merry christmas, everybody's having fun. apparently. this'll have to be my last post of the year as i'm leaving work this afternoon and won't be back until january... been a strange year. went to scotland for the first time to see belle and sebastian, went to oxford for the first time in 10 years or so to see belle and sebastian, went to america for the first time to see belle and sebastian. five b&s gigs in all bringing my total up to 6. two more to come too, i'll see a lot of you there... also this year i've been keeping a list of everything i've bought recordswise and i'm just about to bore you with the details: 39 7" singles 2 10" singles 10 12" singles 56 cd singles 2 cassettes 62 cd albums which is kinda scary cos it must come in at over a thousand pounds easily (i do have all the prices written down too but can't be arsed to add them up). worse still is the fact that i know lots of people who bought so much more than i did... the best bits? um, autechre's envane ep was enough to make me rush out and buy their new album and the previous three, photek's ni ten ichi ryu was great but would be even better if it was 2 minutes shorter, dog on wheels ep of course (the other two didn't even get close to this) and string bean jean in particular, that spiritualized lp (apart from, curiously, the track they chose as a single but which sounded to me like a giant 10 year leap backwards), bowery electric, mogwai young team, the turn on cd (but not the stereolab cd), and probably more things. oh, b&s were number 1 in the teletext top singles of the year with dog on wheels. blah blah, simon and garfunkel, blah blah... um, the chat thing. sometimes i log in and then immediately get called to attend to something else, sometimes i log in and just sit there listening, sometimes i even join in. it's odd the way people treat it as if it's a real space and type out their interactions. it's nice that all the girls seem so comfortable in there, in fact they've probably taken to it better than all the boys who tend to sit around and talk catalogue numbers. it makes my brain ache to think of everything that has to happen in order for it to look as though half a dozen people from diffferent continents are in one place and getting along but it works and is great fun. well, i'm off to get very nervous (in a good way) about next tuesday in cheltenham and will see those of you i don't see in machester back here on the 5th jan. cheers andy (oh, there's a slight chance i'll be able to pick up my mail on koogydelbbog@yahoo.com but no chance of picking up any sent to andrew.dean@bull.net so...) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------