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And Baltimore just oozes with character, unless you wander into the baseball stadium which I felt looked rather contrived. There's the whole Edgar Allen Poe connection as well. And then there's Tim Hardin's Lady Came From Baltimore. A nice tune for B&S to cover.

Yes, or there's Nina Simone's incomparable 'Baltimore' , which with its dreamy reggae beat would prove an ideal cover to further Belle and Sebastian's fan-baiting eclecticism.

And we've yet to mention Randy Newman's paean to the city, the chorus of which goes "oooh Baltimore / It's horrible....". Good Randy Newman feature in this month's Uncut magazine, incidentally. On the topic of songs about American towns, I met somebody from Wichita last night, and she'd never heard of "Wichita Lineman"! What are the chances of that happening, eh? Trousers ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------