Dear Sinister, Gosh, a room full of faces. Most of them look friendly. many of them look quite pretty, too! I've been lurking for a couple of months, just to soak up the atmosphere, and now, with a deep breath... I'm afraid i'm here to bore you with yet another introduction. Hello, I'm peter harris, soon to be a non-teenager as i hit the 20. Unlike when i play darts... Rather than explain myself, i'll tell you my top ten albums. They probably speak volumes. Shack - HMS Fable (1999) Mr Briggs - Landscape And Liability (1999) Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) Pavement - Terror Twilight (1999) Belle And Sebastian - Tigermilk (1997) Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (2000) Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992) Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) REM - Automatic For The People (1992) Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) They are only my favourites as I can genuinely say i love each song off them, many have come close, but these ten made it. I have been moved to post by some of your wonderful prose. Is it weird speaking about 1400-odd people as a single entity? So many fractions making up a whole must be almost unique. Anyway, Ken Chu said: 'Ahh, yes, a fellow late night poker enthusiast. The next question for Chris though, should be "Can you explain the dealer button to us?"' "Well, it's a disc which moves one seat round the table each hand. The player to the immediate left posts a compulsory bet known as the small blind, then the player to their left posts double that figure, the big blind. That's what gets the action going. Insofar as i have a profession outside of being a university student (Social Anthropology and Archaeology, sounds swish - isn't), my leading money-making venture is in the world of hold 'em poker (£60 this academic year). Anyone want copies of Late Night Poker series 3,4,5 and 6? (including Beans!)? email me! For those of you not so card-savvy, may i recommend the film 'Rounders', starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Malkovich. Very enjoyable, even if you don't tickle the felt. In reference to the 'war', my grandad taught me that listening to people's opinions is enough. May i be so bold as to direct you to 'Amused to Death' by Roger Waters; he lost his father in world war 2 and i think the album speaks volumes about modern conflict and the nature of "civilised" humanity. I think all the problems in the world stems from one thing - unhappiness. So, i do as much as i can to make people happy - grass roots stuff, just smiling at people, giving unexpected presents, saying nice things at the right time. If you can make others happy, you are doing the most powerful thing possible. Incidentally, i think the happiest spice is cinnamon. I had it for all 3 meals the other day and was super-happy. Is there a greater spice?? Just before i go, i'll drum up some content. I am glad that the band are the reason for so many fine minds existing on sinister. I appreciate the causes that the band support; it says something about a band when they will headline a charity concert. Using music to increase social awareness. It works. Much to my chagrin, i am too poor to afford a concert ticket; i have seen them a couple of times before, so i may just put on a CD and dance around my bedroom that night. Anyway, that's all for now; sorry to those of you who hate these lack-of-content emails, but i suppose if this had been a blistering email, improvement would have been impossible. Much love, Peter x __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+