July 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Begbie, Scream and Shout!
by Peter Miller 15 Jul '00

15 Jul '00

I had a Miles Davis dream last night. Should I be booking a table at the great Plugged Nickel in the sky? So Paul's busy, is he? Busy doing nothing, working the whole day through, trying to find lots of things not to do, I'll be bound. He'd like to be unhappy but he simply doesn't have the time. Last night the BCN/Belgium chapter of Sinister had arranged to meet at a bar described in a local newspaper nightlife guide as "full of very young people who look like they've just come back from record shopping in London". I didn't go, because it was way past my bedtime. Kate Bush has a four octave voice, believe it or not. B&S content. Nick wrote something about someone in the band having said that their lives didn't have to revolve around the band "24/7" as Bob Hoskins might say, and that this means it's OK not to play live (or something like that, I'm paraphrasing wildly here) but not long ago (and this isn't Nick anymore) we were treated to the bizarre sight of Mister Jackson saying IN CAPITAL LETTERS that "this is the profession we have chosen" meaning pop stars or musicians or something. Call me old fashioned, but these two statements seem to be at odds. However they do have one thing in common. Neither would sound out of place coming from a petulant child, or "mardy bum" as we say in the Midlands. Having said that, I couldn't give a monkey's whether they play live or not. I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason. Same thing goes for the Peel session. The appearance of Donald Sutherland in a Kate Bush video was once considered a big deal. Heavens! What's the title of that Floyd track that's supposed to sound like an amazing journey through space, but in fact sounds like a bumpy ride in a bus? Big with stoneheads. It's good, that one is. The Floyd are called Pink after blues legend Pink Anderson, the jammy bastard. Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Spumco: The Danes Call It Quality!
by Vicki Rider 15 Jul '00

15 Jul '00

Hello :-) I believe I'm on the verge of two B+S coversions: 1) My dad, who I respect most of anybody in the ways of music (he's the first one that played me The Beatles and The Smiths 'lo those many years ago). He's always listened to my Belle and Sebastian tapes with a reserved look on his face, finally remarking at the end of the song, "They're a bit fey, aren't they?" in a crushing tone. However, a couple of days ago we were on the last leg of a roadtrip back to Phoenix from Tuscon, listening to a mix tape I had made (does anyone hate the phrase "mix tape" to describe the precious gems we send to friends and loved ones? I can't stand it). The last song on the tape was "Don't Leave The Light On Baby". I curled up very quietly on the passenger side of the car and waited. Halfway through, at the solo where the strings come in, my dad says "I LOVE this song! It's my kind of music!", and after it's all over, "Wow! That was really good." Rah Rah Rah!! 2) My aunt, who's actually around 24, younger than my sister even. I sent her a tape I made for her as a graduation present. I hadn't heard anything from her for about 2 months and forgot about it. The other day I get a message from her--"I absolutely love the tape; I play it at work all the time!!" On there I had about 3 strategically-placed B+S songs, so that means she liked them too, right?? heehee "Burroughs is in Tangiers I don't think he'll be coming back it's Sinister"-Allen Ginsberg Brian mentioned: >and a lot of people I know have seen Katie Holmes here and there Has anyone gone onto the Tangents website to the section Katie Says? It's this place where they have a picture of Katie Holmes with a little speech bubble and they make her say whatever they want (right now I think they're doing Go-Betweens lyrics). You can also buy a shirt and make Katie say whatever you want her to. I'm thinking of the Felt quote "We might as well all stay in our rooms until we die"--keep the teachers on their toes. Robyn asked: >what do people think of pop music from the 50s? How about pop music from the '40s (if there is such a thing)? Before I even liked rock and roll at all, I was groovin' my little 10-year-old-self to the likes of Glen Miller and Benny Goodman (seriously!). Swingin'! Sarah asked: >Can we have a TV Personalities thread now, please? Funny she would mention that. About 2 minutes before I read her post I was on the floor laughing uncontrollably to "Little Woody Allen" (seriously!). The Who on acid! Thanks to everyone's repeated name dropping I finally tracked down a copy of The Clientele's "Fading Summer ep". Absolutely beautiful! Am I alone in thinking "An Hour Before the Light" sounds a bit like a tune Nick Drake would've done? I absolutely can't wait till their album this fall. Well, I'm off to make another. . . another . .(augh!) "mix tape". With lots of Field Mice on it, yeah! Ciao, (I would've said "cheers", but pretending to be Italian instead of pretending to be English is much is so much more American, don't you think?:-) Rachel W. "And now we see the elusive . . . the FEARSOME! . . . .. . . .CrocoStimpy!!" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: prog rock
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 15 Jul '00

15 Jul '00

Righto. Also saw "High Fidelity" last night. I thought it made the transfer from the UK to the US quite well ... far better than I expected. I clpped when they played "Seymour Stein". I'm quite surpirsed that song isn't on the soundtrack .... (I also clapped when Dick knocked Ray's teeth out with the phone - proving (perhaps) that I am a little evil.) Sometimes extreme violence in fiction can be very beautiful Especially against such a smug prat as "Ray". ***PROG*** Hmmmm. I always thought I hated prog, but now I'm not too sure. But let me say I DESPISE Rick Wakeman. Evil man ..... Rock opera on ice? WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!!!!! I think Pink Floyd are "OK". I have no intention of ever owning anything by them, but I can listen to "Dark Side of the Moon" without wanting to kill myself. Unlike either The Vengaboys or Shania Twain. (Canada - how could you DO that to us ....) I think, however, that much of Pink Floyd's music has the illusion of emotional depth, but doesn't really say anything. "Deep and meaningless" would be my soundbite review. Whilst musing over the current prog debtae, though, I came to the conclusion that a lot of the music I like does have links to prog. Like Suede at their finest (ie. "Dog Man Star") and Mansun ("Six") and obviously Ultrasound. And I LOVE those bands. And if "Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness" isn't the "Tales from the topographic oceans" for the 90's, I don't know what is. I don't think there is any crime in writing 10 minute songs and using classical elements. I think what I hate about 70's era prog is the whole idea about making "serious" pop music. Music which is "important" because it uses classical elements etc. Forget it pal .... pop music is a completely different animal and I don't think you can place them side by side. (And I wrote a rather excellent essay about this in the final year of my Philosophy degree a few years back. I could be a cold hearted bastard and post the ENTIRE 3000 word doc. to the list. But then no one would ever give me a list crush vote. (sigh) But if anyone wants it, I can probably dig it out. Well, rock on kids..... Lawrence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dark side of the moon
by Tiago Romeu 15 Jul '00

15 Jul '00

nick dastoor: >Shamefully, I've yet to hear 'A Dark Side of the Moon', which is all about >mental illness apparently, so that sounds really good. I like concept albums >about insanity. I wonder if it's better than Madness's 'The Rise & Fall' and >Brian Wilson's 'I Used to Be A Werewolf But I'm All Right N-owowoww? It's curious reading you on that subject because me and a friend we spent several hours of one night, a few months ago, just analyzing the concept of that album. In the end we concluded it was about the course of one during his life in modern society, and on what that society leads him to do. oh...I mean in modern "money-ruling-humanless" society and how much damaged that society causes in one's mental sanity. If you notice, it's starts with an heart beat, and the first music is precisely "Breathe", like one's just born. Even so, yes, its mainly about brain damage, but isn't it all about it ? If you follow the Born-Study-WorkworkworkHardToGetAReallyNiceJobWhereYouGetWellPaid-AllmoneyNo Love/Wisdom-Die you will do get insane. Or end up being an automatic robot. And the album is brilliant in exposing it. If you also notice, "Brain Damage" comes right after "Money" and "Us and Them", or, if you prefer, first "Get a good job with more pay and your ok" («Money») and then "And in the end is onky round and round and round" («Us and Them»). In the end, after "Brain Damage", the "Eclipse", simbolizing death. Or the end of a cicle, as it also ends with an heart beat. I don't know much of Pink Floyd besides this but the concept of this album and the way it is done is absolutely fabulous. It sure diserves a bigger and more important post than this one. I hope someone's there to discuss it. greets tiago ps : and after reading some posts about pink floyd (I repeat : without knowing it to well) I got the sense that most of people who doesn't like it, didn't explain it on a way that the others could understand why they thought like that. which leads me to conclude that most of anti-Floyd people is conduced by social prejudice. Progressive-Rocks-not-twee. even though, I really don't want to get envolved in such discussion. as I said, I don't know them that well. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: monochrome in the 1990's
by Walrus1972＠aol.com 15 Jul '00

15 Jul '00

shove off bozard +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: High Fidelity, german version
by Horszowski 15 Jul '00

15 Jul '00

Hi high folks, just saw the High Fidelity film (finally released here in Germany), did an archives research, and wondering, why noone mentioned this in the 50 files being offered, here I go... So pleased to see that B&S song featured at the beginning of the film, but what a pity to hear Rob "defending" this song (being slaggged off by Barry) by comfirming that he didn't like it either but he wants it to be played because HE CAN IGNORE IT SO EASY AT WORK! What a fine promotion for B&S... Arrrgh! brilliant anyway. My friend (who also went with me to their live gig at the Paradiso in Amsterdam) and I had a good laugh. May be that's why they didn't choose a Stuart M song for the soundtrack, hehehe. Or does that gag figure only in the german synchronized version? Cheerio, Ralf +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: selfish me
by Paul Rudolph 14 Jul '00

14 Jul '00

Its entirely selfish of me and I didn't want to post about it but like Nick said, I guess I really DID want to post about it. I just have to offer some contrary opinions about Pink Floyd. Peter hit the nail on the head about the Syd days of Floyd. They became dull and INNOCUOUS after Syd left, writing about thematic cliches, in my opinion. When compared to what Stuart Murdoch has to offer, well, I just think Stu's stuff is just more original and less contrived. Though, maybe he didn't quite succeed with the last album. Duh, its still better than most stuff though, blah blah. Same for Morrissey. Compare it Dylan's elaborate and expansive use of symbolism. Maybe these are unfair comparisions but you begin to realize how weak all the 70's Floyd really is. Plus, the music is equally the same for me: it doesn't make me feel any kind of emotion whatsoever. Not that I'm all hung up on lyrics, though. Hell, I can't even carry on a conversation. I feel free to offer these opinions as I went through my Pink Floyd listening, pot-smoking days as a college student. I've read the lyrics. I also read the lyrics to a lot of other bands, too. And Floyd's are trite in comparision. Although I do think that Alice in Wonderland thing is spooky. And if you think I'm unfamiliar with the subject because of what I have written then its because I suck at writing. I'm an accountant/programmer for God's sake! Okay? Personal Note: I should be more sympathic to all of their 70's stuff that had ties to insanity because my mother is a paranoid schizophrenic (I'm one of the 0.25% in the world who has a parent who has schizophrenia). Its nice when people talk about it without embarrassment and no stigmas exist. Before you even say it: I know! I know they wrote about other stuff too in the 70's besides insanity. Celeb thread (I aims to please): I went to New York on Mem day weekend and went to McSorley's - oldest bar in New York City. Cool place with all kinds of old pictures and thingys on the walls. You have to order in rounds, no single or double beer orders - very cool. Anyways, we partied with four players from the Metro Stars there. They were having chugging contests with every female that tried to go to the bathroom (their table was directly in front of the ladies toilet, I should say). They were having a bachelor party. Those guys were a lot of fun and they made the place fun for everyone. On second thought, forget all that. Soccer players in America aren't really considered celebrities. Heck, I didn't believe them until I looked up their pictures on the Metro Stars website. Anyone who hates money or the pursuit of it should mail me all of theirs. Thanks in advance. How IRONIC is it that Dark Side of The Moon is one of the biggest MONEY-MAKERS of all time? Oops, sorry Magda. Enjoy your picnics. I'm calling one for myself here in Pittsburgh. Saturday 1PM: Point State Park in Pittsburgh. If I don't show up then I'll assume no one came and then I'll have to leave. I'm bringing apple butter because I can get the good shit. hardy har har - nice weekend everyone (and you Floydheads, too) Warm fuzzies, PR +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Loneliness of the Middle London Liver
by Kenneth P Y Chu 14 Jul '00

14 Jul '00

Hi all, I've found an Internet Cafe in London so I thought I'll drop by to say hi, cos that's what I really really want. I haven't been reading all of the posts, sorry :-) but I have got them all saved on a computer disk, even tho I'm not a marketing analyst, but I *am* an angel :-) I will now tell you about my exciting adventures in London.. WORKING Working in a rather big investment bank in Liverpool Street, which is all big and cool and stuff, and gets paid quite a bit, and they hosted a party for us and gave us loads of beer for free! Which is good. LONDON UNDERGROUND is the biggest mile of moo ever! It's horrid and keeps stoping and has no seat for sitting and makes me fall over when I'm standing AND it smells of wee all the time! Also, I remember reading someone's post (sorry I can't remember who you are..) about this thing in France where beggars go on trains to give a speech in return for cash. It looks like the London division of beg.com have now adopted the strategy too! It never seemed to work tho.. I planned loads of excuses the best one being "Sorry but I'm poorer than you - I'm a student" (which actually would have been a lie cos I was getting paid loads) but the guys normally just walk right past me! PICNIC Picnic is tomorrow and I CAN'T WAIT, the sinister world can now see the sublime skills of Ken "Kenedine Kedane" Chu in his full football glory. It best not rain tomorrow cos I never lied when I was 17. (Honest!) I have to go now, see you all sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon.... Postcards and Redbulls!!! Ken P.S. : I am not really sure if a person who lives is a "Liver" either! ====================================================================== I spent the summer wasting, the time has past so pleasantly..... - Belle and Sebastian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: inbetween the moments
by FakingUpARampage＠aol.com 14 Jul '00

14 Jul '00

dear Diary.... ack!! i just stepped on my dog!! literally as i was writing the y in diary... shes under my desk.. but it wasnt very hard, it was more of a tap.. and she didnt cry or anything, so i think things are ok. phew. amy said: > i've never heard of apple butter. is it just apple flavoured butter? okay, > that's probably a daft question, but you get stuff > like.....~thinks~......lemon curd which is the most disgusting stuff on > earth, and i was thinking it's maybe like that...... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! wait, i'll get a jar and write out the ingrediants. on the front of the jar it says 'made from fresh apples, apple cider and honey'... and ya know what? thats all the ingrediants. i'm spelling ingrediants wrong arent i? oh well. and its not disgusting. its yummy. i think i've talked about apple butter too much over the past week. but i dont tend to let things go. sorry bout that. have you ever noticed how when you make pizza, or even better - pizza bagels, the bestest part is the part that gets stuck to the pan, and you sit there with a fork trying to get it off cos its oh so yummy? its pouring out today, and i'm sad... because it means that i cant go to my horse show tomorrow... as i was supposed to, after my whole little problem with the horse getting sick.. amy also said : "glad to hear jenowl is going to be the fairy godmother in her school play. all sinisterines should be someone's fairy godmother (or fairy godfather)." in kindergarden... i was the fairy godmother from cinderella.. but i got in trouble for hitting the mice too hard with my magic wand. it wasnt my fault tho, really.. they were more like rats then mice. and now i'm sad again, because i missed jen's post where she talked about being the fairy godmother, and i would have liked to read that. hmmmm... will have to look for it. i think linda did very well as list mum, dont you? oh!! i just found jen's email.. i had accidently never clicked on it in the first place.. its at the begining of stuff to read today jen said that it would be sad if b&s played and the club were 18 and over... but if you call the place, and ask very sweetly.. they usually.. or at least in jersey they usually say that if you go with a parent that'll keep an eye on you, you can go anyway. i'm kinda planning on using that card in 2001... tho, in 2001, i might be 18!!! wow... thats a scary thought. but i'm not on the post that talks about being the fairy godmother. damnit. underwire bras -- am i the only person who can never get the wire to stay where its supposed to, on the upper inner side of the cup? i always feel like i'm going to fall apart. argh. i should just stick to soft cups. hey.. speaking of butters and canadians.. teehee... what about maple butter? i loved that the first time i had it too.. however, the first time was also the last time cos you cant find anything good in the states... tho everytime i say that someone emails me saying where i can find stuff.... thankyou to everyone for being so nice... chris was sad that his copy of sinister is scratching... toothpast fixes minor scratches. sadly, i cant salvage my copy of twattybus... i must get another.. as i cant listen to half of it, and playing it to sleep to doesnt work anymore either, as it wakes me up skipping... i have to get a job. i cant keep my summer wasting anymore. i got an application for barnes and nobles, as its the closest place where i could fathom working that isnt in the mall... since i cant drive, the closeness factor is a good thing. they got me my copy of nalda, so i like them. but i have to admit, i'm afraid. this will be my first job, and i wonder if i'm going to end up killing the customers. i get frantic rather easily. but, if i get money then i can go galavanting and go to all the places that people have told me have legal man, and i can get another copy of TBWTAS, and things will be nice. YAY!! i think i'll send this now. its been at least 15 minutes. xoxxo Jes +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: monochrome in the 1990's
by Rickbozard＠aol.com 14 Jul '00

14 Jul '00

this morning I awoke rather late and was forced to make haste in order to catch the bus. I'd overslept by an hour or so, I blame it on fatuige from the night before when I stayed up untill all hours playing solitaire while listening to my first-edition vinyl copy of tigermilk as well as bits from piper at the gates of dawn. I thought that this was very twee and was delighted to have some material to send to the sinister list. It's quite rare for me to write, I'm the victim of a shyness that is criminally vulgar and it's a great accomplishment for me to venture out into the world, even if that world is a belle and sebastian list on the internet. Well, back to my story. I was distraught at the thought of being late for my job at the cardigan shop. I was afraid that my tardiness might cause my coworkers to speak to me, or prehaps question me, which is somenthing I mortally fear. As I rode on the bus I saw a beautiful girl in the next isle. She looked like Isobel and she might have been though i'll never know, for a sickening fear came over me and drove me to hide in the back of the bus. She was still there when it was my time to get off, so I ran past her seat looking straight ahead to avoid her gaze. A dreadful thing happened as I departed the bus. My sweater caught in the door. I was panic striken as the bus began to drive off, ripping my sweater to shreads and knocking me flat onto the ground. I was a bit flustered and was falling into a daze. The only thing that kept me awake for those first five minutes was the sense of loss I felt for my sweater. I know it's summertime and a sweater can get rather hot, but I am more than happy to take on the hardship associated with my twee uniform. I couldn't fight off unconciousness for long though, and soon I was passed out on the street in a well of my own tears. I dreamt of stuart m and isobel hovering over me like angels as a delightful b+s cover of "another brick in the wall" played in the background. It was a beautiful dream and almost made the unconciousness worthwhile. I began to come to but was still dazed and dissoriented. But then, like an angel out of the heavens a man picked me up and helped me to a taxi cab. It was morrisey. I was overcome with joy and very much wanted to thank him, but my fear of speaking to strangers kept me mute. Morrisey walked off as I quiveringly gave my address to the driver. I'd given up the idea of working that day. I really should have called the cardigan shop to tell them what had occoured but was, yet again, stifled by fear. I contented myself to spend the say at home eating popsickles, listening to tigermilk (which is my favorite b+s album though i don't like that electronic renaissance track, it reeks of an attempt at innovation). If I can muster up the courage I may go down to the park to look for sid barrett. Goodbye all, have a wonderfully twee day +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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