hello there, fellow sinisterettes and esses (correct terminology?). Well, this being my first posting, I am am a wee bit apprehensive but have just about overcome my nervousness. I shouldn't be nervous really. Most of you are at Bowlie anyway. I really have fallen in love with the world of b&s over the last four months or so. I had thought being a relative newcomer would result in perhaps being shunned in some way, but you all seem such a friendly lot I don't mind admitting I hadn't heard anything by the band until January. The first song I heard was It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career. It was on a long coach journey to Suffolk for some geography fieldwork and I'd borrowed TBWTAS off a friend. ICHBABC took me by surprise - it was nothing like I expected (i had some preconcieved view, can't recall what) but I absolutely loved it. I listened to the rest of the album in somewhat of a trance. When I got to the end, I sat in silence for a few minutes pondering what I'd heard. The last album that had such a profound effect on me with the first listening listening had been The Stone Roses. I knew I'd just heard something very special so immediately began the album again and sat for an another hour in my own little world. Over the weekend that followed (which consisted of a series of very very boring (and freezing cold) fieldwork experiments) I found every possbile opportunity to sneak back to my room and listen to a bit more of the album. By the time I got home I was completely hooked. I went straight out and bought TBWTAS and got sinister at the same time. Sinister didnt have *quite* the same effect on the first listening but has since grown on me immensely and now I couldn't choose between the two. Over the month following my fieldtrip, I got hold of the four EPs and began a desperate search for Tigermilk. I found out pretty quickly that it was going to be very hard (or rather expensive, being a student) to get hold of. I have now got a copy but only on tape, I'm afraid. Well, four months on, and if anything I love the band even more. They've even taken the place of the Stone Roses as the most played band on my stereo (actually with the exception of Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emporer, they're virtually the only band on my stereo). Well, I've rambled on enough for my first posting so I'll leave you in peace. Bowlie should be in full swing now. What I'd give to be there....... cheers -paul- PS if there are any other people on the list from Milton Keynes then I'd love to hear from you. This town really bores me. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+