Purchased the new Momus album yesterday. Has it been out a while? Can't decide what I think of his premise--that throughout history many artists had patrons paying for their endeavors, so why shouldn't Momus? Most of the songs never seem to break out of novelty, except for the Shawn Krueger one, which is sentimental and clever as hell. Not exactly the Sistine Chapel, though. That said, it's a nice turn of the tables for an artist to works for the fans. Hell, if I'd $1,000 I woulda done it. And why not raise money like this as opposed to releasing live albums, sub-par rarities-type things? I still think it could have been done in a more meaningful way, though. But then he'd have to know these people like a girlfriend of friend, I guess. Ack! I'm the queen of dithering on this record. Anyway, Belle and Sebastian are namechecked on the album, so that's my obligatory content. Oh, and I got the new Chickfactor. Stuart M. mentions some short-haired girl on the crush page, thus bolstering my theory that he only truly desires short-haired women, Tigermilk cover star, Isobel, and this new chick. That's not much, granted, but when you're shorn to about an inch like me, you gotta cling, my friends. --Jennifer +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+