Ok so I was given my voice on the 7/2/00 and I'vee sat all these months just reading. For some reason when I woke up this morning and put on Elliot Smith as I was washing I felt that today was the day to post a message. i didn't know what I was going to write about, so I thought that I'd just start speaking and see what I said. I have read a lot of criticism of the new Belle and Sebastian seingle, but I think that its tops. Really I don't think they can put a foot wrong. I remember buying the boy with the arab strap, totally just out of curiosity. I had seen it advertised in NME and I'd seen the curious green cover in Virgin in Argyle STreet for many months, and then one day I bought that and Desserters Songs. I don't listen to Mercury Rev, but little did I know then that Belle and Sebastian were gonna take over my summer. Last Summer was a total arse for me. I had messed about during my second year @ uni, and I was now faced with three resits that was going to spoil my summer, I also dumped my girlfriend of four years, and was faced with everyone telling me what she was up to. The night before t in the park I watched the Belle and Sebastian programme on BBC two, and that changed my life, it was just really smart. And after that I recorded all of the albums onto minidisc so that I couild listen in the car. I do a lot of drivnf and the albums are ingrained onto my brain now, In particular but, Tigermilk and If you're feeling sinister. There are definitely my favourites and songs Like I don't love anyone and Stars of Track and Field remind me of what a great summer it turned out to be. This year things are a lot better. I've found a great girlfriend, and uni is back on track I sat my first exam yesterday , and I've got two more on thursday and friday. And so I am finishing my inaugral rant, as the Elliot Smith album is just finishing. I must add that Elliot Smith reminds me a bit of Sean Lennon. Sorry. Anyhoo I hope I didn't bore you too much The StarbrightBoy This message has been brought to you by the STARLESS WONDER +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+