well, okay, one more list. major thanks to: JAMES/radarmaker, paul skinner, steven boulby, brian macdonald, vladimir machan, derek, saul david delgadillo, tiago mesquita, andreas, cindy finch, jani lustrek, hiland hall, colin chantler, marc wilkes, breathmint !, britta heuschen, marcin, moshe levy, abraham@discourage, andy galkin, michael goodall, bastiaan van zwieten, gabriela fuenzalida mardones, john bacus, troy, sven claus, martti jousimo, maarten lammers, john-erik bye johansen, monty rubera, martin van rappard, richard lesses, and krischan adolphi, who let me fill in some imagery gaps from his very cool online SY collection (click his name and explore!). also, anyone who contributed to this thread -- please keep it up!!

anyway, happy new year, hope y'all appreciate this update, there's about 150 new images if you dig for em, and while i often make some subtle changes to the text on pre-existing pages, i do plan to comb thru all of the album write-ups at some point to adjust any facts that i may have more knowledge on 7 years after they were written (for the most part)...stay tuned!

xx chris

FIRST: "new" section! i say 'new' because this was actually supposed to be in the discography when it was launched in 2002, but it was probably driving me crazy organizing/co-ordinating it at the time, so i just shelved it. but i've finally found a solution that's allowed me to add it: just don't organize it! ..the new section is, of course, at long last, a rough 'merchandise' catalog detailing t-shirts, posters, and assorted promotional oddities. now, compiling and categorizing all of this back then caused me so much frustration that i quit seeking new merch out for years, so that's where you folks come in! i know i'm missing an embarassing amount of t-shirts, posters, etc, so please send me what you've got and i'll just keep adding, and perhaps eventually sort it all out. i really love this shit and am pretty happy to incorporate it into the site 7 lazy years later!

SECOND: site should be up-to-date for 2008! a fine year indeed, two long-awaited (and fucking phenomenal) SYRs, a bizarre non-hits coffeeshop compilation w/ a moody new tune, and the long-awaited reissue of..master=dik? and now, 2009. free from geffen and in the arms of matador, SY are currently finishing their 17th studio album 'the eternal' which will be in stores in june, accompanied by some cool 7" releases and a unique live LP for those who buy early. plus there's a personally long-awaited (and never truly expected!) release forthcoming, the 'made in usa' 2xCD reissue, the first in their 'soundtrack' series! pardon me while i ponder this dreamlike revelation, before i sincerely thank a huge group of people who contributed to this update in ways big and small: thomas scott, zac horn, florent devaux, anders leirvik iv, steve boulby, colin pierce, sven/fotografisch, franco ferrari, trent a reynolds, petter flaten eilertsen, nick goode, roberto torres-torres, magnus andersson, tom agin, peter blamey, steve/baytree, laurent le moënner, steve daffern, giordano schillaci, matt/&sarah, zacharias tienhaara, daniel talbot, mike ziegler, ace blaze, philippe/alphi, martin stein, JAMES/radarmaker, and last but not least, meow-said-the-pirate. YOU ALL ROCK, INDEED. i apologize if i missed anybody's name or contribution, please contact me again. keep it coming, everybody! it will get added. i apologize for making y'all wait a year for an update but hey, at least it wasn't five years this time...

new items are in this colour this time around.

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