Hi there popkids. Die hard listees among you will remember the saga of the boy sebastian, and his actress friend, who we shall call, er, belle. (though she's really called C********e) We first met the two of them in an Ink Polaroid, sebastian alone in the snow, belle walking off into the whiteout, oblivious to the broken heart that she had left behind. Well now we join them again. sebastian is staring mornfully into his pint of vile bitter. He's just met richard, belle's new boyfriend. sebastian has wide trousers, an honest smile, and a battered russian novel, richard has a six pack, a house in hampstead, and a part in casualty. 1-0 to the new tall elegant rich kids. But on the bus home, sebastian smiles through his tears. For he has a secret weapon. belle loves the same music as sebastian. they agree on most things, from flowers to the colour of buses. (green is best) But they particularly agree about music. That pretty scottish band reminds her why she likes him so much, and reminds him why he keeps on making a fool of himself for her. So sebastian makes a tape. Having a six pack's great, but only music can reach right into your soul, and make you feel happy, even as you cry. richard doesn't listen to music, you see. The tape looks great, he's blown up a little picture, until it fills the whole page. a boy, his face torn between agony and ecstacy, eyes half closed, lips half open, like a martyr, ready for a kiss.. But he has to write something, add something more, just a line, a lyric she'll hear, and keep forever in her heart- something that'll mean more to her than muscles and B list celebrity. Something to break open her heart, just like she did to him. What should sebastian write? Funkyseb +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+