February 2002 - Sinister

Sinister: I-N-D-I-O
by MotherSuperior8＠aol.com 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hola, can anyone who lives in Southern California please tell me how far it is from Palm Springs to Indio? How about from L.A.? Thanks, Leah +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: and then the real dawn came, i saw it crawl over the hill and i felt clean and shook my hair out in the light...
by nafees saeed 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

my college run a work shadowing programme. which basically means somebody who doesn't really know you looks at your course choices then assigns you to someone who you follow around for a day and apparently learn about their profession. last thursday in college i was told that i had to go to the careers officer's room, i knew what it was about so it didn't come as much as a shock to me. i was hoping that i'd be assigned to do something interesting like a fireman or a police officer. but. i got told i was told that i was to go a local solicitor's office who i was to follow around all day whilst they did their job. the careers officer didn't offer much insight as to why i was to go there, but apparently it matched my studious nature, and out of all the possible options, it was apparently the best one for me. Ok. yesterday i started there. luckily i didn't have to dress in a suit, just 'smart'. so i left my house lucking smart. at the moment there's roadworks around my normal bus stop, so i have to walk about half a mile to the next one. this trek takes me through a woodland area with all these really huge evergreen trees that just seem to reach to the sky letting very little light through. the only way to really know where you're going is to follow a little dirt path that had been forged over time as people have trekked here before. but yesterday, it snowed again. not major snow but enough to cover the route so it took me twice as long to find my route as it usually did, and by the time i'd finished i'd managed to lose twenty minutes which meant that i missed my bus. so for the next half an hour i was sat on the cold steel seat of the bus shelter whilst the wind blew snow all over me. i didn't have my gloves with me either so my hands were tucked into my pockets and my head bowed towards the floor. i didn't have my hat either, so my ears were cold and stiff which meant my earphones actually hurt me. but my reluctance to take my hands out of my pockets and adjust them meant that i had to endure it for half an hour. Still, i'm glad i did. when i have my earphones in it's great. it always seems as it's not just me listening to the music, but everyone is too. i always think that everyone is hearing what i am. that's why i couldn't understand why everyone was looking so glum, i know everyone had to stand in the snow but still, how can you frown if you're listening to belle & sebastian? the bus eventually arrived, bringing it's electrical heating and comfortable seats and dropped my off at a stop where it was a further fifteen minute walk in the snow to the solicitor's office. i eventually got there, and the secretary took great pleasure in pointing out the obvious and informing me that i was indeed 40 minutes late. i of course blamed the weather and the bus, but she still felt the need to tell me that if this were a real job i would have to be dealt with. i felt like telling her that this wasn't a real job, and possibly the most inconsequential thing that i have done in a while, but i didn't. instead i apologised and smiled. eventually i was introduced to the person i would be following. "lee", who's apparently one of the best in his field and has been a solicitor for quite some time. lee also had a crippling handshake, one of those that make you wonder what you've done to receive such a greeting. after the initial greeting, i was ushered into his office where he told that he was working on a case that was about land dispute. basically, this family live in such a prestigious and affluent area where all the houses are so great and magical that even if the family grow in size they're not allowed to extend their house to suit their needs because if they did, one house on the street would look different from all the rest and this would cause the prices of one house to be higher than the others which means that all the other people on the street would have to go to bed at night knowing that their houses aren't the most expensive on the street. naturally, this means that the world would end. now the family who want to extend their house are putting a case together to the other residents explaining why they should be allowed to extend their house. granted, this isn't the most interesting of legal cases but i reasoned with myself that i'd at least have something to do. which i didn't. instead i was sat in the corner of the office for about 6 hours whilst lee did nothing more than read documents, occasionally go to the filing cabinet and briefly tell me some lame joke which was obviously taken from the “big book of politically correct jokes aimed not to offend a particular sex/race/age/hair colour”. this was quite possibly the most boring thing i have experienced in a while. if i had my sketchbook i would have at least been able to keep myself amused, but the only thing i had to draw with was some paper that had been bastardised with crappy letterheads and a pen that you had to put all your might into to make work. however, i did devise some games to keep myself amused such as: how-long-can-you-keep-a-digestive-biscuit-in-a-cup-of-tea-before-it-crumbles -in-half? and how-many-seconds-is-it-between-each-breath-that-lee-takes. eventually the eternity that seemed to be my time there came to an end as the clock finally dragged it's way to 4.30 and after another excruciating handshake and lie about how much i enjoyed my time there came to an end and i went home. on my way home i think i saw the strangest thing ever. is it possible for the sun to set, rise again then set once more? it probably isn't but i swear it did. perhaps my boredom made me delusional but i'm sure the sky changed colour on more than once. this morning, for a change i was actually glad to be back at college and once more i was summoned to the careers officer's room. here i was given feedback about my time there. apparently lee found me a polite, hardworking and attentative person and thoroughly enjoyed having me there. i of course have no idea how he managed to think this as all i did was play games with tea and count his breaths, but i suppose i should be thankful for the praise. oh yeah, apparently if i want, i go back there for some extra hours... ...hmm. --- my tickets for brixton finally came last week, sadly though not delivered personally by the band. just my normal postman. who's ace and has royal mail issued shoes that are reflective. he even has this wee trolly thing on some days if there's too much mail and he can't be arsed carrying it. hannah brown mentioned "dancer in the dark" which for some reason is on of my favourite films ever. i don't know why, perhaps it's my obsession with Bjork, but still. if you haven't seen it i recommend it. it is depressing. sort of. i suppose it depends on how you look at it. someone told me to listen to sigur ros, and i did again for the first time in ages. so i thank them kindly. take care, nafees. p.s. the new boards of canada album is ace. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: inadequate austrian sock suspension
by sarah beckett 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Dear Sinister, I'm having a bit of a bloody men bloody buses day. Last year at uni I met this guy..we'll call him 'g', which is actually what everyone called him because no-one attempted his real Austrian name...and he was lovely, if a little peculiar at times (shaving his legs, wearing things called sock suspenders which I'd never heard of before and which looked frankly ridiculous- apologies to any traditionalist listees). But after about a week of going out with him he started criticising me. one day we went out for a walk and he put an expensive suit on, and sunglasses, and I laughed and said I felt like I should be wearing a dress, and he said, 'actually that would be nice occasionally'...and then he started on about my trouser legs having the wrong circumference and my hats not fitting...these kinds of comments are easily overlooked when the person making them is generally a bit eccentric, but when I properly thought about them I didnt like it one bit and I went right off him. Anyway, I've been complaining for ages that I can't find anyone here to fall in love with, or who will fall in love with me. And now, suddenly, after weeks in the wilderness, I am being persistently followed by someone I don't like that much, mainly because he says 'bad-boy' and 'hardcore' with startling frequency, I'm constantly tip-toeing round someone else who can't decide whether he's interested in talking to me or at me... and The Austrian is flying to England to convince me that we should rekindle our clothes-centric relationship. On a happier note, aforementioned boy did give me a Joni Mitchell CD as a present- I'd never heard any before- and the songs have completely dominated my last week or so. Joni can be a very silly woman inasmuch as some of the lyrics are very contrived-'smog' rhymed with 'cog' on Woodstock is a very special moment- actually there are better and sillier examples but I cant remember them. But some of the songs are so beautiful and so uplifting, and you can tell she just did whatever she wanted. That kind of un-selfconsciousness is really inspiring. I think I listen to CDs in the same way I read books- that is, I listen to them over and over and over and then put them on the shelf and forget about them (a habit broken only by Belle and Sebastian and Take That). Someone once told me he repressed that instinct and only allowed himself one listen per week or whatever, which seems a strange mentality to me. With love, Sarah x _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Photos - yeah yeah, I know...
by Robert Brennan 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hello Many of you who clicked on the photos link in my last post have probably noticed a message informing you that the owner of the site has broken his bandwidth limit and to come back in an hour. Apologies. But it looks like totally free web hosting is deader than a dead thing that's been dead for some time. To keep them available I will post copies on Yahoo but I would prefer to have a site where I can control style and layout, put in pointless vanity pieces and advertise the as-yet-untitled film project that me a few friends are undertaking. If anyone knows a decent (hopefully free, but prepared to face reality for a reasonable cost as long as there are no ads) hosting service please let me know. You will get much gratitude, crush votes etc... Thanks to everyone saw the photos during the nanosecond they were available and fed back. You all deserve a big *MWAH*. Robster __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Lego is a brick stack
by Kenneth P Y Chu 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

This morning I suddenly felt the urge to buy lego bricks. ("oooh I've got the urrrrrrrrge to legggo") The urge has been brewing for a while, actually. I always have had this compulsion in my life to build things, be it houses of cards, rocketships made out of matchboxes glued together (I once made with the matchboxes a spaceship that turns into a robot when it's combined with another spaceship Power Rangers style, until I broke it using it as a weapon), sculptures made by balancing random bits one on top of another. I like the sense of achievement with construction I guess, and Lego seems like a nice material for building things, strong but flexible, and best of all comes with instructions... <digression> I am a sucker for instructions, I love shops that have signs telling you what to do like "1. pick up product, 2. take it to the counter 3. pay money", as I can get hopelessly lost in a shop sometimes, especially shoe shops - they used frighten me because I for a long while never knew the drill of "1. find shoes you like 2. tell a staff that you want this pair of shoes and give them shoe size 3. they come back with shoes 4. you try on shoes 5. pay for shoes" (Don't even get into what happens if the shoes don't fit - I'd just die on the spot) <digression> ..but yes, the lego boxes sometimes have instructions showing you how to fit 374 pieces of lego bricks together and make it look like a red fish with green legs, or maybe it was an octopus. Although freestyling is fun too - I used to have a big box of legos when I was younger - but the best creative work I've managed was to recreate the system of speed bumps in my local village with lego. I made a lego film once too - a romantic tragedy, actually, and the plot was, of course, set on the speed bumps of my local village, it was about the life of a mechanic who fell in love with a rich lady who took her pink sports car in for repairs. The romantic mind of a budding 12 year old film director eventually led to the finalé of the film being the mechanic "fixing" the rich lady under the bonnet, on the backseats of her car, but he forgot to set the handbrakes and so their car rolled backwards down the hill, and they died, thus a tragic end. Maybe now, with 9 more years of experience in life I can make a better effort, the storyline will be less crude, the scene setting will be more imaginative, or at least I can fit in a pun for the road sign "warning: humps for 200 yards". What I really don't like about legos though are the colours, I know they're made of plastic but I would just like my constructions to look less plastic-like! They should start making brickwall textured legos for brickwalls, and tarmac textured legos for roads, and fish textured legos, for octopuses. Legos and Red Bulls Ken P.S.: michelle ruiz wrote: >I also want to get a pet of some kind (not a dog or >a cat..yet)since I was a deprived child and never had >one. Maybe a turtle or an iguana Join the quest to bring to the world animal textured legos, and demand for turtle/iguana textured bricks, then you can have Lego pets! They can be those "technik" ones and you can have your own techniks turtles/iguanas where they're powered by batteries and can swim/stick tongue out all on their own! It's the future in pet-ertainment! _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: just for the record...
by Kirsten Kenyon 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

i would like to state that failure to comply with mla regulations regarding works cited pages does not a dope make in the book of kirsten. not that it would matter, as the vastly overrated book of kirsten has been proven to contain numerous innaccuracies and hideous biases, especially concerning artistic license, american classics, biology, and don fucking henley. thanky. love kirsten Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Will sinister make a man of me yet?
by snowy . 27 Feb '02

27 Feb '02

Hello everyone. After finally being released from the nursery, I thought I'd get my sinister cherry popped quickly and painlessly. I have nothing very profound to say right now, which is probably for the best. I would like to say though, sorry that my e-mail address features '_theband@....'. This is not a piece of shameless self-promotion, I just couldn't get 'snowy@.....' as someone else already had it. I've become really attached to the name snowy too *starts to sob*. I've had great fun reading all your messages while I've been kicking my heals in the nursery. I was particularly taken by the game 'cheese' (sorry I'm not good at remembering names). That is very much my sense of humour, and we used to do something similar at school. As I remember, we didn't have the self-control to get through 3 hands with straight faces. There was something else, but I've forgotten that now *bats head in foolhardy attempt to restore memory* I seem to have made this less brief than intended, sorry. By the way though, I am going to the Brixton gig and looking forward to it greatly! I think a few friends and I might have a picnic earlier in the day (maybe Hampstead Heath or Greenwich) if that sounds appealing to anyone. Take care all. snowy xxx _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: "your art degree may not be worth the paper it's written on"?
by Sillylorna＠aol.com 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

i'm watchin an old man on telly talking about giving his wife anal sex. anyways....I'm happy today, for the first time in, ooh, Gawd knows how long, but you see, things aren't ever as bad as they seem (erm, unless things actually are as bad as they seem, in which case, they, erm, are). Remembering the trials of school, and silly teachers telling me I'd only ever be this when I might actually be that, that which they never believed me to be. You see,if I play my cards right, I have an interview at university. Me! Uni! Never! But I do. Somehow I have. and i'm now trying to make videos and mini movies in time to put into my folio! i made a video on cabbages last month, then a news report on phones and tried to get an interview from some policemen but they said no, the women in the vodafone shop said no too. and the schools. so in the end we didn't actually get an interview. on friday i had to interview students on the subject of our college getting a union, there was one guy who was on speed and he kept moving and sniffing and saying 'great...yeh!' really enthusiastically, think we put him off the college though- he was there for an interview and was shocked to hear the college was crap and didn't have any facilities. does anyone actually read this far? so.. i'm going to uni maybe, in derby, i say dErby and get my ass kicked. on a film and video course, on one at the moment but it's a bit crap and i wanna do more. i'm making a video next week, about a giant hamster. to the tune to 'me and the major' (sounds like midgit on the belfast recording) toodle-loo folks, lorna +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: happiness stands
by michelle ruiz 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

[hi] You know reality can be a very scary thing. Well, not scary, just intimidating. Yeah that's it..intimidating. I'm starting to look for an apartment and I'm doing it by myself. The paperwork just freaks me out- leases and all that. Is it really that bad? Or am I making a big deal about it. may bee. What's exciting though is that I'd get to decorate it (somewhat, since I plan on getting a roomie). I also want to get a pet of some kind (not a dog or a cat..yet)since I was a deprived child and never had one. Maybe a turtle or an iguana just like the one Bjork has in 'venus as a boy' would be nice. I can name it Slinka or if it's a boyurtle or boyguana, Paspatoo. So, if anyone has an extra iguana or turtle- don't be stingy, and share the love. Some people need anger management. I want to set up a little booth in various places like Lucy's in Peanuts comics. Why? For example. Today in the uni comp lab a boy in a scary trenchcoat (I guess there's half your answer right there) lashed out on a computer mouse and banged it against the table repeatedly. It was funny at first but then it was just plain annoying. So, if I have little stands the boy and others in need of anger management could have just walked right on over I could pass out stickers that say 'I'm a winner!' and 'I am special' or something. And cookies, lots of cookies. Milano ones. Tonight my boss (one of four that I have) is going to sing. At the same show there will be an 80 year old man named Woody singing 'It Had to Be You.' I've heard him sing and oh it's priceless. Kinda sounds like a male version of Ethel Merman's voice. If that's at all possible. There's an idea! Have WOODY open for B&S. A duet with Struan. oh kids it's the stuff dreams are made of. (Can you tell I'm still hung up on this opening-act deal?) So, Mr. Robertson I've given you more than enough ideas for the B&S openers. Whoever does open, I'm afraid won't top the wonder that is Woody. It seems there's going to be plenty of action in Chicago during gig-time/spring, which is great. I was also thinking maybe we could have film outings! We could all go see a classic/foreign/indie film and later discuss at a cafe or something. I just thought the idea was nice. We could do it every couple months or so, or whenever people are in town. So if you're down with this let me know. that's all for now. I'm going to see if I can ease my cravings for falafel and frosted flakes. [x michelle x] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: mmmmmmmmm mmm
by Christopher David Johnson 26 Feb '02

26 Feb '02

Hi guys! Well I'm super chirpy today as its just been confirmed that i am to leave these wet shores to enjoy a year at the University of santa Barbara. Well its not till September but thats a lot of time to get excited about it. So, now for some serious list abuse, Mine is a plea to any nice californians in this area to befriend me so i don't come over to your big counrty all on my lonesome. I'm just a wee Scots laddie not used to anything much appart fae haggis hunting and what not. Seriously though, i'd be most grateful as theres a lot to learn. So wow, theres been a lot of emotions on the list right now. A lot of people are mentioning exes all of whom have remained in some sort of contact and all of who seem moved by the experiences, then their are those with real anxieties about tickets for gigs - yeah ticketmaster, wheres mine?!!, but best of all i think have been the funny tales and information. Well, Stuart Gardiner i'm sure is chortling to himself as i imediately tested his challenge that it is impossible for a human to lick their elbow. Well i'd agree, but i'm notoriously inflexible and miracles can happen. Also recently I loved that alternate take to 'La Patie de la Bourgoisie', ahh, mishearings. I was sitting in this fine institutions computer lab, surrounded by loads of serious looking students, trying so hard not to laugh last whilst emmiting strange snorting noises which i tried to pretend where coughs. They gave me odd looks but i bet it was to hide their curiosity at what was so funny. And then to top it all off Tom Pettinger shared his Card story. Well wow, i'm inviting my buddies round for 'cheese' and wine this week! So right now i'm listening to Peloton by the Delgados. I guess i should be a bit more familiar with the group but i only really got into them a couple weeks back, and whilst the musics rather good its the names i like. I can't tell you my excitement at being a cyclist and seeing 'Domestiques' with all its surrounding artwork. And then on the inside it says artwork by 'Van Impe', now surely that refers to the great flemish powerhouse himself, and then the track listing was laid out just like Tour De France results! and what a fine picture of old Pedro Delgado himself. Well maybe i'm a little overexcited by what to most of you will be old news but its not everyday the sport gets recognised in cool culture. Anyway this must all seem really dull to most of you who don't cycle. By the way, have any of you read Lance Armstrong's book though? he used to grace my bedroom door as a schoolboy, resplendant in his World Champions Jersey of 1993 and now it seems so wrong to idoloize him as a cyclist. His come back from Cancer to me really was a moving event as it unfolded in the cycling press and his attitude towards his illness and recovery is so truly admirable, and even resposible in a selfless way, and so many times did my eyes well up with tears while reading his book. I'd recommend it to anyone as the cycling content really is only minor detail in accompaniment to a story of incredible courage. And on that note i shall leave, but i look forward to hearing from any of you Californian B&S fans who might want to pity me, Cheers guys, Christopher +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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