Dearest Sinister, What is the world coming to when Pitchfork gives a Belle & Sebastian album a good review, while the Guardian savages it? Nothing good, that's what. You'd think our fair heroes had drawn blasphemous cartoons of the prophet or something. At any rate, I think TLP is a much better album than DCW- the latter had too many half-formed ideas and knobbly lyrics. The only thing that really stuck with me from the debate over DCW on this very list was Idleberry decrying the rhyme of Tokyo with "Thin-Lizzio"; I thought of this a couple of weeks ago when I was listening to the live Sinister album, and realized that rhyming "cuddle" with "muddle" really isn't any great shakes, either. There hasn't been much (if any) mention of that album here, and I have to say that's a shame because it's really good. I could have done without the 2 minutes of clapping at the end of "Judy and the Dream of Horses", though. Yes, we get it- people love you. But what was I talking about? Ah yes, the New Album. I've been listening to it for about two months, because I'm evil. Regardless of that, I have no profound insights about it. I like it, and think it's their best album since Sinister- certaintly it's their most engaging and consistent. But what do I know; I defended Fishyclap way back in the prehistoric year of 2000, and now I think it's pretty dire. I won't be sending any lists, top 10 or otherwise, because I don't really listen to new music anymore. I spend all my money on DVDs, my dog, and whores. I've been trying to rectify this, but it's hard to figure out what's good that I've missed in the past 3 or 4 years. Any recommendations? Best, Eric Cheesybun +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+