July 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: and you can't sing
by Dirty Vicar 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

I've decided to send another mail in to Sinister from sunny Dublin. I'm feeling a bit sulky about the way B&S took to hanging out with listees and gig goers down in darkest England, but they didn't do the same when we went over to see them in Scotland. They must have seen me coming or something. But still, I have the idea it's better not to meet your idols. Yesterday we went to see Magnetic Fields. They were supported by Tendertrap. Tendertrap are Amelia Fletcher's latest band. Amelia looks almost exactly like she did when I saw her in Barnstormers fronting Heavenly ten years ago. Which is strange. The band sound basically like Marine Research of Heavenly, with maybe a slightly greater interest in electronics. The Magnetic Fields themselves were grate, as they say. Don't lots of listees hate them? I think they're just inventing a Magfelds/B&S rivalry because Stephin Merritt and Stuart Murdoch are the two greatest songwriters of our times. It's a Beatles/Beach Boys thing. But I say, why have one when you can have both? Anyway, on this occasion Stephin Merritt was a bit poorly with some kind of food poisoning he'd picked up in Scandinavia. So he was dosed up to the gills on some kind of medicine and had to let Claudia Gonson sing a much higher proportion of songs than normal. Which suited me, as I could drown in that woman's voice. For all that I love the Fields on record, live they are such a stronger proposition. With just four of them on the stage they manage to create an amazingly multilayered sound. I suppose a lot of this must be down to the two ones who let their musical instruments do the talking. Anyway, they played lots of lovely tunes, including some by the 6ths, with Amelia Fletcher shyly coming back to sing the song she apparently does on one of their albums. Rener made a new friend who it somehow became apparent had kept going to gigs to see the Mull Historical Society support someone, only to arrive late and find the headliners already onstage. He then told her an amusing anecdote about the time he met Isobel Campbell, but that's Rener's story so I'll let her tell it. Did you hear that Delia Derbyshire died? Did you ever hear of Delia Derbyshire? She worked for the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in the 1960s and performed the original music for "Doctor Who" using a range of tape loops and oscillators and things. One thing that's funny about her if you ever see old pictures of her is how much like a random lady member of B&S she looks. See for yourself at http://www.deliaderbyshire.com/ This has gone on a bit, so now it will stop. bless you all, DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Especially For Stu
by David Moore 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

(& the rest of you too) Profuse apologies to anyone who really knows what the words are! I can hardly make out most of the last section. But its a start, innit? The Season Has Arrived I need someone to take some joy in something I do You need a man who's either rich or lives in ?* You know I love you, here's the irony You get to walk away intact I think you'll never find? me anyway You like? yourself & you don't know? To kiss her arse its time for close? Each ? of the year? I think of waking up to us we're a disaster You don't want to know Because you knew its always on the red? We're? out? to find your? lies? She was the wonder of my life She showed me the road And if I meet my death today Then please let her know I only wanted to do harm to her I only wanted her to see The meeting? of the roads? surrounding her And when she opened up her eyes Its much too late, our chance has gone She's with a guy Who takes the? price? of everything I ever showed her Taken all the fun because she's older I fed her with a spoon I made her mother smile I helped the kid survive (Lush strings break) She was the wonder of my life She showed me the road I met her dark, her steady gaze The chapter is closed (The chapter is closed) I always wanted all the best for her Because he? must have? stayed away She grew up flash and left the rest of us And now the wonder's? standing's? on I know the tunes I'll play mine I'll pay them much the same person I ? ? ? ? The need to play New York? but lucky for you You will dance around, around the turns to? ? ? ? ? The season has arrived The season has arrived (*sounds like corkscrew!) Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: What with all the lampshades and shit.
by Tara . 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Good tidings, Hello there. I have written before. that's usually an appropriate thing to say in a first post isn't it. To get it out in the open that you're new and feeling a bit vulnerable. I could have done it as a p.s, but i felt, what the hey, be brazen, and proud that until this point you have run away from computers. I am try not to be twee, but i have always had the idea that computers cause cancer, and it is only now that i am allowing myself to step nearer to the screen. Also i am convinced that computers work in reverse, and that, rather than us looking at webpages, it is the webmasters who are looking at us. Which makes me nervous when i go onto people's homepages and actually read their factfiles in case they think i am a sad obsessive who spends their days searching for sites with interesting information about how to grow ginger. Belle and sebastian. Where can i start. they have got me through so much. Actually, i shouldn't say that since i'm sure lots of you have had a lot worse. But isn't it great when you know that if you are feeling absolutely rock bottom there will be a way to at least raise a small smile as Stevie hits the bottom note on legal man, or with the zip noise on Expectations. Only, like penicillin, i reckon belle and sebastian should not be used too often for medicinal purposes or super-depressive-bugs will develop and leave us crawling in a sewer of mayhem with no chance of struan's strong arms helping us out. aaaah. they did look nice. particularly in scarborough. where i danced most merrily in the aisles, did a touch of pillar dancing and ate candy floss. Glasgow saturday was good too but that was long ago, and i can tell your patience is growing thin with this extra long post fom a new person. you need sinister status to do that. so long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, adieu, ( to yu, and yu, and yu and yu and yu) Tara For fuck's sake. It's only a cardigan. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: More live tracks (MP3s)
by David White 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Hi there Sinister, A few months back I put a notice on my website asking for people who would be interested in getting a copy of the Black Sessions to email me. Since then I've had loads of replies from people who want to hear the session. To cut a short story even shorter, I can't be arsed making a whole load of CD-Rs and posting them to every corner of the globe (not least because I don't have a CD-writer!), so I've posted all the songs as MP3s on my site (www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk) There are 13 songs (including the unreleased 'Paper Boat' and 'Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son') as well as a load of old faves and some French wittering. The session was recorded in 1998 for a French radio show for those who don't know what I'm talking about. Anyway go to www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk and follow the Downloads links and you'll find out more. That is all. David White david(a)belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Life as a data entry muppet.
by Brian Svendsen 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Well its been quite sometime since I have written anything, albeit a e-mail, letter, poem or story. I feel as if I have not used my brain in any serious capacity with in the last 6 months. This is not something I feel proud of. It is just I have no inspiration or drive at this present moment. Living in the 21st century is not quite the romantic vision one pictured when growing up. Data entry work and incredibly skewed wages across the board still plague my everday. The trendy hipsters with daddy's money and all the time to search for their artistic niche still haunt me everyday. We take a band such as the strokes, people actually call them a real NYC band( when really no one's heard of them here ). 3 rich kids from the upper west side and a front man schooled in switzerland who's father is the founder of elite models, are the farthest thing from being from the L.E.S. I know I am just bitter because I have to earn money and put my creativity to the side. But this is just the way the world works, Especially in this image crazed land named America. I am well aware that this is not the brightest post, but rather just an impulsive rant. Just wanted to let you know what the feeling is on this side of the pond. All else well and looking for the certain something. Warning *** A "real job" is not fun and surely not sinister enough. regards, Brian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: take your internal combustion carriages and shove 'em
by Apps Ben (Mr B) 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Grrrrrrrrr! (and hello to one and all) I don't have much hate inside me (I hope), but I do have enough for all your automobiles (and Struan's) and therefore I am unable to have any affection for his new song. It all started when I was dead little. My Dad is a *classic* car nut. His particular hobby horse is Triumph's. I've never known him have less than about 7 cars, and spent a large portion of my childhood lurking in dirty garages while he and my sister tinkered around on *head gaskets* and *carburretta's*? Trouble is they only ever did half a job, and what should have an hour and a half journey from Manchester to Nottingham regularly turned into an overnight disaster epic: overheating, broken springs, cracked gear boxes, fallen off exhaust pipes were regular occurrences. I was regularly car sick and so wasn't allowed any breakfast if a long road journey lay ahead. As I got older I was expected to help resolve these calamities. "Have you got any chewing gum?" my dad would ask as he attempts to fix said head gasket, "just crawl under there and hold this torch" at 3am on the Snake Pass between Glossop and Sheffield. I also started to notice how angry drivers get with each other , shouting and getting all pent up with frustration and rage (not very nice or healthy). Cocooned in their own comfy little box thinking the world revolves around them - makes me mad! Pedestrian rage Raaaaaagh! And then there's the environmental impact and the carbon monoxide (i had quite bad asthma too) and the way people brag about their cars and use them as a status symbol. So that's why I don't cars. OK. I feel better now. I don't mind buses though, and trains and boats are fine, especially boats. I likes boats. Who speaks in favour of le voiture? Ben p.s. can anyone give me a lift home? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey...
by Tom Pettinger 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Sorry for bombarding your inboxes, babydolls, but I have just found a very special childhood book, the Pooh Cook Book, filled with winnie the pooh stuff. As I have come to see you guys as the extended family I never had, I thought I would intimately share with you the recipe I remember best as a child. Kirsten Kenyon said: "I'm the same as when I was eight years old", well, I'm pretty much the same as when I was four. You should all make these, (especially a certain list mummy for her namesake) they are scrummy. HONEY COOKIES 8oz/8 rounded tablespoons of self raising flour pinch of salt 4oz/115g butter (don't let me see you touch the margarine) 4oz/115g/4 rounded tblsps. of soft brown sugar 1 solitary egg 1 generous tablespoon of HONEY. Mmm...maybe a little more... few drops of vanilla essence. Oven preheated at 180 deg.C Sift flour and salt onto plate. Beat butter and sugar until soft. Cruelly crack the lone egg into a little bowl with vanilla essence and mix slightly, then gradually beat it into the butter mix. (another childhood memory: the butter and sugar mix is really nice, I would dip your finger in before you put in the egg) Add the flour to the butter/sugar/egg mixture, half at a time. Spoon out rounded teaspoons of mixture and roll into little balls. Put them on greased tray, about 6-8 at a time, and squidge them down a bit with your fingers. Put them in the oven for 12 minutes. This is good because when your friends come round you can eat the first ones and by the time you've finished there are some more hot ones to come out. But they are very hot so if you are not already a grown-up, get one to help you. They are best eaten with a glass of milk but if you are a grown-up they make great comfort food with a mug of hot milk with honey and whiskey in. Also, great for picnics. Winnie the pooh picnics, wouldn't Mr. Swells be pleased... Kisses Corduroy boy Tom P.S. Jeanette, I am having those photos developed as I write, watch this space darlin'! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I teach them all to be dirty girls like you...
by Gardiner, Stuart 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Well, the tour's over (I do enjoy starting posts by stating the blindingly obvious, it saves me scaring people off reading them until at least the third line). Some thoughts. B&S are better than ever live. I realise not everyone agrees with me on the superb brilliance of the latest EP, but this is certainly no time to desert them for pastures new. The gigs were excellent, I met loads of lovely people, made new friends, and met up again with old ones. Despite being rat-arsed for most of the weekend in London. Hope to see you all again soon. Mr Moore, do we take it that the new Spanish-sounding song they played in Ipswich wasn't the same new song they played in Birmingham? The Birmingham one appears to have been the one with the 40-piece orchestra on the recorded version, possibly called I'm Waking Up To You, although Stuart did say they hadn't decided on the title yet. But it sounded potentially superb, whatever it's going to be called. On the Beat Patrol programme that B&S did for Radio Scotland back in '97, Sarah choose Queen's Don't Stop Me Now as her song, and then went on to say that she would love to see Stuart dancing around the stage with a mic stand in a Freddie Mercury style, complete with pyrotechnics; looks like she got her wish... The venues all seem to have been old-style theatres instead of more traditional gig venues. Quite why this should be I'm not sure; the problem with these venues has been the over-zealous security guards (with the honourable exception of Ipswich apparently), but there's not much the band can do about that. Likewise, there's not much they could do about the acoustics at the Albert Hall, but then I thought they sounded fantastic that night anyway from where I was standing (i.e. about 2 feet above everyone else in the crowd...), and it's still worth playing there for the special atmosphere of the place. I'd like to see them play outdoors on their next tour (maybe they could headline one day of Nottingham's City in The Park next year, and they could choose the other bands on the bill that day themselves?). Oh, and did noone go to Cardiff? We haven't heard anything about it yet! I'm far from convinced about having a comedian as their support act. Fair enough, the band members must like him, and he was quite good; but they must realise that many fans are going to go to several gigs on the tour, and seeing the same comedian do the same routine 4 times in a week just doesn't work as well as it would with a band. And Isobel, cheer up! You're sitting on stage in front of hundreds of adoring fans who've paid to see you play the beautiful instrument between your legs, you could at least smile while you sit there and stroke it. Maybe she should copy Richard's comedy facial expressions... Incidentally, since people keep going on about Isobel's arse, and whether it's too big, too small or just right, maybe a picture should be put onto the bodyparts page so everyone can decide for themselves? Brazil. There have been a few people talking and rumouring about B&S playing a gig in Brazil later this year / next year. Well, let's get this out into the open; according to the management on the beach at Scarborough, they will soon be playing in Rio De Janeiro. This is not confirmed, so don't get too excited just yet, and please DON'T EMAIL NEIL (OR ANYONE ELSE) ABOUT IT! It's probably no more likely to happen than when they were planning on doing a tour of Britain by hiring out a boat for a couple of weeks a few years ago, and that never happened, so don't get your hopes up too much just yet; but we were told it from the horses mouth. So watch this space. Dreams. I suppose it was inevitable that after all the gigs recently, B&S would intrude into my nighttimes as well. It was after a show in Manchester, I was hanging around after the gig, when the band came back on and played some more songs for the thirty-or-so of us still there. First they played New York, New York because they thought it was appropriate (obviously?), then Brown Sugar, Suspicious Minds, and a few others. Somehow I ended up standing next to Chris while he played his organ. The cello which I'd taken to the gig (as you do?) got smashed. And two girls who looked familiar (but I'm definitely not telling you who...) asked if I wanted to come back to their place after and said they liked me and we could "get quite close, if you know what I mean". Unfortunately I woke up a bit too soon... Looks like I'm going to have to stand up again for the rights of tall people. The way we are treated is shameful. We are fed up with having shortarses push past us to the front at gigs. As an economically-disadvantaged minority group (have you any idea how much it costs to get shoes in a size 13?), we feel our rights are being compromised. If this continues, there'll be riots. And the police will have to erect extra-high barricades to stop us. Thank you Llllllllaura Lllllllllllllew for the best subject line for ages, and a post to match. Remember, the Jonathan David single is available on mail order from listees in Britain, and the commission charged isn't financial... <Alix Campbell, if you're out there, are you still waiting for a tape from me? (Apologies for personalness)> Big Stu Wishing Scarborough could happen all over again... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: are we all becoming lunatics?
by Gordon 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

I'll be the first to say Ennio Morricone beautifully underscored one and more of Jack Nicholson's malingering grimaces.. hehe when his ex got a new model she trumpeted 'it's nice to go out with a man rather than a boy for a change'... anyway I'm hitting out the park. Back to the moon. 'i actually took a very good picture of a very foggy and mysterious moon out' says mr. kado And, like, you guys are talking about moon roofs etc. which sounds very american I mean like you guys hit bases in cars, right? Jobs. That's another item on the agenda. For quite a few of us. I actually have one but am doing my utmost to loose it. In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. Not all bread and roses huh? or wine and roses .....mmmm asiatic lilies and a sly cocktail including raw pomegranite juice. I hear the siren cry of a remote beach... the sun can turn it's circle and the moon it's orbit and Job, whoever he is, can bless the sand he stands on. Gordon +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Julian out, Archibald in
by JENOWL22＠aol.com 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Hewwo, Isn't the summer grate? Everything's all alive and buzzing. Did you see the lightning storms last week? They were swell indeed. My cat was a bit scared of them though. Also thanks to everyone who was really nice about me getting a kicking, speshly sam walton. I've had an interesting week. The blonde and I got lots of prank calls from the girls who put me in hospital, and they came after one of my friends, who was luckily ok. Yesterday I went out to the swing park with the blonde and boy shouted lewd things at us, the blonde painted my nails and I impressed her with all the words I'd learnt from Viz which people brought me to read in the hospital. Doesn't Johnjohn write really well? He does. Everyone seems to hate my goldfish; I don't know why. I gave him the name Bubbles but then I kept changing it because I got bored and because he only has a ten second memory I'm told, so it wouldn't cause him any upheaval. Only then I thought it was a bit unfair to keep messing him around like that, so I stuck with Bubbles, because I have no imagination. He's more than four years old now, I got him from a fairground in the summer before i started high school. I wasn't allowed a fish or a pet of my own, but this lady stallholder just shoved him into my hands, in a little plastic bag, and walked off. So I think it was fate that he came to be living with me, even though my parents went a bit nuts, and made me keep him in the garden shed for a year. I think they hoped he'd die but he never. He's really cute too. He's huge, with these long fins that float about and look pretty, and the biggest fishy eyes ever. And when he's hungry he looks up at you with those amazing eyes and sometimes he goes all spaz and starts banging off the walls of the tank which is really a plasic guinea pig cage because he outgrew all the normal fish tanks. Jaz thinks that he's calling the zombies to come and burst through the window, and the lovely Ian Hatcher thinks he's the root of all evil or something. But he's my fish. I had a dream that I went to live in a lift with some twin girls, to escape from Jafar from Aladdin, and we lived off Smarties, and they played Jonathon David over the intercom. I like the bit in take your carriage clock where they say "honour forbids me but homour be damned" because it reminds me of something that they said in Hornblower. I'm getting two swell things off the Internet which is highly exciting. Number one is a tee shirt which is white with purple bits on the sleeve and neck and it has a picture of shy violet from rainbow brite which is all glittery and it says Shy Violet with a little rainbow. It's grate. And the other thing is because my mum decided that I needed new shoes because of how 6 months ago I had a complex about having big feet so I bought all my shoes in the size I thought I was instead of the size I actually was (I did this with my clothes too) and when I walk my heels come out my shoes in a bad way. So anyway I'm getting PURPLE DOC MARTENS which are really really swell. I've already got tartan docs too so I think I might become obsessed with doc martens now, just for something to do now that I'm bored and I can't go out on my own. Gosh this has been a long post. Sorry if I bored you. Hugs, Jen Ps. Julian Danskin went to jail. I'm glad. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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