I promised Christine Irene that I would always have a go at someone who referred to the list or its raison d'etre as "twee", so Gillian, please consider yourself told in no uncertain terms that being twee has *nothing* to do with being Sinister. Tweeness is an affectation, and a desire to be twee is as bad as 18th century fops who painted their faces white with little black hearts drawn on their cheeks, held hankies to their noses and spoke in high-pitched giggles. Pretty much GayJay's type, then. I'm looking forward to the surge, or swell (if you will) of Sinister posts that always follow the news of an album release. I too am on the edge of my seat about Lord Anthony, it being a song which I never thought I'd hear and which will give the album immediate credibility, even if the rest of the songs are of the calibre of Roy Walker. The celebrity, not the song. Well, the song too. If my mind doesn't deceive me, Robin's fuzzy-edges time machine is transporting me back to the 1st November, 1998, when I heard it for the first time in the Supper Club in New York. It was the days of a different Sinister, of Anastasia and Kristen and Janine, none of whom have posted for years (but by God, ladies, if you're reading this re-subscribe immediately!). But it's not in the past any more. Today, before I read the digest and the news of the new album, I sorted out my old, old photos, which I haven't albumised for over 5 years. And there were my photos from that trip to NYC, my first ever time in the States, and pictures of the people, and the band, who made it so much fun. There are always links between different times in your life. These links will make sure I never forget why Sinister means so much to me. I hope it can mean something like as much to most of you. Yours, pompously (I'm in training for the European All-Pomp Championships), Mark xxx ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+