I find it only slightly ironic to be coming out of the woodwork after 3 weeks away to second the sentimentality of Mark and Risso. At least it felt a bit soppy to me. My own sense of history brings me to a place and time in life that there are certain things you could rely on. The fact that someone was ALWAYS feeling sinister was it, even if only slightly or briefly. It's what brought us here. To say 'old' is to imply history- and the cast of players in this little number have afforded the sinister story a rich plot, with an undeniably colourful and checkered history. In a word 'devotion'. Never in my life have I ever know people more devoted to an idea, emotion, or another. As a collective, I'll tell you this- you'll never find amongst people more swagger, sway and stumble all in good measure. Nor will you find more friction and fusion. Oddly it came bounding around in strong and strangely- but I'll remind those of you who can remember it truely is something to remember fondly and admire. And there was always something to talk about. In small but significant ways this lot has shaped and moved a bit of the path I walk now... I'm ever so thankful and bitter. It couldn't have happened to a more impressionable girl at the hands of an unforgivably right bunch of kids. Though I'm nearly 30 now... it doesn't feel old in sinister years- it just makes me feel experienced. So to Mark, and Trousers, To Pyth and even Swannie, to Risso and JJ, Rachel...to Beth and Andy and the Honey of a Mother. I'm keeping it close, I'm keeping it real. Devotion. Mark, you got your wish. __________________________________________________________________________ Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+