Having searched high & low (ok, Fopp, Avalanche and Virgin) for anything by The Karelia I've finally had a tape sent to me from my friend who's in prison in Greece. See where breaking those copyright laws can get ya! But the packaging of my copy must be better than anything legal. Having time on his hands (about another 5 months) he has covered the cassette with the cigarette box foil, and lined the case with the packaging from the cigarette box. It's beautiful. Just in case this sounds a peculiar way to pack a cassette, Karelia are a brand of Greek ciggies, as some of you know. Go out and find a copy of 'Divorce at High Noon'. My friend describes them as "smartly dressed snobs with dirty minds and occasionaly dirty mouths" and the album as a "sort of twisted more cabaret-ish 'Casanova'". He's right. On the subject of British swearing: I didn't want to do it, I just couldn't remmember guano. If our bad language sounds cute to those across the pond, why doesn't "motherf*!#@ers sound nice to me? Countdown to Stars in Their Eyes, and Dawsons Creek. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------