Maybe it's the time of year (rebirth, lovely days, blah blah) or maybe it's just me being all nostalgic like, but I am constantly entertained by this list due to all of the mentionings of that most wonderful of cities...(wait for it) LONDON! I have been missing London something fierce (snap! snap! head waggle a la rupaul) lately, and this list with its LLovelly LLondonians makes that llonging all the more poignant and sweet... (nods to the ever LLuscious LLaura LLew, who btw, understands the inherent greatness of Virginia W. and will tell you about it if you ask really nicely).. I am -- (to namecheck a few): *w/ Ruvi and the Wispa of delight , eaten no doubt to the strains of a spinning Julie Andrews, while on some coloured line in that tangled web (we weave) in the underground *in tune with Mike W. , who delights in the dulcet tones of the Circle Line announcer girl *clearly the soulmate of Johnathan Howell, who brings us the amazingly offkilter and therefore sumptuous repast of an "opposites" game and a vision of red postboxes filled to the brim with lemonade... *thinking of Gordon, who worked out, fairly succinctly I might add, the larger and smaller postmodern issues and tangents related to "fold yer hands..." while on the speeding efficiency of the modern tube train... So, yes, ahem...right. I am a English person trapped in a Texan's body I sometimes think...(*just* an Anglophile? Surely it's much deeper than that!) I would love to read more current English authors (preferably ones who write extensively about London, ala Nick Horby and such) and am looking for some recommendations...something fun, thoughtful etc. to read whilst listening to Belle and Sebastian even (Oooh, that couldn't be content rearing it's head could it?) If you've read this far (congrats! Is my undying love the grand prize or merely the emotional equivalent of Turtle Wax?), and have some suggestions for London-oriented reading material , please email me off list and I shall be ... Ever in your debt, Lisa from Texas p.s. anybody like St. Etienne? They, along with our dear old twattybus, seem perfect for Spring. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+