~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ to die of boredom..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ welcome all...i haven't posted for a while...i've been listening to alot of felt lately... i think they are a band that i will never get bored of... & it got me thinking...(dangerous i know...) in 10 years or so...what bands or artistes are going to be remembered as representing this generation...is it going to be oasis and the manics...& robbie williams!?! ...( i have nothing personal against any of these bands or people ) already from 10 - 15 years ago...some truly great bands have been forgotten... lawrence and felt is one of them...dan treacy and the television personalities is another...bid and the monochrome set another...( i would also like to mention the pale fountains and shack and michael and john head but that is another post on its own! ) there are loads more...i have a special affection for creation records...i can even forgive alan mcgee for turning into the anti - christ...and even though the start of the end for creation was the signing of oasis and the selling out to sony...i still had a soft spot for them...they put out some of my favourite records of all time...to me alan mcgee was never " creation records boss " he was alan mcgee of biff bang pow! ...who wrote songs that could tear your heart in two... bid and the monochrome set were responsible for some of the finest pop moments known to man!...the three that i have mentioned probably never won an award between them... none of them are household names...yet they mean so much to me...they have played an important part in my life...and in 10 - 15 years time when robbie has turned into rod stewart and oasis and the manics have turned into status quo and dire straits... ...who's gonna remember lawrence , dan or bid... ~~~~~ fortune ~~~~~ i like the way belle and sebastian have managed to stay loyal to jeepster...after the brit award thing i imagine most major labels were foaming at the mouth trying to tempt them away from jeepster...loyalty is such a rare commodity these days...i love the fact that they are still with jeepster... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ forever breathes the lonely word... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i like this mp3 thing...i really do...it will be great for music on the move...but i find the idea that very soon you will be able to download an entire music collection off the net ludicrous ...i have no doubts that this will be possible...but yet again i feel the men in suits are completely missing the point...you see i like to own things...i like to collect...i love vinyl...i like to touch it and smell it ...i like the feel of it...i like cd's too ...but i love vinyl...i like the sleeves i like the little messages scratched into the end of the record...about 10 - 15 years ago we were told cd's would eventually replace vinyl by the year 2000...well 2000 is here and vinyl is still fighting its corner...i wouldn't trade my vinyl in for the world...i would rather own 2000 records taking up half my flat...instead of 50 or so memory chips in a shoebox...maybe i'm just stubborn and old fashioned... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the optimist and the poet ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ another felt title i'm afraid ...i seem to have felt on the brain...but i love this song title i think it would make a great film title...recently i've been having a crisis of sorts...an internal war going on in my head...i lost my faith in p*o*p ...so i went away to another country to gather my thoughts and to forget about things for a while...and what happens...i walk into a bar...to be confronted by the sea urchins " pristine christine " ...swiftly followed by primal scream " all fall down "...14 iced bears " come get me " ...and the field mice " fabulous friend " ...i was a good 2000 miles away from home...and it was like being struck by lightning...it sent shivers down my spine! and then to cap off an extremely pleasant evening the dj played love's " alone again or " followed by belle and sebastians " dog on wheels " ...so my faith has been restored...it was a truly surreal experience...that i shall never forget as long as i live... i met some fellow pop fans...a list member ( who shall remain nameless )... who is now officially my best friend in the world...and for the first time in my life i am optimistic of the future ( so i am the optimist ) and she is most definately the poet... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " I'LL REST THIS CASE... CONDEMN MY RACE... I'LL STAB A KNIFE INTO THE FACE... OF ANY MAN...WHO DARES TO OPPOSE ME..." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DECLARATION ~ FELT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...signing off over and out... richard...i...p x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+