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Sinister: end of the day and i'm wishing it wasn't
by Li ^..^ 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

hey all :) i haven't posted anything in a while, so since i have a moment durring school to write a bit and take a break for studying, i thought i'd drop a few lines. :) well..my school year is almost over and i have to say that if it wasn't for Belle & Sebastian i don't think i'd be as happy or as calm as i am about going to summer school. every time i think about going, i get tense, and when i get tense, i litsen to b&s because they relax me. it still amazes me that i have not been able to find the new album. :( i'm going to South Street in Philly today though and the CD stores there carry a lot of good German Industrial and rare music types. (i condsider B&S to be rare amoung people in NJ because no one seems to know who they are.) i'm taking a road trip to New Hope with my friends tommorrow, so that should be a whole lot of fun. ack, what am i saying?? its the end of the day and i wish it wasn't, because i have too much to think about to sleep at all. See.. i broke up with my boyfriend, and now i find myself NEEDING a relationship, which isn't good, because i feel dependant on others for happiness, you know? i wish i could just be stable being single, but it's so hard for me to do :( anyone feel like helping? because meditation is doing shit :P anyways, i should probably go and atleast TRY and study for my final exams next week. yours, li ps: i got my eyebrow pierced and now matter what anyone says at all, it DOESN'T HURT ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: coffee makes me smile
by zoe charaktinou 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

hello!!!!!!!!!!That's it!!!i'm not a first year anymore. i've just finished my last exam in film history and i'm happy.Actually no.u see,i haven't slept AT ALL,i'm on a caffeine high,i'm leaving on sunday,i'm not going to see my boyfriend or my best friend for 3 months,i have to resubmit an essay and...that's it.BUT, i bought the album!!!! yes,yes i did... so i'm in our price in sunny ol' dudley (£12.99???why???)and i decided to check the singles chart."Legal Man"-belle & sebastian No36.... who said that a week ago???i just want to let u know that it is true.wehey!!!! anyway,i like the album.it's growing into me as all the others did.i like most of the songs esp 2,4,5...(sorry don't remember the titles...:)) my friend alex still can't find a place in her heart for B&S.i thought i'd tempt her with legal man but no... she thinks it's suicidal music and...no i won't go into that,well,she likes bon jovi!!!!huh huh????i still love her though.... gus anything happening in greekyland over summer???u know,a gig maybe???pleeeeeeeeeease....hmmm i shouldn't ask bad things ey???sorry if i'm writing crap and bbbbbbad things but this coffeee!!!!damn.got to go. bye...bye...bye.... zoe ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: IRON BABY HAMSTERS
by clb112 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

I got up at 5:45 am today. I'd forgotten how GORGEOUS early morning is (the light is different). But lines stick in your forehead when your tired... I can't be arsed to try and articulate all my thoughts about each song, but I think "I fought in a war" is going to be my lasting favourite. It kind of holds back - like showing there is a whole leg by hitching the hem-line up only a little (which, as everyone knows, is better). A couple of the others don't even have knickers on (they grab you on the first listen but the superficial thrill soon wears off). As Mark (and everyone else) says, FYHC (like TBWTAS) is "less organic" than T and IYFS, or "bitty" (the best and most useful word ever). But I think it hangs together better than TBWTAS. Its not as over-produced as I was thinking it might be. Not sure how important it is that albums hang together. Although tracklisting does matter, a lot of the time I listen to songs in isolation (you know how when there is just ONE song you need to listen to NOW, and none other will do). This means a lot of taking out and putting back of CDs, and is annoying when you stand by your CD rack for 10 minutes and can't decide which THE song is, and then realise it may not have actually been written yet. Anyway, as I was saying, FYHC is more bitty than T and IYFS. But its a good thing to have upbeat/jaunty mixed with quiet/tender (I HATE this last word, but couldn't think of a better one. Eeeeuuurrrggggghhh !!! <cringe cringe> ) Mmmmm, lyrics. Mark is right that the music hits you before the lyrics do - "its always the music by which a song lives or dies". But what if a really good song said "iron baby hamsters" ? Well, that would just be funny. Okay, then, "cripples are a burden" ? The thing is, lyrics can always be interpreted ironically/sarcastically, and singers can be singing in the 3rd person (could talk about Morrissey here but won't). I think lyrics need to have real meaning (and not just be wishy washy wanky "sixth form poetry" (David's phrase) like Oasis etc's "supernova", "supersonic" bollox). We want candid detail, not distant grandiose flowery proclamations. But I reckon lyrics needs to be vague enough to let you to interpret them your own way, and to let them apply to your own little life. And we don't want a political rant or anything (just HINTS of it). I've often wondered whether song-writers write music for words as well as finding words to fit music. Well, I guess its a dialectical interplay between the two. I'm trying not to mention Hefner in every email...but like B&S they write a lot of (named) character-based lyrics. I thought David was so right when he said that "'I'd rather be fat than confused' just sums up the essence of B&S in an affecting epigram" (oh, and thanks for the 'Astral Weeks' lyrics - could never work them out.) A B&S 'best of' ? That's a scary idea. Not sure why. Have a grate and triffic time at the Ed picnic everyone (I might make it there too...) Lots of Love Caroline xxx P.s. I take on board Harry Hunt's observation about "fishing for compliments in the stream of consciousness" when I went on about being paranoid, and I'm sorry. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The Chalet Lines
by Mark Casarotto 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

Maybe I'm just as bad as Stuart, but "a clichéd rape"? Is this possible? Isn't rape, by definition, something intensely personal and (hopefully) unique, something which comes in as many forms as there are victims? Some may question the wisdom of Stuart writing the song. I quite literally did at the press conference. However, I don't personally think it was unwise, but courageous ("brave" always seems a bit weedy, almost an excuse). When I spoke to Stuart after the event, partly to apologise in case I had embarrassed him, he said he was pleased someone had asked him a question that didn't have a mindless journalese answer (sorry if I'm blowing my own trumpet here, but it's an important subject, I think). The point was that something very emotional affecting happened to a friend of Stuart's, and many years later it still made enough of an impression for him to want to express how he feels about it, the incident, the subject. For one second imagine if he'd written a third person account. Yuk. Instead, Stuart puts himself in an extremely vulnerable emotional position - I'm sure it was hard for him to express those emotions, and I'm sure he's aware that others will interpret them negatively, in ways he never meant, and he's prepared to stand up for himself. The song is awkward and sometimes difficult to listen to, but I can't imagine any male putting it more honestly or more sensitively. Perhaps, you may argue, that's the point - he simply shouldn't have written about it. I strongly believe the opposite, and to me, this otherwise unremarkable song is probably the most vital on the album. Stuart, so adept at writing about the vague and abstract, has taken an impossible subject and tackled it without hesitation. It's one of the few pieces of evidence that B&S are moving forward, rather than treading water and indulging in retro as recent releases have hinted at. Markx ******************************************************************* Please Note that from the 17th of June, the HIT UK address changes to - HIT Entertainment PLC 5th Floor, Maple House 141-150 Tottenham Court Road LONDON, W1P 9LL Tel: +44 (20)7 224 1717 Fax: +44 (20)7 224 1719 The contents of this e mail from HIT Entertainment PLC are confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy or further distribute this e mail; please notify us by telephone on 020 7224 1717, and delete the e mail from your computer. This e mail has been checked by our anti-virus system before leaving us; we accept no responsibility for the e mail and any attachments once they leave us. www.hitentertainment.com www.bobthebuilder.org ******************************************************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: blue afternoon
by Guilherme Barrella 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

hi people... this is not spam. i'm sorry for the shameless self promoting mail but i think you'll like this. i have a new band called blue afternoon. if you want to listen to us, please go to the following url: http://www.mp3.com/blueafternoon if you like anything like: tindersticks, spain, smog, low, leonard cohen, walkabouts, nick cave and the bad seeds, arab strap, american music club, lambchop, mike johnson, red house painters, lee hazelwood, nick drake and lou reed, i think you'll like us. well, that's it. go there, listen to it and feel free to comment and criticize. and spread the good word, of course. the next song to be released will be a version of elvis costello's "i want you", to a valentine's day compilation. (here in brazil, the valentine's day is 12th of june). gui +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a sort of silly day
by LunaLilly＠aol.com 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

Hello...... I am not going to break down the album or really say how I feel to much. But I do want to say that it's nice and although I don't care for the breathy vocals of Isobele....Family Tree is nice. The lyrics might not be the most amazing...but they are very cute and I do like how she says the bit about the babies and that she'd rather be fat than be confused....becuase I have some friends who live to go to the gym, put on makeup and never read or think of others in the world....thus loosing sight of the important things in life. It's a darn shame and a waste of a life in my opinion.....so the song is nice for girls like me who roll our eyes and feel ill when we are with them for to long. I like the lines like...."Nice day for a sulk".....I do like the album. But I agree with Walkn10 when he said..... One of those reviewers said he hopes they go back to the days of Struan-only albums..right on! I just think that Stuart has the most wonderful voice and that's one of my favorite things about Belle and Sebastian. I also want to mention that I had a lovely chat with my ex-boyfriend who is British.....and I think he is so sweet and I am thinking that while I said boyfriend free summer.....being with him again wouldn't be so bad. So I am sorry if my thoughts on the album aren't pleasing...but I wanted to say them. To each there own. Ok....I am reading East of Eden by Steinbeck and I haven't been able to peel myself away much...so I think I'll go back to it. Goodnight lovely ones.....Olivia +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: A depressing email enclosed delete now
by Katrina O'Donnell 09 Jun '00

09 Jun '00

It is my birthday. I spent it with my therapist who told me today that the only emotion I react to is sadness. I can't help it but for the past three years thats the only emotion I have had.(It his fault, he won't give me drugs as it isn't chemical). I know somewhere out there, there is a place where I will be happy. I know it is there because when I want to see it, it is there but like my eye sight it is becoming out of focus. I am 24 and I am sure I am having my mid twenties breakdown. I was sitting at work the other day and started crying uncontrollably (not for the first time) because I was sure the words on the sheet said something completely different to what they really did say. I am sure the early stages of alzimers is setting in. My mother is only sixty this year and 9 times out of 10 has to be reminded who I am. When I call her Mum she calls me mum back. It hurt me so much. She is still there but gone. I just hate London it traps me and it won't let me go. I can't get away from it. My therapist tells me this place I dream of arriving at and suddenly being happy doesn't exsist. i am just kidding myself. He says if I don't deal with my problems I'll never be happy no matter where I turn to. I need a therapist who comforts not scares. Kathyn ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: Fold your fingers origami makers.
by Walkn10＠aol.com 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

Juno said << I don't know, I don't find it brilliant, just a good pop record, >> I took off work yesterday and listened to the new album and after much thought and deliberation, I have to agree. I think its a top notch pop record that has some really beautiful moments (I Fought In A War, The Model, Don't Leave the Light On Baby, Women's Realm, There's Too Much Love), but I think its easily the weakest album they've released. Its just too all-over-the-damn-place for me to really find a theme or an overriding spirit to the album, and it seems they've traded in most of their innocence and abandon for calculated arrangements and professionalism. I'll also join the chorus of folks who've been saying that the orchestration is at times a little forced and over the top (see The Wrong Girl's string section). On the whole it just doesn't move me very much, if at all. I think TBWTAS is their best effort (for the Struan songs alone) and I had hoped FYHCYWLAP would've been a extension of that. I wasn't expecting IYFS Vol II or anything, but knowing what this album could have been (had it included Lord Anthony, Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner, Rhoda and/or Landslide) I'm left disappointed. One of those reviewers said he hopes they go back to the days of Struan-only albums..right on! I know B&S are supposed to be about 7 people as opposed to just Struan but you'd have to be dense not to realize thats why side-projects were created. I guess the biggest indicator of how I feel is that I'm already awaiting the next album... Tickets have gone onsale for Brian Wilson's summer "Pet Sounds" tour. He going coast to coast and, joined by local orchestras, he's doing Pet Sounds start to finish! I'll probably be at the shows in Philly and Baltimore (along with Christa) and it will kick mad ass! If anyone else is planning on going to these shows please mail me. Big pimping...spending cheese Steve C. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Which Paul?" "BLAH!" visit http://callowkids.tripod.com or your crush will hate you forever Call WRNR 103.1 at (410) 269-1031 and request Callow's "Lessons in Shut-eye" or you'll never make love with a fully erect penis again. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: "The Chalet Lines"
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

Hi everybody ... Many thanks to Jeepster and Rocket Girl. My copy of "Fold Your Hands Child .." came in time for the release day, only about 5 days after placing the order. In all honesty I thought I would get it about a week late. Cheers guys. I've now listened to the new album three times. Some thoughts .... Well, firstly, I really like it. Highlights (at this time) are "I Fought In A War", "The Model" "Woman's Realm" and "Waiting For the Moon To Rise". Sarah Martin has a beautiful voice ..... I'm not too keen on "Beyond The Sunrise" or "The Chalet Lines", but I there is one thing time has taught me, it's that I know I'll grow to love them. Do you know who the male singer is on "Waiting For the Moon To Rise"? I think I read somewhere it was Chris Geddes. Melody Maker said it was Stevie, but it doesn't sound like him .... And I think "The Wrong Girl" is much better than the live versions. My complaints are that I wish it was about 5 or 6 minutes longer. It's all over too quickly, and there needs to be another Start Murdoch song in there somewhere. It also lacks a really poppy song, like "The Boy With The Arab Strap", Me and the Major" or "She's Losing It". I can't help thinking the album would be about 10 times better if they'd put "The Lonliness of a Middle Distance Runner" on it. Still, hopefully that will be released as a single in a month or two .... And now, the main part of my message ..... The last thing I want to do here is stir up a can of worms, or horribly offend someone. Nonetheless, I am compelled to post about "The Chalet Lines", and one listee's comment that said song is "insulting to women". I am a little bit sick of the whole rhetoric where men are NOT ALLOWED to even talk about rape. Let me draw a parallel. My grandfather was in WWII, and saw lots of his freinds die. It would be fair to say that the bloodshed and general carnage of fighting the Japanese in the acific screwed him up pretty badly, and he has spent much of his life (he's now 89) dealing with it. He came back wounded, almost died, and has been partially disabled ever since. Similarly, my dad fought in Vietnam, and while he lacks the classic "screwed up 'vet" thing, many of his friends suffer from severe depression as a result of that war. Now, as a young male, I can't imagine anything more horrific than having to watch my friends die in a hail of bulletts, all the while crawling around in the mud shooting at some guy I have never met and would probably get along with perfectly well in other circumstances. (Where the hell are you going with this Lawrence?) The thing is, I don't find "I Fought In A War" offensive. I don't think it is insulting to all veterans, all young men, nor is it insulting to any of the people who've died fighting for their country. I don't think my father or grandfather would find it insulting either. The song tells a story in the first person, about a terribly traumatic experience. Now, I don't think Stuart M has ever fought in a war, so he's not writing from experience. I think you can look at "The Chalet Lines" in a similar light. The song is pivotal to the album, to my thinking. It comes right after the jauntiest song ("The Wrong Girl"), and musically it is stark and sombre. The song is about someone Stuart knows, and I can't see he would have written the song, nor put it on the album, without without consulting/talking to that person, as obviously it has the potential to stir up some horrific memories. Nonetheless, it IS on the album, which makes me think that Staurt, the band, and the woman at the centre of the song all felt it should be there. It is a compassionate, heartfelt song, and by merely using tired old cliches like "the song is insulting to woman" is. in my opionin, insulting to Stuart's intelligence, and also to the woman to whom the experience belongs. A couple of final points. Obviously, I'm not trying to compare rape and war. I just think they are two traumatic experience from which an individual may never recover, and it just happens that they are both the subjects of songs on the new album. Secondly, men do get raped too. Granted, it's not nearly so common, but it can happen. If Stuart had written a song from personal experience as a rape victim, would it still be insulting. I guess my reason for posting this rather massive message is just that this is something I feel very strongly about. I believe a major cause of the sort of attitude which makes men rapists is that they objectify women, and as long as men can't contront and deal with the issue,m what hope is there. Sorry if I have offended anyone with this. I'll gladly take a beating from anyone offline about this, should you care to mail me and call me an insensitive bastard or whatever, but will be away for the next few days so may take a bit to reply. Lawrence Mikkelsen http://www.akn.quik.co.nz/mikelsen/aboutme +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. 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Sinister: i'm so angry, i don't think it'll ever pass
by Blake 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

PATIENCE IS PRICELESS (LIKE WHEN YOU TRY TO FLY SO HIGH) those would be the kind words of the day. listen: the new album, well i'll get to it in a minute. for the last three days my brother and i have been stranded in a small town in florida (wildwood, they call it) because our car broke down while in mid drive, mind you. the battery decided to obliterate itself and i had to set her down easy. so we were stuck in this truck stop of a town for days, waiting for an equally enigmatic car part to come in. needless to say, it did come in, yesterday morning. we drove home, and i drove to the record store upon returning... listen: i had heard the album once or twice beforehand, and my opinion of it is the same. listen: silence is the sound of the wind masturbating, a man once said. listen: the album is good. very good. in my opinion. but it lacks in places. and i find it barely less enjoyable than TBWTAS 'only' because of Simple Things/Rollercoaster Ride. there isn't a better way to end an album than that, i don't think. listen: the model is my favorite song ever. but without needing to rehash all that's been said, i nominate the best new member of the New Democracy as being Stevie. so maybe he has had a bit more coverage, than say, Sarah, but i think when he goes semi falsetto in stuff like Don't Leave the Light On Baby, it's phenomenal. listen: the chalet lines almost made me cry upon my first 'real' listen, yesterday. listen: the girl i can't get out of my head is arriving in town today. maybe i'll see her, i don't know. there's something to be said when the pain of seeing someone you want so much outweighs the joy of seeing them at all. that's when you know someone has you by the balls. it's not a pleasant situation. listen: this summer i'll be in chicago, DC, and philly, to see the WHO. like john entwistle says, i'm gonna take a long long drive, and with no aeeerrrrrroplane. shucks. the nerdy shy eyed pacifist blake fly yourself away: http://members.tripod.com/nucleartrout +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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