hey sinisters yes i know its been awhile, and you've all suffered in my absence. but you'll be pleased as peas to know that i've suffered greatly in my absence as well. i was ill. strep throat. dear lord, it was so so completely awful. i had a fever of almost 105F, and my throat was so swollen and stinging that i could barely swallow anything and when i did it felt like i was being stabbed with knives in my throat. so i didnt drink anything for a day and half. the doctor looked at me and told me that if i didnt choke down a few liters of fluid i'd have to be hospitalized for dehydration. my whole body felt like a broken heart, all trembling and achey. i couldnt move cause it hurt, i couldnt hold still cause it hurt. so anyway, now, a week later, after alot of antibiotics and trashy daytime TV and long hot hot baths, i'm feeling as good as new. so the moral of that lesson is to go to the doctor at the first signs of strep and not when your throat glands are so swollen that you can barely talk. AND! dont attempt to mix vicks chloraseptic and soda, even in tiny amounts. it tastes right nasty. other than that things have been peachy. i DID send off the Rachels mixtape last week to AMY LONGCORE of Michigan. i hope she got it. its shaping up to be a good tape indeed. i sincerely apologize for my idleness in making my contribution to it, but i'm confident that young Mr. Chu will find my selections goodly. recent music purchases: papas fritas,goldfrapp, volumes two and three of "beat at cinecitta"(italian film music from the 60's-70's), the "waking life" soundtrack, the new Lambchop rarities disc, and some others i cant recall at the moment. films: Focus, Shadow of the Vampire(i loved this film), The Road Home, Pollock, and others. i rented alot while i was sick. i was listening to the radio the other day and they played a song that i liked, but i didnt catch the name of the band. the dj said that it was a band made up of members of belle and sebastian and the delgados and mogwai some other bands........do any of you know who this band might be? i dont know if its older or what. so.......yeah. thats it. ----caleb ben ===== "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." ~Plato "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+