There are also choir seats and some really bad sightline seats which you can't really sell.

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I KNOW! I was in the Schools Prom in 1996 (ah, when I was but a wee A-level student. How time flies) and the choir I was in was placed in

Hmm, I really do think that Radiohead fans just don't like music

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Thank you very much, mister. I personally hate all tunefulness, truth and beauty. I only like eardrum-shattering squeals and strange clankings sounds, and would much prefer it if all pop music vocals were done by the computerised voice from Fitter, Happier. Then, oh if only,

Hello all you people. I am extremely worried about certain members of the list who appear to be showing symptoms of technical competence and awareness of mechanical issues in relation to music recording systems: <<A CD player reads a single circuit on a CD and the sum of all the bits on that circuit doesn't match the checksum stored at the end of that circuit then it will skip. All oversampling CD players do is attempt to read the circuit a number of times in an attempt to get it correct before actually playing it, they will also skip if unable to match the checksum.>> This is very scary, and should be stopped as soon as possible, preferably by electro-shock "therapy". Or with huge amounts of psycho-repressive drugs. Or something. On the subject of mental health, did anyone apart from me and my friend Charlotte watch or remember the series Taking Over The Asylum which was on a couple of years ago on BBC 2? For those who didn't, it was about a double-glazing salesman who was also an amateur radio DJ who got relegated to the post of spare-time Station Head at a mental hospital in Glasgow, and the various japes (suicide, job loss, Spike Milligan) which ensued. I just mention it because a)it was fantashtic; b)it had a kind of B&S feel to it, now that I come to think about it, in the sort of hopelessly grim romanticism which we all know and love. Regarding the Albert Hall: those selfsame choir stalls (not unnaturally) which proceeded to terrify us: we were very high up, we were next to the bass organ pipes (pretty fuckin' loud, since you ask), the leg-room is cripplingly absent, and we were all in permanent danger of leaning too far out while standing up to sing and falling right out of the bastards. These pieces of furniture are NOT comfortable places to be, take my word for it, darlings. Having said that, however, the Hall itself is a lovely place, although I'm not quite sure what purpose the giant ceramic mushrooms suspended from the ceiling serve. the world would be a much better place. Oh, and it goes without saying that I revile Belle & Sebastian too. Obviously. I'll just go off and drown some kittens now shall I, with Pablo Honey playing in the background.

If one must decide which cartoon characters the members of Belle and Sebastian have a resemblance to, then it recently occurred to me how much Stuart M. reminds me of Tintin, the reporter.

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No no no! Stuart is the cartoon Sebastian from the 80s series, still looking for his mum and getting into amusing situations with circuses and the like,

and the Dog On Wheels is Snowy

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OBVIOUSLY, it's Belle, the Pyreneean Mountain dog from the series. Good grief, have you no soul? People have written to the list about a 70s live-action series called Belle & Sebastian, which I, not being born until 1978, did not glimpse. Was the later cartoon series based on the live-action one, or is it a particularly spooky coincidence?

HoneyPaul, great online photties of the band at Manchester. Mmm, I never knew looking up La Murdoch's nostrils would be so alluring... Are there going to be more pictures? I particularly want to see the lauded vixen Mick, and also Wee Chris's pantaloons. Anyway, I believe I'm supposed to be going down to the darkroom to develop some pictures of a wall or something, so I'd better go now. Oh, can anyone recommend a starter album of Scott Walker? Neil Hannon does sound awfully like him, doesn't he? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------