Hi Sinistrettes and Sinistrons, I just bought the new Shins record and it's really great. James Mercer's melodic sense and phrasing reminds me of Stuart's. It's less controlled though... Maybe you all knew the Shins already but any B&S fans who don't, and need something new to chew on between B&S releases, I think you'll like it. It was a great discovery for me, even if I'm way behind the times. The song "Gone for Good" was the closest thing to my life at the moment I've heard in a long time. If anyone knows that song, you'll know what my life looks like right now. (I've noticed some of you 'tell all' on the list.... I prefer to speak in musical code...) -Ethan ethan@ethangold.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+