hello folks whilst I sympathise with all the East Coasters & Canadians who have been moaning ad nauseum about the lack of gigs in said places, it does grate. As Neil so wisely said, there are a hell of a lot of places where B&S haven't been AT ALL. I mean, for heaven's sake ... at least Belle & Sebastian have been to your HEMISPHERE. Take pity on the people who live in places nowhere near where B&S have played. Like New Zealand, and Australia. (Neil's e-mail bought a glimmer of hope to me .... if B&S play Australia I will *definitely* take time off work and fly to Australia to see them ....) ***** rant over ***** I haven't posted in a long time. This is mostly because my grandmother died about a month ago, almost four months to the day my granddad died. sure, it's hardly "a heartbreaking work of staggering genius" material, but I've been pretty down. I did actually write a post a few days afterwards, but elected not to send it because it was pretty bitter and twisted. she went into hospital with a minor stoke, wasn't terribly well cared for, fell out of bed and broke her hip, and died shortly afterwards, having been healthy and normal a few days earlier. (sigh) It's been kinda sad the last few weeks, sorting through all of her stuff (I'm her only grandson), throwing out a lifetimes' worth of accumulated possessions. news of a new Hefner album and single, and new B&S single and soundtrack keep me happy and sane right now. plus working, reading and not going out. well, hope all is well. will try to get back into the swing of things and start posting again Lawrence Mikkelsen PS - Nik Ovendon .... this is getting ridiculous :) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+