irrelevant post with even less B&S content than usual. One Tree Hill is no more. Fans of U2, or ex-fans who were well into "The Joshua Treee" as a teenager will be shocked/sad/amused/interested to know that Auckland's "One Tree Hill" is no more. The 125 year-old tree, one of auckland's most recognisable landmarks, was cut down and airlifted away by helicopter today as it had become dangerous in its old age. Everyone here is very sad. yes, I know, I know, it was just a tree. Oh, and for the thousand or so of you who have *no* idea what 'm talking about, in Auckland there is this small mountain/big hill, called "One treee Hill". At it's summit is an obilisk monument and one giant pine tree. It's pretty much visible from all over auckland, and is very striking and beautiful. But a few years ago some Maori (ie. indigeous New Zealanders) attacked it with a chainsaw on a couple of occasions, as they saw the tree as "a symbol of colonial oppression", and it started to die, hence todays activity. And the U2 connection - the song was written for, and dedicated to, a long time roadie of the band, who was a New Zealander, and who died in a moter accident. Quite why I posted this I don't know ....... Anyway, take care everyone. Lawrence Mikkelsen +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+