Sinister: Cast a shadow in my direction, but not golden

[jarkko frantila]

Since George W. Bush is going to be the next president: Howdy, folks!

Ooh, it's been ages since I last wrote here. But yesterday my better half 
insisted that I'd bother you, so here I am.

DO! MAKE! SAY! THINK!

You people seem to like Godspeed! You black emperor. That's nice, they're 
ok. A funny thing: The other bands from Constellation records (the circle of 
artists that Godspeed guys belong to) like Do Make Say Think and Iron Mount 
Zion... they all sound quite the same, don't they? guitar goes ZWANGGGGG 
three times a minute, then they throw some other intstruments on top of 
that. The only thing that separetes Iron Mount Zion from Godspeed is the 
fact that Godspeed songs are filled with violins whereas Iron Mount Zion 
songs have that darn piano going PLINGGGG six times a minute. How many 
albums of "minimalistic art" can you own?

PEEOUPEE!

No, thats not the sound of me getting a golden shower in my eye from my 
secret boyfriend, but P!O!P!: I bought "Life goes on" by the BMX Bandits 
yesterday, and it's surprisingly good. In fact, it's ace. I borrowed it from 
the library about six months ago and I though it was shit. Now that I've 
listened to it about 6 times during the past 18 hours I have to admit I was 
wrong.

Better than Teenage Fanclub? Frankly... yes. I've never understood what the 
fuzz about Tfanclub is all about. Nice melodies, nice sound, but that's all 
that it is: Nice and comfy. But hey, some people are like bunnies, some dig 
doggystyle.

MEW AND STINA AND BRETT!

This is just to our beloved Honey (ok, maybe a few others too): The new 
album from a danish band called Mew contains a song "Her voice is beoynd her 
years", and it features none other that Stina Nordenstam herself on vocals. 
Check out http://www.mewsite.com for more details on the band. Oh, and Brett 
Anderson, for those who didn't know, has been to Iceland to record some 
vocals to Stinas new album which will be out sometime next spring.

Thats it. In conclusion: art is crap, pop is nice, but it shouldn't be too 
nice. And Stina is a goddess.

-Jarkko Frantila (Jace le PetitE), room 423, School of vocational teacher 
education.
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