dear list, has anyone heard any of elliott smith's music? he is supporting belle and sebastian at the concerts, i think. anyway, there was an article in last sunday's sunday times about him, describing him as the missing link between Paul Simon and Kurt Cobain. "There is often an air of disorientation or confused ambiguity over the relationships and feelings he is trying to capture, contrasting with a melodic assuredness that brings to mind Simon and Garfunkel, Nick Drake, the Beatles and Chris Bell." And he did all the music for the film Good Will Hunting. Anyway, bethey and jon g. will be at the Nottingham concert. Is there anything happening in the afternoon beforehand, like a picnic? bye for now. bethey +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Bramleys wrote:
has anyone heard any of elliott smith's music?
i'm sure loads of others have too, but here's my views: he's bloddy ACE. i got three CDs on Domino, and i like the sketchy four track stuff best, but then that's me all over usually. unusually, i'd say that most of the comparisons made by journalists are about right, although i dunno about the cobain bit because, well, i just don't know enough about cobain. but i'd suggest it's a lazy journo trick to get the punters interested. the vocals on 'coming up roses' is kind of bolan, but i still love it. he also has a song with goes on about "killing the southern belle", which i hope isn't portentious. anyway, suffice to say i'm double looking forward to the two shows i'm attending. maybe i'll see bethy and jon g and notts. who knows... respect, the duke -- 'all of our dreams are dying of overdoses' Tangents On-Line http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ http://website.lineone.net/~tangent/index.html PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent@lineone.net +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
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