greetings, alix sounds like new years was a right laugh, i had much the same experience a few days before it, losing oneself for periods of time is very scary. i don't reccomend it. what if you never find yourself again? ohhhh, i'm glad someone brought up "the delegados". I only discovered them in the last few months, i don't have the *new* album, i have the penultimate one, but i wouldn't class it as folky at all, perhaps they changed dramatically in the inter-album-limbo. but i saw the belle and sebastian similarities immediatly, like stuart and co. with a bit of rocket fuel and more cultural references. i have heard one track off the new album though, one with the lines "living ideals, not living for real" (i'm terrible with names, bear with me) i loved it, as weejay says, it's dark tinkly folk music with boy/girl vocals. did someone mention melys? i know they're welsh (as i am obsessed slightly with said country) and that they're very gooooood, any major fans here? another word i'd add onto weejays list of misunderstood words is: love my friend and i just discovered the treehouse site, wow. i think i'll buy me one of those books. that whole project seems to be totally on my wavelength, the incinuation (?!) of cuddly toy porn, and the spy photo's were classic, i love it! has anyone gotten 1999 diaries yet? does it have January 1st 2000 on them? is that in any way scary? all the zero's, like a not-quite-new beginning. damnit, i didn't mean to jump on the premillenium band wagon, but they're you go, i'm one big stereotype, i'll be the first to admit it. i'm going to get a mate to tape the paris gig from bbc radio, i only seem to be able to get that station in the morning and early afternoon, but my friend 3 miles down the road in dun laoighre can get it no hassle, am i therefore diseased or something? anyway, i'm looking forward to it, i have no live recordings of them, and i've never seen them live. one question before i go, has anyone heard of "teen anthems"? i'm sorry this wasn't an enlightening post, but i'm not in a squeezy mood you know. your humbly finn +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+