July 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: B & S Cryptic Challenge Answers and Winners
by terry underwear 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Hello, Here are the answers: 1. Stuarts confounded rams are sexy (4). ARMS 2. Go out on a wing before June (6). MAYFLY 3. The list is feeling this (8). SINISTER 4. A jumbled main test I hate, so I'm not happy for a day (3,5,2,2,2). THE STATE II (as Jim pointed out, a letter so nice it prints itself twice) AM IN 5. Everyone measures the place of learning (2,4,3,6). WE RULE THE SCHOOL 6. My friend and I are the opposite of you and the underage kid (2,3,3,5). ME AND THE MAJOR 7. 100 pretenders (1,7,2,6). A CENTURY OF FAKERS 8. Initially, my alligator rarely yelled jovial offerings at this girl (4,2). MARY JO 9. Similar to Bob at the cinema (4,5,2,3,6). LIKE DYLAN IN THE MOVIES 10. Sounds like you are talking about what the boy does for Liverpool and Widnes (6). DISCUS 11. Evil sin band tease label. But aren't they why we are all here? (5,3,9). BELLE AND SEBASTIAN! 12. When told this story you get grey. (5,3,5,5). BLACK AND WHITE UNITE 13. Past the dawn? (6,3,7). BEYOND THE SUNRISE 14. Screw this poo (4,4,4). FUCK THIS SHIT 15. Getting messed up helps Tim sing, but only for the easy bits. (6,6). SIMPLE THINGS 16. Somewhere in the mistaken churchgoer lies a cult figure (3,3). KEN CHU 17. This sinister person likes small lazy fruit (9). IDLEBERRY 18. Everyone loves this paltry picnic game, especially the birds! (4,4,5). DUCK DUCK GOOSE 19. Doze all day and all night (5,3,5,6). SLEEP THE CLOCK AROUND 20. Sounds like I am finished thinking (2,8,4,3,4). MY WANDERING DAYS ARE OVER 21. Terry and Julie form a new band somewhere in the waterloo period (6). LOOPER 22. Winnie the Pooh loves our mummy (5). HONEY 23. Roll Lassie forwards? God no, backwards! (3,2,6). DOG ON WHEELS 24. This is a gorgeous song (9). BEAUTIFUL 25. Groucho and what sounds like trigonometry (4,3,6). MARX AND ENGELS And here are the winners. Everyone who replied got all the correct answers, so you are all winners! But the following people were super quick and have won small inexpensive prizes. Come on down........Richard Gillanders!........Jim from Perth!........Sam Walton!........and Archel Playforth! If you could all email me your postal addresses i will send you all small inexpensive prizes. terry PS. The recipe tree will be getting underway very soon. _____________________________________________________ Supercharge your e-mail with a 25MB Inbox, POP3 Access, No Ads and NoTaglines --> LYCOS MAIL PLUS. http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Wandering alone in G12
by paul healy 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Sorry for the silence, Anyway I had a good time the two nights I spent in Glasgow, going to QMU gig and NPL. Cheers for the offers of drinks most of which I turned due to feeling slightly ill, must have been the fresh air. What's up with CHU, I'm getting tired thinking about playing footie on Saturday and he suggests bowling on Sunday. Looks like I'll have develop a liking for Red Bull fast. See some of you at the weekend, I'll might less hair by then. Paul H P.S. Isn't everyone on SINISTER a psycho-mentalist? No, just me then. P.H. : What do think it of shit? Sinister: ILE! P.H. : What do think it of ILE? Sinister: Shit! P.H. : Cheers Sinister: Thats alright __________________________________________________ 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: Guitar 'dooshing', Transvestite tennis, and Mick's nice shirt
by Richard Cottyn 09 Jul '02

09 Jul '02

Helloey, Guess who was on television during BBC'S Glastonbury footage?! Woohoo. During our beloved Belle and Sebastians set (John Peels highlight of the weekend no less), as 'Wandering Alone' comes to an end with a nice little 'doosh' on the guitar from Stevie, the camera pans over a close up of the crowd for about three seconds...and there I am at the front! Although my friend (who was stood right next to me) only has his hat visible! I think the cameraman decided not to show any more of him because he isn't REALLY a fan. I dragged him along though, and needless to say he was very impressed. I could delight you with tales of my exploits (like wandering into the backstage area of the acoustic stage)...but I guess you had to be there. David Kitt played a superb set on the acoustic stage and I was impressed with Tompaulin in The New Bands tent. Gummi mentioned The Leaves in his last post-saw them too, they sounded very good. It was interesting to see that they had replaced the Wimbledon ladies doubles final with 'men masquerading as women doubles final'. I have never seen so much testosterone on a tennis court. Can we wish for a 'women masquerading as men doubles final' next year? Much more fun. Or even a transvestite championship? Maybe by imagination is running a little awry here... Got B&S's autographs too from the signing tent! Stuart talked the most, I didn't realise how deep his Scottish accent was. Mick didn't use a permanent marker so if I rub it it begins to fade! I forgave him though because he was wearing an absolutely marvellous shirt during their performance. Here's an amusing conversation I heard: Random woman: Who are they? Security Guy: Belle and Sebastian Random Woman: But who are the others? Security Guy: Belle and Sebastian Random Woman: Eh? Security Guy: They are a band. There are more than two of them. Random Woman: Oh! Weird. (Walks away) I bet she went to see Roger Waters instead! Reggies post about Denise the waitress was real sad. Not really a 'crying' sad, but a 'sighing' sad. Oh, I know what I mean! Welcome aboard Reggie and other 'newbies'. :) Sam Walton mentioned Championship Manager. Dearie me, how many hours, days, months, years have I spent on that damn game?! In the version before last I eventually won the Premiership and Champions League with Brighton, after about 20 seasons and lots of hours in front of my computer. I haven't been on it since, so maybe my achievements finally exorcised the 'Champ Man' demons as it were. Ciao for now, Richard X PS Mr Watson, I loved the twee test! Especially the question about playing marbles at gigs...Apparently I'm 62% twee (and I doubt the test will be the slightest bit wrong). That's pretty twee really :) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: now we only need one thing
by Guðmundur Jóhannsson 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Hi all!! I was the only one that attended the icelandic sinister picnic. oh it was so much fun! :) Travis was here on the 4th of july. A great Icelandic band called The Leaves opened the gig and did it well. You lot will probably hear from them in the near future. They cant perform in Iceland without the regular crowd from Q, NME and MTV raid the gig. Travis were a little dissapointing. I was expecting more, they are Travis after all. They took a whole different setlist then they are used to playing in recent gigs probably because the didnt know what the icelandic crowd knew. They probably didnt notice that the crowd whent nuts when they played Happy from Good Feeling their first album. A album that went nowhere and died the same day it was released. People really love them here. I thought that the gig was a bit short. Coldplay are the live kings at the moment. They came here last fall and played an amazing gig. Everybody loved it. Nothing exciting happening here in the summertime now that Travis have gone. The Hives and White Stripes are reported to come here in the fall but thats not confirmed. We never get any good band because its probably expensive to come with all the gear here on our little island. Now I only need B&S to make a trip here. :) Gotta go play with me friends now!! The sun never goes away in the summer here so you can imagine how much fun it is to play football all the night. have fun! Gummi +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: my own album
by bus stoppers 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

dear sinister, please do not be alarmed by what is going to come next. sara's new and upcoming plans...she plans to start her own cute little sinister photo album. of the friends she has been most privilegded of hanging out with, with the ones that fill her in-box off-list, with all the loverly's that she just loves because she loves them and they make her smile. this all with an emphasis on photo-booth pictures. i have seen amelie too many times and not enough times yet! whatev's. i'm not a stalker. (unless your initials are K.C.) i am going to apologize now because i can feel this post being one of those crap posts. i'm going all over the place on the keyboard, but damn, do i have to pee. and bad. plus i am going to be completely selfish and type out my birthday wish list. shout-outs to all the other fellow cancer crabs and congrats on another year of life is beautiful! alrighty then, here it is: SARA IS 22 ON THURSDAY AND SHE WANTS: 1. the l.a. sinister picnic to happen...oh pretty please? 2. to know if "salvon's arnica paste for bruises" is a real thing and if i can get my mungy paws on some. i have a bruise problem. i wake up and there they are. everywhere. 3. a bookshelf. 4. mix tape #2 from matthew h. (or anyone else who feel a desire to mail me one :) 5. a video of b&s music videos and other memoribilia (ie-gilmore girls episode, so on and so forth). 6. bootleg of b&s at coachella. 7. to finally meet ernie cloves in person at the la picnic. 8. a group hug between rachel fruitloop, ben apps, and me. 9. neon genesis evangelion dvd box set. (i did get the promo of the death and rebirth though. very exciting!) 10. photo-booth pictures of michael millmore and fernando and baby booms (lindseylou: i looked over your list and i like that one best :) 11. tim kasher to get better. 12. amelie on dvd. 13. a picture of reggie with john and yoko and baby and his niece in front of gunther tooties...it would be so beautiful that i might cry a bit...especially if accompanied with a poem written on a serviette. (did you get my hug in the mail yet?) 14. pictures from whoever is seeing a cure show. 15. a record player. 16. a tape of the buffy episodes i hear so much about: the musical one and the silent one. 17. a kitty cat. 18. see the eiffel tower. 19. family acceptance. 20. exciting straws like the am/pm straw that is a neon-salmon orange color. 21. a hug exchange laced with true devotion and meaningfulness. 22. a happily ever after story, or any stories at all. but must be typed or neatly printed in blue or black ink. please send one or all to: sara kojaku @her dark corner of the world... sorry everyone! ===== all the people'd stare as if we were both quite insane someday my name and his are going to be the same __________________________________________________ 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: bollocks! and birmingham picnics..
by ian 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

(just a quick self-indulgent message, sorry: if you've mailed me privately and i haven't answered, it might be because i deleted a lot of stuff by mistake. don't be angry, and please mail me again. thanks) now, on with the post ------------- firstly, an apology. there is no talk of male genitalia in the following post. i just put that in the subject line to make you read it. right, as archel playforth once said: 'i'm ready, 24 hours a day, for your call' - oh no, that wasn't it... what WAS it. oh yeah: 'shut the fuck up, ian, and get to the point' that was it so i should get to the point, that is so i will right now there will be a PICNIC in BIRMINGHAM in that ENGLAND, UK on sunday 21st july people from Abroad, London, and even Scotchland will be in attendance, so this will be a magnificent event, enjoyed by all. except, that is, by those who don't enjoy it. there will also be a petite piqueniquette on saturday 20th july for those who are from Local Places. i would have organised the picnic on this day, because it would have made more sense, but i didn't want to make sense, so i didn't. one day, in the future, there will be a birmingham picnic on a Proper Day, when we can go out and dance at birmingham's top musical emporiums (err... suggestions on the back of a 'Bull Ring' postcard, please) and have a TOP TIME! anyway, the main event will be in CANNON HILL PARK at... err... i dunno. 1 o'clock sound allright to you? cannon hill park is in edgbaston. it can be reached pretty easily from the city centre. if you need information about bus routes, let me know. there is a place called the Midlands Arts Complex (the MAC) in cannon hill park. it has a bar. this seems like a good place to meet. outside, if the fair rays of Ra chance to fall upon our group of travellers (i.e. if its nice) inside, if it aint nice. if you want more information, and you aren't a psycho-mentalist, please mail me off-list and i'll tell you what i can, or send you my mobile number. if you want more information, and you are a psycho-mentalist, mail me anyway. we'll probably have a lot in common. no, not really. i'm a nice guy. just ask my parole officer. bring whatever you like. i will be bringing a severed head, a signed photograph of bernie winters and schnorbitz, and some strawberries. see you there, my beauties xx ian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Rudolph the red bellied Waterstone's man
by Sam Steddy 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Hello, everybody, erm, that's a really bad way to start a message, but well, I'm never good with openers. I'm looking for a man who works at waterstone's in Caterbury called Nick. I think, if thats not your name then you eat reindeer pepperamis and its Neil's fault I've got your name wrong. Its that work experience boy here. Could you please e-mail me directly back? Great. Well, to everybody else, you can ignore that paragraph, here's an interesting fact: A donkey would sink in quicksand but a mule would not. Also, here's an amusing anectdote from my day (I gather these go down well here) A woman came in today wanting a tourist guide to New York but we didn't have one from 2001 or 2002. Nonetheless, she was happy to take away the 2000 copy, despite its err, shall we say, vertical innacuracies? OK, thanks to all. __________________________________________________ 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: (his ball is) miraculous but leaks (Woo! Sinister bowling info 14th July)
by Kenneth P Y Chu 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

What's happenin' dudes? Some nice reportings back from the Scotland contingents there. So Mark is a one-minute man? Well I never! And there was groaping! and snogging! Goodness me. You hear something new every day. My life has been much less exciting.. I've spent it mainly practicing bowling! So that I could master this really sexy DavidBeckham-esque bowling technique that Dafyd did so well.. but I failed. But still.. SINISTERBOOLIN THIS SUNDAY 14TH JULY! ===================================== After the success of the last bowling event it seems about time for another couple of games of ball fondling action! And this time I've heard that there will even be a visitor from Greece! And Scotland! And places! So yeah it'll be well good. Oh and it would seem that Finsbury Park is a nice venue for another game of bowling, so how about it? When: 14th July, 2002.. 3pm Where: Rowen's Entertainment, right outside Finsbury Park station. How: Take a very huge ball, and shove it down the lane Easy. Any question e-mail me or phone me 07967 755446. ===================================== I have had the most horrendous nightmare the other night. I have a really old fridge in my room, it's so old that I'm not even sure that it really works because it never seems to feel very cool when I put my hand in it. So anyway, the other night, I'd just bought a box of coca-cola and so I put a few cans into the fridge. Then throughout that night, I was having this dream that I'd wake up, and go and get that can of coke and it would be WARM! The first time it was annoying, then after the sixth time I've had that dream (I keep thinking that I've REALLY woken up each time), I was in such torment I almost started crying. Then when I really woke up I checked my can of coke and it was ice cold, and I knew from then on that everything was going to be all-right. There's a girl next to me at the Internet cafe right now eating some nice pasta-looking thingie, tasty! The pasta doesn't look half bad either. Excuse me while I go seduce her for free food. Oh the harsh life of an unemployed man... Pasta and Red Bull Ken P.S.: Actually my harsh unemployed life might be coming to an end soon.. who knows? Keep your fingers crossed. _________________________________________________________________ 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: New Order (a bit of list abuse)
by Jordi Trenzano 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Hi hi If anyone with a bit of writing skills (as many of you in here) is going to the Manchester New Order gig this saturday, can he/she let me know, please ? the mighty www.espacio3.com/grasa would like a review (written in an english that I might be able to translate later) I just knew that mr.Dafyd Strange is going to Benicassim. If anybody else decides to come, I'd be glad to have a mini sini-picnic. Cheers Jordi +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Why are you so cool? God made me cool!
by robin stout 08 Jul '02

08 Jul '02

Ah, another weekend, another picnic. I don't know how I keep up with them all, to be honest. I had a nice cheese sandwich, which was a bit soggy because of the rain, and sat in the park until the sun came out. No one turned up, apart from my friend and I, and some angry spiders who we decided had been sitting on the bench having their own picnic until we came along and sat on them, squashing their fly sandwiches and mosquito casserole. Mind you, if anyone else had turned up we wouldn't have been able to fit on that bench, so it's a good job you all went to Glasgow instead. So anyway, where was I?? I flew back from Atlanta, Georgia last Wednesday, where I had a wonderfully exciting time with a friend of mine. We did an awful lot, and I was exhausted most of the time, but it was well worth it, and the friend I was staying with is the type who's fun to be around whatever you're doing, even if it's just sitting by the railroad tracks drinking beer or eating doughnuts in bed on sunday morning. I didn't manage to meet any local sinister people, although i did make a rather late-in-the-day attempt, but I don't think I'd have been able to anyway due to my hectic tourist schedule. But thanks to Laura and Jay for tips on what to see :) I did, however, manage to meet Atlanta's most notorious stripper, Blondie, a big and terrifying black lady with tiny legs, who wore a blonde wig and not much else. She gave a disastrous performance where her wig fell off and she fell over it, unbalanced as she was by her ample proportions, then she picked herself up and came to talk to us. I was too scared even to open my mouth because she'd notice I was English and experience had already taught me that Americans seem to love English people for no apparent reason. I didn't want to experience Blondie's kind of love. Eventually I had to speak to her but subtly managed to walk my stool away from her to keep a safe distance from any potential pouncing. So I survived, just about, although she did perform her "special trick" for me, images of which still flash across my brian whenever I'm in the fruit and veg aisle at tesco. I heard B+S on the radio twice, too, which is only half as many times as I've heard them on the radio here. College radio seems to be pretty damn good. I ate lots and lots of burgers and actually got quite fat. It was difficult to stop though, because people insisted on giving me free things because I was english. I find that a bit embarrassing. I like people to like me and give me things, for sure, but when it's simply because of an accident of fate like being born in evesham, england, I feel a little uneasy. It must be what it's like to be beautiful or famous. I don't think I'd like that very much. One good thing about Storytelling is that the instrumentals are perfect for bridging difficult gaps on mixtapes. Last night I was making a minidisc of my "Deutsch Plus" German tapes, and replaced all of the standard Casio-keyboard music between sections with songs I like. The plan is that this will MAKE LEARNING FUN. I'll let you know if it works. The songs included some Storytelling tracks and they worked really well. It worked so well in fact I'm even considering replacing all the talkie bits on Storytelling with quotes from Deutsch Plus. Now, that *would* be an album. bye x Robin _________________________________________________________________ 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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