At the risk of being redundant, after so many people have spoken so eloquently on the matter: A band is a band. It lives as one, travels as one, plays as one, gets sick as one. The band did the right thing by cancelling the show, though it is a shame that so many people were inconvenienced. At least those people didn't have to be rushed to the hospital in a foreign country in the middle of a tour to play for hysterical fans. And on a more trivial note: even if they were to consider playing without a member, it's not as if Isobel is just some guitarist who can learn the songs in a minute (and believe me, I mean no offense to anyone by that). How many people play cello and sing like her? Now that my two cents are in I do hope Isobel is better and that the rest of the tour proceeds smoothly, for band and fans alike. aaron === atieger@rocketmail.com auger/anvil "So goodbye, so long, the road calls me dear and your tears cannot bind me anymore And farewell to the girl with the sun in her eyes I'll kiss you and then I'll be gone" --Tom Waits _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail, free e-mail for the planet. * Visit & explore Cybersmith at http://www.cybersmith.com * Get your web-based e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+