Dear Sinister, In case you require clarification from Sunnyset's post here are some useful definitions for you: Real Life: All the things non-dreamers think life is like (a place where money is important, people are not nice and buildings are grey) esp. the ugly bits. It also contains things like gravity and the weather, which make it very powerful. (see: all around you) Dreamer: Person who values the thoughts in his/her head, whose world is filled with colour on a grey rainy days, who wants more from life and finds it within himself/herself. (For more information on how to spot them and what do with them see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/dreamers/) Friends of the Heroes(1): Bunch of crazy dreamers (see word) who think by devoting their time and energy to a weekly webzine they can make a difference. (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/about/) Friends of the Heroes(2): Weekly webzine that openly embraces the dreamer movement, finds heroes everywhere and looks for the magical in the everyday. (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/) Dreamer Movement: the act of leading one's life based on the faith that such elusive and futile things as love, happiness and money can come to one's possession and even that one can make the world a better place. (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/dreamers/) Nixon: The very band that gave the world the line 'today I bought a record your new boyfriend has never heard of - oh I play it just for you' that makes indie kids the world over smile. Their association with the dreamer movement is vague however some people consider them to belong to it since their lead singer/songwriter/guitarist/bassist/drum machine programmer Roger Gunnarsson publicly admitted he believes love can make you happy. (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/page2/) Ballboy: Band who gave the world the lyric 'it's alright, cause someday we'll be millionaires, and it won't matter then how other people treat you'. Their connection to the dreamer movement is somehow clearer since their frontman Gordon McIntyre deemed waking life without dreams as being 'useless and pointless'. (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/archive/issue22.html#3) The German Exchange: Band that gave the world the notion of gentleman rock, a few great quotes on the meaning of life and five free cds to those who answer a few simple questions! (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/page8/) Sinister: Mailing list that often makes dreams more possible and to which I owe a proper post. Till then, Think Pink, Dream Purple, Dimitra Daisy xx _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+