March 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Last Thing On My Mind
by Sarah Clarke 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

Dear you lot, A long time ago back in the days of yore, Ian sent a poetry parrot heading my way. I told it to "bugger off yer big poof", but it came back to me and fed me sweet offerings of Nutella and cheese and Duck & Orange Paté so here's a poem for you. I don't know what its called, but I read it in my book, THE NECESSITY OF ART, by Ernst Fischer. It's ever so red. I could out-commie the lot of yers, you pinko leftie bleeding heart liberals. Maybe. Here we go. In French AND in English, for extra pretension value. Props in this case go to Aragon, as he were t'bloke wot wrote it. FRANCAIS Je dis avec les mots des choses machinales, Plus machinalement que la neige neigant Mots démonétisés qu'on lit dans le journal, Et je parle avec eux le langage des gens Soudain c'est comme un sou tombant sur le bitume Qui fat nous retourner au milieu de nos pas Inconscient écho d'un malheur que nous tumes Un mot chu par hasard, un mot qui ne va pas Que je dise d'oiseaux et de métamorphoses Du mois d'aout qui se fane au fond de mélilots Que je dise du vent, que je dise de roses Ma masique se brise et se mue en sanglots. ENGLISH I use words to say mechanical things, More mechanically than snow as it falls; Words uncoined that you read in the paper, And with them I talk as people talk. Suddenly its like a penny falling on the asphalt, That makes us turn back and retrace our steps Unconscious echo of a disaster we've hushed up, A word that falls by chance, a word that will not do And if I speak of birds, of slow changes, Of August fading amidst the hollyhocks, And if I speak of wind, of roses, My music breaks and changes into sobs. Either way you read it, its grand. If you want me to send another poem, it will be "Last Thing on My Mind", by Steps. Ummm who can have the poetry parrot now. *thinks* very hard...well who else could have the parrot, but my Staying Up Late on IRC husband, Damon Seils. Over to you! After this, you can pass it on to our oldest son. Jaffas are GRATE. Come to the UK, you get them free with Burger King Kids Club Meals. You culturally illiterate bunch of yanks, not having McVities like wot we limeys do. But you do have the METROSTARS, my favourite soccer team in America-land so I supose theres summat. Eh? Sarah xo ===== "But just remember, when your teacher told you to always find a home for stray animals, she wasn't referring to your rectum." -- DNA Mag-AZINE. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ATP thingie
by Giita . 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

hello kiddies, I know it's been a good while and now I just come out and abuse you.. I left the little Iceland and am in the big land of Ireland...Yes it really is greener down here and the birds really do sing. Little green men in green tights jumping all around the place....what more could anyone ask for? :) *Anyway*..The sad thing is...I have been too late to buy tickets for All Tomorrow's and I really want to go.. so please, pretty please, if anyone has a spare tickie or two, I would be a very happy Giita.. Thank you :) hugs, XXX Giita ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Looper in NYC
by Red Geisha 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

I just heard that Looper will be playing April 17th in NYC. Is this a North American tour or just city specific? Last night I found a cut-off mp3 France Gall cover by Belle & Sebestian, does anyone know where to find this full length? ta ra, Chris ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Lest we baguette
by stevie troussé 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

Strange days, friends, strange days. It all started, as things often do, with the Vengaboys. Their new single, as I'm sure you don't need me to tell you, is entitled 'Sha-la-la': a poignant tribute to the beleagured indieschmindie discussion list. Then, not to be outdone, my old friend Ghostface Killah released an lp called 'Supreme Clientele' - an account of his meet-up with our favourite bunged-up fifties schoolboys on their recent jaunt to America. Finally, and best of all, while searching for rough trade in my local rough trade shop, I find that those nice Broadcast folk have composed a song for their new ep called 'Papercuts', a whimsical ode to a renowned organ of this parish, shortly to publish its epochal fourth issue. Well, I never. If this wasn't enough, I feel I should admit that after seeing the new Steps video on Ant and Dec on Saturday, H and his pals have become my very favourite pop thing of the twenty-first century. Re: the Sinister commune. In the words of Tim Booth I say: 'Hmmm' to a village. Stevie's Cinema Round-up: American Beauty (5/10), The Talented Mr Ripley (7/10). TTMR scores extra points for a) the character of "Freddie" and b) Miles-out-of-This-Life playing an arsedamaja. While I'm here, I thought I would pass on this little statistic by Kevin Shay, which can be found on America's best website www.mcsweeneys.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++ P E R C E N T A G E S O F I N T E R N E T U S E R S G E N U I N E L Y E N G A G E D I N T H E A C T I O N I N C O L U M N " A " W H I L E T Y P I N G T H E A B B R E V I A T I O N I N C O L U M N " B " . laughing out loud LOL 2% grinning <g> 8% being humble about an opinion IMHO .01% seeking to provide information FYI 12% just kidding JK 21% being thankful, in advance TIA 15% smiling :-) 4% winking ;-> 1% rolling on the floor laughing ROTFL .00032% hoping to talk to you later TYL 6% trying to conceive TTC 77% ++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'd like to say hello to all my friends and family and anyone who knows me. Stevie Troussé +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: hymn to a village
by andrew dean 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

busy at work and got behind reading the digests. have just caught up after reading about 10 a day for the last 3 days so... village idea was nice at first but have none of you people been watching shipwrecked? there they took 16 people and stranded them on a desert island for 10 weeks and only 7 of them made it through to the end. it was lord of the flies all over again. actually, bowlie last year was nice, the way there were always 20 or so of us in the bar at any given time and, in fact, the way the whole holiday camp was full of popkids who we spent ages studiously ignoring. but, as people have pointed out, a village full of record shops and brothels isn't going to work. btw, wouldn't it be a better idea to have two netball teams? that way they have someone to play against 8) oh, the only big b&s related news of the last month was stu d leaving to spend more time with his family. yeah mr david, i can see why you'd need to quit the band, those long, gruelling tours and hectic promotional duties for the seeming constant release schedule are bound to eat into your time... (yes, i'm another one still bristling at being insulted by stu d in the chatroom. i was just about to offer to tape him the colombo theme tune (he could only get hold of an american video of the show, my video plays ntsc tapes and if all he wanted was the audio then i could save him having to get the tape expensively converted to PAL) when he called me a rich bastard and told me to fuck off. i should've kicked him. humpf - he's the one with a mezzanine in his flat!) still, i'll miss his cumudgenly input into b&s. and i enjoyed the book too, apart from the end) does the village have an idiot yet? andy ===== andrew dean (koogydelbbog(a)yahoo.com) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: happy sini-birfday to ME
by stephen hewitt 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

Well kinda, actually it was my anniversary of being on the list a couple of weeks ago, but i didn't realise and then what with it being the brits this week and having subscribed the day after the brits *last year* (not that I'm a glory lover or anything), I was thinking it's spiritually a year since i've been on the list. And what a year.....I'll not go on aboot it, you all know where the archives are, and some of you were even there in person (although i imagine you need the archives to overcome alcohol-related amnesia, i know i do :)). Anywayhoo, forwards into the sini-footoor. The village is coming along fine i see, although to my mind it should be somewhere slightly warmer than scotland, somewhere meditteranean and nice and close to the sea, mmmmm, nice warm weather. Went for a job interview in Oxford the other day, but didn't get it :( although mrs carsmilesteve and myself *are* looking to move to oxford once we've got ourselves jobs, anyone got any spare jobs in the area? go on gizza job, i could do that. I'M A BIG DOG WITH A HORN (don't ask) Jaffa cake: n. (j-affa c-ay-k) biscuit (possibly cake (don't want to get involved in *that* argument)) consisting of round sponge-like base with small circle of orangy jelly stuff in the middle and then the top half covered in chocolate: http://www.jaffacakes.co.uk/ actually, looking at the above site there isn't a *single picture* of a jaffa cake on it, so it's probably not a lot of use after all, oh well.... Any of you a little scared or intimidated by the wacky world of #sinister have no need to worry any longer as your aunt sadie (well linda's aunt sadie) will look after you. All you have to do is ask her who people are and you'll learn a whole world of information (and she knows what teabagging is). I might be in glasgow/paisley next weekend cos I'm going to a UNISON conference, which is nice, but i haven't had any info back on it yet, so i can't organise anything yet which is a right PAIN IN THE BUM. **keith watson moment** I was down the pub in Cheltenham last week and was talking to a girl i know. The subject turned to b&s and i mentioned the list. her mouth opened and closed without any noise coming out, and she said "do you know keith watson?" i said "well, y'know kinda, I've looked at his blurry pictures and stuff" and she said...... duf duf duf dufdufdufdufdufduf* <to be continued> **end keith watson moment** actually when i was in the pub another (very pissed) mate of mine was trying to convince me that belle & sebastian (yes, the whole band) had played in a nightclub in manchester three weeks ago. I told him he was talking bollocks, he said no, it's true, even the people on the internet didn't know, i said no, you're talking bollocks, he just staggered off xoxo CarsmileSteve NP (in my head anyway, seeing as how i'm at work) that annoying muse song, i don't even know the flipping words, i've just got the melody to the chorus and the plinky plonky keyboard bit going round and round in my heed *y'know the bit at the end of eastenders, she didn't like do a big drum fill in the middle of the pub or anything +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Photo Berry
by idle berry 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

Here we are again. Thursday. And another mail from yours truly! Yay! Jump up and down and squeal with delight!! So, I'm hoping (fingers crossed and all that) my mum is going to remember to record the evening session in Scotland tonight for me, with the b+s thing thats apparently gonna be on it. Lets just hope she doesn't a. record the wrong station (Forth FM!!! HEAVEN FORBID!) B. remembers to turn the cassette over rather than get wrapped up in Eastenders/Animal Hospital/anything vaguely mumsie on telly. c. leave it to my little brother to do, cos no doubt it will go all a bit pete tong then, for sure. not that I have a lack of faith in my brother, but, um, ewll, actually I do. Has anyone read that review of LazyLinePainter Jane EPs in NME this week? I think Sarah Dempster was amazingly witty and original to use the word twee in connection with B+S related things. How brilliant of her to come up with such a line!! How classic an observation! I must write that word down in my little notebook!! Six out of Ten? Described some of it as nursey rhymes? Yup, the lady doesn't obviously love B+S, people. Which is a shame, because I thought that most of the songs did merit a far higher rating than she was prepared to give. Okay, I don't think ALL B+S songs are wonderous, some are a bit weak for me, but she failed to observe "Slow Graffiti" and "This is Just a Modern Rock Song" or even "Lazy Line Painter Jane" and "Photo Jenny". And while she was busy slagging off the lyrical content of the B+S songs, she also failed to comment that it is not merely about lyrics. Its the combination of the music and the vocals that give B+S such an incredibly bewitching imagery to the listener. I think you either love B+S or you just don't. And Sadly, she seems to have a thing against them. Oh well. But that doesn't matter, cos the majority of things she writes are crap anyway. Paying attention to her is like paying attention to Margaret Thatcher now. You just shouldn't bother. And the banks!!! where do they get off thinking that they can increase charges for using rival cash points? No wonder Barclays had a profit increase! It could go up to �4 for each transaction made from a rival cashpoint! When in reality, it costs no more than �0.30! Grr! So I think I might change banks, as a political statement against this. Or rob the banks instead. On a more personal note, my flatmate is a twat. And my land line phone broke the other night. And I seem to be coming into contact with too many patronising arsewanking dickhead men. And theres nothing I can do about it!! Apart from kick them in the delicate bits. And while this would reinstate my position as a girl who doesn't like to have the piss taken out of her in inhumane ways/ be patronised/ be pushed around/ be told "You're wrong and I'm right cos I'm a man and naturally I'm right because to be wrong would be too much for me and my precious ego to endure"...etc etc etc, It would be wrong. Fulfilling yes, for a few moments. But I have a bolder and bigger picture of self satisfaction to look at. So maybe I'll just clean the loo with my flatmates toothbrush. And not tell. Well, I won't if you won't! Hes a he, btw. God, if only something really nasty could happen to him. Or something. But lets face it, what goes around, comes around. And sooner or later, he will get his comeupance. And that will be revenge enough. For the mean time, I'm just gonna have to grin and bear it! So, bye for now! Maybe see you in Jeepster chat rooms, cos Sinister doesn't work for me! Bah!!! Love, and nice things, Idleberry ===== http://www.geocities.com/idleberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: love and affection
by Solanita74＠aol.com 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

Caroline (lovely name, by the way) wrote: << with lots of love and affection caroline xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Which has inspired me to write my first post to Sinister! **warning: all those with an aversion to parochial school and/or early 90s big-hair pop metal bands may want to exit immediately...this could get ugly. As I was saying...back during my innocent youth I spent one rather disturbing semester at an all-girls catholic school. A place where you were not allowed to wear earrings larger than a quarter, or else you would have a few nuns on your back. During this semester, a local radio station sponsored a contest in which high school students were encouraged to fill out index cards with some slogan of the radio station (can't recall what exactly, something to the effect of "Live 98.5 - it's great!"). The school that had the most cards filled out, per student, and turned into the station by a certain day won the ultimate in prizes: the band Nelson would come and play a concert at their school! Please don't tell me that I am the only one who has been scarred by the memory of those two blonde-headed young sons of...um..Ricky Nelson? Tortured by their smash hit "Love and Affection"?? Well, I couldn't really support the efforts of the many young girls who were swooning at the thought of meeting Nelson, as the environmental effects of all those wasted index cards was too much for me to bear. But even without my support, my school actually won this contest! Sadly, the concert didn't take place until the following semester and I had already escaped to a galaxy far far away by then. Regarding the village: I would like to manage a brothel/stock brokerage. With the inspiration of someone's recent suggestion of selling the Sinister list to the highest bidder, I would like to take this one step further and sell stock in Sinister. With the tremendous economy and high value of Sinister, I will assure that no one will ever have to do any real work! And of course, the brothel will be an equal opportunity employer (now accepting applications). And that...is certainly enough for one night...take care all. Carolyn +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: meaningless b&s content (if you can call it that)
by jason luther 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

right, so as i stated in my last post, i acquired a turn table from my father, so a lot of my time these past few days have been spent listening to.... well, records. tonight was strange i guess. after trying to get my friends to go to the pub with me, since they are leaving friday for 10 days, and to no avail, i was sitting around all bored and lonely and stuff. i bought some 7''ers earlier in the day, and decided to listen to them again. when i was finished i put on bwtas. but forgot to switch it back over to 33 rpms. i was so excited for a second, i thought i discovered a hidden song (mind you, i was only fooled for a brief moment, im not *that* out of it). stewarts voice, sped up, sounds similar to isobels. its weird, try it on 'it could have been a brilliant career'. okay, now the second tid bit of b&s.... while listening to bwtas i was reading jack kerouacs 'darma bums', and in the part when hes i walking off of the mountain, following his companions, he says its like 'little arab boys following their fathers'. so the word arab stuck out, and i though *hmm im listening the boy with the arab strap* and then it hit me, i was also listening to the song by the same title!! i just thought this was way weird. sorry if i led you on by saying ther was b&s content, and you thinking it was important. oh.. velocity girl, ill be delighted to fix anything of yours that breaks ;) okay, id say about 1.38 minutes lost to me again jason the noticer of totaly obscure things +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: there is something of interest to this...it's at the end
by rachel tucker 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

today i got up. at half past six in the morning. i got on the bus i needed to get on with my friend. when we were halfway to the train station, from which we were going to board a train from oxford to birmingham to york, she turned around and said: 'you did remember your railcard, didn't you rachel?' to which the reply was of course: 'no.' we got of the bus, speedwalked the mile back to my house where i legged it upstairs and proceeded to empty Every Single Drawer in my very small room to hunt for the railcard. <i hope you have all noticed the EXTREMELY restrained manner in which i am telling this tale. it was not like this at the time. in fact it was more like (to quote the scream) 'fuck fuck fuck fuck' etc> the offending railcard was eventually uncovered (my bedroom floor is certainly no longer uncovered. i had difficulty closing the door behind me. why do you think i'm avoiding trying to go in there by writing this?) and we then belted it to the bus stop and lurched on to the bus for the second time. it was 14 to 8. we had 17 minutes to reach the station. 17 minutes can be do-able. when it's not rush hour. it used to be do-able *in* rush hour before the introduction of the supposedly public-transport-friendly newish no-vehicles-and-yes-that-includes-buses-in-the two-main-roads-in-oxford traffic system. but today, despite our best passenger rage, athletic abilities, and constant swearing whenever the bus slowed/stopped/took massive detours - it was like being keanu reeves, it really was - 17 minutes just wasn't possible. but don't despair! there is a happy ending to this tale. while hanging around oxford station waiting for the next train to birmingham i picked up select cos not only had someone said there was a 4-star review of the box set in it(which makes reference to obsessive internet b&s fans who *may* just be us ;)) but also cos the aforementioned scream, who were already soundtracking my day, were on the front cover. so i was easily parted from my £2.50. it wasn't till i was finally on a train that i found within these pages... <and this is the bit you've all been waiting for...possibly> ...a rather lovely poster of the wonder that is stuart murdoch himself! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) he is standing by the side of a rather dodgy looking car, looking sort of shyly benevolent (i'm not sure if that's the word i mean, but it rolls of the tongue nicely), and very very cute indeed. ahhhh. bless that angelic little face. so if you want struan to adorn pride of place on your bedroom wall, go buy select! in fact, 7-eleven is still open.... lovin' and leavin' you all to FINALLY get some sleep. well, once i have cleared a route to my bed... rachel xxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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