I've always known that Caitlin was on the ball. But referring to my post BEFORE I've written it, now that's clever. I can hardly back out now can I? Sorry it's been so long. I don't know why, although perhaps it has something to do with the lack of music emanating from camp Belle & Sebastian, and a corresponding glut of gossip, trivia and merchandise. Which is no bad thing, don't get me wrong. I like talking about Struan's car and buying T-shirts as much as the next tweester. But (to go all Sex and the City for a minute) I Can't Help But Wonder whether it wasn't rather more fun when I knew NOTHING about B&S and nor did anyone else. When the music might as well have appeared on Jeepster's desk in the dead of night, dropped there by a mysterious figure with strangely compelling arms... It was infuriatingly precious when they wouldn't do press or appear on sleeve photos etc, I know it was. But it did give us something to *wonder* about, and if you can't have wonder then what have you really got? A fey Scottish band made up of scruffy, skinny lads and winsome lasses, who you might have forgotten about already if the NME didn't occasionally remind you. Oh I don't really believe that, of course. But suffice to say, I have not been reading the Q&A page on the website. (Note: the next part of the post is going to be trivial and gossipy, so don't pay too much attention to the above musings.) I seem to recall that, in my salad days on Sinister, I may have mentioned underwear more than once, probably trying to impress the boys as usual. (I had thought that http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhon arc/199901/msg00265.html was my final word on the matter. Circumstances beyond my control have dictated otherwise.) So I wonder if I can beat the record set by a certain Gabriela in 1999, who mentioned the word 'underwear' 9 times in one post... It is a genuinely important subject, you know. Pants are very revealing. Particularly if you're wearing nothing else and they're a bit off centre... but I mean PSYCHOLOGICALLY revealing, obviously. For example, Mark Casarotto doesn't wear any pants at all. Ian has novelty boxers embroidered with nuns. Ken buys a brand new pair every day, knowing that any day now a girl will ask to see them. Maddie's pants are a state secret, but can be assumed to be quietly glamorous. Struan wears silver pants, I remember deducing once. Stevie must surely wear sky blue Y-fronts. Belfast Bob is going to throw his pants into the crowd at a gig before too long, if you ask me. And now Isobel's penchant for patterned tights has been exposed, what can we assume about her pants? I reckon they are plain white, perhaps with a hint of a pink rose or teddy bear, in a last-ditch attempt to retain her innocence. As for me, I used to be snow white, then I drifted. Ie. my white knickers were once legion (well, 'white' would be charitable; ''off-grey' far more accurate). Now I am entirely converted to the black pant. My journey to the dark side is complete. And of course I know we all keep one pair of red pants for Sinister... will the next time we wear them be on our tenth birthday? Um... I can't think of any further pant insights. Although on a related note, having heard yesterday that it's possible for men to get breast cancer, perhaps I should urge any boys with even a hint of manboob to go out and buy a nice supportive bra. Personally I hate bras, but you've got to have them sometimes. It's like nits. Can I stop now? I can? Oh good. Brighton Christmas picnic anyone? luv Archel xxx PS: 659 words, of which 9 = 'pant(s)', 2 = 'underwear', 3 = 'bra', and 1 = 'knickers' ************ http://archel.blogspot.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+