hello all, I was listening to electronic renaissance the other day (okay, yesterday) and even though I though it's "funkadelic is the way to go, boy", I keep hearing: "Ed McMahon is the way to go, boy." Oh, yes, har, har... perhaps this has been said before on the list, but it's funny. Finally Belle and Sebastian on the CBC?! I don't believe it. I will be listening to (and taping) the show just to see if they say anything new, anything at all (which would be surprising for a station seemingly focused only on the wants of 50ish men (and their spouses) and cottage country lifestyles. Ech.) Yes, Jason D. of Toronto (near the above-mentioned cottage country), a poetry thread would not be a good thread for the list, esp as it might lead to *bad* poetry and there is certainly enough of that on the web already. But what we have seen here has been poetry by other people, usually well known poets, not listees (for the most part, I think.) Anyway, point here is: why do people have such a hate on for poetry? It doesn't even get a chance. yes, a lot of amateur stuff sucks and there are plenty of terrible poetry nights around, but c'mon the root of poetry is language and what we do with words, how these little black lines take on so much meaning. And this is done every day on this list, right? Perhaps the education system scares people away. Okay, that's it. More to say, but will stop. P.S. song lyrics are poetry, and every song quoted is a fraction of a poem (if we get down to nit-picking) - melody and rhythm, instruments, etc. complete the setting of tone. Poetry. In defense of. I like it, but yes, let's keep it very minimal on this list (this is directed at me too.) Waiting for my glitter badges, Robyn === 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!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+