good techno/rave when I hear it. Go figure. Anyway, the rest of the cd is aces. Still looking forward to The Gentle Waves. Can't seem to find it here stateside. OH, oh! Ya know what the Ray Suzuki song sounds like to me..? The soundtrack to a Volkswagen commecial.. can't you just see it? I can. Ah, well... There ya go, luvies J@rR*d 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+