So there I was, trying to be grown up and inflict some order into my life by the tried and tested and BBC2 recommended system of throwing things away (well actually, I think you’re meant to do car boot sales and a crusher but they’re too wet and distressing) when I realised how much my accumulated stuff said about me. Well, I think it must give interesting and profound insights into my life, but I can’t really work it out so I thought I’d *share* with you because, well, just because. Anyway, what does owning four copies of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (the play, not the video or more advanced entertainment media) say? And what am I supposed to do with all the copies? I mean, the first one (Heinemann hb) was stolen from my Secondary school when I was a 3rd year and the best English teacher ever (Mrs Ellias) decided to *do* Shakespeare with us. Ok, so she started the whole thing by reading ‘Across the Barricades’ and then playing Dire Straits (no prizes for guessing which song), but I loved it (the play, not Dire Straits) so much I stole the book. Each copy sort of relates to bits of my life, but why I ever felt the need to have more than one copy is beyond me. Unfortunately, the decision as to which to keep and which to crush is also beyond me. I also appear to have a need for tippex. Eight bottles/pens/micey things. How did they get into my flat? How come there is never one around when I need one? I think they sneak in when all my pens sneak out. That’s the only explanation. I should really try to bring this round to music at some point in a cool and subtle way, but as the amount of tippex indicates, subtlety isn’t my forte. I now either have the choice of making some cleverish statement along the lines of putting the book(s) back on the shelf or just crashing into another topic. I choose crash, who wouldn’t? Bright Eyes: Lifted (etc). As many superlatives as you like about the album BUT what is that first track about? It’s enough to put you off the whole thing. In fact, the only reason I listened past it is because I’m too lazy to get up and turn it off and Belle was asleep on my lap. But it’s perplexing (good word, that one), listen now, and listen past track one (or just press ‘next’). To anyone who’s made it this far, well done. V. impressed. Now go and dance in the rain. Elle +Belle __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+