Hello everyone. I'm set to go to a Snow Patrol concert in a few hours. This was yet another band that was slow to grow on me (add The Libertines and Belle & Sebastian to that list, among others). After listening to most of Final Straw yesterday, I'm wondering why. It's nearly the end of the year. So for fun, I thought I'd list ten of my favourite songs from this year, in no particular order. Songs that I hope you've all listened to and enjoyed as much as I have. Snow Patrol - Wow (Probably my favourite number on Final Straw.) Keane - Everybody's Changing (Perhaps Somewhere Only We Know is superior, but this was the song that made me want to attend their set at Oxegen.) Super Furry Animals - Juxtapozed With U (OK, this is an older song, but still, I've played it quite a few times in the last few months. I never realised how amazing it was until now.) Belle & Sebastian - Step Into My Office, Baby/Dear Catastrophe Waitress (It was too close to call. I love nearly all the songs on the album, but these two played alongside one another make for a great combination.) Kasabian - LSF (Such a simple song, yet so energizing...) The Killers - All These Things That I've Done (Altogether now..."I got soul, but I'm not a soldier...") HIM - And Love Said No (Probably my favourite of this Finnish band's original songs. I nearly said Wicked Game, but it's a cover.) Stephen Malkmus - Fractions & Feelings (my favourite number off the Teachers 3 soundtrack. More on Teachers in a moment.) The Divine Comedy - Our Mutual Friend (You knew I had to include a Divine Comedy song eventually. It seems a simple song, but the lyrics are great and as for that instrumental...well, enough said.) Graham Coxon - Bittersweet Bundle Of Misery (Call this Coffee & TV-lite if you want, but it was the song that convinced me how good Graham was on his own.) I could also throw in some Fountains of Wayne, maybe a bit of Ash (especially Orpheus) but that would take too long. Franz Ferdinand were close to having one song on this list, but then they started to believe their own hype. It's just as well that we've had some great songs to listen to this year, and a number of fine concerts/festivals/gigs to go to (especially Oxegen, which I won't forget for a while, and The Divine Comedy's concert at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast). Because in many other respects the year has been pretty lacklustre. How many films or TV shows have you really been truly enthusiastic about? I personally felt that there weren't that many. Even the new series of Teachers was well below par. Oh well. I suppose you can blame it on the cast juggling. Enough complaining. Hope you all have a merry Christmas and a great new year. Take care Psi PS Those of you who watched the Teachers Christmas special a couple of days ago may have heard B & S's version of O Come, O Come Emmanuel playing in the background at one point. Quite a pleasant moment actually...it reminded me of the time they played in Northern Ireland, just over three years ago (when Isobel was still with them). ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+