First of all, the B&S and Magnetic Fields connection: I saw Claudia after the B&S show and she didn't seem to be too thrilled with me after I joked about pirating Tigermilk (despite the fact I had given her a free copy of Candy Factory after their first FBH show in Boston -- she didn't remember who the hell I was). She did tell me two things. 1) She loves B&S but Stephin doesn't really like them much. Hmmf. To each their own I suppose. Seems he thinks they are just a standard folk-pop band and doesn't see what is so special about them. Probably hasn't listened enough to them. 2) Although Chris Ewen composes the general synthesizer-type melody backgrounds of the songs in FBH, Stephin Merrit still writes the vocal melodies which are probably what dominates the "sound" in a way, especially in hits like "lonely Days" ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------