all this sexuality talk has been getting me hot at work...i might duck out for a quick wank. ian wrote: "good luck with finding a gay boy who's into belle and sebastian." it's not impossible...of course, i'm in san francisco and if you're searching for a girl who's a boy who likes boys to be girls who likes dogs when on wheels, well, trust me, they're out there...one night we were at a club and a local paper was there taking personal ads (for free drinks) and i was really "happy", so i wrote one that started "arab-strapped boy"...well a rather smart-sounding fellow named jim answered it, telling me how he couldn't believe there was another guy into belle & sebastian...well that was before bowlie and we never got the chance to meet, but 'those' boys are definitely out there...or maybe i just answered my own ad. hmmm. as for gay bars being worse than hetero bars...ha! you obviously haven't been cruising the het scene lately...drinking? people looking to laid? bad music? not in straight bars!! never!! although i do have to say that the indie nights in london do have a freshness that most places here lack. i was at room 2 a few weeks ago after bowlie and not only was it excellent to hear TBWTAS, but it was great to see such a mixed crowd...girls kissing boys...boys kissing boys...it's wasn't about sexuality--it was about dancing to good music. full stop. as for those of you considering the sex industry, one warning: i deal with sex a lot with my job and i have friends who are sex workers, and while san francisco in general provides a sex-positive environment, i've seen it take its toll mentally (as well as physically). innocence lost is never fully regained. and finally, my book recommendation is "geek love" by katherine dunn...it was the first book i read when i moved to california...i picked it up off the floor of some guy's flat where i spent the night and i couldn't put it down...pure imaginative genius...disgusting and beautiful at the same time. it made me cry and that takes a lot. cheers. jim. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+