You friggin' James Taylors, What, there is an artist actually too smirky and smart-ass for this list? Can't imagine! I reckon it's easier to cuddle up to B&S's precious mystique than a sarky sing-a-long about coming in a girl's mouth. I found his sub-cabaret wurblings hard to fathom at first, and perhaps a good melody isn't always atop his to-do list, but as I once told someone else on this list, Momus' verbal jousts are a bit meatier than, say, Nick Drake references. I find it hard to imagine that Stuart Murdoch hasn't been influenced by Momus. Shades of the birth of Athena, yes? God, my pretention meter just broke. OKay, get 'Tender Pervert.' Be prepared for way-cheap keyboard sounds, but his song 'The Homosexual' is sex ed for indie boys and wholly necessary, as is the entire album. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+