Hm... I'm very jealous of you listees in Nottingham. We had one great week of snow here some time back in January, but since then all we've had is cold but not freezing temperatures, accompanied quite often with a bitter breeze and a cold rain. Miserable. Stupid Athenian Winter... I don't know why other people haven't been posting, but I've been tong-deep in developping chemicals and assorted other project. If you don't believe me I've got Dektol all over my hands to prove it. In the meantime I've replaced my Sinister time in an unusual way. One of my big, brown buttons was torn from my favorite coat, and I haven't had time to get it put back on. Right now it's sitting on my desk. I have this oral fixation, which is why one day I stuck it in my mouth and began blowing air through the little holes. Over a very long process, I learned how the air pressure, tongue placement, and all sorts of things like that, could make the button produce various notes. So now I've become perhaps the world's first button player. It's easier to play it backwards (sucking air in through the holes) and when I do it sounds sort of like a slide whistle. The downside to that is that I often lose my breath. Playing it forwards is harder, but I've done it. I like to play along with whatever I'm listening to, and though I'm usually not on-key, switching notes is surprisingly easy, if not surgically exact. I'm figuring that I could double up Sarah & Isobel's melodica playing on various songs. If you think that's strange, there's a performer from around these parts who learned how to play a tampon applicator. I'm not kidding, but quite serious! Even stranger was the story he gave as to why he tried his hand at it. Hehe, so usually he stops at some point in his set and asks the women in the audience if he might have a tampon for the various musical purposes. Several times when we went to see him, my flatmate brought tampons specifically for the purpose of providing them to him. Yeah, okay, I'll quit talking about it... Of B&S...Honey mentioned, no Stevie songs on the new album. Hm... would that mean that "Wrong Love" is gonna be on the single? I think it is safe to assume that this is a possibility. Hm...well I would love to chat some more, but if I do I'll be late for class, so I should put some clothes on and make some breakfast. /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick/Sandcastle Records <<->> bp224996@ohiou.edu \ / Sandcastle Records Homepage: ICQ#5056758 | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "I am always wishing to make people | | in the world happy with my smiles." | | -Mr. Friendly PS> Sledging, eh? We've shortened to to "sledding" (n. sled) here in the US. Funny how those little differences pop up... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+