so, I'm back under my new address, still pissing around, still hoping for redemption... what have I done since disappearing, where have I been lurking? I went to London on Monday (best birthday I've had since I went to Broadstairs beach 10 years ago ... I had simple tastes then) and celebrated my 19th by getting Momus's Stars Forever. Barely out since ... we've had torrential downpours, thunder, blazing hot sunshine, mist, humidity, chilly winds, all this in two days. Who said England's magnificent south-coastal climate was becoming more mundanely pseudo-Mediterranean? still enjoying it no end ... i agree with James Thorniley that there are no "masses" any more. maybe 20 / 30 years ago, when there was a recognisable cultural mainstream and alternative, a shared identity, a linear narrative ... but not now. The idea of "normality" (which, in Britain at least, has always equalled institutionalised anti-intellectualism, proud mediocrity and fear of the future) is finally disappearing, and we're all the (artistically) richer for it... leaving you, so much in love robin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+