<<oh, and on the elliot smith subject: my friend cary saw him open for ben folds five and he said that all of his songs sound the same. now, remember, this isn't my opinion, just that of a close friend. I'm just relaying it to those who previously inquired about the subject.>> i think Elliots has (unwillingly) become the mopey "hip cuz we're sad" indiekid's superhero after he did the oscars or grammys (i always get them confused). I mean hearing one song of his off of "either/or" is cool or using him as intermittent background music for a movie is cool, but listening to the whole album straight through I find to be really really boring. In that respect he's like Low and other half-ass mope bands that just don't have a diverse enough pallete to paint a sad painting that you want to look at for more than a couple of minutes. Melancholy stuff like Red House Painters, Tindersticks, American Music Club, Eric Mathews,lullabye for the working class, and of course Belle & Sebastian is so damn good because its pallette is so mature, nuanced and diverse. Who knows, maybe his new album will have some more texture. .scott +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+