Hi sinister people, I have been a lurker for some time now, and I figured it was time to say hello to all you lovely people, and to introduce myself. I must say that I have enjoyed all of your posts over the last few moths, and they have kept me both entertained, amused and informed, a huge big thank you to you all... My name is Liz and I am currently attending the lovely university in Aberystwyth (some of you may of heard of it, if enough have, and live near or in this wonderful town, maybe we could have a picnic before the weather turns evil), studying geography of all things, and generally making a nuisance of myself in the union as a writer of reviews for the student magazine and a DJ for the student radio station. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the person on this list who introduced me to the wonderful Australian band, Sodastream, of whom I own their LP 'enjoy', and am currently waiting for their current album to become available through Rocketgirl. I must also hasten to add that I fell in love with Belle & Sebastian through a friend of mine, and fellow sinisterine, Jonny Howell (hello!), ever since I was dragged to Scarborough to see them play live, of which I must also give thanks to Big Stu, who provided the transport, and I must admit I have liked them ever since. In reply to the person (sorry can't remember your name) who asked what sinister means, and I can answer that with some confidence. Sinister actually means 'left-handed', which I believe is a bit unfair, as it is also associated with evil,wickedness, dark, foreboding and menacing. Not that I am suggesting for one moment that any of you lovely people are any of the above of course. Also I have had the opportunity to listen to the debut offering from the Strokes, and I must say that I do like it quite a lot, but then I also like Dinosaur Jr, REM and Skunk Anansie, (as well as many others), so you are free to take my opinion with a very large and crusty lump of salt! Well that's enough ramblings from a first timer, I'm sure you'll here from me again, The ever lovely, though somewhat strange, Liz xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+