I wrote : <<Hate to say it but it does seem to be pretty dull these days. The list was much better in the old days, when the fans were REAL and the people writing to the list were BETTER like when Moses used to pitch in with his comments about Stuart's early tracks like "Missed the bus lost my mess" . Liked Martin Horsefield's bit about casuals... etc.>> Then someone else wrote quoting my bit above : <<Right, I don't want to sound tooo elitist, but considering that there have been QUITE a few posts from listmembers whinging about how much better the list used to be and how awful the list is now (probably because of posts like this one that you're reading!), i do have a suggestion based on a real-life mailinglist experience which has actually worked:>> Which I found funny, I don't think I've ever been accused of being an elitist before. Seems a bit strange given the nature of my quote. I mean I know some people might be a bit slow on the uptake, but as far as I remember, Moses never was on the Belle and Sebastian list - and I don't think Stuart writes songs about losing his mess, at least not without couching them in "being stuck to the sheets" style language. In any case, just to clarify, what I wrote above is a joke. Not serious, it's true the mailing list is clogged up with a lot of pointless posts, I mean, I'd be lying if I said otherwise, but in reality there's no greater percentage of shite than there ever was, just actually more of it now. I suppose when you get two hundred mails in your mailbox Ps : Just to clarify, in case people didn't read the Duke's message clearly enough - here's a summary - he's got the new EP Hey, I think this'll be the first time I've sent a mail to the list at the weekend. Cheers, Keith. In my CD Player : Nothing +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+