Sinister: Erm, this may or may not be my first post...

[Popboy Atlanta]

Ok, so I'm feeling a bit absentminded at the mo, as I can't remember if I've 
ever posted to the list. I've been a bit of a lurker since I was released 
from the nursery, so if I have posted, it's been a "hmmm, yeah, me too!" 
kinda post, I'm sure. That's me. THE "hmmm, yeah, me too" kinda guy. Anyhow, 
I come to you now because I need help. Not THAT kind of help - actually I do 
need THAT kind of help, but that's not why I'm here...or maybe it is, hmmm. 
what is THAT anyway?

My dilemma: I'm in love with Grandaddy's song "Jed the Humanoid." It makes 
me well up because it's so sad and simply amazing. See, I've always had a 
soft spot for robots, I think they're shiny and sleek, and advanced, and 
misunderstood. Humans blame them for things they themselves programmed into 
the robot. Robots throughout history have provided physical proof that 
humans are consistently blame someone else for their very own mistakes. That 
makes me sad. And now that it's Xmas (I will from here on out refer to it as 
Xmas, because I was always yelled at as a child for calling it Xmas, as it 
took the "true meaning" out of the holiday, AS IF THERE EVER WAS ANY!!?! 
XMAS XMAS XMAS, so there!), I'm once again reminded of my favorite 
stop-action animation specials like Frosty and Rudolph. You know the one 
with the last-year's-forgotten-xmas-toys? They always put a dull ache in my 
heart and a lump in my throat. The song Jed The Humanoid makes me feel just 
that. It blends the two realms of sadness in a tale of a forgotten, 
neglected past toy robot. With all kinds of great bleepy noises. And nice 
lyrical phrasings. On with my story...

Now that I've heard one of Grandaddy's songs, I'd love to buy something from 
them, but I don't know where to start. The local indie shop I used to 
frequent for information and help in these kinds of situations simply turns 
up its collective nose (as they are a collective, y'see) at me anymore when 
I ask questions -  since I've stopped going in there every other day and 
spending my life savings with them they have no time for me, not to mention 
that if I do ever make it in, I have to go on my lunch hour from work which 
means I'm in a suit'n'tie and therefore not hip enough to warrant attention. 
So I've had no help from them. My newfound trusty friend CDNow turns up a 
fair amount of stuff when I search on Grandaddy, and I don't know which one 
to buy to begin my collection.

Can anyone suggest a good starting place to introduce me to the world of 
Grandaddy? Erm, if you need some shape as to what music I generally like, I 
like most everything. (how's that for vague?) I am a breakbeat DJ in my 
other life, but tend to lean towards the bleeps and warmness of Boards of 
Canada and electro-pop Baxendale lately, and have found a retrofitting of 
90's Shoegazing is enveloping a lot of my listening too. I own most of the 
Sarah collection (anyone looking to buy some records?) and I love B&S, the 
newest Darla compilation, and Once Around The Block by Badly Drawn Boy is 
what I hum in my sleep lately, so I'm only partially out of my 60's-ish pop 
fetish.

Oh, and speaking of B&S - my required B&S comment is that I have been 
listening to "Loneliness of A Middle Distance Runner" on repeat for 
seventeen weeks, and I think it is starting to warp my head. It's definitely 
my current favourite B&S song. Cheers to the nice boy who put the MP3 up on 
his website! Now if I could only remember his name or web address...

Well, that's enough for a first post, I don't want to wear out my welcome 
too soon (I'm pretty bad about that, actually, and may have already done 
that. Let's hope not!)

Hugs,
Kevin
www.mindspring.com/~kvinson

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