yeah, on the dilemma of wether to work in a record shop you should look to gordon legge, he is real. "That night, they opened up, they shared their dreams. In turn, they fantisised about putting their knowledge into words or owning record shops; but, like when they were young, they only ever fantasised about it. Although they now had the talent and the financial clout to make it happen, they didn't want to be involved. Partly this was because it would break the rules of their friendship, but mostly it was because they realised they were still what they'd always been- they were fans. It was for this reason that none of them- excepting Ray's brief flirtation- had ever pursued the performing side: they didn't want to be stars, they wanted to have stars. In the same way that, by and large, folk don't want to be Gods, folk want to worship Gods. And so things continued." from Pop Life. okay, now ive found the book and looked up the passage it doesnt seem quite so apt, but i think that there is advice to be gleaned from it anyway, for everyone, as every word that gordon legge writes is TRUTH. i recently realised on rereading The Shoe that i have been subconciously living my life by that book for about the past two years. i have not yet decided wether this is a good or bad thing. from tjohn, who applied for a job in the new hmv in aberdeen when it opened, and wasnt even offered an interview. ha! wouldnt work there if they paid me. which im led to believe is the standard procedure. "and do you think its possible to be sensitive and strong?" "hmm... we are." -the bmx bandits visit deadhippy online: http://www.deadhippy-records.freeserve.co.uk batfink site to come soon... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+