hello. thanks to all who sent in their mad lib words. i will have more entries posted later, but not now, because i'm just too lazy at this time to access my document of them....... I am fascinated by the discussion of sociological groups i.e. casuals. This intersects nicely with a question i was about to ask of our British compadres, that is What would be the british 'equivalent' of the american redneck/trailer trash? Is there trailer trash in the UK? i seem to recall an Auteurs song in which luke haines sang about hanging out in a trailer park (er, yes, "early years" it was). in the US our Southern region of alabama/missisippi/etc is considered the reign of rednecks and the underclass/undercultured segment. although rednecks can be found as far north as where i reside, in large numbers. Are there even still yuppies in the US, or havent' they all grown up into.....something else? i wonder what segment i fall into, i suppose the shiftless, goalless gen-X. although i do possess the cynicism of government and tradition attributed to gen-x, i'd like to think however that i'm a sight more idealistic than the portrayal of "us' would have one believe. personally i dont put much stock into it at all, so there. for Jess, from my webster's unabridged encyclopedic dictionary: QUIFF: (Brit.) a curl or lock of hair broought forward over the forehead. I love my dictionary because it has fun british slang in it.... Now for business--my friend Jess informed me that she saw in a record store, a promo flat for Arab strap that featured the divine countenance of Isobel, as seen in said cd sleeve....it was bright yellow colored and had belle and sebastian written on it. the record store guy wouldn't let her buy it off him because "it's kind of hot right now' and they only got one of them. it's from matador. Would anyone happen to know where one could obtain such an item, have one they're willing to part with, know if they exist in quantities? i'm prepared to trade my soul for one, or barring that, a lovely 8X10 print of Stuart murdoch, or whatever i can scrounge up. i just really really want one!!! and i dont' know if my friend will be able to acquire the one that she saw. someone help me........ I'll trade someone an original photo print, for a black sessions tape, if anyone is willing to make such a bargain. i've been twiddling in the darkroom at school, and stu and isobel are looking rather lovely in large format, i must say. upping the contrast is good. quantities are limited, as is my time and my supply of photographic paper!!! it was just a thought......otherwise i'll try l out to pay the good gentleman whom i already wrote about said recording. *g* it's just that international currency is such a hassle when you're in a small town that doesnt' handle that sort of thing. blah blah....... amusing thought for the day. jess and i were conversing about magnetic fields, a friend of hers is supposed to keep lookout for stephin meritt when she's in NY, and send him back in a little box if she finds him. so i said if she has stephin, i want to come over and play, and i want to play claudia, and i want to live in the dream house. then we thought up the ChickFactory playset, and jess said if there wer B&S dolls they could play the Dream Concert. i was wishing i had plastic mold technology so i could sculpt little dolls of our friends, figuring that at least a few of them correspond to certain characters n the Scooby-Doo cartoon--with dog on Wheels instead of scooby. Stuart m as Fred, not for any good reason, except his Arms of sex, and Isobel as Daphne, with the little neckerchief AS PER those photos on the jeepster page..(!) except stu and isobel would hopefully not be snogging like we all know fred and daphne were. Sarah would be Velma cept without glasses, and Chriss of course, is Shaggy, what with his flares and haircut. they could ride around in a belle ans sebastian mystery van and escape the Spooky Witch in a Sexy Dress, and The Major would run after stu shaking his fist..."i'll get you you meddling kids!!" Stu would of course be outfitted with an entire array of trousers and pantalloons in dazzling styles that would effectively blind the enemy, giveing him time to escape, and all the girls and boys would swoon over his arms of sex. you could even maybe comb his luscious shock of hair. and Chris would come in "Action-Flares" version. i was looking for some way to fit cover girl Jo and all the rest into the show, but i'll have to think about it some more. trying to live like Pippi Longstocking, lesley Jo Sure i should (be mentioned in the same sentence). I urinate all over Pansy Division and Tribe8 every day. I have their pictures pasted to the bottom of my toilet. --stephin merritt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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". 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