Hi all, I wasn't afraid of y2k until I read Johan's warning about staying away from big cities b/c of riots. Hadn^�t really even thought of it ^� my mind won^�t let me make a big deal out of it for some reason, it^�s the same with birthdays (and that^�s just not a good thing at all^�) Anyway, I^�m inclined to not believe the hype, especially for my city (though we did have a riot when the Canucks missed out on the Stanley Cup a few years back.) Maybe I will have to fly away overseas for the mayhem in Iceland... I bought the Acid House soundtrack, yes, Belle and Sebastian Slow Graffiti, is right there in the middle, yaay. Soundtracks are a whole different thing when you haven^�t seen the movie (and I haven^�t cause it^�s not out here yet.) I^�m trying to guess the movie^�s theme/tone by listening to the music, but what will happen once I see the movie? I suppose all the songs will take on slightly new meaning of course. I can understand why one would stop buying soundtracks, even if the movie is really good. I^�d say more, but apparently I am intellectually vacant today, sorry. Oh but also, music always taints the moment (and isn^�t this part of why we listen to it?) and when listening to a soundtrack not only is your moment affected by the music but your moment is affected by the meaning of the music in its movie moment, so that you are doubly affected, feeling perhaps that you should feel a)like you did in the theatre at that moment in the film and/or b)like the characters in the movie during the time the music was playing and/or c) one or both plus how you feel at the moment you^�re listening to the song wherever you may be (ie at home doing the dishes on a sunny day.) I buy soundtracks b/c of all of this I suppose. After a while, the movie begins to fade and the music is just there alone. This kind of segues into and back to discussions about music and romantic situations ^� some people put on mood music, but what if you^�re putting on mood music from a soundtrack? Are you then in a way, even subconsciously, ^�re-enacting^� a movie moment? Or are you just going for a certain tone/mood? Okay, I^�ve made this all waaaay too complex and boring and if I don^�t stop now will contradict myself over and over and over again. Maybe y2k will bring the rain^� Robyn, currently thinking about buying the Rushmore soundtrack, but afraid of it re-enforcing her crush on Max, an entirely fictional person who^�s never going to grow up or be real. It^�s all for the best, I guess. === I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden@yahoo.com Vancouver, BC _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+