a great man, answering to "dirk", wisely wrote: << crackbabies,>> too well put <clears throat> ahem, well now down to business! With 3000 mostly unread digests in the old in-box I'm winging it, but have to agree with whoever said they were disappointed by the new version of MRS. Only lucid when he's writing songs, is it? so i guess now the hotshot pop star is too busy jetting to and fro a flashy mercedes or limo or gremlin or whatever to be bothered with taking buses like us normal folk. Man, that is so WEAK, the one common link i had with Stuart Murdoch "being lucid while on buses" and he ain't down with that no longer. Weak, I said, weak... *sigh* Isobel's songs are..cute I guess, but her work just seems slightly immature. <hides from lesley jo behind the couch> there is nothing inherently *wrong* with that but especially alongside Stuart's work, it's like she needs time to develop as an artists/singer/lyricist. "and who the hell do you think you are?" you ask, "I suppose you could do better? have YOU ever tried writing anything?" As a matter of fact, yes, I write songs. Okay, wrote. One song. Once. When I was 12. like to hear it? here it goes: "Baby Don't you care for me?/ if love is blind why can i see/ I've got to know, because I love you so/ I want a new contract on love" It's imaginatively titled "Contract on Love". You can see why I never wrote more after that. Kind of a hard standard to follow. And please, don't use any of the lyrics without obtaining proper permission first. As far as Stuart M being in MM without permission, well is it really *that* surprising they did it?? it's hardly like they're some bastion of journalistic integrity... there was an interview in Select a couple months ago, the interviewer was instructed one thing only: not to bring up Mike D's marriage, so naturally the first question asked was "so, how's married life?" typical. A couple of months ago, I wrote in begging for companionship during my two week trip to England, and a few of you who really didn't know any better were kind enough to respond, so, if you are still available please get in touch and let me know!! I will be over (london/glasgow) from 12/27 to 1/10 and am left totally without plans. Except for seeing New Order at AllyPally on NYE (some of you are going?? write me!! i need someone to kiss at midnight! oh yeeah) and the Brighton Sinister meet-up, if it's still on. (?) Saint Etienne!! tonight!! you'll be there or be square! or just not be there!! Time to go back to work... here's a predicament: there's a new guy who started here, and well, we didn't really get along at first. And twice now I've accidentally discovered him looking at <whispers> "rude" photos on the internet. Seems the poor fellow is completely oblivious to the fact that our employer monitors all internet usage. Should I bury the hatchet, tell him and save him from a potentially embarrassing situation before it's too late? or just continue in my current mode of doing nothing but thinking, "well, DUH, doesn't he realize they'll find out???" tata for now, Tara Some of you remember the girl (Julie, right?) who wrote about her experience on the "love Bus" in San Francisco not long ago?? Bad news, mes cheries... The singing bus operator.... who spread the message of love and togetherness to his frustrated and weary commuters through the gift of music, has been ordered to stop his singing. There is some ordinance or code that says bus drivers can only use their intercom for announcing upcoming stops and similar nonsense. the world has just become a little less kinder :*( +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+