Hmmm. I think perhaps it's time to stop hiding behind the curtains and announce my presence on the list. Not that I felt I had anything in particular to hide from - I just constantly find myself lurking and moping about and feel I ought to make an effort - my mum always said I could mope for England, not that that's anything to be proud of. Anyway. Here I am, sitting in my room in (currently rainy) Southampon, Hampshire (abbreviated Hants - why _is_ that?), England, sending messages down wires and across the world to people who don't even know me. Out of interest, are there many other people here from the South Coast (Southampton in particular, or even better the University)? No? Never mind. I suppose an introduction is in order - I'm 19, wear too many hats, and am bitter that I never quite made six feet. Grrrr. Will that do? Another thing: Does anyone here know how to console an inconsolable best friend who's just lost his girlfriend of 1.5 years? I am currently failing miserably, managing only to patronise and irritate. I suppose since I have failed so far to include any Belle and Sebastian content I should at least attempt a recommendation (music _almost_ counts, doesn't it?). So: everyone has to go to www.peoplesound.com, search for Carousels, and buy their album (which I believe is only available through peoplesound who I don't actually work for despite having mentioned their name twice in the same sentence. Dammit). It's great - kind of the Kinks mixed with Looper and lots of other things, only not, and they're unsigned so need lots of support. Hurrah, and suchlike. Well, I'm going to run off now, before I make myself look any more foolish than I already have done. Do I use brackets too much? I hate colds, and not sneezing. Mark O. +--------------------------------------------+ | http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~mjo199 | "Go to bed; brush your teeth; but don't | bother cutting your ears off". | - Ray, Rattle and Hum, Cheltenham +--------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+