January 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: I've found a place to live - I got it the hard way
by Mark Hester 25 Jan '04

25 Jan '04

Hello, I learnt quite a lot from the Fans Only DVD. I didn't know, for example, that the Maisonettes had existed as a group (or at least group of backing singers) prior to Legal Man. Well, I knew that there was another lot of Maisonettes, who did Heartache Avenue (which sounds a little bit like You Don't Send Me in places, if I'm not imagining it). Anyway, landslide, landslide, landslide....I was singing and/or humming this for a couple of days, having not heard it before. Of course, this is a song unlikely to ever see the light of day release-wise, but someone has covered it haven't they (Evie sands?). It's hardly ever been mentioned on sinister....a quick search of "landslide" revealed far more references to election victories ;) Stefano's mention of nuclear power stations and glowing bunnies makes me visualise him in an episode of The Simpsons. how would he feel if Mr Burns was his boss? He also complains that no-one is citing his papers - possibly coz he's getting them published in the wrong journals (not that I've got any professional interest at all, hee hee). I'm going to Belgium at the end of next month. I'm visiting Brussels and Bruges having obtained a very cheap Eurostar ticket. According to Honey's list-everyone-by-domain-type list, there are 5 of you there, so maybe we could have a little sinister meet-up, though it'll prolly be too cold for a picnic..... ....Which of course it won't be by the time BAPPS comes over (yay! etc). Mark. ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Count Dooku
by Ben Apps 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

Bloody hell, it's a bit quiet round here innit? So the Fans Only DVD has *finally* arrvied in the US, and I anticipate spending many hours looking into Stevie Jackson's come to bed eyes as he tells the story of Jonathan and David. While flicking through the Discography pages of the DVD, I realised, (only 5 and a half years later), that it's Chris "beanz" Geddes on the cover of TBWTAS. I am dumbfounded as to why this nugget has eluded me this long, what a tool I am! In less than 3 months now I'm gonna get all "Londoned Up" for the second time in my life. The other day I got a sudden yearning for Vimto and Jammie Dodgers. I hope they're on the menu at the first sinister picnic of the year on Primrose Hill. Hope to hear some reporting back from Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo in the next few days! ttfn Bapps _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Coachella?
by laurel lemming 24 Jan '04

24 Jan '04

hi, sinifriends ;] it's been awhile and all I have is a silly question but I figured since everyone's more tuned in than I am...has anyone heard any whisperings of whether b+s might play the Coachella Festival again this year? the cure and the pixies are both playing, and I would already die to go for that and neutral milk hotel, and if b+s played I might be able to rationalize the expense ;] thanks! lem ----- http://www.livejournal.com/users/fiercecupcake/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: FW: CD WOW! - an Important Announcement
by Adrian Evans 22 Jan '04

22 Jan '04

How f***ing outrageous is this? Sorry to get all contentious on you, but I'm sure I'm not alone on this list in being a very regular customer of CD-Wow. Does anyone with half-a-brain know why this isn't perceived as price-fixing? This bunny ain't smiling. Ev. |<>| CD WOW! - An Important Announcement Dear Member, The UK Major record companies through their mouth piece the BPI* have unfortunately restricted the UK and Irish consumers right to enjoy the freedom of the World Wide Web. As from this weekend, any CD ordered for delivery to the UK and Ireland will incur a surcharge as we are only able to deliver CDs manufactured within the EU (more expensive). Delivery to the rest of the world will not be affected. You only have a few days left - so order now! Be quick to make the best of our current low low prices while you can still exercise your right to choose. We will of course still be supplying UK and Irish customers but as of Sunday 25th January 2004 a surcharge of ?2.00 (3.00 Euros) per CD will apply. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: People are like seasons, they change.
by Stefano [Steady-State] 21 Jan '04

21 Jan '04

Dear Sinister [These days last year] I wasnt exactly this day, the same week either, but more or less. I was just back from the Christmas and the New Year eve holidays spent back where I was born and grew up. Before leaving this country I wasnt sure I were going to get back permanently, or either move back so-called-home. Ive never missed so-called-home really. It might be due to the fact Ive never really felt it as it were my home. I hade to make a choice, and for sort of puzzling it might have been, and for how undecided I might have been, at last I listened to the mermaid singing, and pointing towards this place, telling it was the safe shore I could finally call home. The shore wasnt safe, I think, but I was prepared to ignore the warning. And I wanted to be brave, for once, in my life. Forget about the past, forget about everything, choke it into the rubbish bin, turn the page, or keep on writing a paragraph which sounded so much better then anything elses been written before. But sometimes happen p! eople turn the page for you, might want it or not, and theres nothing much to do then start to write a new one. If one is strong enough. Or simply put down the pen. The memory will shine. Eventually. These days, last year, Ive noticed that people working with me, in the same building was actually glad to see me wondering around the hallways eating pencils and mumbling to myself. Sort of unpleasant behaviors I still find hard to get rid of. It must have been these days, we all went down to pub, just be nearby channel, another of my favorite wondering location when it is not pouring rain, (Im actually wondering Im employed for wondering around) and they were all cheering up because I have decided to stay in the country. I wouldnt have expected that. Which proves even further more I lack any sort of sensibility for what is going on around me. It made me feel like I were really finally home, and I was right to listen to mermaids and that I had possibly done one of the best things in my life. I think I did. Anyway. I wish thing might have looked clearer in my heart sooner. Not even that. I wish I could have washed my fears away earlier. Strangely enough we ended up in t! he same place, same people, same random talks, a few days ago. And it all seemed so surreal. With this people, who I came to know better, as much as they have come to know me better, and felt like a total stranger. So the same question again, is this my home? [Sitting in the pub with Nobel prices] Someway that reminded me of a something happened a few months ago, and, such a bizarre circumstance, it also involved having some pints in the pub. With Nobel prices. Not that many, two. And one stayed barely for a single drink. Know it can sound strange. But dont even think I am a sort of well know personality in the field I am. Actually people wont even bother to cite any of my paper, for what It matters. Actually most of the other people there on that days were quite well known in the field, as opposite to me. But, good enough to be in Lundun, a few students were allowed to take part in this sort of round table, about weirdy thing I wont bother you about that is fairly irrelevant anyway. I havent been much into what I am doing for a while, But I cant think at any other job that I can do and that I would enjoy more, so I spend my day fuffing around and often being in the library, taking a nap or reading about something completely irrelevant to my job. No worries I have not such great result. Anyway, one day, I clearly realized that my career was of completely uninteresting to me, in reality. Is just about transient satisfaction which fades too soon nothing worth, I think, now, spending a life on and had a few meters from me, these people, having gained a Nobel price, still wanting to talk about which experiments to do to prove this and that, and how this guy was right and the other wrong and blah blah blah I was just drowning my drink trying to look at the bottom of their eyes, if they really meant that or if it had become a sort of mechanical maniac habit. They didnt seem to have any shine in their smile. I think they are not too dissimilar to me at the end of the day. It made me feel better. When we left the pub and had Chinese food. Take away. Nice. [White rabbits, White heath] At this time, last year, Ive also learnt that the new month is introduced by white rabbits. When I worked in the nuclear station we use to say that the rabbits were glowing at night. And someone claimed he could really see them glowing in spring. I suppose he was just a bit too enthusiastic about the effect that, some of them rather old, nuclear reactor would so on living things, including us, working within the barbwire fence. Ive never seen them glow, but must admit I have seen then become many, with fluffy jumpy little cottoned things jumping all around the field some season. I guess they dont give a damn about the uranium pile next too them, and would rather be busy in more entertaining activity which would lead them to a quite fast expansion of the species. Must admit that how exactly they do that, is still quite a matter pretty obscure to me. But guess I got it. In theory. Might be if they get too enthusiastic, they glow then. Chewing pencil could be nice. Got a new blackboard in my office, Im very proud off. And Ive already half filled with trigonometric function with imaginary arguments. Nice. But I am stacked there. Might go for wonder. Yours, rather steady, Stefano #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# When you sleep do you see an angel in dying light Or can you see someone standing outside trying to set you alight Or maybe you've seen someone somewhere before that I might have loved if i'd never loved you but you only see me in bad dreams +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: *blinks into the light*
by John Jennings 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Sinister sinister sinister, Where have you been? SHAMELESS ADVERTISING Ack hang on, you've been here all along. I, meanwhile, have been trying to get a degree, and getting myself into all sorts of hilarious situations along the way. It is, it seems, becoming common practise to plug blogs to sinister so I feel that its necessary to mention that you can read all about it in my shiny livejournal. Some of you have. Yes. THE NEW ALBUM: ME RAMBLING So, lots of stuff has happened since I last posted. I'm sure you don't want my commentary on it all, so I'll keep the majority of my inane ramblings to myself (or *ahem* my livejournal *ahem*) but I will say that I like the new album very much. So much in fact, that it had the honour of being ripped immediately onto my pride & joy iPod, and is thus following me around in all i do and everywhere I go. I was listening to Stay Loose (is that what it's called?) on the way to the computer room that I am now posting from, and it is, disappointingly, a little too fast to walk in time to. Its still rather good though. Yes. THE NEW DVD: ME RAMBLING SOME MORE The DVD is a strange strange thing. Friends who have never heard of b&s seem to think its the bees' knees - they huddle around my ibook and sway, giggling at the absurdity of the videos. From those who love b&s like me though, it elicits grimaces and sounds of pain - 'if I saw this before I knew them, I would never have bought the album', one person told me... twee, alack, isn't the flavour of the month, but the dvd is... well... twee as fuck. Its true. THE LEICESTER SINISTER MASSIVE The Leicester sinister massive did once exist. It did. Honest. It was a long long time ago though. Such a long time, in fact, that for many it has become a thing of legend. But lo! What is that on the horizon? Is it the phoenix, rising from the... Ok I'll stop. There is to be another sinister meeting in leicester though, and I'm going home especially for it, because I'm just so darned exited. On Sunday March 7, Yo La Tengo and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci are playing at the DeMontfort Hall in the aforementioned midlands city. One or two of us are going, and to celebrate 'one or two' sinister-ines being together at the same time, i'm think a sinister picnic on the sunday afternoon before the gig, so we can all get to know each other, is in order. Good idea, huh? To be honest, if you're in leicester, you don't have to be going to the gig to go to the picnic (or pub trip, if its too cold for picnic-ing), but I thought I'd give you a wee bit of context ;) You'll notice that this date is a fair distance in the future, but I'm giving you plenty of warning so you can fit it into your busy schedule, and also buy tickets for the gig itself if you fancy going. Yes yes, I'm so organised. Also, I fear I'll forget if I don't post whilst I'm thinking about it. Ok I'm going to cut this post short now, because I'm not sure if this will get through. I'm posting from a computer room at uni and I had the fiddle a bit with the email programme to get the right email address and everything. I'm aware that that information is hugely irrelevant. Tum te tum, See you kids JP x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: just like you said it would be..
by Aurora Borealis 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

so i'm not entirely sure if a few decades later head-down-shuffling-melancholy is still the new cheery but i'm doing my darnest to keep this particular flag flying... seems so much better suited to my/my mates music tastes anyway and with this in mind...(cut me some slack here coz i came into the world of music a little late but on the off-chance that anyone on the list has a musical ignorance to match my own i need to spread the joy..or melancholy, i should say..) got stopped in my tracks by music i was given by friends twice in one month and the songs doing all the damage were Damien Rice..'the blowers daughter'..dont ask me the meaning but absolute genius i thought/think...and from the archives (do the 90's count?)..Spain..Spiritual..wow. if it gives anyone else a bloody huge reason to be cheerful then the mail is well worthwhile..i hope take care from the land of snow and ice x ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: no hope for the states
by Anne Walter 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

hi sinister, i hardly ever post, but... i think i'm probably not going to see belle & sebastian on their european tour this year, because the first time they are actually coming anywhere near where i live (berlin) i'll be in bloody england. bah! and this time i suppose i can't afford travelling to another country to see them again. although we were thinking about going to copenhagen, but... so, i heard about the hope of the states guitarist yesterday, and i think it's really sad. the english hype machine aside, i think they are a great band. i saw them last october in manchester, and i thought they were absolutely amazing. i even kept a plectrum (you say that in english?) from that show (cheeseball, i know), and i was really looking forward to their debut album... a lot of people probably don't know what i'm talking about, well, the guitarist of that band hope of the states killed himself last week. very very sad. so, yeah. it's all good going to manchester again for 2 months though, since i'm going to go and see loads of amazing gigs. no, not belle & sebastian. hmph. but my other favourite band called explosions in the sky, from austin, texas. and death cab for cutie. and... okay, this is probably boring for everyone except me. that's why i never post, i suppose.. british folks, do you remember "the young ones", this f**king great comedy from the 80s? i'm doing this class at uni called "linguistic formats of television comedies" and me and a couple of friends are doing a presentation on "the young ones". i think this show is absolutely hilarious, one of the best comedies i have ever seen, also one of the most absurd. which is a big part of why it is so funny i guess. okay, well i really don't have that much to say, so i stop now. lots of love, anne. ps: hi paul, sorry for not being in touch! pps: a.s.t.r.i.d., keep posting, you're great! -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ Bis 31.1.: TopMail + Digicam für nur 29 EUR http://www.gmx.net/topmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Wrapped Up In Books...in Starbucks!
by Das Mädchen mit dem Messer. 20 Jan '04

20 Jan '04

Hi Sinister! I hope everyone is well. I, myself, have a tiny cold. It mostly is affecting my nose and my non-existant sense of smell, so I think I'll live...not that I have a choice - finals are this week. Fun, fun, fun! Anyway, my friends and I met for a "study-group" today at Starbucks. We actually did get some work done, though not as much as would have justified our being there for three hours. Anyway, in the midst of one of our discussions, what song should I hear playing not-so-softly in the background, but Wrapped Up In Books by our very own B&S! My friends thought I was crazy, because all of a sudden I shouted with uncharacteristic enthusiasm, "THIS IS BELLE AND SEBASTIAN!!!" and proceeded to sing along. Needless to say my friends were a bit stunned. That's when one of the girls and I decided to get some over-priced hot chocolate. I asked the woman at the counter who was responsible for the music at Starbucks. It turns out that it's some corporate bigwig who gets to pick the music. They put it on a CD and play it in Starbucks around the country. So the next time you go to Starbucks, you might hear it, too. Anyway, that about made my day. I have to say, though, that I always thought that if I ever did hear B&S in a public place, it would be a record store, where I can actually go up and say hi to whoever chose the music. Like in High Fidelity. I never thought it would be Starbucks. Then again, who does? ("Oh yes, I love this band! Someday, I'll hear them in a Starbucks.") Anyway, I'm bad at ending things (stories, essays, e-mails) so um...this is the end. Just thought I'd share this news with all of you. -Holly __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Shall We Dance?
by robin stout 15 Jan '04

15 Jan '04

Hello Sinister, long time no see.. The record I've been listening to the most recently is called "Shall We Dance... by Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra"; a selection of foxtrots, quicksteps and other dance-hall classics. Every tune is a warm clarinet-led instrumental number, except for track Four on side B, which is a cover of "Let's do it (let's fall in love)". It comes on unexpectedly while I'm reading a book and I end up wiggling my toes along to the tune. It's a very peculiar song, though. Apart from all the birds and bees and educated fleas, who are all doing it, perfectly legally it seems (though the bees must find it rather tricky with those big thorny stings sticking out of their bums; you wouldn't want to get things muddled up if you were a lady bee). No, that's all perfectly reasonable, and I don't mind about the Dutch, the Finns, the Lithuanians and Letts. I'm even prepared to accept that in Boston even beans do it. Honestly, I am. No, what i don't understand is why literally half of the song is preoccupied with SEAFOOD. Heavens to Betsy! You're halfway through the song, you haven't even started to explain WHAT they are doing. Half your audience think it's about DIY. Maud nudges Harold, "You see, Harold. THEY'RE doing it. Why don't you? It's about time you got up the loft and tackled the stop cock. Go on, cock". No, instead, while domestic strife is breaking out left, right and centre across the land, you start singing about romantic SPONGES, and fucking SHADS for heaven's sake! I mean, what IS a SHAD??!! "That reminds me. You could fix the door on that shed, Harold, while you're in the mood." Do you see what you've done?? It started off on such a good note, and ended up squelching about in oysters, clams and jellyfish. A tragedy! Quick! Bring on another foxtrot! I wonder. I've just come off the phone to a friend of mine who lives in Leeds and we were talking about spending next weekend there and seeing Camera Obscura on the 24th. Have you heard of them? Apparently they're rather splendid. Maybe some Sinister people are going, too. Hmm, you never know! Au revoir, Robin _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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