...I've sworn off posting for a while but would like to chime in about New Order's "Procession" and "Electronic Renaissance". Listen to JUST THE BEGINNINGS of both songs in a row- the way the synth-melody goes dooooowwwnn/uuuuuuuuuuuup, dooooooooooooown/uuuuuuuuuup at the beginnings of both songs is remarkably similar, as is the rather dark/melancholy bass line that brings it back down to earth soon after... It CERTAINLY isn't anything like the glossily overproduced Technique, in my opinion. "ER" is very lo-fi, really one of the loest-fi B&S have ever done. Of course, none of this is to start off any kind of B&S/New Order comparison, obviously that's going nowhere fast, as "ER" is "reminiscent" ONLY (not a "copy") of "Procession", "Sleep the Clock Around" sounds a little reminiscent (again not a "copy") of Stereolab, and there's nothing else remotely like those two in the B&S ouevre. Any comment on THIS? I've come to believe our ears all hear things very differently, so the above is solely my opinion, but I thought I'd contribute to the little thread. And also, the Looper show here in Portland, OR (USA) was very good. Wee Karn actually TYPES on a typewriter for "Impossible Things", and the video show was super-cute. They didn't do an encore, but they did include "Who's Afraid of Y2K?" as the show closer, so I'm pretty sure we got everything. -Two or Three Things I Know About Chris +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+