Could anyone on the list answer a quick question for me? Somewhere I remember reading about how Stuart - before he was loved and adored by all of us - went to London (as a final act of desperation?) to find and then meet someone he admired. Does anyone recall who that was? Laurence of Felt? (I think the story is very moving.) You know, there is much pleasure to be had in singing Belle & Sebastian lyrics that have a really catchy melody but that are strangely atypical and complex. For example - "The Asian man/With his love hate affair/With his racist clientele". (I thought I was the only one who felt this way, but I saw the exact same lines mentioned in the same context in a review.) And these lines I think could be reversible - the sort which singers change on you in live performances - "We know you are soft cause we've all seen you dancing" & "We know you are hard cause we all you saw you drinking from noon/Until noon again". Also, I have a request of French native speakers on the list. I'm writing something on a topic in French linguistics and I was wondering if you could send me (ynoh@leland.stanford.edu) via email as an attachment (MS Word documents please) things that you have written for school (les essaies, les redactions, etc). I apologize for making this request on the list, but this is the only "international" forum to which I have access. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+