DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE First, some questions: Is the NME really qualified to make such diagnosis as calling us a "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans"? If so, where did they obtain their degree from? If it is the same veritable spring of wisdom and knowledge where they drunk from to be endowed with their formidable journalism and writing skills, it isn't a wonder that none of us are worried. Second, some comments: Big Stu Boisterously Stuttered:

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Why, Stu, if this were an after-school special you'd pay a precious price for your moral depravity which all started with subtly hinted pathetic perversions such as this. Thankfully, I escaped the clutches of becoming another Blanche DuBois and obtained "Jonathan David" without having to rely on the "kindness" of strangers. I've heard many of a whimperer claim that this version of "Loneliness .." isn't as good as others. I don't know what kind of Hi-Fi systems you people possess but any rendition where I can actually HEAR the entire song would be an improvement over the copies I have. I kept postulating what happened to the person holding the recorder as to why the song was so incredibly uneven. Were they trying to become one with the song's narrator and just took off running jogging during the middle of the tune? Was it another case of instantaneous Stu Swooning? Even with the poor quality of my prior recordings, I still adored the song and that love has now blossomed fully with having the single. I've decided that B&S need to hire me as their new consultant. This whole music of biblical proportion idea is getting tre tiresome. Anymore, jermiads or haughty harangues from Mr. Murdoch and I shall be forced to forsake this group for something more hedonistically appealing - like Amy Grant. Perhaps they should part from the road to Damascus and try a foray into Greek Mythology. With my kidnapping adventure with Cupid, I can attest that it's much more fun. Damon and Pythias would be comparable to Jonathan David and think of all the fun rhymes with Pythias! Or don't... Perhaps they're simply caught between Scylla and Charybdis. (See! The possibilities are endless!) If my memory serves me correctly, REM might have already tried this route anyway. All it resulted in were young boys with eyes glazed over with music tapping their finger to their lips as they tried to figure out the allusions. Anything which puzzles and bewildered males is good in my book (which is filled with mostly pictures). I Love My Car I'm from the south so I know all about an automobile being closer to one's heart than your spouse or more shocking yet - your own dog. However, I'm here to tell you that such love affairs can be detrimental to your emotional well-being. You go through 160,000 miles with a car, you love it, you care for it, you lovingly call it Hubris because never before has a car had a brighter shine or a engine that purred as sweetly. Sure, there were a few scrapes when you let your sister drive and that entire ordeal about a boulder falling on the hood while driving through a canyon in Colorado, but still it's your everything. Then on a hot sultry day in South Carolina it decides it doesn't love you anymore. Your gas foot was too heavy, your braking too light, your frequent oil changes not enough, and it's sick of a tattered copy of Gravity's Rainbow sitting in the back window which is NEVER going to be read. It's moving on, sweetheart. Oh it'll run for you now but not without grumbling a curse of, "You're going to wish western North Carolina had public transportation, baby" as it finally starts with a cough. You're left scanning the newspapers for the next sale at the dealership will you'll have to settle for another car who will just leave you at the side of the road refusing to budge because you don't give it a high sheen wax anymore. Meanwhile, my friend just named his new car after me. Woo Hoo! I bet "Llewie" has a great chassis. I can't wait till she breaks his hear - Awwww yeah.... Laura 'meeting all of your Laura Llew needs since 1977' PS - apologies to Grainne for thinking she was a boy simply because I'm unfamiliar with her name. I simply thought anything which started with a "Grrrr" would be associated with males. PPS- Bre, never before have I been referred to as "endowed." From now on, you shall hear nothing but harassment and cat calls from me PPPS - I love Chrissy because he's too Prissy for anything but a horse drawn carriage _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+