Christ, I'm feeling better finally and I wake up to all this anger in my inbox. I spent yesterday, after having teeth ripped from my skull,all four of them impacted, alternately passing out and throwing up. Yeh, turns out I have an adverse reaction to anesthesia and strong pain killers. My advice for the day, if you can avoid seeing your food in reverse through bloody guaze, by all means, avoid it. I spent the night in excruciating pain because I wouldn't take anymore pain killers to avoid the unpleasantry mentioned above. And I can only eat soft food. I never want to see jello or pudding again as long as I live. The teeth dont even really hurt anymore. My mouth tastes of mangled gums and blood and stitches. My dad couldn't believe the size of the sutures they got in there, I'm a mess. Now I've got a bit to say on the whole East Coast rant. Both parties have made their respective points, and all the anger and harsh words have even prompted some to want to leave the list. I think it's time for a cease fire. As Mr. Peter Carter pointed out to me "If you want a band that's all for the fans, go with Westlife." He's right you know. The whole reason we like belle and sebastian is that their commitment to their music is stronger than anything else. If they were swayed by every whinging fan, then what kind of band would they be. I think most of us understand that for us, who are not directly involved with the band, to expect to have any control over where they go and what they do is a bit ridiculous. In a bit of defence for the angry americans (not much though mind you) it is terribly frustrating to know that your favorite band will be in your country and you won't be able to see them. Still a "Please come and see us over here when you do get the chance" would've been much more appropriat e than the "fuck you for not coming to see us now" that we got. Still, I think Neil's comment about the Kyoto treaty was entirely uncalled for. Making a comment that basically takes a cheap shot at the entire country is not necessary to tell of a few people that have made you angry. The fact that they may have made similarly unreasonable comments is no excuse. If you're going to try to be the voice of reason, you ought to rise above the antics of those being unreasonable. The comment doesn't even make much sense because: A: You cannot assume that because people are upsetting you, they must have voted for an asshole. B: Most of us didn't vote for Bush. C: Most of us HATE Bush. D: An awful lot of us have very pleasant dreams about Bush's assasination. E: A startlingly vast majority of us had absolutely no say in the whole kyoto treaty mess, and believe it or not, seeing as we didn't vote for him, cannot be held responsible for the actions of President Fuckwit and his Fuckwit administration. F: There have been plenty of Americans who defended your side, and they really didn't deserve to be subjected to cheap potshots at their country. So in closing I'd like to suggest that east coasters exercise a little patience, and those who angry east coasters have upset, exercise a little discipline and we can all move on from this needless unpleasantry and let the list return to being solely a group of happy hugging fucked in the head psycho fans that we've all grown to love. Hugs for each and every one of you, Kara Jean* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+