Well, you probably won't believe it but I had a Belle and Sebastian dream at last. I rarely remember my dreams at all, so I thought I'd share the few shards of this one with you all. We (that's the whole list) were on a bus package holiday, going from town to town, watching Belle and Sebastian play. I know it would take a fleet of coaches to accommodate all of us, but this was a dream, OK? I didn't really identify any individuals, but everybody was having a great time and drinking squabbling and throwing up, and stuff. I remember the band playing a short synthesised song, in which Stuart sounded like Phil Oakey out of the Human League, round about the time of 'A Crow And A Baby'. It was...unusual. Anyway, a gig ended, and I was on my own, outside the venue. Appropriately enough, I had missed the bus. It was Glasgow, and I suddenly realised the tour was over. I was skint and it was the middle of the night. Keith Watson walked up with some young lady clinging to his arm and said, 'Hi Tim, we're off to a club...' and left. The bastard. And that was about it really. It was kind of appropriate, because this is my signing-off message. A year (more or less) of sinister has been fabulous, but I am off to seek my real-life misfortune elsewhere, and I have no idea when I'll be back in the land of e-mail again. Can I take this opportunity to say that some, indeed most, of you have been lovely, and that there haven't been many days this year when this list has failed to interest or provoke me. This list is a mighty and special thing, but it is also a bit fragile. Take care of it. The best way to take care is to try to make sure that *every time* you post, you put a bit of wit, or a bit of heart into your message. Then everything will be just dandy. I still can't think of a better place to give and receive friendly abuse, to get snarled up in pedantic arguments about pop ethics, to write to 600 strangers about your dreams, or to talk about the best pop group in the world. Whoever that might be today. Hopefully I'll see you again at some point in the not-too-distant future. If any of you are desperate to get in touch with me in the mean time, then you're sicker than I thought. Honey, thanks for having me. You're a P!O!P! genius. ;-) Cheerio one and all Tim +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+