G'day all Just popping in with a few obesrvations/comments/unsolicited opinions on some of the recent thread. They've actually started giving me work to do (bastards! What do they think they pay me for?), so I've had to go back to lurking mode for a while. Anyways... Records of the year: Belle & Sebastian - TBWTAS (natch), Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue, Emm Gryner - Public, Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine, Sloan - Navy Blues, Spiritualized - Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Elliott Smith - XO Honorable mentions to Catatonia, Bernard Butler, Drugstore, Mojave 3, Bob Mould, Heather Nova, Son Volt, Pulp and Cracker. Records I would have liked to have on the list but that I can't find on this continent for less than $35... The Boo Radleys - Kingsize (but since they now have North American distribution and will be released in late January, look for it on next years list... boo forever!) Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (of course the All Saints remix album can find distribution, but the Manics? Oh nooo....) Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider Regarding C.S. Lewis: I read recently that his theological books were enjoying a resurgence in popularity. I guess they look good alongside those Chicken Soup and Celestine Prophecy books... I thoroghly enjoyed the Narnia books, though I don't think I've ever managed to read them in the proper order. The Last Battle disturbed me - the body count was pretty high for an 8 year old to deal with. BTW - did anyone catch the Stu Murdoch quote in December's Select where he says he wouldn't mind if B&S were called a Christian rock band? I think that's what he said, I don't have the article handy for reference... interesting, anyways. To anyone in the US/Canada who's ordered stuff from Jeepster before: How long does it take to ship a package about the size of a t-shirt and CD across the Atlantic? I'll be foolishly checking my mailbox everyday from Dec 7 on awaiting my Christmas gift to myself... Alyssa: Sincerest condolences (sp?) about your cat. List crush: I see I am conspicuously absent... that's fine... why should cyberspace be any different from the real world... sob sob (peeking through the crocodile tears to see if the desperate ploy for pity is paying off...) Well, I think that brings me up to speed. Have a good day everyone and beware the ice weasels. They have pointy nasty teeth. -- Frank Yang "Ooh, you got a head bag! Those are chock full of... heady goodness." In my CD player: The Boo Radleys - Wake Up! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+