It's so nice to see Sinister alive again! I'm sure it will be short-lived, like a butterfly, but beautiful and mysterious just the same. There, that takes care of the twee quotient. It's so nice to read others' memories of our fair band. I have so many: Tigermilk: dorming in downtown Manhattan, the soundtrack to so many walks through Chinatown, Soho, and the West Village on my way to and from class Photo Jenny: the tiny little flat in London I shared with someone from California, a neighbor starting to dance right at the end when it gets a little bit techno, her face falling when A Century of Elvis started Legal Man: the record store I bought it from one early summer day in Newark, Delaware, a summer home from college Jonathan David: a short-lived relationship I had, listening to that CD over and over again as we hid from a New York summer The Life Pursuit: cold winter mornings commuting to work on the 7 train from Queens, pulling into Grand Central just as "Act of the Apostle, Part 2" would kick in And of course: If You're Feeling Sinister: the first boy I really had feelings for, the boy that gave me a mixtape whose side A contained an entire album from this strange band called Belle & Sebastian that he loved. I never fell in love with the boy, but my relationship with the band is still going strong, almost 10 years later. I'm glad it's still going strong for all of you, too. Best, Eric -- "Why are the machines so sad?" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+