Hello everyone For some reason I've gained the urge to post again, after a few months away. I'd be very pompous if I declared that the "King" in the title of this message was myself, even though I am returning to post after a while. No, the title doesn't refer to what I said in the last sentence. It just (predictably) refers to the film which I am going to see tomorrow. The countless critical praise surrounding it means that even those who know little about the Lord of the Rings will find it difficult to avoid. I have to admit it took time for me to fully appreciate the first film, but I'm glad I did. The Two Towers really got me into the whole saga, and now I am really looking forward to seeing this film. I've been browsing through some of my previous posts, as well as some of your own, and a couple of the things I said in a certain post a year and a half ago are of a little interest: "I'm not saying (Fold Your Hands Child) is a bad album, it just hasn't stuck in my memory. Seems a bit bland and dragged out." It's funny I should say that. After repeated listens to it I have suddenly grown to really like it, especially Woman's Realm, The Model and There's Too Much Love. As for Dear Catastrophe Waitress, from what I've listened to of it so far, it sounds really good (I especially like Piazza New York Catcher). In some ways I still miss Isobel, though. "It was inspirational to choose the title track of (The Boy With The Arab Strap) as the theme to Teachers, even though I never watch it." How times change. These days, Teachers is one of the few things I actually do watch. Furthermore, thanks to the wonders of DVD, I've now seen every episode. And even though the third series doesn't quite match up to the first two, it's still very good. I'll finish by naming a few terrific gigs I was at recently - Ocean Colour Scene's acoustic set in Derry, Paul Weller at the Waterfront in Belfast (you didn't have to be a fan to appreciate it), the Future Kings of Spain in Derry (are their any fans of theirs on the list) and Feeder, back at the Waterfront. Now there's a band I didn't get into until a little while ago (by listening to Comfort In Sound, which is allegedly their worst album). The highlight of this concert was probably Buck Rogers. Oh, and a big shout to Dirty Vicar and every other Sinisterine I met at the Belfast B & S gig two years ago (long time ago, I know, but I'm sure you know who you are). Take care, and Merry Xmas Psi ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+