Hi sinister people, I've been coaxed into making a first post, quite possibly inspired by new newfound knowledge that i'm not the only brisbane person on the list (hey steven). Its all a bit scary - all these established fans with their bittersweet stories, their in-jokes and their seemless integration of belle and sebastian quotes into everyday language. (Who'd ever have thought belle and sebastian fans could be intimidating?) Well my name's nick, i'm 19 and i'm from brisbane australia. Its exciting that there are more brisbane people out there, feel free to send me messages if you like. My musical life changed forever a few months ago when someone from uni unwittingly gave me The Boy With The Arab Strap and Belle and Sebastian turned from being one of those bands that "i've always been meaning to get into" to one which i most certainly was. A number of albumns later and i'm attempting to convert everyone.. the Boy remains my number one, though. On another bris-related note, is anyone out there going to see the gorgeous augie march next thursday? Strange bird soothes (addle brains), excites (train) and amazes (drowning dream) me and i'm looking forward to it intensely. Any other augie fans? Finally, I'm going to be going to San Fransisco in December and I was wondering if there was anyone from there (with similar music tastes) who could maybe fill me in on some of the venues or give me any helpful internet sites.. Thanks beautiful people! (that wasn't so hard) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+