today started off well. the first piece of news I heard today was the announcement of the new B&S single ...... hooray, I though. but then, of course, the other news. I just don't know what to say or think, but I guess firstly I'd like to say how much I love the B&S Sinister community. everyone has been so good, so nice, so supportive, and it's great. take a look at Morrissey-solo.com for a bunch of "we hate Muslims"-type comments. which is a little premature, given no one knows who did it yet. might be American para-military a la Timothy McVeigh for all we know. anyway, this list has been so different, and your posts have warmed my heart. it's weird, living in a country at the bottom of the southern hemisphere of no strategic importance to anyone. it's just all feels so unreal. despite all this, I am happy because Rachel, my friend from DC, lives nowhere near the pentagon. shit, i really don't know what to say. to the American listees, I guess I just have to say hang in there. despite the occasional anti-US thing that rears it head here every now and then, we're with you. I've just been talking to my dad about all this. He's Danish, and was in the Danish army when JFK was killed in the 60's. all the leave was cancelled, and all of his unit had to sit tight in a bunker underneath the base with their weapons loaded, waiting for the nuclear bombs to fall from the sky as WWIII ignited. I guess that's how I feel today ....... (apart from the bit about the guns) OK, have to go now. I have nothing to add, really, just wanted to say that here in New Zealand, everyone is feeling for you. the Catholic churches in all the major cites are saying mass for you, for what it's worth. hoping tomorrow will be a brighter day ...... Lawrence (unusually lost for words) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+