[...altering here and there for the readership....] 1st post i liked what christine irene said earlier and did not have a problem with it... i thought the phone prank was a s#$tty thing to do in this time and felt good that someone was making note of it. there are a lot of young men/women who see the issue as very cut-n-dry... 'listen to radiohead and b&s....hate bush... and americans...i will get up on a soap box for that' maentality (maybe it was her radiohead comment - who knows?) there are all kinds of reasons to hate the usa. i am older and sense an otherness on sinister. i read sparingly here and there. i know that there are other realities at play and that i don''t have a great deal in common with a lot of the posters. (i work-n-have debts-n-what not.) there is some semblance of well wishing and peace....and kindness, i.e. posts on the spice cinnamon, witty fashion advice, very good writing, and what not but underlying are these (and i will say) young men.... who seem a little angry...or at best fussy... we do all love b&s, see the genius, and have gathered here...but i don't have to be an anarchist or anti-american to hang and will endeavor to enjoy it on some level. i am writing without knowledge of what the members of b&s themselves think of the the world...but i don't think their views are in lock step with the dixie chicks...or the palestinians...(nor are mine) or that each and every member of sinister are in some symbiotic borg existence/mindset together... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+