hello.. the perils of identifying with a character in a song.. the first b&s song i ever loved was "get me away from here i'm dying". the boy with naivety sounded just a little familiar and i liked the way he won at the end. the narrator of the song seemed like a kindred spirit too, desperately looking around for someone he felt he could identify with, someone who he thought resembled him. its something i've always done. which is why, going back to the song and playing it, and finding the boy with naivety isn't really very much like me at all is a little disconcerting. the narrator still seems like the kind of person i could have a cup of tea, a chat and a quick bonk with but a boy with naivety? no...the cynical hat fits much too well these days.. i look inside myself and i wonder where the said boy went. sometimes i look at myself and wonder who the fuck the boy with naivety was, and what he was doing inside me in the first place... no pun intended.. anwyay, onto other things..steps, in fact (there's some more b&s content further down...do not despair)

Ian The Gay Dirty Den is back! But Ian has lost somewhat of his allure in my eyes. And why is that? STEPS Ian! You had the opportunity to see them and you turned it down

*sigh* call it over-exposure sarah. there's only so much one sane fellow can take. and i will never be able to reconcile myself to the fact that they are managed by peter waterman. its not the brit award thing (and i'm sure that's been discussed to death on here, so i won't go any further into it).. its not the fact that he launched big fun onto the world, and allowed them to do what they did to "blame it on the boogie"...its not even that horrible programme he used to present with michaela strachan... its the fact that he's successful. oh no, sorry...that was the real reason. and i wanted to hide it beneath a score of witty remarks. bugger. i watched a programme the other day where the silly git claimed that without him there would never have been any disco music, the reason being that he brought silver convention over here from germany. huh? i think nile rodgers, sylvester, donna summer and even little tina charles might have something to say about that.. anyway, back to the b&s content. sarah again:

Would "Yo! Belle & Sebastian!" be a good album title? I think WE should decide the name of the B&S newie. You can see the quality for yourselves eh...

i think this should become a list competition. i will judge, and award a prize in a completely arbitrary and biased manner to the one i like best. if anyone else bothers to enter. unfortunately, the best suggestion i could come up with is: "the return of the bedraggled fang-granny from the swamp of death" not tres twee i know, but i think planning a halloween party tonight has gone to my head. i am to be a human sacrifice. what does the modern human sacrifice about town wear these days, do you know? finally, erica...:

Did you know that 'H' from steps is called 'H' after 'Hyperactive'. I wonder what his real name is. Something cute, I bet.

erm....(whispers) i am a little saddened that i know this, but perhaps i am more of a closet fan than i realise..... the boy's name is ian. sob. mind you he'd be very nice to bend over a - no..no he wouldn't. that's just me succumbing to media hype. he's not attractive at all. really. honestly. i'm not naive enough to believe that any more cynical closet steps fan ian..............sort of like a gay dirty den really +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+