Hello Sinister I was going to write the Saturday before last, when I first saw Liz's picture on News 24. I picked up my mobile and three times recomposed a text to the one person I know [personally] who I thought had also met Liz. But I couldn't get the words right. I wasn't grieving: whichever way I looked at it, and I always try to avoid bandwagonning other people's grief. But, as ever, it's the kindness and sensitivity of others in the aftermath that touches me - the generosity of strangers, the bravery of the survivors. It's the sign outside The Castle pub in Islington that says 'We are not afraid!', even though some of us are. I met Liz twice I think - once at the Astoria Karaoke (she made light work of 'Heart of Glass', and I *think* at one of the London picnics. She was a genuinely lovely person, it seemed to me, and I feel for those who're missing her At the same time, I feel for the families of the bombers - those of them who were completely in the dark about their brother's, son's, cousin's intentions. Surely their grief is twofold. And I feel for the innocent people who live in those communities, and the police and community leaders who are now faced with the possibility of a backlash. I feel for my Goddaughter: the youngest Sinisterine; whose first birthday is tomorrow. I worry what sort of place the world will be when she starts to become aware of it.  I wonder if she'll lose a friend some day, and I wonder what I could possibly say to help ease her pain Last week I listened to Antony and the Johnson's 'Hope there's someone' and it made me feel much better, so I'll probably lend her that. Take care of yourselves Lorraine +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+