In a message dated 99-01-08 08:36:49 EST, you write:

They're not holed up in Glasgow ensconced in some creative idyll, playing recorders and making headwear out of twigs and flowers.

Chris Leonard -- is he making fun of the Incredible String Band here??? IS he??? (oh,and several of us have gotten inquiries about you from BT -- something about misuse of telephone lines for perversions? I said I never heard of you, except by reputation, if that helps at all.) And, speaking of Chrises, which we weren't really, but maybe we were, Linda's post about seeing sweet shy Wee Chris in Waterstone's, looking to see if he's famous yet, was so funny and sweet: perhaps we should have a Sinister Thread of Wee Chris sightings... Megan the Magnetic could certainly share a sweet one from the bar in Washington D.C., well share it again in any event, as most of us seem to be too lazy to use the archives anyhow (sorry Honey, they're lovely and work beautifully, "Well Done -- Gold Star!") Here is one, from Washington DC as well... After the show, Johnfm and I are standing around as the crowd files out... Neil comes over and shows off his radical new haircut, his sole souvenir of the American South apparently, but certainly a striking one as we didn't even recognize him at first, so probably better than the snow globes with the boll weevils in them. We're talking about the quality of the show and Wee Chris comes over and stands with us, looking shy as he always does and being very quiet in his turtleneck. Suddenly, a fan in his 20's comes up to him, all excited and gasping, "YOU! YOU'RE the boy in the Arab Strap!!! Aren't you? Isn't that you?" Wee Chris' eyes fly open wide and his head goes back a bit... he blinks his eyes as if caught in the headlights and he says, "Oh, ummm, no. I left it home." I didn't listen to the rest of the conversation as it might have been personal from that point on. And from NY: Wee Chris is in the balcony, talking to someone, maybe about arab straps, who knows? Very intense conversation in any event, with Wee Chris bending his head in and talking very seriously. Rocking back and forth on his heels, talking with his hands. Matt comes over and asks me, "Is that Evan Dando Chris is talking to?" I don't know, and Matt says that Brian says it's him. We look at them for awhile and I figure he looks too healthy to be Evan, but Brian is the personality expert so maybe it is. We shrug. Then Megan the Magnetic comes over and asks, "Is that Evan Dando talking to Wee Chris?" We refer her to Brian. She wonders whether to interrupt the conversation and wonders what to say to Chris. After pondering several conversational topics, we decide she should point out that she and he have the same shoes on, sort of reddish One Stars or something. Off she goes. They talk shoes. He probably thinks she's stalking him, as we don't see him in the balcony for the rest of the evening. And oh! It was indeed Evan Dando I guess, but he was apparently asked to leave later. A bit too much beer and an incident. May or may not have involved Chris' arab strap. So, there are two Wee Chris Sightings.(Mick McMick will have to decide if they are anecdotes or ink polaroids...). Not as endearing as Linda's tho'. I'd have paid good money to have seen hers. --michele/simone +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+