July 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Like a Friend
by AMEBIX13＠aol.com 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Hello sinister, Hopefully this post finds all of you well. I am stuck covering for the receptionist today at work, which means that I will be far more bored than usual, and it also means that I will have ample time to post. So yes, I have decided that in essentially one year from now I am going to move to Glasgow, and attend university there. It will be a nice change, and it will be fun to be somewhere new. Not that I don't love Baltimore, because I do, but variety, as they say, is indeed the spice of life. So does anyone from Glasgow want to make friends with me? Any girls want to arrange a date very far in advance. I promise to bring you flowers and take you on a lovely dinner, although you may have to pick the restaraunt, as I will understandable be a bit unfamiliar with the choices we have. If you fancy tall boys with dark hair, I should be right up your alley. And I've been told that I am a good kisser. I don't sound too desperate do I? I got 'Storytelling' a while ago, and! I! like it. It's definately not my favorite material that they have put out, in fact it may be my least favorite, but still, it's good, and when compared to most other things, it's very good. Sometimes it's interesting when bands take a slightly different direction with their sound, and I like to see people doing what pleases them. Now onward to other things...I've noticed lately that everyone in baltimore knows eachother some how...and it's not like it's a small city or anything, I think it's one of the top ten or fifteen cities in the states size wise. But anyway...it seems that I can't go on a date without everyone in the entire metropolitan area finding out. Last week for example. I hang out with a girl who've I've seen around at various bars, shows, etc...well it turns out she's somehow friends with my roomate...went to high school with some random boy that I work with...and is in fact one of my other friends cousins! How is that for odd? And there is yet another ! ex! ample that has occurred in the past week. I went out with another person who informed me that my last ex-girlfriend is now under the false assumption that she is dating her best friend! What a tangled web we weave. So it basically comes down to this, I go out on a date or have sex, and everyone in the area knows it...like it or not. This has the potential to have far too many people know far too much about me. I mean, if I'm a crap shag, I'd prefer to be able to keep it at least reasonably secret...not that I sleep with a terribly numerous amount of people...it just seems that given the situation, it will only take one or two. So that's my predicament. Hrmm, other news in the world of Sean...I actually have met a girl who I like, and who I think is definate relationship material. I'm not really sure if it will end up going that way yet though. We get along great, she's quite lovely, intelligent, classy, basically all I look for in a woman. I just get a bit of the i! mp! ression that she might not be in the market for a proper boyfriend at the moment. It's quite a shame, because I think we could be brilliant together...it's not too often that I meet people who I think I could work with like this, the last time it happened in fact was with a girl named elise, who used to be on this very list. It's slightly frusterating, but I'm not going to let it get me down too much. We have fun together, have great conversations, and go out to delicious dinners, so what do I really have to complain about? Oh yes, let me ask this before I forget...is there anyone on the list who is also from Baltimore? I hope so, it would be nice to hang out with some fellow sinistrines from my hometown. And hey, they would probably already have an intamate knowledge of my life, so we could certainly grow close rather quickly. Well, it's time for me to wrap this up now. Love, Sean +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sinister : My wandering (correction: sightseeing) days are almost about to begin
by Simon Fallaha 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Good evening everyone. I have been rushed off my feet these last couple of days, what with a job interview (the result of which is still unknown) and another application. Such is life when you're trying to find a one-year placement in between your second and third years at uni, and also when you're about to go on holiday for a month in a couple of days. But there is plenty to look forward to! I continue to enjoy reading your posts. Anne, I'm sorry that I can never agree with anyone who loves Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant. I'm not saying it's a bad album, it just hasn't stuck in my memory. Seems a bit bland and dragged out. No B & S album can compare to If You're Feeling Sinister or The Boy With The Arab Strap. (It was inspirational to choose the title track of that album as the theme to Teachers, even though I never watch it). Seems that most of you really enjoyed the Glasgow picnic too. A while ago I discovered a QuizYourFriends site, for fun. They say it's best if you write quizzes about yourself and send them to your friends, but you can write any quiz you like here. I did one on myself (and music, and films). And yes, I mentioned Belle & Sebastian in about two of the questions. Tonight I am finally seeing Storytelling! Critics' reviews that I've read online seem to give a pretty mixed opinion about it, but who knows? I wonder how well B & S's music blends in with the film itself. Speaking of films, I recommend Minority Report to all. It's even better than Spider-Man (well, it has more depth, anyway). It would have been the best film I'd seen in a long, long time, if only it didn't drag towards the end. Still excellent though. Ironically, when I reviewed it (hopefully I'll get my reviews website back online soon) I didn't count that as a flaw. Probably cos I said that Amelie wasn't too involving in parts when I first reviewed it, and then when I watched it the second time I didn't notice that. There's a number of rock festivals across Europe that I'm going to miss because of the upcoming long holiday (which isn't only in Tunisia - it's Edinburgh first). There's a particularly good one in Spain towards the end of July. And The Divine Comedy are playing near home while I'm away (I remember missing their supposedly brilliant gig at the QUB last November because of other commitments)! Ah well. Never mind. What I heard from a friend yesterday was that parts of the original Star Wars were filmed in the Tunisian desert! That'll be interesting to see. Maybe it was that area which represented Tatooine. Anyway, must go. Take care, Psi __________________________________________________ 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: throw this girl a bone
by notorious jpb 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

sin-sins, thanks to SGS for summoning me from the depths of lurkerdom. i've been thinking about you recently, sinister. maybe it's the time of the season, or a desire for cameraderie, or just the mental image of all of you naked that has spurred this present post. first, for the Raving About Literature. go out right now to your library, or favorite independent bookstore, or wherever, and get your paws on this book: Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. I know it's risky to expose my love of a certain novel to the masses, not knowing if they'll really like it, or if they'll just pretend to like it to be nice, or if they'll masturbate upon it, or simply eat it. but i think you'll like this one, sinister. it features a dog named sammy davis, junior, junior; a Ukranian translator who knows English not so premiumly; and the Holocaust. it is not a joke. but it is the funniest and saddest book i've read in ages (save for the graphic novel Good-bye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson, which made me weep like a babe). Go. Now. secondly, for the whining. so last weekend i was at hidden cove karaoke in chicago, and was having a grand old time. sang some songs, drank some drinks. at 3am, a fellow comes in and announces that a car fitting a certain description had been broken into, and lo! twas my car! window smashed, cdplayer heartlessly ripped from the dash, and the worst thing EVER--a gob of cds were taken as well. the resale value is nil, since they were in a little zip-up case sans artwork or jewel cases. and i highly doubt the vandals were really interested in listening to the aislers set. it's likely that the whole case was just dumped in a dumpster, or masturbated upon, or eaten. SO THIS IS WHERE YOU COME IN! if any of you are crazy about burning cds for a poverty-stricken girl who cannot afford to replace the missing cds, and even crazier for mailing them intra- or inter-continentally, then i would love you forever. i might even place a photo of you under my pillow, or make out with a poster-sized version of you which i have taped on my wall. here's the list, should any of you care to help out (SGS HELP!:) ) 1. the pastels--suck on 2. spearmint--a week away 3. felt--train above the city/pictorial jackson review 4. built to spill--perfect from now on 5. heavenly vs. satan 6. beat happening--jamboree (from the box set, no less) 7. tracy & the plastics--muscler's guide to videotronics 8. IYFS!!!!!!!!! 9. smiths--hatful of hollow 10. milky wimpshake--lovers not fighters 11. aislers set--the last match 12. wedding present--seamonsters 13. wedding present--mini 14. hefner--breaking god's heart breaking god's heart? it's breaking MY heart. how can i possibly drive my automobile without "we're going out" blasting into the balmy chicago air? see, you wouldn't even have to make a fancy cover for the burned cds--i have the real ones at home! it would be so easy, and so fun, and you'd feel like you were contributing something positive to this post-9/11 world. i might even send you something in return! a small plastic gnome, for instance. or maybe even a Vishnu pencil topper. hmmmm, nothing else to report, i reckon. go get that book i told you about. guilelessly, jennpb _________________________________________________________________ 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: you�ll be left with a chainsaw....
by pulu xxx 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

hello, this was a truly crappy day at work, these two men that i share the room with, started commenting how quiet i am, and i almost started crying, cos i know i�m quiet and i suffer from it myself, but i really don�t need anyone to start mocking me about it. the other one is so talkative, he isn�t quiet for a second, he always have to make some remark about something and critisize other people. he�s kind of fat, almost bald, blond, homophobic type of man. i just hate him. i wish i could say something, i mean about him, some remark, but i can�t, cos he�s like a boss, at least he interviewed me for the job. yesterday i thought that he must have lots of enemies. he�s the type of person, i mean he says things without thinking about what he has said. he even mocked this one cleaner girl, cos she had a cap and was listening to her walkmans while cleaning, about how she was apologizing for her own existence and how he couldn�t stand it. and i�ve got, like 6,5 weeks left! i bought �storytelling� last week, and i like it alot. my favourite song is �black and white united�, then other good ones: �consuelo leaving� �big john shaft� �fiction� but they all are good. i forgotten other things that i was supposed to write about. sorry again about whining, but that thing just made me feel sad, cos i was afraid that i might get some comments about being quiet, and now that it happened it was like back to school and back to being bullied. bye now, yours, puluxxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.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: Quandaries solved, eyebrows salved
by Michael Ashbridge 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

+++ Public Service Announcement +++ Robyn Fadden, I have the gospel on quotation marks and their proper placement. When quoting direct speech, all marks, including commas, belong inside the quotation marks. Punctuation concerning quotes used to set a phrase or text string apart from the main body of the sentence are placed outside the quotation marks, as they belong to the main body of the sentence. Usage example: "Let's have plenty of Wurlitzer!" exclaimed Struan, as Michael started clapping prematurely for "Boy With The Arab Strap". These facts will be disputed by many, and they may all kise my over-educated arse. I didn't get to where I am today by not knowing what to do with various bits of ASCII. If you're American, or some other kind of alien, ignore all that. You're a very weird bunch and like to put *everything* except ? and ! inside the quotes. But you only do it to annoy. +++ End of Useful Words +++ Can I second someone's emotion about rogue hairs? Only this morning I pulled out one eyebrow hair that had got outRAGEously long. Like something from The Fly. And I hadn't noticed it until just then, brushing my teeth, staring at my reflection, lost in some early morning reverie involving eyes and mirrors and dopey meta-level circular thoughts about eyes seeing eyes seeing eyes, and then WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT? It's a half-inch long hair that's TWICE as thick as the others and where did THAT come from, HMM? And when I carefully appraised the other brow, THERE WAS ONE THERE TOO! Curled-up and trying its best to disguise itself as a muggle hair, but definitely ALIEN! Both of them, naturally, were ripped from my face, follicle and all. I can't be doin' with that kind of rebellion on my own bake. I didn't get much sleep last night, and I'm feeling very zonked today. I didn't need that kind of trauma. I wonder when my ears will start getting all hairy. Maybe I have a few more years before I have to start poking scissors in there. Or one of those buzzy things. I still don't know what's up with that. What evolutionary purpose does it serve? What's going to happen to me that my body thinks it will be better served by huge handfuls of hair clogging up my lugs? I am, however, going to buy the Langley Schools Music Project, just because I'm a sucker for alternative marketing, and I'm wide open for the boys and girls of sinister. Hurrah for orff-key singing (and crap puns). Until anon, - M. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dolphins or jam?
by Thomas Henderson 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

hullo (did that sound like michael fish?) anywho, hiya everybody, did you know you can *actualy* get a cheese sandwich in an empty crisps bag? you can you know. so glasgow picnic..... hello to all there especialy manky mark wi' the one minute wank. brian wi' the cards and baccy, danny-thigh with his rarrrrrr ally with his golden boot, idles and swee...... oh they're away to the toilet....... and gav for his tour of glasgows brothels and everyone else. never play football in doc martin shoes, just don't it's murder. also note, don't throw yourself about to much, no matter how servicable the trousers are, the bones arent. fannybaws mcbinky wonderdog, was also there, and made a dramatic entrance to west 13. so yes i'm the twee fucker who brought the dog on wheels lucy. although i think you knew that and were just saving me the embarasment, cos you're nice like that. so thanx, but i just blew it anyway. re: peeing at glasto; Q magazine said if you saw someone piss in a bottle and throw it you got 1000 festival points...... well........ during orbital, i had to piss in a cup, i didn't throw it but how many points do i get? ok maybe i shouldn't have shared that, maybe, but i did now so anyway aha mmmm yes. byee everyone thomas x ps: i'll have some of whatever gordon's smoking __________________________________________________ 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: jump onto the streets and cry me a liver
by Histrianic＠aol.com 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

hey hey all you people! The summer's here, and I, having finally gotten all my RES-PON-SUH-BILITEEEES out of the way, am ready to sit back and enjoy it. I came home tonight with a little tupperware dish full of ice cream and other goodies as well as little creamy pastries to accompany my evening movie. I stepped lightly through the doors of my apartment building and even did a little jig-like step, happy to be home again and left to my own devices. With a turn of the head, I noticed a little bulk in the mailbox from a certain Academy and everything was ruined. My mother, having seen my grades and having read the comments, said: "All in all, you are simply too moody. That's what all your teachers say." I like to think that being a teenager having diagnosed as a depressive and under severe depression by a collection of four psychiatrists/psychologists entitles me to be a bit more moody than other people, but apparently not. The Irony Of It All: My mother dislikes me taking anti-depressants and so hides the stack the doctor prescribed me. I read a David Sedaris book tonight and realized that Idleberry's posts reminded of his stories, or vice versa. I'll leave it up for you to decide whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. l-o-v-e h +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: If I Only Had A Brain
by Gardiner, Stuart 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

Hmmmm, lots of picnics going on. Which I haven't been to. End of Reporting Back section. Still, it's good that everyone is having get togethers to celebrate the release of the new Whitlams album on 22 July. What, that's not the only reason? Well it's as good an excuse as any... My copy's already been preordered... For almost five years, we've been talking on here about the state of Isobel's arse. Seems like she finally got pissed off with it and left the band. Maybe we should grant an amnesty to Richard as well, and stop talking about how he gurns like he's in labour whenever he's drumming, before he gets pissed off and leaves as well? I make it I've been back in England for almost 3 weeks now. And I'm fed up with the place already. So I'm going to Barcelona next week. Of course, I've got to try and convince people at work that I'm not permanently on holiday, honest. So I'm not just going to lie on the beach; I'm going to be carrying out an experiment into solar energy and its effect on humans (and in particular on myself and my own body, showing a selfless devotion to the cause). And at the same time, I'll be carrying out a study in observational feminine dermatology. OK, time for some list abuse. I don't hold up much hope of anyone being able to help me, but what the hell. You know you all love it really. Virtual masochists, the lot of you. Anyway... Does anybody out there know of any decent volunteering opportunities in Nepal for next summer? The only ones I can find are teaching English, which doesn't really appeal (partly since, as many of you know, I can't talk proper myself). Ideally community infrastructure and/or conservation work, but I'm open to other suggestions. Nice to see that Carsmile's company disclaimer is now longer than most posts. Big Stu PS To any bandmembers reading: gig at The Globe Theatre in London? Please? You know it makes sense... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sunshine hit me
by anakin_sky＠gmx.net 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

hiya, me again. how can you be expected to be fresh, dynamic, and productive when it's 35°C in the burning sun? hm. i think i'm melting away. i want to go swimming, hmm, that would be soooo nice... yesterday i listened to 'fold your hands child...' again, it's been a while, and i remembered how many people and critics had dismissed this album as b&s's worst. i don't understand, i really love this album, it's my second favourite. it's got so much euphory (does that word exist in english? cause it does, in german) and beauty in it. what do you think? i don't think i've got anything else to say, um, very productive... love, anne. -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: hideously belated Reporting Back
by Hewitt, Stephen 10 Jul '02

10 Jul '02

ello babies blimey is it really nearly a fortnight since i boarded the magic bus to the fields of avalon, it seems like barely a minute. ANYHOO, I now present more content than possibly any other post i've ever written, YES, it's the "b&s at glasto, oh god how much can i still remember" Reporting Back. Frankly they were tops, muchmuchmuch better than at brixton where, if you recall, i thought they were a bit poo. It started with struan (in what can only be described as a "flasher mac")draping an Anti Nazi League "love music, hate racism" banner over the monitors, whilst the band played eff this ess. oor stevie was wearing a rather fetching duffle coat which made him look about 7, aw bless, and wee bobbie had a funny hat on. um, no chance of a setlist i'm afraid, but some memorable moments: Struan dedicating "the state i am in" to his brother who had gone and sneakily got married over the weekend. he then pointed out that the brother mentioned in TSIAI was "in a dream" and not his actual brother, oh no. Needless to say he then got the words wrong in the middle (has he ever got them all right, in the right order???) and me and lixi had a giggle. Stevie's outRAGeous organ blowing on me and the major, which i don't remember noticing to quite such an extent before. Mick's ever increasing variety of horns. Singing happy birthday to one of the string section (emma?) generally being loud, punchy and tight, three things they so weren't at brixton. girl standing about 10 foot to my left with a super powerful bubble blowing gun thingy, which managed to get bubbles all over the audience and stage. LLPJ with Monica, as it should be ;) all but the last three songs being filmed (god knows what the bbc is going to do with it all... virtually every act (even on new bands) had the majority of their sets filmed) the wee girl in the green top who had been chosen from the audience getting stage fright and not singing the isobel bit (in a town so small...) at the end of DD#2, so struan had to do it in a falsetto, which was the only point she was really missed... sarah's BLUDY HUGE guitar (possibly guitar was normal sized and sarah is wee) which looked as big as she is. mick cooke putting his *foot on the monitor* during boys are back in town. all the band looked happy and confident, i had had my doubts about them playing on the second stage, i thought they would've been better with a headline slot on the new bands, but they pulled it off!! (with aplomb) Struan saying he really wanted to come back next year, YAY!! getting to the urinals after they finished without my bladder actually exploding (bludy festival beer) was also a blessed relief... oh the rain was a bit rubbish, but it wasn't too bad (i can tell you stories about standing at that stage in the rain, let me tell you, ultrasound in 98, i nearly drowned etcetc "shut up you old codger" says the world) more general glasto Reporting Back on me bl*g: http://carsmile.pitas.com and possibly some rubbish photos (and believe me, they are poor) if i can be bothered to get the scanner out... picnic? bowling? possible trip to brum? with my reputation? xoxo CarsmileSteve **************************************************************************** For the latest City Lit news & information, please visit our website www.citylit.ac.uk **************************************************************************** The City Literary Institute Registered Office: 16 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LJ Registered in England no: 2471686 Registered Charity no: 803007 *************************************************** PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. *************************************************** This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information. 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