Dear Stacey and everyone else, Much like Lucy, I, too, wouldn't have any real friends if it wasn't for Sinister. The friends I made on it are the sort I've always dreamt of having but never had. Oh, I tried, but it never worked. Do you know the Television Personalities song Smashing Time? I had dreamt of days like the ones described in it even before I heard it, which was before I joined Sinister; my friends at the time never seemed to have the time or the will to do simple, silly things with style, love and a bit of happiness. Sinister is where I found them. I also love Sinister for: - All the things it ever gave me: great friends, places to travel to, the best birthday party ever and Ken! Who made me dance on said party and to whom I am forever grateful. - The inspiration it often gives me. Sometimes by simply sending a great piece of writing to my inbox. - Picnics! And clubnights! They are great fun. - The fact that I think it takes a lot of people who live in their own worlds and puts them together. I honestly think that: I think almost everyone on the list would stick out in a crowd one way or another. - The fact that, much as it's not perfect as I used to think it is, it is still better than the rest of the world, kinder, more understanding and loving and well-meaning, and it makes wonderful things happen. As for Belle and Sebastian... I liked them long before I joined Sinister, so I must had other reasons. 1999 seems like a long, long time ago but I'll try to remember, just for you. At first, I liked their name. Then, I liked Stuart's voice... and the fact that you can sing along to them (although I can only do it badly). When I started getting addicted to them, I liked their pop-ness and their insightfull lyrics. Stuart's writing is like opening a window to a place people usually neglect to look, I just loved that. I loved his voice, his innocence and kindness and the way he said 'oh love of mine, would you condescent to help me cause I'm stupid and blind'. And the fact that he bothered to say it. Oh if everyone was a little like that... Love, of all sorts, Dimitra Daisy xx ~~~~~ And the children stayed children, and they lived in their dreams. http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/ _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+