Okay, after reading the latest digest I just had some issues I wanted to get my thoughts out about. THE SINISTER MANIFESTO I found this interesting, but the word Manifesto always makes me frightened, because it always says to me "let me tell you how to live your life." Now I am not saying this in Megan's case (although I did wonder what brought said manifesto on...) but with the recent politcal climate in the US, what with the elephant dung Virgin Mary and the Christian Coalition getting together for a powwow last week, I am a bit wary of people asseritng their ideology lately. I refuse to push my thoughts on anyone--but I am frankly getting tired of people wanting to decide for me how to live my life. I am 24 years old and I am a big boy and can make my own decisions, and if I choose to assert my wish to see an elephant dung Virgin Mary (which frankly is more interesting than the usual virgin mary's I've seen about) then I will go see it, Rudy Guiliani and the Christian Coalition be damned. I want public funds to go for it as well, because I am part of the public and I pay taxes and I think that people should be given an opportunity to see it. NALDA SAID I am of course intrigued by Stuart's foray into print, but I am also weary of such things. I have consciously passed up novels by Peter Farrelly and Stephen Fry (two people I find very funny/entertaining in the media that I was introduced to them in) because of that very fact. I often wonder WHY people are being published and if they received their initial fame through a different media, I will be suspect. My main issue here is that I doubt Stuart David would have been granted the ability to publish Nalda Said had he not been "Stuart David of Belle and Sebastian fame," something that is the first thing pointed out in the author bio on the Amazon.com UK web page for Nalda Said. I will reserve such judgement until after I have read the book however. I'M NOT DOWN OFF THE SOAPBOX YET I was dismayed to find out today that the media giant that owns half of the radio stations in Cleveland is buying the company that owns the other half. So much for radio quality. Sorry but 2 college radio stations and an NPR station are small oases of hope and they seem to be getting swallowed up. I LOVE IT WHEN... Someone thinks a job is too menial for them so they make me or another hard working person do it instead. I always want to say, "Boy, do you know how to get on the right side of the worker's rights guy." MAYBE THE SUN WILL SHINE TODAY My gran had some awful cancer surgery today and made it through. We feared the worst and she ended up making it, but she has a long road to go. Thanks for letting me vent. Brandt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+