I thoroughly enjoy reading Sinister, though this is my first post. Why? Perhaps I�m nervous about what to say. I�m a bit self-conscious about not fitting-in or something. That�s probably because I�m not as indie as I like to think I am: I can�t bear not to capitalize my �I�s�; being an American, my mind has been at least slightly warped by the culture around me; I�m no longer a student (though I wish I still were...but, then again, I was a business major); I don�t own a record player; I do own a Palm; I�m contemplating, dare I say, downloading the new B&S on MP3; and I work in software. By the way, I'm also the author of a novel affectionately entitled �the state I am in� (though in order to actually sell anything, I would have to be overly ambitious and manipulative � which I�m not very good at � so my book doesn�t sell very well...which is okay because I am happy with it). That MP3 part...I wouldn�t actually do it. B&S is the only band in the world that I wouldn�t do it to. B&S is the most beautiful, pure music in the world. It is a sort of common understanding across cultures and lifestyles. It is a celebration of a lifestyle we can�t all live...but it�s at least alive in our imaginations. I know, I�m not telling you anything you don�t already know and it�s starting to sound a little canned. When I saw the show in Seattle just days after the tragedy...well, I can�t really describe how perfect it all was. And when I caught the licorice that Stewart threw into the crowd...let�s just say that I�ll keep it forever! I�m even thinking about framing it along with a great picture I snapped of the band! I don�t have any delicious stories to share right now...or anything particularly witty to say as I look out my quiet office window at yet another rainy Seattle day. If something comes to me, I�ll let you know. I just wanted to say hi and that I enjoy Sinister. Scott Neiss __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+