that's what i heard when listening to the lucksmiths' untidy towns for the first time. it's actually "barstools", not pastels. silly me. hello all ye sinister people! i haven't posted since november. the reason? well, since december, i've been at least one week behind you lot, but now we are back on the same time zone. (at last.) things have become GRATE, even BLUDDY GRATE, since i last used my voice. what can i say to that, except "Grate!" the village thing is fab, as is the new website. would luverly laura llew need some help running her bookstore? i could imagine that the people of sinister are buying piles of books. i actually work in a bookstore, have been working since november, the biggest in town. (tho it doesn't mean best, we have loads of worthless shite, as well as the interesting ones. it's sad to see people buying so many useless self-help books and bad novels) so, working full-time means a well deserved break from uni. (i could also run the photo shop (sorry, is this the right word?), ie be the village photographer. or is there one already, i dont remember. i probably 'ave more experience in photographing than in selling books. in fact, i'm trying to get into the local "artsy-fartsy" school to study photography.) before bidding farewell, i must thank You for introducing new (to me, at least) and grate music to me. thanks to sinister i've had the courage to buy records by felt, field mice, go-betweens, salako, hefner, marine research, lucksmiths et al. and right now i'm listening to kate rusby: she does not rock, she folks. ;) just one example: i bought field mice's where 'd you.. without ever having heard them before. i now know i can trust Your taste. and yes, jaffa cakes rule the school. ;) (no comment on the new album, or its title) love and snowflakes, a (the other finn, waiting impatiently for the april select to reach his workplace. we still sell the ian brown one) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+