Sinister: I LOVE 80'S GAINSBOURG

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hi everyone

god, life has been way too busy lately. between school and work, bah. i had a 
week off from uni last week, and i got sick during it. bah. i did, however, 
finally get my braces off (hooray!)

i've been getting bored during random parts of each day, and when it happens 
i've been taking out a pint sized notebook and a pen (regular sized) and i've 
been trying to figure out what my 20 favorite records of the year are so far. 
i tried to list ten but i went insane trying to do that. i buy so many 
records, it's sick...they're like food now, i just consume music so quickly. 
one of my goals before the end of the year is to finally finish my damn 
webpage, so i'm going to decide what m favorite things were this year - 
albums/ep's, singles/random songs, haircuts, and just random occurances. i'm 
also going to try and finish making my damn music. it would be a lot easier 
if my keyboard and drum machione weren't still home in NJ. oh well.

anyway, i'm sure a bunch of you are already listening to some of this, but 
it's always good not go give people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to 
good music, because a new discovery is like a new friend, or a new twisted 
obsession if one gets lucky enough. 

listen to these records:

1. Dymaxion "Dymaxion x 4 + 3 = 39:21" - as far as i know, this is really 
hard to find in america - it's on trattoria in japan, but the band is fom 
NYC. crazy stuff...the only band i've ever heard that i could compare it to 
is Silver Apples, but this has more of a loose, NYC groove to it. it 
shouldn't work, but it does.
2. Badly Drawn Boy "Hour of Bewilderbeast" i think he deserved the Mercury 
Prize for this - it's a beautiful record. lots of songs, but it just means 
more to consume and love, because you'll become infatuated w/ it.
3. High Llamas "Buzzle Bee" yeah i know it doesnt come out until halloween, 
but vintage vinyl here in STL has a promo copy that they let me listen to. 
they get more and more psychedelic and swirly... brazilian influences too, 
not just the obvious pet sounds/smile & beatles references.
4. kid koala "carpal tunnel syndrome" one of the coolest, funniest, and 
creative records i've heard in a while. he's got a great sense of humor, and 
the groove is nice as well. 
5. blur "music is my radar" single - i love the B-side, black book. nice 
soulful stuff. the title track is kind of silly though... it's quite cool of 
them to sneak a bit of a latin style in there though. 

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN CONTENT:
a jeepster christmas album! that should be fun. more songs to add to my 
ultimate christmas mix tape, i hope. i wish B&S would have covered "Christmas 
in Hollis" though. it's the all-time greatest christmas song.

i'm going to go listen to 80's gainsbourg now, because it's so ridiculously 
great.

talk to everyone soon.
mike j

PS -  i don't know if there are any fans of Cornelius out there, but he got 
married to Takako Minekawa a few months ago. i thought that was really cool. 
ciao everybody
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