<anal retentive> Lee said:

The Incas used to chew cocoa leaves for stamina whilst running the high mountains of the Andes.

Erm, well, close. They use coca leaves, the stuff cocaine is made out of. They're still used today - they're great for combatting altitude sickness when you're walking the Inca Trail. And they make coca tea out of them, which is quite nice, actually. </anal retentive> If there were any B&S gigs this year, who would play the bass? Neil Robertson? A 'guest' from another band? OK, Controversial statement: I reckon B&S will only start doing more (any?) gigs if Isobel leaves. After all, she is always the one who gets really nervous beforehand and makes herself ill (didn't she puke up because she was so nervous once? Or am I imagining things?). And when Stuart M smashed his guitar at the Dublin gig, it was just after Bel had left the stage 2 songs before the end for unexplained reasons. And they haven't done a gig since. Of course, whether the band would even continue if she left is a different matter entirely... So she's finally admitted to getting up close and personal with Stuart M then? Does that mean they're going to give up pretending that the sleeve notes to Tigermilk are entirely fictional? And tell us which of their songs are actually about their relationship? (leading candidates include Is It Wicked Not To Care, Simple Thigs, and of course the song Belle and Sebastian... More welcome...). Well, that was all very deep, full of content, and completely out-of-character for me, I think I should stick to talking about bras and bars... Big Stu PS I do like the idea of using an iron to defrost the fridge. Coming soon, using a vaccum cleaner to get things down from the top shelf, and how to use a trouserpress to make a bacon butty. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+