I've been witness to the recent bashing of two things I happen to fancy quite well, one being Saving Private Ryan and the other being Evan Dando. I believe someone implied that Private Ryan was a boring film. Hopefully this was some tongue-in-cheek sarcasm I totally missed (as usual) because I can't think of a single film thats kept my attention for 3 hours other than this. The plot was half decent, but Spielburg's directing was incredible and the dialogue and screenplay knocked me out as well. I guess the whole success of this kind of film depends on the audience member forging some kind of bond or interest with the characters and if this isn't there then I can see how it could be contrued as boring. But if this film didn't move you in the least you might wanna check for a pulse. I know everyone hates Mr. Dando, and as a person I'm sure he's pure goats arse, but I think his music is quite great. The first couple of Lemonheads' punk albums did kind of suck when that other guy was singing but I openly profess my love of every Lemonheads record since he took the helm. I dig his voice alot just because its so smooth and deep and manliesque and he does have a neat way with a turn of a phrase (i.e.- "patience is like bread I say, I ran out of that yesterday"). He is a cocky sonofabitch, thats for sure. I read somewhere that he got thrown out of a B&S show in NY and then arrested afterwards because he refused to leave. I agree that he's probably 100% pure bastard and thats probably why I can't develop any deep affection for a Lemonheads album, but I'll give the guy his credit as an ace songwriter. Is this Kennedy Tragedy stuff depressing the living hell out of anyone else? I never really knew too much about the guy beforehand but now that every second of his being that was caught on tape is being replayed every 5 minutes, I'm starting to dig him. He really seemed like a nice, modest, sweet guy that was just existing as we were. Having to watch him salute his father's casket over and over, and seeing him wrestle with his wife and nephews at the Kennedy compound is just too depressing to focus on for too long. I feel worse about his death than if he was like his asshole uncle Ted, drunk all the time and using his last name like a badge. I guess the easiest remedy would be to change the channel, but hey! I'm pretty weak when it comes to celebrity tragedies I suppose. When Di was killed I couldn't leave the TV for a week. Call me a vulture if you will but my life is pretty dull.so what else am I gonna do? Any other people who feel somehow fascinated by these things please post so I don't look like a total arse. James Taylor is soooo good. Sweet Baby James reminds me of B&S in some places. Happy Hemingway birthday! Steve C. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+