Sinister: the childhood of a leader

[Rob Lorenson]

Tim wrote:

> i know it's been out for a while now but has anyone heard the new e.p. from 
> stereolab, the first of the microbe hunters?  it's some of their weaker 
> material in my opinion. ( i know, nobody asked)the only good songs are the 
> first and third.  the rest are just there i guess, they have no real impact. 
>   my favorite so far is cobra and phases play voltage in the milky night. 

Really?  IMHO, Microbe Hunters is good, and I like it better than 
Cobra.  I am a devout Stereolab fan, I even have some of their 
concert-only singles, and I think Cobra is their weakest album to 
date.  Of course, I'm an Old Skool fan, and think that Peng! and 
Mars Audiac Quintet are their best albums, with Switched On!  a 
close second.  Come to mention it -- I rank Stereolab up with B & 
S in the fact that I don't think it's really possible for them to put out 
a bad album per se.  Refried Ectoplasm and Aluminum Tunes are 
also great, as far a compilation albums go.

I know I'm going to get flamed into obvlivion for this:  but I think that 
"Judy is a Dick Slap" is just a Stereolab rip off, at least the first 
part is.  I don't care much for the Legal Man EP.  I like the songs, 
but they're too short.  Can't really glean a good bit of enjoyment 
from them, because they're over too quickly.  

Am I the only one who thinks that B & S sounds like "The Left 
Banke" sometimes?.  I'm just waiting for them to do a cover of 
"Walk Away Renee" on one of their EPs, or live.  I could hear 
Stuart doing that.  Except that he would change the lyrics so that 
she would be a rubberist with a toilet plunger and cream cheese 
fetish.  NO OFFENSE TO ANYONE.  I MEAN IT.  ESPECIALLY IF 
YOU ARE RUBBERISTS INTO TOILET PLUNGERS AND CREAM 
CHEESE.  THIS HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVICE 
ANNOUNCEMENT.

I *REALLY* need to get out more.

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I can tell you what I'm thinking,
But it never seems to do you good.
It's beyond me what a girl can see,
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