bonjour sinister. HIGH FIDELITY no. nonononono. i don't identify with the bloke in this book at all. maybe because i'm a girl??? i dont know, but i didn't like it much. although it seemed to modestly show men as being rather sad and pathetic, it was really saying 'hey, look at us, we're sad and pathetic, how cute is that? and you, women, are more pathetic for needing us.' okay, maybe it wasn't saying exactly that, but that vibe was there. and i am not obsessive about music, which is another reason why i didn't get it, i suppose. i mean, i am obsessive about music i love, in a way, but not in the 'alphabetical classification of 6000 cds and detailed knowledge of b sides' way. is this a gender thing too? FRANCE marcus disagreed with me (how dare you) about rap but went on to mention intimidating french bars, which reminded me of an a level french exchange when our 'correspondantes' promised to take us to a 'real english pub'. i thought this rather undermined the idea of a cultural exchange, but as it turned out i needn't have worried, because the french idea of an english pub involved table service, bright light, and certainly nothing approaching a decent pint of ale. pubs, and tea, are about the only things i miss when i go to france. now i'm sure french listees are about to tell me of wonderful places to get both tea and a real pub atmosphere, and i will take your word for it, but i doubt i'll be able to afford to go again until i'm about 30 at this rate. THE FRENCH SONG this is a sample from a song entitled 'le chanson francais' by al boley, who is not famous now but probably will be soon: un, deux, trois, quatre, je passe l'aspirateur avec un petit chat. cinq, six, sept, huit, les grandes vacances dans une gite. neuf, dix, onze, douze, tes fesses sont grandes comme toulouse. <chorus> ou sont les toilettes? ou sont les toilettes? la, ou la? je ne sais pas. this is what happens when you let would-be comedians who can't speak french write french songs. on the other hand, he plays b&s songs on his guitar at parties, so it's not all bad. ORGASM SONGS well, continuing the french theme, does 'je t'aime, moi non plus' by serge gainsbourg and jane birkin count? also i seem to remember that 'she's my heroine' (?) by skunk anansie features skin sounding... excited. LE WEEKEND oh no, we're not allowed to say that any more are we? well, in that case i hope everyone has a very good 'fin de semaine'. luv archel xxx ****** Rachel Playforth archel@iname.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+