(Was titled Happiness Stan, but I think there has been a block on Stans for awhile. Or a thousand apologies if your getting this twice.) Hi I better get this all out before the spirit leaves me yet again and I let another week slip by without sending out any words of any sort. There's been a few things that I've meant to respond to so, here it goes... Let me see, to start.... St. Etienne The best thing about the show in NYC was the lack of beats and the back up singers. JAMRS (hey that's almost JAMMS, wasn't that a group of some sort?) Wonderful, beautiful, and only a month and a half old. Almost two months. Best moments so far have been waking up after a short evening nap to hear its beautiful melody wafting through the air and hearing it on repeat as we drove through the Pennsylvania countryside cautiously drinking our Newcastles. (and yes we were merely passengers on this particular journey, and we weren't going very far actually, just down to the pub, I guess I should say bar, but it did feel somewhat like a pub; ale, darts, a fire, etc.) The Pastels Might as well start at the beginning, or almost the beginning and get Suck On. Its still available in all its two versions of Baby Honey glory. Tshirts The boy/girl cartoon one is the only one that works. Why do you think those were the ones stolen in Manchester? They were looking to score with the sensitive boy/girl set. The Stans Sorry Tag, your wrong just like you were wrong about Daft Punk. And Keith, your wrong just like you were wrong about.... erm, I can't think of a time when you have ever been wrong. That's kind of frightening. No, not very funny, not very funny at all. 'Sensitive' was kinda cute in vague sort of way. And it would have been a little funnier about five-ten years ago, but certainly we've gotten past this whole sensitive, not sensitive, anorak, not anorak and actually I'm really HARD so SCREW you! attitude. But buy the end, especially how it ended with all sorts of cheap shot meanness directed at one Mr. McMick (someone who I haven't heard say a mean word about anyone, except maybe Lord Anthony, and that was just a average word) and his lovely pal Megan, it all sort went sour. Worst of all, these kind of posts remind me of the Indie-Pop list, the later years. Very sad. Actually the only part that was actually truly laugh out loud funny, was a reply by one of the Jessica's, though it might not have been a Jessica. The one about boys who think going out on a date means going record shopping, etc. That was funny, true to life, clever way to poke fun at the whole sensitive boy issue. Its something that will stick in my head, and didn't take cheap shots at other peoples expense. The other stuff was just lazy humor. And just how we will not tolerate lazy comparisons to Nick Drake, or lazy POP music in general, we should not tolerate lazy humor. End of lecture. Sorry about that, I usually don't get involved in these sorts of squabbles, and I went a bit over the top there at the end. Honey, feel free to write me to say I'm out of line. You see, I'm feeling somewhat fired up, having just received a book by the Duke. That's fired up in a good, positive way. bye sorry about the length, blah blah blah. Carrick ps Soon to follow, hopefully. A story about B&S, a 16 year old girl, and THE WHO. pps and, by the way, what every happened to Jon G and his sister? They disappeared around the time of the UK gigs the best I can remember. ______ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+