Interesting argument re: supression of the wider worldview via sedation (at least, that's the way I read it - forgive me if my interpretation appears glib). I suspect that in 'reality', Holden would have been sent to EST (or whatever the acronym is that Lou Reed went through - ECT? ETC? ET AL?). Holden in the '90s.... Lithium, I'd have thought, as opposed to Prozac. I did the doc administered anti-depressant thing and psychoanalysis too when I was about 17, and personally I think it helped. It certainly didn't stifle creativity. Having said that, my father still blames my depressive 'episodes' on having listened to too much Smiths. I think he blames my sexuality on that too. <g>. Nice poovetahsexual strand on the list, btw. Sorry, I know this is neither a Manics mailing list nor a Mail-A-Confessional service, so let's move on.... 1) The song in the B&S documentary ("You were always the queen of the disco - you're the Kellogs to my Nabisco" - sounds a tad like London Has Let Me Down Again)..... is this Rhoda?? Anyone? 2) Just seen Notting Hill. Slightly smilesome/feelgood, but ultimately vapid. And overridingly irritating. Now there's a shock. As for Costello's cover of Aznovaur's She - did he have to? 3) Re-read Franny & Zooey today. Salinger is very negative, innit? (LOL). Has anyone seen the film of Cocteau's Les Enfants Terrible? (possibly my favourite book along with The Secret History and various Auster 'tomes'). If so, should I seek it out, or will it kill my love of the novel? 4) I'm working on a new B&S convert - a fashion journalist/designer/stylist friend of mine who admired my Stow tee. I sold 'em too him as being kinda Simon & Garfunkel (well, he likes S&G). He's very prone to hearing music and saying "That would be GREAT for a catwalk show"... so if B&S pop up in Milan in three seasons time, it's probably my fault. Apologies in advance... Pip pip! Stephen. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+