Well. Some mad Greek bird said:

AndRew Williams hasn't posted for a while... why Andrew?

And you can't really argue with that. I'm lazy. I've become settled in my role as a perpetual lurker. I don't really have much to say. Last time I said something it all got taken the wrong way and ended in tears. I'll be more careful this time. So anyway, Vel and others have commented on the Divine Comedy splitting up. A very sad business. My view is that they went from being a big small band to being a small big band and it didn't quite work out. The world is a poorer place without them, and I for one do not believe that Divine Comedy=Neil Hannon. David Moore talked about the Gorkys album, and boy was he right. Shame it hasn't really sold that well, but isn't that always the way? Other things of great beauty: The Beachwood Sparks album, the Kevin Tihista album and the Tompaulin album. Right, that's the boring stuff out of the way. I work in London for a chain of shops, and have to sit in on/coordinate various meetings in the run up to Christmas. For work purposes, "Christmas" is defined as the period between the 5th of November (that's this Monday, kids) and January 14th. Now, in ballpark terms, this means that 1/6th of our lives are taken up with Christmas. Now, I dunno... I just think there's something wrong about this. I'd guess it's worse in the States, cos Halloween is a much bigger deal, right? But it seems to me it's only a matter of time before everyday is always "something" - don't get me wrong, if I worked as the guy who made up little rhymes in cards or something I'd be made up. Maybe it's just emotional overload. There just doesn't seem to be as much to get excited about anymore. Hmm. That wasn't very exciting either. With that, I'd better be off. I'll try to write again soon. It's possible that over the weekend someone from Sinister may be EXPOSED as a MURDERER. But I'll keep you posted. On a Belle & Sebastian related note, they played TBWTAS in the pub we were playing darts in the other night, which may go some way to explaining why I played so fantastically. Well, fantastically badly. all the best, Andrew. PS - Vel isn't really a mad Greek bird. I've heard she can cook pissed bird though. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+