Hello everyone... i think i have probably posted maybe 3 times ever on the list but i have been receiving it for quite some time...therefore, nobody knows me, so i will introduce myself. my name is Moira and i'm from America (outside Philadelphia, incidentally), but i am in glasgow until christmas studying at the university of glasgow. this is the funny thing i have discovered...when i talk to people around here about music, when i mention belle & sebastian, they say something like, 'oh, yes, i've heard of them,' or 'i know one or two of their songs,' or, most surprisingly, 'who???' granted, none of the people i've asked have actually been from glasgow but they're all scottish (or sometimes english) and i would have thought they would be more familiar, but i know more americans who listen to them than scots, so far (of course, most of those americans are my friends who i've forced to listen to my b&s records and eventually converted into fans, with very little effort on my part...but it doesn't matter!). i find this all a bit strange. and when i went into fopp's yesterday they had only TBWTAS and tigermilk...no EPs, no sinister, just those two. i was very upset about this because i had intended to complete my collection by buying dog on wheels, but i will have to wait until i find a record shop or go back to america. i did pick up the divine comedy's 'fin de siecle' on sale for #7...they are having a huge sale on lots of quality items so if anyone is in the market for cheap records i would suggest stopping in and having a look. anyway...since none of my friends here can help me by alerting me to upcoming b&s-related events in glasgow, i would be most appreciative if you all would let me know when things are occurring because i would be most excited to attend...i always get very jealous, reading about picnics and club nights and things from my computer in the states and now i can actually join in, yay!!! so please keep the updates coming, and let me know of anything else in glasgow and the surrounding areas (i.e. the UK) that i may be interested to know. p.s. brandt, yes, you are absolutely right to feel the way you do about your mother's situation (sorry i can't quote the original message here...) -- i would feel the same way. but it's always a precarious situation to try and give advice to your parents about their personal lives, especially when they know you're right and they're wrong -- they don't like to hear that from their children. but every once in a while my parents ASK for my opinion and it is quite refreshing. THANK YOU one and all!!! this city is lovely and i don't want to leave in 9 weeks. xoxo moira ===== Moira Kulik Queen Margaret Hall 55 Bellshaugh Road Kirklee Glasgow G12 OSQ Scotland 0141.334.2192 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+