Hello! I am not sure if the subject I have chosen today is a quote from Oscar Wilde or someone else, but as lately quite a few listees have been moaning and whinin about the poor quality and the low interest of most of the postings, I was doubting to contribute to lower it even further , beyond any conceivable point (cauliflower vs. Brussels sprouts in Christmas dinners debate)as obviously my wit and wisdom are not enough to restore it to its past, splendid times... But I am too coward and have chosen just to keep my message in an standard 'interest rate' , regarding that perhaps that is the worst that could happen to our list and indeed, I am subtly sticking a sharp knife into its so white heart, pushing it to death. The Pastels in Nottingham : here Marine Research were the ones to come with Stephen and co, and played their heavenly part quite well. Stephen's dancing is ace! Robin and me said hello to Jonathan at the end of the show, as I had never met him 'live',but I had emailed him a few times last Spring concerning a translation of a review of Illumination in Rock de Lux, the Spanish 'so cool' magazine that Sister Disco Miller talked about a week ago or so.Jonathan could even remember my name and was absolutely lovely with us.He was wearing a really funny T shirt with lorries printed on it! About Chickfactor , I cannot help to rise my voice to give it my fierce and brave support. The lyrics are touching though the tune is so simple. I would discard 'could have been a brilliant career' if I had to with some of the songs in TBWTAS>,but it is just a question of taste, not bad to my eyes.The title is too Smiths,by the way. Doubtful still about going down London for a few hours tomorrow and meet my Guru of the List, el sen#or Pantalones, aka Stevie Trousers.Apart from nice Mark and his cute,dark haired gal, Petula and all the rest,sure.I have to be here on Saturday , so should catch the last train at 11 and that implies just to say hello, eat some of that delectable Italian cuisine and 'heaves on to St Pancras'. Maybe I will -> surprise,surprise. If you see a girl dressed in red and looking around pretending to see but not seeing in fact because she has left her beloved specs behind, that's me, Arantzazu! Merry Christmas, Joyeux Noel (pour toi,Philippe!),Felices Navidades, Bon Nadal, Zorionak -> para Mr Miller Arantxa +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+