January 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: look into my eyes. its the only you'll know i'm telling the truth.
by Michael Grant 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

------------------------- State of the Union Speech ------------------------- (before i start to talk about this, id just like to say i am in no way condoning the attacks of Sept.11th, and i am also not condemning the whole of america. im sure you're all (mostly) lovely lovely people, BUT i do have problems with the way your country behaves. i may also talk about 'them' and by doing so i dont wish to condemn the whole of america, just those in charge. i apologise in advance if anyone is offended.) i got extremely angry at this speech. the gist of it seemed to be, 'i am fantastic, america is fantastic, anyone who doesnt think so will be bombed. and they dont even have to have bombed us first. we can do this because we're fantastic'. in case you hadnt noticed, america has "saved a people from starvation; and freed a country from brutal oppression." im not so sure the aid agencies trying to get food to the starving would agree that a people has been saved from starvation. and im pretty sure that had the country's infrastructure not been bombed to pieces, getting aid in would be a lot easier. im not saying that america was wrong to bomb afghanistan (well, it was, but thats not the point), and im not saying that it is totally america's fault, but it cannot take credit for 'saving a people from starvation' when it was american bombs destroying this people's country. (and need i remind anyone of the TWO times american missiles bombed red cross food storage buildings??). as for 'freed a country from brutal oppression', where the fuck were the americans when this 'brutal oppression' first came into force in the mid-90s? they only got involved AFTER they had been attacked, so you cannot claim that it was an act of liberation when it was clearly an act of brutality in itself. an act of brutal revenge, which has now killed more innocent civilians than were killed on sept.11th. Monkeyboy also referred to the 'detainees' in cuba. "Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay". now, sorry if i dont understand these free, just and democratic values for which America stands, but having the leader of the free world declare prisoners as 'terrorists', (he called them 'killers' last week), while they are still awaiting trial appears to me to be prejudicing any future trial, or are the right to a fair trial and the notion of 'innocent before proven guilty' not values for which you stand, mister bush? however sure he personally is of the guilt of these men, he cannot, and should not, speak of them in such a way until they have been convicted of a crime in a court of law. but what the hell can you expect from a country so fucked-up that it both claims to stand up for human rights and still has the death penalty? -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- i could go on for quite a while about all the tiny details in monkeyboy's speech that troubled me, but i think i will get too angry and too boring for anyone to care. and i DO want people to care. people should realise that what america is doing is stupid, dangerous and misguided. i would have hoped that one good thing to come out of sept.11th would be a reaslisation by america as a whole that there is a problem with what their country does in the rest of the world and how it is perceived there. i was hopeful for a while, but now it appears that they've learned nothing. its still the same old arrogant rhetoric we have come to expecet from a president who probably has help tying his shoelaces. sorry for going on at length, its just that this really REALLY annoys me. if you want to see the speech in full, its at http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1790000/1790537.… and apologies again if anyone was offended by my demonising of america. it was not meant as a condemnation of everyone and everything american. love mike.xx ps - and on a lighter note, belle and sebastian in april! yipee! :o) _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Judy might have had a dream of horses, but she's still a PUNK!
by Matthew Henderson 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Mmm...the soft glow of the computer screen fills my eye like little bats. If only my name were Mr. Stich. There hasn't been any talk about haircuts of recent. This is a shame, because calamari is, in fact, octopus. Only toasted with pork and beans. There is nothing quite like watching Joe Don Baker on the television, with a bag of pretzels and six pack of Schlitz beer. That might sound nasty, but it's not half as nasty as 2 big mouthfuls of horseradish. What does that mean? I'll tell you later. Kahlua (-alcohol) + white chocolate + latte = damn tasty. Somebody explained to me the difference between "ms." and "miss" recently. Apparently "miss" is for wee children, but I have never heard a child called "miss" before. Is this common? I have heard Little Miss Muffet though. But she ate curds and apparently weighed a lot. Somebody mentioned gnomes on weed. I think David the gnome was on weed. Or acid. He always saw trolls and psychadelic tye dyed clothes, and rode a fox everywhere. No snow. I would like to see him sawed in half with a pinwheel, and served up as Today's Special. Somebody told me every band should stop making music before they make their Combat Rock. I would like our belles to keep us informed on upcoming titles, so when they do make "combat rock", we'll tell them to cut the crap. I really think belle and sebastian should head into dub. Wouldn't they be much more fun with subtitles? "judy had a dream of horses she never hurt noboody" <imagine with a dub beat and lots of weed> Stuart Murdoch should also wear dreads. Now I'd buy that for a dollar. My imaginary band, Monopole, is hitting some rough times at the moment. If anyone has any suggestions, please help me out a bit. All you Germans are in for a treat. Some schoolmates of mine are playing there in a few weeks. They are in a band called XBXRX, and they really suck. but their shows are fun, and only last 8 minutes. Did anyone watch the state of the union address? He's the leader of the free world! Are you comforted yet? I am reminded of Hitler, talking about the invasion of Austria, calling Jews terrorists. Did anyone else see the similarities? Of course, George is not a vegetarian, or an artist. My spaceship is in my front lawn, on cinder blocks, trying to fix itself right now. But when it is fixed, I'll fly into orbit, and nuke Glasgow. That'll take care of that blasted overpopulation. It's the only way to be sure. -Matt P.S.: My ethics of cyberpunk class was cancelled today. This let to having an entire three hours with nothing to do. So I posted. I'm sorry. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: We Ken meet up in L.A. if Chu want!
by Rachel fruitloop 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Hello Sinister Kitties! I am actually posting for a specific reason today (or should I say "Pacific" reason, har har! Oh I kill me!) and that is because there has been a bit of talk from the likes of Ernie "Cloves" Sanchez, Brier Random and even the tremendously busy Michael Vance about a Los Angeles area Sinister meetup. We're thinking of meeting to see 'Storytelling' together, and Ken Chu advised me when I spoke to him on Saturday that we should go bowling. Whatever the activity, I think it's high time we get together, especially since there were quite a few of you who didn't make it to the last one. I know, I know, Southern California is such a vast stretch of land... so this is why we need your help. Brier and I want to plan this to suit as many people's schedules and preferences as possible, so if you are interested in attending, please e-mail me and we can figure out a plan. That's all for now! love, Rachel fruitloop __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: B&S announce UK gigs!
by Katrina House 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Punters in the UK may want to take a note of these dates: April 1st 2002 Edinburgh Usher Hall April 2nd 2002 Manchester Apollo April 3rd 2002 London Brixton Academy Tickets for Edinburgh will be sold through the Usher Hall box office (0131 228 1155), or from the 24 Hour Credit Card Line (0870 169 0100). Alternatively you can swallow the outlandish booking fees and get tickets from Ticketmaster at http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk Ticketmaster will probably also have tickets for London and Manchester, but may be more expensive than the following links. You can get tickets for Manchester by phoning 0161 242 2560 or 0161 832 1111. Alternatively, visit http://www.gigsandtours.com Finally, London tickets can be obtained by phoning 0115 912 9199 or by visiting http://www.wayahead.com/sjmmaj/indexbas.html Tickets for Edinburgh and Manchester are £15 plus booking fee, while London is £17.50 plus booking fee. All tickets are available from tomorrow morning (31st January), except Edinburgh which is already on sale. cheers, katrina. banchory press - management - merchandising po box 25074 glasgow g2 6ld scotland email: shop(a)banchory.net http://www.banchory.net http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: BRMC / NME award shows
by csferguson＠btinternet.com 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Hi! > > At the NME award show in Glasgow on Sunday, I bought the four double 7" Black Rebel Motorcycle Club EP's, and asked the guy to keep them behind the desk for me. Unfortunately, at the end of the show, he'd sold one of them, and had no more left. I got my money back, but I'm left with 3/4 of an album. If anyone is going to any of the other shows, could you please get the one I'm missing? I'll gladly pay for it, and the postage (obvously), as well as a small handling fee, and a fantastic present (a mix tape and some scribblings, probably...) If anyone would be so kind, please e-mail me off the list, and we can sort out the details. To keep on the right side of list Mummy, I should write a bit about B&S. So there it was. > Thanks +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: possible Edinburgh gig ???
by paul healy 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

www.ticketmaster.co.uk are selling B & S tickets for Edinburgh Usher Hall on 01/04/2002 I don't think anyone should buy tickets until official conformation. Paul Healy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I'm going to Heaven to see if it rains
by lazylinedavid＠netscape.net 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

I think it was Carsmile Steve who asked what Jeepster are actually doing for B&S. Which seems like a perfectly decent question. It doesn't make a lot of sense that a band can sell out the Albert Hall and then release a single which limps to number 39 in the UK. Now of course maybe the band don't really care about chart positions but then again they probably do - didn't they have a bet once that Lazy Line Painter Jane would make the Top 40? Perhaps you could argue that they're more of an albums band than a singles band - but even the albums don't chart very high: 10, 11, 12 whatever. You think back to the Smiths (if we have to make those comparisons), and every one of their albums made it to number 1 or 2. (OK, Morrissey played the media like a total whore, but still...). And they did this even when their singles were only making the mid-20s. Obviously it's nice that Jeepster let the band do whatever the hell they want but are there not bigger labels who would give the same fre! edom and get better results? On the other hand, does any of this really matter? At the tender age of 31, I bought my first ever hip-hop album the other day, by Outkast. It's very good. To make myself seem less threatening to the cashier, I also purchased the Neil Halstead solo album: a record so wet that I have to put a towel under my CD player every time I listen to it. Does anyone know what happened to the members of the Orchids? Were they from Glasgow too? I can't remember. Take care, David -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: tickets
by Rebecka popgirl 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

becka has a ticket in her hand aint it lovely dovey:) so who may i be seeing on the 19th..raise a hand..i can promis hugs to everyone cause i'll be in true bliss..second time around:) kisses Rebecka # go and have a peek at my page it's constantly developing, http://hem.passagen.se/beckygirl # _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Outside the butcher's with a knife and a bikechain
by Steven M Rhodes 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

Hello everyone. I actually have posted before but just as I was sending, my computer crashed and I never was really sure if it made in onto the list. If not, hello, my name is steven. If so....hello my name is still steven. Has anyone ever wondered how horses can stand up while they sleep? Yeah, me neither. It's weird how dogs bury bones. I had an uncle who did the same thing but he was mysteriously arrested in relation to a series of missing persons. You know those archeological sites of roman civilizations where they discover artifacts and skeletons and remains? Dogs did that. I had a dog once but it didn't bury bones, it actually buried cats. Vets tell you that when you have a newborn puppy, you should put a ticking clock in its basket to replicate the beating of its mother's heart. That's all fine and good, but when the alarm clock goes off in the morning, that dog's going to have some serious psychological issues. "Mum! Are you alright? Why are you making that strange noise?" And then you're gonna get this new breed of dog that doesn't bark, it just goes: "Riiiiiinnnnnnngggggg!!!!!!!" (Attempted sound of alarm clock) And if you have one of those alarms that plays the radio, you're going to have one entertaining pet. I wonder if any of these puppies become police dogs? "Watcha got boy? Did you find the drugs? Oh, not another time bomb. Bad dog! No biscuits for you. Drop the bomb! Drop it!" When I was growing up a lot of my friends had cool pets like talking parrots and dogs, and with dogs especially they'd teach them tricks like fetching the newspaper and shaking hands and rolling over. At my house, we didn't have a dog, we had goldfish.called Rex. But I was still determined to teach it tricks. Every animal trainer will tell you that food is the key to training animals, so I used to sprinkle these floating fish flakes on the top of the tank, and with persistence I actually trained the fish to swim up from the bottom of the tank and come to the surface. The fish food was the only stimulus it needed. It would come right up to the surface at the very sight of the food. That was a damn smart fish. Damn smart. As the training progressed I could get the goldfish to do these crazy backflips and intense summersaults simply by placing a toaster in the water. That's all the prompting they needed. It was amazing. The thing is, as much as I would train them, they'd only ever perform that trick once. It really seemed to really take it out of them physically. That's another thing about goldfish, it's no big deal when they die. Even when you're a kid you don't care. Your Dad will say "Come on Steve, let's go down to the pet store and we'll get another one." Imagine if it was that easy when your grandma died. "Steve, the bad news is that your grandma's passed away. The good news is we're going down to the old folk's home and you can pick out a brand new one. They catch them in a big net and put them in a container with a cardigan and knitting needles. A complete beginner's package. That's why a lot of older people don't seem to know who you are. You say "Hi Grandma" and they're all confused. "Who are you?" "I'm you're grandson remember?" "Where am I?" Often when we'd come back from holidays we'd find that some of the fish had jumped out of the tank and you'd find them dried up on the ground. I often thought at what point after jumping out of the tank does the fish think to itself "You know what?.I really should have stayed in the tank. My God, how I loved that tank." Sorry my introductory mail was long. (That's alright steven. We all like you very much) Wow, thanks! What a great list. Steven, Brisbane, Australia ps. yes, my B&S content is completely limited to the subject line. I've learnt from the best. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Things not to say to your half-Jewish girlfriend...
by sophia katrina 30 Jan '02

30 Jan '02

dearest Sinister, I feel strangely compelled to post, if only to correct the (erroneous, of course) impression that i joined the list only to pick up [Aus, vernacular, eqiv. to UK: pull]. So I thought the best way to do this was to summon up all of my higher faculties, wherever they had got to, and flood all 1500 of you with lyricism and erudition. It would have been a deluge of wit and wisdom, I'll tell you. But somewhere between my lyricism reserves and my fingers I took a detour and ended up at a petrol station beyond the black stump [Aus, vernacular, middle of bloody nowhere, cf. Woop Woop], spilling bad coffee on the maps and swearing, while it got darker and darker outside. (Or did was I stuck in the Doldrums? Have any of you read the Phantom Tollbooth? I love childrens' books more than life itself). It really has been a dull week - enlivened, of course, by all your wonderful posts from everywhere. There have been some very beautiful ones recently. Aside from reading them and being touched by how heartbreaking and lovely they were, I have been a bit lost in the Doldrums. I've spent all my time doing things related to art (like painting walls, hanging shows, delivering invitations, posting slides) but I haven't used my camera in a couple of weeks and I feel slightly empty. Richard Avedon put it more eloquently: "If I go through a day without doing something related to photography, I feel as though I have neglected something essential to my being; as if I had forgotten to wake up. I know that the accident of being a photographer has made my life possible". Maybe the reason I'm not working is that I'm fundamentally a lazy perfectionist. Can other lazy-no-more perfectionists share the solution to this problem? I need to get rid of my perfectionism somehow. Perhaps some kind of ritual, an exorcism maybe, or psychic surgery where they wave your hands over your belly (where does perfectionism reside anyway?), slop around some fake blood, and shout "AH-HA! YOUR PERFECTIONISM IS GONE FOREVER" while holding up a bloody piece of gristle they bought from the butcher's last week, & which was just starting to turn. I bought "The Geometrid" last week, and have been listening to it a bit, but it didn't have the song about someone who doesn't believe that people landed on the moon. Is it on another album? Does it actually exist, or was I misinformed? If it does exist, then I'm convinced that it was written for my ex-boyfriend. There are many reasons we aren't together today, some involving being dumped over e-mail while travelling, being stranded at Heathrow with 25 kilos of luggage and £4.72 in my pocket, and the like, but the real clincher was that he didn't believe that people really landed on the Moon. I didn't catch the entirety of his mutterings, but they had something to do with the Ruskis, or possibly the Reds under the bed, and black helicopters, and closed-circuit television, and the spooky similarities between the seven-headed beast in Revelations and the United Nations, and definitely the World Zionist Conspiracy. On the list of things not to say to your half-Jewish girlfriend, I'd say that anything involving the World Zionist Conspiracy (or ZOG, as those wacky survivalists call it) ranks in the top ten. I will personally send some matzoh ball soup (or a flat-packed, customs-friendly equivalent), to the sinisterian/s who can offend me more! Oh dear, this really has been an outpouring of whinge. So sorry to vent my spleen at you all, who really don't deserve it. So here's something non whinge-related: Several people mentioned ice cream trucks. Where I used to live, in the nearest thing London has to a ghetto, ice cream trucks used to go by at 2am, playing music and everything. As a wide-eyed first year, I was very confused by this. Who buys ice cream at 2am, I wondered? Then someone told me they sold DRUGS (cue collective gasp from audience). I saw three of them, parked outside someone's house near the tube station. Didn't the police know about this? Or did the driver buy them off with lemon ice lollies, flakes and chocolate sprinkles? When I do start living the life of the beautiful people, I promise to tell you all about it - love & apologies, sophia X _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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