I've received my first sinister tape tree CD and it's a gem! Mmmm delightful! I had considered doing an mp3 tree or podcast or something actually... but I've a soft spot for old fashioned post-related communication. (And, admittedly don't exactly know how podcasts work... eeps!) Maybe after the tree is completed/collapsed we can upload the playlists/mp3 selections to share with everyone else. Maybe. We'll see. One thing at a time. In other news, I've been ill with a horrid cold/flu. Practically bed-ridden for the past two days. I managed to drag myself into work yesterday, but my death rattle cough sufficiently scared my co-workers into begging me to leave an hour into the shift. HA! Even with an amazing nonstop LOST marathon to keep me entertained, it was NO FUN! (The subsequent jungle nightmares and visions of giant spiders attacking me upon waking were a bit scary as well.) And now I totally empathise with those who have long-term illnesses like ME. I got restless after one day laying about, I can't imagine month-long stretches! Eeps! I ran into Stuart last weekend, freshly returned from America and all pouty about the preparation he has to do for upcoming shows. And what weird shows they're playing, too. Besides the magnificent sounding Barbicon gig - which I shall sadly miss :( - they're playing some strange ghetto festival, and helping open the new Perth concert hall. Coney Island looks fun tho. I've never been. His hair has grown out a bit, and makes him look years younger. Nice. He's also got new Doc Marten boots with his name embroidered in the tab! Like a posh footballer or something... only in ass-kicking leather! Cos he's so hard. HA! Hmmm. Looks like our other Glasgow friends, Franz Ferdinand, are poised for yet further success. Yay for them eh? I must say, I was secretly delighted by the results of the Mercury music prize this year. Those pompous Franz wannabies, Kaiser Chiefs, were certain they had bagged the prize, only to have relative nobodies Antony and the Johnsons scoop it up from under their collective stuck-up noses. Wahay! Plus, it was victory for Secretly Canadian, record label of my beloved Jens! There is justice after all. Well, a little bit. Occasionally. Wow. Charlotte Church sure is dirty these days. *Shudder* Oh, I can't wait for the new Camera Obscura album. They have a new website http://www.camera-obscura.net and it's so fab! Okay, I'm beginning to bore even myself here. Time to go and make another hot toddy. Ha! The one benefit of being ill is the excuse for warm whisky at 9am. -stacey _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+