Hello again Sinister, For some reason my first post to the list as a returnee has gone into a black hole. I tried to send something similar this morning but that doesn't seem to have worked either. Anyway, let's hope for third time lucky. This was supposed to be my re-introduction post so that you weren't thrown head first into my Bangladesh updates. It was supposed to ease you in gently just like top quality vaseline. I'm now getting on the internet enough to keep up with Sinister goings on without my inbox overloading and let's face it I missed being here... Anyway, for those of you who are new/forgot I'm volunteering in Bangladesh for a year on VSO's Youth for Development scheme (see the archives). I wanted to share some of my thoughts and experiences from Bangladesh with you all - hope you don't mind! To those of you that I've been emailing independently you will already know the juice from the missives I've posted to sinister (and then some) so make like skippy the kangaroo by all means. Any sinisterites that want to email me off-list with any comments/questions/gossip or whatever are heartily encouraged. It's good to be back in the fold. I've really been enjoying your tales of gigs and your views on the new releases. My flatmate brought a copy of the new album back from England recently so I've only listened to it a few times when she's had it on in the living room (yes, Mark I now understand your email subjects). When someone gets a new toy you have to wait a while before you can ask nicely to borrow it. I'm one of these people that likes to retreat to my own space when I want to listen to something properly for the first time. She keeps dropping not so subtle hints that another copy might wing my way next week. That way I can form a decision properly - but I liked what I heard and I think it may be a grower. I'm not getting exposed to much new music here so when I get back to the UK I fear that I'm going to be stood in the middle of an indie disco wondering what the hell is going on. Half an hour of John Peel on BBC world service is good but not enough. I never get a connection decent enough to listen to live digital radio but I can listen to recorded ones so long as I don't do anything else on the computer. Some lovely UK people have been making me mix CDs to listen to - it cheers me up to get these in the post (thank you again to those Sinisterites that have done this). I went minimilistic when I flew out here, just bringing one CD - a compilation with the Flaming Lips, Violent Femmes - won in a competition. I'm gradually listening to more Bangladeshi music and should be making some mixtapes/CDs of tunes from this neck of the woods eventually. It's my first time away from home for Christmas and I'm holding it together well so far by getting in the festive spirit. Take care peeps... ...Amy _________________________________________________________________ Send a funky Messenger Christmas card http://www.msn.co.uk/christmascard +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+