dear sinister i hope this finds you in fine fettle. i am not, my head is all blocked up , i can't think straight and on top of it all i have a cold. i hope you all had a merry christmas , happy Chanunkah , a krazy kwanza or a solemn dignified ramadan. in the irish tradition my was "quiet thank god"just back from 3 days in paris which was nice. i saw the eiffel tower once and that was a mistake , i got out at the wrong metro stop and bang there it was. needless to say i turned my back on it immedietly. well not exactly i looked at it , saw it then turned away walking up a street that had a load of rich people waiting "patiently" to get into the gucci sale. i saw some hoving but not nearly enough hair pulling or screaming. i suppose french rich people are a bit more dignified than the Irish noveau riche. Had a great couple of days though despite the fact that all of our colds broke on the plane out there. hung out in cafes , had picnics in a park even though it was freezing cold , went around outdoor food markets and got free tea and waited by the ice rink by the hotel de ville waiting for someone to fall on their arse. mission accomplished. there was one minor difference with this trip however. there were no instances public urination. another highlight ( despite the lack of public urination) was the art squat on rue de rivoli, which although slightly more gentified than its ********** counterpart where kilometer/zero was/is published from , was still great and am glad i went. so belle and sebastian are releasing i'm a cuckoo , why exactly? i was hoping for passion fruit to be included in the b*sides but i suppose i will have to wait for singles #3 #4 or maybe #5. further to ms brown's ( is there an 'e' at the end?) i think my brother has a similar gripe. when stuart was asking for things that people found sexy he wrote in about a catastrophe waitress that he knew in paris when he lived there that had this look of annoyance on her face whenever she dropped anything, this was 2001 and then that thing was in 2002 when the sexy thing ( can't you just hear hot chocolate) came out. he swore he would never buy another belle and sebastian cd again. that went out the window along with the dishes. right i'm off to practice my affectations ta ta jnthn +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+