Sinister: My First Posting

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Hello Everyone:

Surprisingly I do not have much to say at the moment; so perhaps I will tell 
you a bit about myself. I recently turned 31 and I am currently working 
towards my Ph.D. (History), and I live in New York City.

Music? Well, of course I like music. My favorites--other than Belle and 
Sebastian--are: the Beatles, Yo La Tengo, East River Pipe, Guided By Voices, 
Palace (Bros., Songs, etc.), you know stuff like that. Oh yeah, I really love 
the French composer Erik Satie.

Oh, I do have one Belle and Sebastian related story. It would appear that my 
friends are much too "cool" to listen to bands such as Belle and Sebastian. 
About two years ago I made a mix tape for a friend of mine; this tape 
included the song Judy and the Dream of Horses, and his reaction to the song 
was: "how could you listen to this, it has a I IV V progression?" Now, this 
person is not a Knitting Factory jazz freak, but there is this attitude among 
a certain segment of the so-called "downtown scenesters" of my fair city that 
look down upon any form of music that is not "difficult" to listen to. 
Meaning if a song lacks dissonance, or has a basic chord progression, this 
song is not worth listening to--well, what can one do? Not much, except to be 
secure in the knowledge that some people are allowing their notions of 
"hipness" interfere with what can be a pleasurable listening experience (was 
there enough sarcasm in that sentence?).

Sorry for that rant. Hopefully in the future my postings will be much more 
interesting.
Thank-you, and have a nice day.
Joseph
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