Ladies and gentlemen, Some weeks ago, I was at our local church listening to our music group singing hymns and spiritual songs, and as I listened, I couldn't help but think what a fine Christmas album Belle and Sebastian would make if they put their minds to it. I've spent the last fifteen years half a world away, where the sun shines brightly at Christmas and a white Christmas is a preposterous idea. So it was that I had missed the joyful session from Peel Acres three years ago and in fact had no idea that such a thing had ever been - until this week. I have been fortunate enough to acquire a copy of it, and it's made me feel quite festive. Though the year has been a very difficult one, it's good to be here, and to share a Christmas in the northern hemisphere, where the nights are cold, dark and long and the lights are bright and cheering. Ian -- Ian W Halliday, BA Hons, SA Fin, ATMG, CL +44 772 546 2965 (GMT) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+