I have been attempting to convert a friend. I put "Seeing Other People" and "Get Me Away..." on a mix tape for her about six months ago. She was not too impressed; she thought the piano intro on "Seeing..." sounded too much like Peanuts music. I told her yes that is why I like it. To continue the process I listen to Belle and Sebastian whenever we are in the car together. She usually makes no remark at all. In a tiny breakthrough, she thought that "Me and the Major" was a good song. She did not fall in love with the rest of the songs still. In the car a few weeks ago she thought "Tigermilk" album sounded better than "If You're Feeling Sinister" on a whole. She said she wished, sincerely or not, that all the songs sounded like "Electronic Renaissance." Today we listened to "Dog On Wheels" in the car, but once again, she did not seem impressed. I think I will start to have to accept this situation. I was also thinking of sending a tape of Belle and Sebastian songs to my brother. When he was my age, 19, he listened to the Go-Betweens, the Smiths, and assorted bands. But he lost interest and became a minister. Though he has a sense of humour, I'm not too sure how he would take the religion in the songs. He would probably just humour his little brother and tell me he liked it. But his eight month old son, is it never too early? Living and loving and rambling Matthew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------