dear fellow B&S fans, i've been lurking around this list for a few weeks now, and i have to say i'm equally intimidated and charmed by everyone. some of the more recent letters reminded me of a friend i miss, so i thought that if i wrote to you, i wouldn't be so sad. allow me to introduce meself...AHEM. i spent nearly all of 1997 in australia, so i missed out on the music industry vibe that the US and the UK received. i found B&S by accident, through a friend who was selling her CD because she didn't think it lived up to NME and Q's hype. it wasn't until i heard "the boy done wrong again" in another friend's car that i ran out and bought the CD for myself. good choice, says i. anyway, now i'm addicted. the trash can sinatras are one of my all-time favorite bands, so now i have two really good reasons to get my butt over to scotland. about that friend: i met a boy in australia the week before i left, and he was drawing the nicest cartoons. we had a long discussion (he was the loveliest person), and i found out he drew cartoons because he has this awful degenerative disease - basically, he has 5 to 10 years to live - and it keeps his mind off dying. stuart murdoch's lyrics completely remind me of his style of letters, and that makes me happy in a sort of melancholy way (like listening to "please, please, please let me get what i want" for example). i know he would love their music, too, but i am afraid he will listen to "get me away from here i'm dying" and be very, very sad. he recently moved to a cabin in the mountains, because the city reminded him of his affliction. he won't be able to draw enough cartoons to keep his mind off of it. so, my question to you, my new friends, is this: should i send him a copy of "sinister" anyway, and hope that he appreciates the gesture? BTW, i live in central california, and i'm going to be in l.a. on may 9th, which will hopefully be a picnic day. please let me know if this happens! -erin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Ascolta, questo รจ pish, io sto andando lasciare -----------------------------------------------------------------------