Dear Sinister, I hope you are all well. I have been enjoying Mark C's posts about his furious cleaning habits. I'd hire him to put some of that energy around here so that I could stop using the floor and actually study from a desk...alas there's too many socks piled on it. I was listening to the recent Christmas show B&S played in Glasgow, how lovely the whole night sounded! Everyone happy and singing along with drunken rosy cheeks. Just what is this disco-y 'Cool for Cats' song that everyone knew? I feel like it's some big in-joke that I'm just not getting, like "shoddaywodday". Now what's this, a Belle and Sebastian treasure hunt? David Moore why didn't you tell us?!? I ventured to your K Watson link and stumbled upon the news. ************************************************************************ http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home/ Too much time on your hands? There is to be a treasure hunt. In the cities of Edinburgh, Manchester and London there will be hidden three trophies. If you find one of these trophies, you and a friend will be able to come to whichever B&S British show you want, all three if you so desire. And at one of the shows you can come back and have a beer with us if you'd like, as well. All you have to do is find one of the things! But I'm not going to make it that easy. It's going to be a wee bit of a task, and your going to have to know something about the city in which you are looking. You are going to have to find letters. I will give you a clue as to the location of each letter. When you have found them all, unscramble the letters and get the final clue that ought to lead you to the loot! More details, and the clues to follow in the next couple of weeks. I trust there will be a few you that will make the effort. And I tell you this, whoever finds the London one will really have to strain their brains! But we'll see.. Stuart ************************************************************************ I've always wanted to do a real one, even after reading Christopher Pike's Scavenger Hunt! It all seems so fun and plus Struan is sounding all mysterious and Willy Wonkaish. I love the suspense. Can't you just imagine slightly evil oompa loompas in specially-fitted tiny cardigans escorting you to a secret lair? Délicieux! The ultimate prize should be that after resisting him for the whole day Struan and I dance that final pas de deux between the nutcracker prince and the sugar plum fairy in The Nutcracker. It could all be so beautiful. Kisses, Genevieve p.s. If anyone wants to mail me for fun their thoughts concerning the Yeats poem "Leda and the Swan" feel free. I won't complain! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+