Haven't written in a while, but a few things are on my mind. First, what is the second chord in Bigmouth Strikes Again? The ones on the popular guitar tabs are wrong (C#M, E, F#), it just doesn't sound right (but I can't figure out what it is). I was watching a Franz Ferdinand interview while strumming when I suddently bumped into C#M with exactly the write tempo, when I realized it was a smiths chord and now my dilemma. It's stunning to me that Franz Ferdinand's popularity has surged in the states. Apparently they are slated to appear (or already have appeared) on Pepsi's Smash American show, which is a pure spectacle of shite. I have a feeling that popular"indie" music as we know it will be the next genre to blow up huge in the states. Suddenly during the past year or so, American networks like the WB and Fox have been playing bands like Death Cab constantly during the backrounds of shows. I scored the Feelies first CD two weeks ago -- I couldn't believe it, i've been looking for it for two years -- it's very hard to find. Anyway, if you have not heard these guys, I highly urge you to track them down -- they are the missing link between Velvet Underground/Television and the Smiths/REM and other post-punk. I won a Television CD from our local station a year ago and I liked the CDs and since then i've been trying to buy other highly influential obscure bands. There's record label website somewhere that has MP3 samples. Is it me or is the singer from the Darkness look just like Frampton from Frampton comes alive? I was stunned the other day when shopping for CDs, i ran across a Frampton cover and I initially thought it was a Darkness CD till i saw the title. Just caught me off gaurd. The aforementioned Feelies CD that I found the other day caught my attention because I thought it was Weezer's debut album -- they looked almost identical. I heard Beulah's breaking up, but they're playing a free show in NYC in August in case anyone's interested. I may go, but i'm first looking forward to seeing Franz Sunday in DC. Bonsoi...Sam _________________________________________________________________ Watch the online reality show Mixed Messages with a friend and enter to win a trip to NY http://www.msnmessenger-download.click-url.com/go/onm00200497ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+