The moron posting under the confusing alias Perfection As A Hipster wrote ...

That's interesting, since I've especially recommended the _Chelsea Girl_ debut album by Nico (born as Christa Pa:ffgen near Cologne / Germany) in a private mail today ...

And speaking of depressed and beautiful voices ... although that album is inferior, "Afraid" from _Desertshore_ is probably the most touching moment in the history of P!O!P! music ... imagine the intimate atmosphere created by "The boy done wrong again" (my favourite B&S song) and think further ... further ... further ...

... without mentioning the B&S connection. An excerpt from the liner notes of the incredibly marvellous _Ostrich Churchyard_ album by Orange Juice is called upon ... "In a nutshell ... included here for the very first time is this version of the ballad presented to Nico with a view to a collaboration. Unfortunately this was not to be. She would later tell the New Musical Express: 'Some Orange Juice isn't bad but I don't like the people at all.'" Thus far, I've only heard about one band covering "(To put it in a) Nutshell" with a female vocalist and thereby pursueing the original purpose ... "Little sister" Andreas The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella But more upon the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella (Charles Baron Bowen) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------