I finally delurk for this question:
What do you think is the best belle and sebby music for airporting? Or any sort of music for that matter? I've always liked airports for some reason, and belle and sebastian seems to go very well with that whole mod-airport theme. Is this just me?
I like airports, too. And train stations. (Not bus stations, though -- at least not for the most part.) They are places of temporary, transitional moments, some big, some small. I find I do my best thinking while waiting for flights or trains, feeling temporarily suspended from my day-to-day life and getting ready for some kind of momentary displacement. I like that feeling, actually, and the music I bring along should ideally reflect that. It should be a little wistful and dark around the edges, yet not *too* sad, slow or melancholy. It should sculpt itself around the station and the experience. Here are some prime suggestions. Try them on your next travel mix tape (uh, I'm not the only one who does this almost every time he travels, am I?) -- Nick Drake's _Way To Blue_ (I remember listening to "Northern Sky" on a flight from Newark to London, watching the edge of the horizon begin to brighten -- one of those perfect moments) -- Edith Frost's _Calling Over Time_ (brought this along to Minneapolis last year and it seemed to sculpt itself around the airport lounge) -- The Flying Burrito Brothers' _Further Along_ (though this is more for long road trips) -- Yo La Tengo from _Painful_ onward -- St. Etienne's _So Tough_ -- certain Eyeless In Gaza songs -- they wrote a lot about travel and weather. "Transience Blues" works especially well. -- The Smiths' _Louder Than Bombs_ -- pretty much any prime New Zealand pop music from the mid-80s, especially the Chills, Bats and Peter Jefferies -- Adventures In Stereo's blue album -- Sarah records sound best on plane flights -- I hardly ever listen to most of them at home anymore... ...and my Belle & Sebastian in-flight selections: "Stars of Track & Field," "Slow Graffiti," "Lazy Line Painter Jane," "It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career," "Photo Jenny," "Rollercoaster Ride." There's more, I'm sure. OK, back into the shadows. mike (who's done far too much traveling this past year and is enjoying being earthbound for awhile) ciflux@aol.com http://members.aol.com/ciflux +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+