Right on to Maria Elia, "Electronic Renaissance" is the muthafuckin' bomb-ass track on the album--one of them, anyway. I think of it as more Factory-esque though (not a guitar in sight, cool!), very "Procession" by newOrder I thought. They just don't get as synthy or even as varied in sound on subsequent albums. Shame. "I Don't Love Anyone"--separated at birth from Felt's "Mobile Shack"? I like how this album really rocks at times, it's almost garagey. "You're Just A Baby" could've easily been done by the Stones or some sneery early '60s band with fuzz pedals and 'tude. (If y'all have been reading my thoughts on this on the b&s/New Order newsgroups or the i-pop list I apologize for my redundancy.) Speaking of synths, which I was, I *will* be in DC on the 24th to see *the* electronic renaissance man amplifier himself, Stephen Merritt and his Magnetic Fields. Hopefully he will have his triple(!)-album for sale at the show. Yeah Lesley, my guess is if you're trying to talk to him and you aren't a young effeminate boy (like myself) you may get yelled at! I think you'll be fine in achieving your goal... I will not sing your ugly song, Xavier BXK bkim0@dept.english.upenn.edu | www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 It's what kind of hair you have on the inside that counts.--G.S. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+