Howdy folks, I don't know if it's the winter making everyone a tad wistful and melancholy or if Zoloft is putting its plan for world domination into effect by decreasing the amount of dopimine in everyone's brain, but the list has been a bit (ok, alot) drab, dull and repetitive over the past couple of months. I thought it was just me, but I talked to a few long-time and ex-Sinistereens and they noticed it to: the list has really changed recently. I remember when I first signed on about a year ago when it was alot of charismatic folk talking about interesting things and new bands, and it was a helluva lot more drunken and debaucherous than it is now. Between Nick Dasto(o)r, Genevieve, Trousers Paula Cullen, Blake, etc., you never knew what you were going to read each day when you opened your mail. I can honestly remember opening all 30 mails I would recieve a day and not skimming or deleting one until it was read; now I don't have the time or interest to read more than a scant handful. Now it seems the list is bent on the mundane and most especially the "twee" as it were. You can almost categorize the postings into three groups: a) "the things I did today that are fairly commonplace" (include token B&S moment), b) "the girl/guy who broke my heart and I have to see them everyday/every now and again and it makes things awkward," which should probably fit under "a" but sheer volume demands its on category, and c) "I'm new to the list please love me," which in my opinion is the only one excusable; (it goes without saying that George Dickie is in a category of his own, I beg you to contine posting!). What happened? The old guard is nowhere to be seen except on rare occasions and I swear its almost like one person a day jaunts from the nursery. Its almost enough to make your head spin trying to keep up with the changing face of Sinister. I think Honey did the right thing by reminding everyone to only post when you have something worthwhile or downright barn-burning to say, and I just wanted to emphasize that not only is the list admin sick of reading 30 identical emails a day but pretty much everyone on the list is fed up as well. I know more than a handful of people who have unsubbed because of it or are planning to very soon, and many of them were people who gave the list its mischevious character way back when. I guess I just miss the old rabble-rousing, drunken, fun-loving, irreverent Sinister that thumbed its nose at everything the public thought we were and just really enjoyed everyone else's company and opinions. The new list is tame and sappy to be blunt. With the influx of so many new faces I think we can really have an interesting and insightful list that can be your best friend and a source of wit and hilarity. It's got a great foundation and a loving Mummy, and if we can all learn how to make the list its best I think we'll all be much, much more satisfied. Off the soapbox... Steve C. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Which Paul?" "BLAH!" visit http://callowkids.tripod.com or your crush will hate you forever +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+