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by denial wil 23 May '01

23 May '01

I hope to add to the confusion involving Grace from the little Ferris Bueller movie. If my memory serves us well she played the neighbor named Bonnie in the 80's television show "small wonder". The show revolved around a robot girl named VICI (voice input child identicant)and her families desire to keep VICI's history a secret. The show was basically an ALF rip-off with a robot playing the part of the alien. I only remember this show because I thought VICI was so very cute and this was so very very wrong.......humans and robots can never be in love, or so I was told. goodbye. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a dream
by pedro sim�es 23 May '01

23 May '01

hi boys and girls: i'm trying to not post about stupid things of my personal life. So, this is about B&S and a dream(ok, a personal dream of my personal life). Last night i dreamt that i was looking at the cover of new Todd Solondz movie and there it was the reference about the soundtrack made by B&S. The cover was dark with a light in the center(maybe with a door, i can't remember). So, i understood that i'm realy expecting a grate soundtrack and also a grate movie. I'm already planing my trip to the Benicassin Festival with two friends. Finally they are close to me. Take care. love, Pedro------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Free Great Books Search Engine! http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/bookscode.htm Distinctive Email from malaspina.com http://www.malaspina.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a dream
by pedro sim�es 23 May '01

23 May '01

hi boys and girls: i'm trying to not post about stupid things of my personal life. So, this is about B&S and a dream(ok, a personal dream of my personal life). Last night i dreamt that i was looking at the cover of new Todd Solondz movie and there it was the reference about the soundtrack made by B&S. The cover was dark with a light in the center(maybe with a door, i can't remember). So, i understood that i'm realy expecting a grate soundtrack and also a grate movie. I'm already planing my trip to the Benicassin Festival with two friends. Finally they are close to me. Take care. love, Pedro------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ Free Great Books Search Engine! http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/bookscode.htm Distinctive Email from malaspina.com http://www.malaspina.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: exams, fanzines and fantastic bands
by idleberry 23 May '01

23 May '01

Yay! Hi all. Top band I must recommend to you ALL at once, cos I saw them last night, and they have a new single out and are fantastic and get airplay on John Peel... Bearsuit. They've got a single called "Hey Charlie Hey Chuck" which is fantastic, simply cos its all jangly, pop, bouncy, cool and pleasurable, as well as having a few moments in it where you can just really let your hair down and jump a bit harder (provided your mum doesn't come knocking on your door to complain about the ceiling in the livingroom collapsing.) Went to see them last night at the Norwich Arts Centre. They were great, in the midst of a pleasant summer, and what with loads of bands going all post-rock these days.... Now theres nothing wrong with that, but you know, it does get a bit blah blah blah.... Good fun. Its available from their label Sickroom GC and its distributed by pinnacle. Go and hassle that nerdy looking bloke in your nearest record shop now to order it in. I have nothing to gain by telling you all this. But you know, it really is brilliant, and will probably appeal to B+S fans most of all. Just for the pure pop pleasure of it all. I have an exam on Friday. Hmm. Lets leave that alone, shall we. Oh, and we finally managed to get the "Point Of Ioslation" fanzine sorted out. We sold quite a lot on its debut night last night at the gig. At first, we asked folk if they wanted to buy it. Then one or two did, and they sat and read it. And then all their pals began to approach us asking to buy copies. Then people in the bands who played (Life without buildings, Aereogramme, Bearsuit) bought copies too. Then we over heard people discussing articles in it among themselves. Thats not something that people *usually* do when they buy a fanzine, is it? Or am I the only one to shove it to the bottom of my jacket pocket/handbag/ safeways carrier and then discover it months later looking crumpled up when I was looking for something else entirely.. (usually enough change to buy a packet of ciggies) I have to say, I was a bit nervous about what people might make of it. It was basically my little baby, and I wanted each copy to go to an appreciating, loving home. It's quite cheap as well, only 70p, which we reckoned was a pretty good deal, for a fanzine. We are pretty pleased with it, cos its got cool interviews with Jeff Mueller (rodan, June of 44, shipping news), Bearsuit, and various other bands get given the chance to prove their value, alternative horoscopes, reviews, a thing about Husker Du, news, a fantastic feature on droplifting (oposite of shoplifting... v. clever idea) and all sorts of other things. I think its been a learning process anyway. We've decided to give free copies to everyone in the university society. I feel a bit sad now, though, on an anti climax cos we've got it done. I wish I'd been able to get some blue peter badges, cos I really fancied the idea of giving away free blue peter badges with each issue. Hmm. I suppose that will just have to wait until we have found a mole who is corrupt enough and works at BBC TV. Hmm. One day.... one day.... Anyway, I was just feeling quite pleased with myself, and thought you should all know why. :) Cheers berryidle ===== http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/corduroysmoke we're all smoking our corduroys in our secret little b+s club- what are you doing?? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I only came here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum
by sweetie something 23 May '01

23 May '01

sinister ITS A BEAUTIFUL DAY the sun is shining, the sky is blue, the birds are singing, people smell like coconuts, the flowers are in bloom, the air smells like honey, its warm with a sweet sweet breeze, it tastes like SUMMER AND IT DRIVES ME WILD! and i remember the first time i ever heard belle and sebastian and my other favorite band theres this cloud that i can see its above the house thats sort-of opposite our house and its just all on its own away from all the other clouds its sort of round sort of blob like round and blob like but, every time i look round at it it has changed shape a bit i think its morphing into a slug shape yeah it definately is wow i just looked at that cloud again and its disappeared i guess it must have morphed into a racing slug a young couple walk into a clothes shop shes sees some things she likes and goes to try them on he sighs and tags along over to the changing rooms he sits down on the hard, uncomfortable wooden chair she hops into the changing room as rolls his weary eyes he hears her moving about in their getting changed breaths out probably louder than he should have and looking down, shakes his head a few minutes and alot of rustling around later she pokes her head round the curtain holding it tight into her chin so theres no chance anyone will see anything except her face and calls him over he leaves his bag beside the chair (a subconscious attempt at stopping anyone else from taking the chair) he walks right over until he is standing directly in front of her and looks her in the eyes she pulls the curtain aside a bit so only he can see in he leans forward covering any space that might have let other people see in she holds her hands out to the side 'what do you think' 'its nice' 'only nice?' he knows where this is going 'yeah its nice, it looks good on you' 'but, only nice?' 'ok, its really nice, it really suits you' 'you dont think it makes me look fat?' 'no, it doesnt make you look fat' she wrinkles her nose a bit and looks at her self from behind in the mirror 'does it make my bum look big? he smiles and looks up a bit 'no it doesnt make your bum look big' 'then why were you laughing?' 'i wasnt laughing! i was only smiling' 'because you think it makes my bum look big?' 'no it doesnt make your bum look big!' 'then why were you laughing?!' he leans his forehead on his hand and smiling, shakes his head he looks up at her 'i wasnt laughing' 'you were! look there you done it again!' 'what! i wasnt laughing!' 'yes you were, you think my bum looks big and you were laughing at me' he sighs and shakes his head 'oh for goodness sake...' 'what? stop it!' 'stop it! stop what!' 'making fun of me and laughing' 'im not making fun of you or laughing at you!' 'oh so im making it up now am i?' he smiles again 'youre crazy' 'oh, so ur calling me a liar now are you?' he shakes his head, and fed up, leans against the wall with his arms folded 'look, i wasnt laughing at you, it doesnt make your bum look big, infact- you look great in it' 'you did so laugh!' 'ok, i laughed...' 'hah! so i was right...' 'no, you were wrong,the reason i laughed is because i think your silly to worry about you bum looking big, your bum looks great and so does the rest of you' 'hmm. and your not just saying that?' he goes into the changing room with her and puts his arms round her 'no, im not.' and kisses her 'you look brilliant' 'you promise?' 'i promise.' 'ok' she smiles and blushes a bit 'so, are u going to get that one then?' 'this one? nah, ive got all these still to try on then i want to look next door! and i have to find shoes!' he falls to his knees and bursts into tears. "And I think, to love the ones I've wronged, kissed and buried, I've known it all along." sweetie xox ICQ #42242252 MSN instant msngr: something_sinister(a)hotmail.com AOLim id: IIIsecondcreep *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* If I wasn't psychotic I would never have found my true self. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: another first post I am afraid
by Larry The Frog 23 May '01

23 May '01

Hello everyone I have just been released from the nursery! How exciting! I think I am the first frog on Sinister (not the first animal though as Rosetta the cat might still be around) My name is Larry and I am a frog; I am Mike and Elena's flatmates also. Elena feeds me chip and Guinness and also made me meet some of you lovely people so here I am. Well you are not all lovely though, I have been called "plastic dinosaur" and more horrible stuff a few times; it really makes me feel upset you know. Being a frog these days is not much fun as it is not raining all the time anymore. I used to spend most of my days out in the garden getting wet, how great. However it seems that all the people living in my house kept moaning about the rain: these humans don't know what the good things are. Also they seem to have loooong talk about things but not end up with any conclusion. In the house here they keep going on about music all the time. Debates include "Take That are the ultimate boy's band", "REM are not shite", "Britney Spears cannot be a virgin" and more. And also a permanent discussion to know if the Dome chips are better than Mister Fast Fry chips. I think the Dome wins, but then I am a frog I don't know anything. I can hear Elly moaning about her exams and asking for some more tea, I'd better go until she beats me (she does you know) Bien a vous, Larry the Frog __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: get out of the sunshine and into the office!
by Neil Milton 23 May '01

23 May '01

AARRGGHH God damn it!!! I got to go to work in an hour! ah.. the splendour of aol technical support. Better help these poor souls in distress lest they not have internet access for a mere matter of minutes! I got my B+S tickets in the post today so I thought it warranted a post to the list... mobile hasn't stopped beeping all day... yep I said beeping... I have one of those arcane models (hahaha arcane model, I was just reading back over the message and noticed a delgados reference without even meaning it!) that looks like it might have been handed to moses from God on the mount! Its the size of a brick for crying out loud!!!! It spent a night under three feet of snow last year! Went to look for it the next morning and all you heard was this ridiculously muffled beeping! Still works too! PICNICS! I know I wrote this yesterday, however are we actually gonna organise some for the summer? Why is it I think about this more when the sun is streaming in my front room? FOOTBALL I read with interest that some of you guys from london have a footy tourney. Sounds way cool. Do we do anything like that up here in Glasgow? If not.. we should! Anyone fancy it? So... what a feeling it is for a guy incredibly low in self-confidence to have a very pretty girlfriend, and also to find out that a girl at work has a major crush on him! Melikes my life just now however methinks I wont tell girlfriend about said girl! Girlfriend may get paranoid! So the sun is out and it tends to bring two dispirate types of people out into the centre of glasgow! We have the 'studenty' types... (I hate that term - but you know what i mean!) Damned attractive girls in their vest tops and flares... its a joy to walk round town (if this sounds sexist i apologise but i think everyone knows what I mean!) until... the second group catches yer eye... those bastard neds with their t-shirts off and hanging from the inside of their waistband! Why is it men have the annoying habit of assuming the are immediately attractive to all animals the minute they strip to the waist! Methinks Not! I now have an guru! How cool is that!? Stuff to do tonight and tomorrow night if you're doing nothing else and you happen to be in the glasgow area! Tonight! - Soundtrax @ 13th note club! bunch of musicians get together and perform music as a soundtrack to a piece of film. Amongst others tonight pour vos plaisir, will be the flaming mongrels (andy from Troika, Colin from Squander Pilots, and Paul from Single point of light), and as far as I've been led to be aware, ultimo dragon. Tomorrow night! - Madonna tribute night @13th note Club! bunch of musicians who really should know better get together and play madonna songs in original and surprising ways for some sort of kitsch enjoyment! playing are (and again I'm led to believe) Akira, a troika/house collaboration, and also My Legendary Girlfriend. Lots of fun to be had all round! oh.. lest i forget! Judy, ACTUALLY IS a dickslap! (judy will now beat me up!) Neil.x. Listening to... anything remotely B+S related Reading... Julian Cope's Autobiography, Head on. (Uh! Look Out!) current mood: confused but contented. ===== "I took a wrong direction, from a shooting star" Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub ------------------------------------------------------ Neil Milton; neil_milton(a)yahoo.com; ICQ:77866398 Troika - http://www.troikaonline.co.uk 2mf - http://www.geocities.com/tmfpromo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Get Fresh (for summer)
by Dan Metcalfe 23 May '01

23 May '01

{lest us not forget the scene where Andy has it out with Harry Dean Stanton over his denial of her mother's death - man that's a lump in the throat/trickle a tear moment} I'm reading Slyvia Plath's 'The Bell Jar' at the moment & wow is it good. The main character reminds me a bit of B&S, or at least the people in their lyrics (eg. Emma in '...modern rock song'). Hmmm, that kind of 'me against the world (or society's constructed notions or something)' thing that she has. Though I'm not sure if there's any sub-text going on yet (I often need them pointing out), which might supersede this rebel thang. So there's a recommendation for ya. Well, it turns out that someone has snapped up the last 2 seats in our box at RAH, grrr! Only kidding - the two guys who had not got off their arses to phone for tickets aren't that big fans (late fate be their judge) & they can go to the Scarborough gig anyway. So a big Yorkshire hello to our box 24 chums! argh! - I finished my Ribena. huzzah! - the morning is still sunny. We *may* have a warm UK summer (shock horror). I only did English at GCSE, so you'll find my posts are full of (parenthesis (of (all kinds>}) - more of a science boy you see. T-ra, Dan. me and my baby doll, never went to the beach. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: take jonathan and shove david
by Rachel Playforth 23 May '01

23 May '01

i keep getting carriage clocks mixed up with grandfather clocks, and envisioning very painful scenes (well, more painful - i don't suppose a carriage clock is something one wants shoved anywhere either, especially if it's one of those ones with the big gold balls...) a higher power has been at work, leading me to buy one more b&s ticket than i turned out to need, just so i could be the means of getting the superlative (indeed, i have a strong urge to say 'most superlative') ailsa ross (that's *Ailsa Ross*) to the albert hall. how have we done without her? bass players: the circles in which i move these days led me to some sort of reggae event last night. my conviction that all bass players are always a) the most attractive and b) the coolest member of any given pop combo (ok, this was mostly because i had a teenage crush on alex james) was severely shaken by the white jeans and accountant's hair of last night's bassist. convictions - not all they're cracked up to be. i won a holiday on a scratch card last week. i think i have to pay for the flights though which is crap because prizes are meant to, you know, *save* you paying for stuff. plus i have to save up for CANADA. yup, if i talk like i'm going for long enough then maybe i will actually get off my arse and do it. went to see margaret atwood read on sunday, yet another vicarious canadian experience... mmm, canada. recommendations for kate from chicago: going on the fact(s) that you like b&s and hefner, you should listen to ANT. ANT is good. yay ANT. etc. ant is in hefner. but sounds more like b&s. so you can't lose really. thanks to david moore for this link www.antpop.com i agree with arik that ally sheedy's makeover in the breakfast club is one of cinema's greatest crimes. from rock goddess to poodle in 3 minutes. hidden message: smoking marijuana is bad as makes unwary teenagers commit acts of brutality with blusher. <was going to continue with important analysis of duckie/denouement in PIP but feel topic stretching seams of white cotton panties already> good to see jarkko back, though in perhaps less happy circumstances than we would wish for him. cheer up jake - nothing a bit of healthy debate and faux eighties nostagia won't solve i'm sure. (for more jarkko, see www.buzzwords.org.uk. sorry if anyone is waiting for the site to be updated by the way, my esteemed colleague at buzzwords HQ is selling his mum's house, and obviously it's a big job trying to do it without her noticing.) i bought the *first* tindersticks album in oxfam today. just to be contrary. the whole of the above post tells me that i have completely lost the art of the graceful segue since leaving university. short paragraphs, however, are good. any step further away from being henry james is good. luv archel xxx *************************************** Rachel Playforth 'She may not be famous, but she's right' - Homer Simpson For the best in new writing on the web, visit www.buzzwords.org.uk Contact us on buzzwords(a)bigfoot.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: If we weren't in school right now I'd waste you.
by Ruvi Simmons 23 May '01

23 May '01

My heart was warmed by the delightful comments made about my last humble offering, but that only increases my anxiety now. I have just arrived home after a night visiting friends, which undoubtedly means I should keep my lips sealed and my vision blurred, but I have decided to do neither, and try and muse about John Hughes, amongst others. I can't just sit mutely by while Duckie's fate at the end of Pretty in Pink and the Ally Sheedy makeover are discussed. I must say something. So, since people can be masters of their own destiny, I will. First off all, the secretary in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was also in a Cheech and Chong film (I don't remember which one. They're all the same, so I suppose it doesn't particularly matter). Her acting abilities were stretched almost beyond the realm of human capability, certainly into a region Stanislavski never envisioned, by performing as a twee Midwestern housewife with a nasal voice. She got stoned with Cheech and Chong, drove around in a Rolls Royce, and went to see a Pee Wee Herman show. It was all crap. While I have nothing but fondness for John Hughes and his 80's films, let us not forget that he is also the man responsible for Home Alone and, more obscurely yet not less unforgiveably, Curly Sue. Also, is there not something slightly dubious about a man well into his thirties spending his time surrounded by a crop of adolescent actors and actresses who quickly slid into a miasma of booze and wanton sex? No wonder Anthony Michael Hall became and alcoholic and Ally Sheedy a neurotic anorexic. Nevertheless, his films a super. And yes, Ally Sheedy's make-over was a travesty. When I first watched the film, having gradually become fixated on her (I even wrote her a letter in my capricious and ludicrous youth), it felt like a knife was plunged into my heart as I saw her coming out of the office where that little minx Clare had performed her evil deed. Forcing the shaggy haired girl to conform, to go out with the stupidest character in the whole film, leaving poor Brian Johnson (not Rogers) standing in the library on his own! But enough of all that: what about Weird Science? It may have taken John Hughes only two days to write, but it's still a bit, only a small bit, you understand, of a classic. Kelly le Brock's hair alone is worth noting; it's like a great big teased fountain spurting from the crown of her head, levitating above her scalp. And what about Sixteen Candles? Finally - I will say no more on this subject, I promise, although my record of keeping promises is not good - I need to mention The Wild Life. It's sort of the Las Vegas of teen films - absolutely awful, but triumphant on the grounds of shamelessness alone. It has Rick Moranis, Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith (who seems to have vanished off the face of the planet, which is probably, bless his little inept actor heart, for the best), and Lea "Calvin...he's a dream-boat" Thompson. Could a film need anything more? Could the world, in fact, need anything more? 5 paragraphs on 80's teen films is probably enough to last a lifetime. I am ashamed; after all the talk of being low-brow, I have outdone myself. I should probably go and read a biography on David Beckham now, or simply slit my wrists. I will put them in hot water to stop the blood from clotting, and no one will find me until morning. I will be drained and pale like I always wanted to be, with a little note at my side blaming it all on Don't You Forget About Me by The Simple Minds. That was all a bit morbid, wasn't it? Instead, perhaps I should go upstairs, eat some food, recollect myself, and read a bit of Baudelaire. Yes, I think that would be entirely the more sapient choice. Or perhaps watch Fast Times at Ridgemont High...... Ruvi. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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