I was spacing out in front of the telly just the other day and a commercial for the ESPN Xgames came on with the first song from the Looper record playing (forgive me for not knowing the name...the one with the little girls joyously bouncing off the walls and whatnot). I thought it a bit odd at first, being that the Xgames is an annual quasi-Olympics for "extreme sports" like rollerblading, street luge, skateboarding, skydiving etc., but in the end it didn't seem so crazy for some reason. I still can't see the head honchos of ESPN sitting around a big, huge meeting table and as one of them gets up to spin the Looper disc, the others immediately jump to their feet shouting "That's it! Thats the Xgames!" Maybe its just me. Odd that Looper has already apparently superceded B&S in terms of popularity over here... I applied recently to a local record store in my weak attempt to become a member of the working class for the summer. Mind you this isn't an extremely hip record store (its on the borderline; they carry TBTWAS and Up A Tree but there computer shows no evidence of Felt's existance at all) but its a nice place I suppose, though a bit pricey. They seem pretty nice and all, and I had a few friends who work there put in a good word for me, but I'm a bit leery as to whether its a smart move to make music my business rather than my love. Maybe its being a bit to paranoid but I'm afraid that dealing with music and CDs as my sole source of income day in and day out will somehow strip it of its magic and innocence and as a result I will turn on my one true love (very dramatically) and instantly tranform myself into a CPA or something. Can anyone who has any andecdotes or knowledge of this area let me know what I'm for if I get the job? I'd appreciate any and all help because its between this and bagging for old women in the local supermarket and I need to reach a decision soon before I'm screwed out of both of them. Well I'm off to bed Steve C. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+