hi, my friend holly is an occupational therapy student(hey just like stevie jackson) and at the moment she is focusing on music therapy to help autistic children communicate better with the world and well she mostly uses classical music but some days she tries popular music. the kids are encouraged to play along or follow the music, not sure how it works cause she is in virginia and i am not:) anyhow i guess belle and sebastian is not all that effective because of the docile nature of the music and the lack of abrupt changes in the music, apparently more bombastic material like the 1812 overture or deeply rhythmic music works best. ok that was pointless but it is my first ever post on topic. my fave records this year? mark hollis' record is the only masterpiece(in my opinion) and it is probably not for the autistic either as it is the quietest record of the year surely. my other faves(in sad generic list fashion)-neutral milk hotel, hefner, simon joyner,pram, push kings,minders,godzuki,his name is alive,gorky's zygotic mynci, skypark,denver,cessna,algebra spaghetti,quickspace,boos, and b&s:) keith mcl bands for 99-my favorite and cloudboy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+