Hmm, One would think that leaving an electronic mailing list would be a very easy task. I've done it numerous times before. I was going to simply unsubscribe and have that be that, quietly fading away. But for some reason it just didn't feel right. So I just thought I'd let you know goodbye. I'd really rather not get into why I'm leaving, if only because doing so always sounds critical or vindictive, or at the very least a little too wistful. I certainly haven't stopped listening to the band, nor would I ever, I should expect. I will say that a large part of my staying on the list this long involved hearing about tour news. And I guess I got my wish, but as it seems there won't be any of relevance to me for a long time to come, staying on seems a bit silly. I don't want to come across like I'm angry at the band or the tour organizers for not coming to New York or any of the places on the East Coast. I consider myself lucky and I have seen them already, and even met some of them. Everyone should be so lucky. It's only that it's a bit frustrating to be dismissed. It was frustrating when I lived hours from the nearest place a band would even consider playing, and it's worse now because I know it's feasible for a band to play here, whereas playing in somewhere in the middle of the countryside is obviously not. I know I personally have flown halfway across the continent to see Belle & Sebastian, and driven some on top of that just to see them a second time. I feel it was worth it, but I don't find myself in the monentary position to do it a second time. Anyway, where was I? Well, I just want to say thanks to all the people I met from Sinister and #sinister. I'm sure I'll probably run into a few of you again. And to those I never met, thanks for making me smile every now and again. I'm sure I won't be able to resist peeking into the archives. Goodbye. Brian Pennington | cellophanesky@mac.com | AIM: aVespertineDream Semi-regular observations: <http://mcmcmc.scribble.nu> the Cellophane Sky: <http://www.mp3.com/thecellophanesky/> Sandcastle Records: <http://www.indiepages.com/sandcastle/> "Better a tear of truth than smiling lies." - Duncan Browne +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+