Hello Sinister!! I must say that Ken Chu is still impressing me with his clever keystrokes, even after all of these years! Most of my knickers are red, so I'm sure to have a clean pair to wear to a picnic next month, not that anyone will really know (whether they're red OR clean!) I usually try to avoid being photographed in pants on social outings but mostly because there's no way I could look better than Ken does in undie photos, the beefcake. So you'll just have to take my word for it. A couple of weekends ago, Ken and I were walking along the seaside discussing the raging music scene in Hastings. Robster took a photo of Gaylords Hair Centre. Ben ate jellied eels. Marianna and Ken frolicked in the sea. We decided that if this were five years ago, we'd probably post something about it on Sinister. I used to post anything and everything here. Mostly I just talk to people now, but I realise that most of these people are the same I met through this list. I guess that's part of the reason why I left posting for so long. Like Ian, I was recently listening to The Boy With The Arab Strap and feeling really nostalgic and happy. I think TWATTYBUS withstands the test of time. Ben and I heard a song or two from Dear Catastrophe Waitress again after not hearing it for quite a while and I recall, I think we both kind of like it. I wonder what The Life Pursuit will sound like in three years ... or eight years? Actually, I've been wanting to post ever since The Life Pursuit was released, about a strange picture I get in my head when I hear "The Blues Are Still Blue". I have an image in my mind of washing machine races, where people put an off-balance load of laundry in a couple of washing machines and when they start them, they shake so much that they "walk" and the winner is the one that crosses the finish line first. I must have seen it on tv or in a film, probably when I was a kid. That's what I think of when I hear that song. You know, laundrette, place a little bet ... yep. I told Ben about it and he thought I was a little screwy, too. But I'm not embarrassed. If anyone is going to appreciate it, it will be someone who still reads Sinister posts. Anyone? Anyone? Voodoo economics. love, Rachel fruitloop Want to see what I've been up to? Check out http://www.brapps.net View my photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/brapps/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+