cynthia tantalised us by implying that we get to be virgins again by virtue of being reborn as a list. but maybe we are only sinister virgins, rather than the innocent-of-all-naughty-complicated-pushing-and-pulling-stuff type ones. damn. edward woodward - didn't he present that dodgy programme 'strange but...true?' on telly recently? with all gothic accoutrements. it was great, scared me shitless. for the record, i agree 100% with mr dickie's comments about cats. couldn't have put it better myself. although if 'century of elvis' is indeed about a cat then perhaps i should like it more? i bloody hate french rapping. like on that kronenbourg advert with the lesbians. normal, nice french singing that makes sense is fine though. i get to show off trying to translate, but with rap it's all in slang, or otherwise meaningless, very much like anglo-american rap in fact. a french exchange partner once tried to teach me 'versin' (don't know how to spell it), which is that backwards paris slang. how cool would i be then? but she got bored and went off to listen to techno and take the piss out of me and my friends. hefner/b&s: i think B&s world is where i'd LIKE to live - all sweet boys and quirky schoolgirls and buses and cute animals and struan understanding all our angst, but hefner world is definitely the real one - drunkenness and mistakes and grubby encounters and mundane moments. but they are similar in both being able to intelligently express these things, i think. i got 29 questions right on university challenge on monday. i'm just waiting for the day when they have a q. on b&s, like they did on 15 to 1 once. that was great. maybe they'll have one on jeopardy too (for the benefit of US listees): A. The best band in the world. Q. Who are Belle and Sebastian? posting to sinister is very like masturbating. no, really. it's healthy in moderation, but if you start obsessing about it, always thinking of new and exciting ways and places to do it, or are doing it more than once a day, then you should start to worry. it won't make you blind (though as ailsa observed on a bus last week, the six listees present at the time were ALL short-sighted...) but it might make a mess. and on that thought... bfn, luv archel xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+