hi everyone god, life has been way too busy lately. between school and work, bah. i had a week off from uni last week, and i got sick during it. bah. i did, however, finally get my braces off (hooray!) i've been getting bored during random parts of each day, and when it happens i've been taking out a pint sized notebook and a pen (regular sized) and i've been trying to figure out what my 20 favorite records of the year are so far. i tried to list ten but i went insane trying to do that. i buy so many records, it's sick...they're like food now, i just consume music so quickly. one of my goals before the end of the year is to finally finish my damn webpage, so i'm going to decide what m favorite things were this year - albums/ep's, singles/random songs, haircuts, and just random occurances. i'm also going to try and finish making my damn music. it would be a lot easier if my keyboard and drum machione weren't still home in NJ. oh well. anyway, i'm sure a bunch of you are already listening to some of this, but it's always good not go give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to good music, because a new discovery is like a new friend, or a new twisted obsession if one gets lucky enough. listen to these records: 1. Dymaxion "Dymaxion x 4 + 3 = 39:21" - as far as i know, this is really hard to find in america - it's on trattoria in japan, but the band is fom NYC. crazy stuff...the only band i've ever heard that i could compare it to is Silver Apples, but this has more of a loose, NYC groove to it. it shouldn't work, but it does. 2. Badly Drawn Boy "Hour of Bewilderbeast" i think he deserved the Mercury Prize for this - it's a beautiful record. lots of songs, but it just means more to consume and love, because you'll become infatuated w/ it. 3. High Llamas "Buzzle Bee" yeah i know it doesnt come out until halloween, but vintage vinyl here in STL has a promo copy that they let me listen to. they get more and more psychedelic and swirly... brazilian influences too, not just the obvious pet sounds/smile & beatles references. 4. kid koala "carpal tunnel syndrome" one of the coolest, funniest, and creative records i've heard in a while. he's got a great sense of humor, and the groove is nice as well. 5. blur "music is my radar" single - i love the B-side, black book. nice soulful stuff. the title track is kind of silly though... it's quite cool of them to sneak a bit of a latin style in there though. BELLE AND SEBASTIAN CONTENT: a jeepster christmas album! that should be fun. more songs to add to my ultimate christmas mix tape, i hope. i wish B&S would have covered "Christmas in Hollis" though. it's the all-time greatest christmas song. i'm going to go listen to 80's gainsbourg now, because it's so ridiculously great. talk to everyone soon. mike j PS - i don't know if there are any fans of Cornelius out there, but he got married to Takako Minekawa a few months ago. i thought that was really cool. ciao everybody +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+