Alas this is not a post about the wonderous Fannies themselves, although I loved Rod's postcard story and would certainly second his emotion about the inability to stop a huge grin ruling your face while they do their banter - lovely people. No it's just that a thought struck me about being in the Belle and Sebastian Fanclub. Coz it then struck me (ouch) that the only other fanclub i've been in was for...........Big Country! Aaah - the Country Club as it was known. How I adored their bagpipe rocking antics, how i defended them against the snide remarks of my peers that all their songs sounded the same, how I loved to stroll around in my "country club" T-shirt with the epic slogan "Stay Alive in 85" (a good idea when you considered the alternative...). What a sad and lonely young man I was. And we never had any picnics. On my last trip to Glasgow I saw that "the Country" are playing again. I was wondering if it was the original line up or had there been a break away and perhaps a rival Big Country had started up in the wake of the internecine Bucks Fizz debacle. It was then I realised I had too much time on my hands. xx John ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------