Thank you so much to Jennifer Pulpbot for exactly encapsulating what I feel about Sleater-Kinney. PJ Harvey, who I think is exceptional, is an Angry Woman (also a Sad Woman and an Angry Man and a Hurt Man and a Psychotic Woman, but I'll get on to my point..). Sleater-Kinney, while not PJ, are not Alanis Morrissette, thank you. Sleater-Kinney grew out of the ashes of the riot grrrrl movement, which, as opposed to the icky macho Seattle movement, was strictly P!O!P! Fanzines, bellybuttons, magic markers and cheap shows for the kids equals P!O!P! But Sleater-Kinney are a pop band with no agenda but to make great music, which they do. It's catchy, fun, riotous without being strident or political, lots of joyful noise. Corin's voice has, yes, been described as being like Jello Biafra. Also like Siouxie Sioux. Also like 'Belinda Carlisle crossed with Poly Styrene'. All these people's voices annoyed people, yet I'll bet almost every one of you think at least one of them is great. I think they're all super 'cept Biafra. Okay no more posts for a while. There are people on this list who will worry themselves and me if I post too much. Is there REALLY such a thing, or do some people just not like hearing from me? There are people who post much more frequently than myself, though not in such a short time frame perhaps......? All this anxiety caused by precisely one private e-mail I received from a Sinisterine asking me nicely (and I'm not being facetious, it was REALLY nice, not aggressive or rude) not to post so much. But I thought that was unwarranted, I don't post every day so it's okay to do it several times over a weekend, is it not? -Two or Three Things I Know About Chris -----Original Message----- From: Pulpbot@aol.com To: sinister@Majordomo.net Sent: 6/25/99 8:02 PM Subject: Re: Sinister: sleater hurt my head kinney um, what is this about Sleater Kinney angrily singing songs of anger or something? I don't think of them as an 'angry' band; they always seemed to have an abundance of passion that borders on joyful even when the lyrics address a painful/maddening subject. I'm not a huge fan but when I saw them live last month I left feeling completely hot-wired and happy. Maybe the anger tag is the residue of their riot grrl past. Even if you don't rate 'em, their music and personalities are a lot more complex than one adjective. --Jennifer +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+