Hello I'm just out of nursery, beaming with pictures, and I thought I'd dip my toe in the water to see how all you cats are. So how are all you cats? I'm quite well, thank you, drinking coffee and covered in wallpaper paste. I subscribed to Sinister ages ago, back in 1997, when, as the older among you will recall, the summers seemed to last forever. Hot topics then were "Who is Elvis?", "Where'll Fakers get to in the charts?" and "Is Betamax better than VHS?". I posted a few times, mainly about Vince Guaraldi and sweet shops that display sweet jars in the window. But then emails started to bring worrying news ("your story on what you did over the summer was due in two weeks ago, and you will fail very soon") so I unsubscribed and took to my bed. So can I introduce myself? I'm Mouche, and I live in Kilwinning, which is on the west coast of Scotland. I haven't lived here for ages, but I came home trailing balloons a few weeks ago. I was struck by two things when I came back: a) the abnormal percentage of people under 40 who use walking sticks 'round here, and b) the way it always kind of smells of frying sausages. I needed salvation and fun, so I reached out for sweet sweet sinister. You know when you're on a bus and there's a kid in front of you, leaning back over the chair desperate to make eye contact? I was in a benevolent mood today, I was chatting to the kid, trying not to stare at his little icicled snotters and stuff. And things were going well, till he burped (with some force) right at me. I was dizzy with strained carrots for about fifteen minutes after. This is a cautionary tale. It was nice when I came home though. When I got off the bus, the driver said "cheers, Matthew," and even though I'm not called Matthew, I didn't complain. In fact, I was secretly chuffed to be mistaken for one of the apostles. Do bus journey stories qualify as B&S content? Is it borderline? I know it's old hat, but here's my Fold Your Hands chart (last week's positions are in brackets). 01 (01) The Model 02 (03) Woman's Realm 03 (04)There's Too Much Love 04 (02) I Fought In A War 05 (07) Waiting For The Moon To Rise 06 (06) The Wrong Girl 07 (05) Don't Leave The Light On, Baby 08 (09) Family Tree 09 (08) Chalet Lines 10 (10) Nice Day For A Sulk 11 (11) Beyond The Sunrise Two little matches too... I Fought In A War and Made Of Stone, and Zinedine Zidane and Stevie Jackson. Can I ask a little favour? If there's anyone else on the list who lives on the west coast and knows good places to go, can they please get in touch? Secret places, where young gunslingers groove the the latest sounds? I'd be very very grateful. There's a certain novelty is scooting about 'round here, but I saw the farmer up the road loading his silage truck up earlier on, and I know things will get unbearable soon. mouche +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+