November 2003 - Sinister

Sinister: Happy Joy Joy.
by Nathan Reader 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

Hello hello! Well well...have I been very excited lately or what!? There have just been lots of little things that all add up to equal 'good times ahead.' --First of all, I have basically finished university for the year. I have two exams (tomorrow and Monday) and then I'm done!! Well, until next year anyway. --Second of all, one of my all time favourite bands who I NEVER thought I would see live because I live in Australia and they're in the UK, are coming to Australia!! The band I speak of is Radiohead, and if that's not exciting enough, I also got good tickets. Now I don't know about you guys but I would rather be standing right in front of the stage than sitting in the stalls. But, as Radiohead are so popular you can imagine what the box-office is like in the morning when the tickets go on sale, it's NUTS! Anyhooo, my Mum was on the internet trying to get the tickets that way and I was pressing redial on the phone to try and call them, and then!...after about fifty calls it started ringing, and I wet my pants. I got put on hold and finally a guy picked up... Me: Hello, I was wondering if those Radiohead tickets were on sale yet? Guy: Sorry, not for another 25 seconds, you'll have to call back. Me: Why? Guy:I'm not allowed to wait on the phone until then. Me:Why? Guy:it's unfair to the other customers and it's company policy, I'm sorry. Me:Can I buy those tickets now, 25 seconds is up. Guy:Oh...okay. --------------------- Well, it went something like that anyway. So, good news is I got GA tickets so I can line up at ten in the morning to be at the front at ten that night. A couple of days later though I found out that they had scheduled another show in the same city as those tickets sold out too quickly. But I'm happy, I got my beautiful tickets (they're yellow!!). Third of all, well, this was only a happy thing that happened to me for about two minutes. Some Sinisterian (sorry, forgot your name, but you know who you are) posted some absolutely fantastic post about B&S coming to Australia also!! He even posted the link to a website promoting it!! It said they were playing at the Perth town hall, which would be in Perth, which is in Australia, all seems good right? Right!? Wrong... My hopes and dreams were shattered as I discovered upon further inverstigation that they are doing a tour of Scotland, and there's some crummy place called Perth over there too. Thanks to that listee who got my hopes up so very high, you had better send me a Christmas present. Other things that are making me happy lately? My dogs, my girlfriend, my Sigur Ros CD's and the fact that I will soon be getting Nick Drake's first album. Oh, and Sinister. Thanks for reading this far if you did. I can't wait to hopefully see some of you guys if I ever come over to England, Scotland, wherever most of you live. You know I love picnics, and I see all these posts discussing forthcoming picnics and picnics that have been and discussing infamous individuals and their antics, such as Ken Chu (What is it with you? Why are you so popular? Can you juggle frogs or something?)...oh dear. One day I promise I will be over there and join you all for a picnic, and maybe even see B&S! I do not have even one other Sinisterian here in lil ol' Adelaide...or do I? Have a fun-filled weekend everyone, wish me luck for my exam (18 hours away!). Too Much Love, Nathan. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Christmas Present Exchange: Deadline Tuesday November 25th
by Laura Llew 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

If you want to participate you need to send the following information to me by Tuesday November 25 to Laura(a)specsappeal.net (please do not just hit reply. This address is just like a pair of Kenneth Coles - flashy but quite unreliable): *Your Name *Your Full Address (of where you will be at Christmas time) * The number of presents you would like to send out (since it will correspond with the presents you will receive) * Whether you have a preference of sending to someone inside your country or not. Foreign mailing can get right pricey and I have great respect for you cheap bastards out there. If geography makes no difference, then there's no need to mention anything. However, please note that this only works if you live in a place where there will most likely be lots of other Sinisters. I hate to break your heart but you're probably the only one on here in Anartica. *Please, please, please put "Sinister Christmas Present Exchange" (or something to that effect) in the subject line. I get a lot of spam. I'd hate to curl up to my computer late one night in the thoughts of going through all my new porn links just to get a pesky christmas exchange e-mail instead. *If you gave a present last year but did not get anything, please tell me this. If you were suppose to get more than one present presents (as you gave more than one), please let me know who the people you did get from are. Read below (#5) for why. As soon as possible, I will send you a reply saying that I have gotten your information. Thus, if you don't hear back from me fairly soon you'll know that something has gone awry in the matrix. After I get everyones' information, then all of your names written on individual scraps of paper, a sedated gray cloche, and I shall all play Chuck Woolery and match everyone up with a partner. (I'll be doing the matching this year as last year I had Miss Maddie Minx to help me.) By the first of December, your day shall be brightened with the sparkling correspondence from me telling you who that lucky sinister kid you're giving to is at which point you should then whip out the crazy glue, pipe cleaners, and your pet ferret to devise a Christmas present that should wow anyone. As this is my gazillionth year organizing this I'm more or less copying what I posted in years prior. However, there is one new addition for those who participated before (see #5). For those who aren't familiar with this activity: 1. This is just for those who wish to participate. It is by no means required nor are there any requirements - meaning you can still be in the nursery, only flit around in #sinister, or be embittered and wasting away in ILE all the time and have just in a moment of nostalgia and dementia tainted haze have wandered back to your ole' stomping ground. 2. In the words of the Greek chic who set this shindig up a few years ago - "This is not restricted to just people that celebrate Christmas. It just happens to help the spirit of exchanging presents so other people that don't celebrate Christmas are very welcome!" Well, it was in those words except for less capitalized, a flagrant disregard for grammar, and way too many exclamation points than I can use without getting nauseous. Oh and the Greek cheek is Joanna and she rules even if she thinks it's ok to deny our list with her posts. 3. It's really up to you as to what kind of gift you give - as it can be anything from something you made to a mix to your favorite book (guess who will be getting a copy of The Basic Eight, baby!) to a chocolate covered boy (though I would like notification if you plan to give away the latter.) As long as it adheres to the postal code and doesn't involve bodily fluids, I think we'll all be happy - especially the lucky llew who gets the chocolate covered boy. 4. I would like to make a request only to sign up if you intend in actually participating because really my shoulder isn't made for people crying on it because they didn't receive anything even though they sent out a matching set of hello kitty mittens and mufflers. I can't even stress how much I actually sincerely mean that. If you think there's a chance that you might get too involved in exams, work, seducing the neighborhood mall's santa, or family to participate, please don't. We still love you. In fact, we'll love you more if you don't sign up for this when there's that possibility. I know from last year's experience that people get really sad when nothing comes there way after they've put alot into a gift. You really don't want to be responsible for the surprise instantaneous disappearance of a whole pound of chocolate, do you? I mean unless you're a cute boy and it's being used to coat yourself that is. 5. Because of the fact that years prior I've had multiple people complain of not getting anything after they put a lot of trouble forth in sending things out, I'm instituting a new rule. I kept last year's gift assignments so I know who was suppose to give to who. If I know that you signed up and did NOT give as you were suppose to then there will be stipulations before you can participate again. They won't be anything harsh involving slitting wrists and pushups in salt water, but they'll be there. (You will most likely have to give to the person you were assigned to give to last year in addition to a new assignment. Yet, you won't get another gift for the one you were suppose to give last year). I completely understand unexpected things coming up especially around the holidays but I need to start something to help cut back on those shafted. Poor Vee has signed up for this thing three years in a row and I don't think she has gotten a gift one single year. What can I do when something like that happens? The first year I tried to send gifts out to those neglected but I can't afford that, even though I wish I could. So, I hope everyone understands this. I wish I didn't have to do it but it's the best idea I've had to deal with the problems yet. If you have any questions or need to get rid of a large sum of money quickly, please feel free to contact me. xo, Ll PS - Thanks for everyone who has been sending in setlists and reporting back. I love it! Just when I think that I've seen B&S too much to justify ever shelling out so much money for them again - I read another set list where they played Photo Jenny (which I REALLY want to hear live) or Lazy Line Painter Jane (ditto) and I'm like DAMN THOSE BASTARDS! THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING! PPS - Songles Dave heard the interview of Richard Colburn that GayJay did where I corrected Richy in the fact that they had played "This Is Just Another Modern Rock Song" live before. He called me the BILL O'REILLY of B&S journalism! ("No spin here colburn - you played it last year!") That made me laugh like nothing else. PPPS - Cute pictures of Stu after the Atlanta show taken by Jayward (http://www.jaynagyphoto.com/) can be found here: http://www.jaynagyphoto.com/STUTEMP.html PPPPS - Have I mentioned yet that I'm really happy to see the sillustrations back? Whoot! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger with backgrounds, emoticons and more. http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_customize +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: MIME-Version: 1.0
by dc.hollister＠cwctv.net 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

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Sinister: confessions ii: evil bears the weight of shame
by ericb5 13 Nov '03

13 Nov '03

dear sinister, caught in a trap of my own design, and thanks to a kind whisper & a few treble taps through the archives, i would like to formally say hello to the P F himself. i've truly enjoyed your posts but never had i made the connection. so to you i tip the proverbial hat. now if any bay area listees would like to teach me a thing or two about the 'gloves who play around here you can email me offlist. all for now, eric +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Dance Floor B&S ticket Weds Northampton $30 or best offer
by Nahasapmapetilon＠aol.com 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Hi I have one extra Dance Floor ticket for B&S, $30 or best offer, on Weds 11/12 at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton, MA. Email me at kilyuradeo(a)aol.com or IM me on AIM or AOL at kilyuradeo. Jeff +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: AC/DCing other people
by kenneth.chu＠uclh.org 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

Hello everybody, Are you ready to rhumble? Remember you're a womble. Two top class tunes, in fact, they're pretty much the same song in essence. In that they both 1) are songs 2) have words in it Therefore I totally agree with that DailyIowan review of DICKWANK (kindly relayed by Jaye Conner) with the statement... > "Wrapped Up In Books" is pretty much the same song as > the title track of Boy With The Arab Strap" which at first would make you go "eh?", and then you realise that WUIB and TWATTYBUS both.. 1) are songs 2) have words in it Eureka. The said review also criticised the new album of having AC/DC lyrics, well duh, that's been the case ever since the early days of "The stars of track and field". Here, I have even highlighted the keywords for you... AC/DC - She's got balls ----------------------------------- She's got spunk that woman, funk that woman, she's got SPEED my babe, got what I NEED my babe. She's got the ABILITY to make a man outta me. B+S - Stars of Track and Field -------------------------------------------- She had the move she had the SPEED it went to her head. She never NEEDED anyone to get around the track and when she's on her back She had the KNOWLEDGE to go into college What coincidence! That two songs by two different bands both talk about "a girl with the ability and knowledge taking speed and then receiving spunk that went to her head. Later in the song, AC/DC would sing "Makes my heart RACE, with her PRETTY face" and there was you wondering what the line "stars of TRACK AND FIELD are BEAUTIFUL people" was all about!!! Ken P.S.: It is a little bit early, but remember, the annual INTERNATIONAL SINISTER BOWLING DAY on the final Saturday of the year (i.e. 27th Dec), is coming up soon! When sinisters of the world alike all go bowling! So, get your bowling arms ready!!!! P.P.S.: and remember, you're a womble. ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this email was not intended for you please notify the UCLH Mail Administrator at mail.administrator(a)uclh.org. This footnote confirms that the email and attachments contained no viruses when they left UCLH. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: confessions
by ericb5 12 Nov '03

12 Nov '03

dear sinister, i confess i love you but also that i've never written. it's been..hm..since legal man that i've been on this list and i've never gotten up the nerve. might be because i once tried posting onto a blur newsgroup and they laughed me out of the place! joke's on them now, it seems. anyhow i don't come to you to talk about blur. i just wanted to say hello finally. my name's eric and i'm a student in english and film in berkeley, california, a few steps away from where b&s played a few months ago. want a secret, secret confession? yhskrow: just peeking out over the next two papers i have to think about this coming week yhskrow: well actually. yhskrow: i'm drinking there. now you also all of you have my aim addy too. is there a rule about this sort of naughty behavior? i promise to spend at least 15 minutes... do all of you enjoy that foxgloves cover of morrissey's 'i know very well how i got my name' as much as i do?? i tried resisting the first song on that ep for a while because it felt maybe a little contrived but alas i can't fight my nature. when the guitar arpeggiates and 'you're waiting for a bus in the rain,' i just go all weak and start singing along. i think that the foxgloves might even be based in oakland, which is of course right next door from here, but i don't think they don't play around too often. me i write songs too and i was sitting on campus the other day wondering, after graduation, what i'll tell people i do. and then it hit me. 'i'm in the tune department.' that im conversation, by the way, ended rather abruptly. i think he told me to 'enjoy [my] drinks' and i spent a few minutes wondering whether or not he was condescending. and then wondering whether or not i should care. that should do for an intro. thanks for being(,) sinister. 'so let's all why not put a wing up and life carefree' eric ps..juju, are you still on this list? if so, hellooo! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Australian Tour!?!
by helen 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

Okay, this isn't just a rumour, people - I have *proof* that they are coming to Perth, my hometown.. (thanks to the kindly mister jim lurking in the corner) See: http://www.perthfestival.com.au/Festival/index.cfm/fuseaction/events.detail… And there is a suspicious week in between their last Japan gig (29th January) and the Perth one on the 7th of February... Katrina!! Whats the news! They'd better be playing in Melbourne first, because in a bizarre twist of fate I booked my ticket earlier today to Melbourne where I will be for a week - during the time they are playing in Perth. Oh what cruel hand of fate would have me in another city whilst the belles play in my hometown? Back to lurkerdom, Helen xx P.S. Robyn Fadden does indeed rock. You have my word. (And I suck for not emailing her to tell her so...) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: From Gary
by Mark Casarotto 11 Nov '03

11 Nov '03

This email isn't from me; I'm forwarding it to the list at the request of ex-sinisterine Gary Maher. Enjoy. I did. _______________________________________________ The Dynamics of the Extra Belle & Sebastian Ticket - NYC 10 Nov 2003 It's always interesting when you show up with an extra ticket for a concert, but the dynamics of an extra ticket for a Belle & Sebastian concert have the potential to create even more interest. Of course, I was disappointed when my wife decided her cold was so severe as to preclude her attendance. It was ok, I told her, because we have tickets for the following night's show, and because I was sure I could find something to do with her ticket. So I set off for the wilds of New York City with my extra 10th row ticket. My plan to arrive early to dispose of the ticket quickly evaporated (as all my plans to arrive early seem to do), and I walked up to the front of the Town Hall theater at precisely 8:00 p.m. I briefly canvassed the scene: There was no line at the ticket window, but the show was not sold out. It appeared that I was the only one who had come there alone everyone else was in groups of two or four or eight or more. Worse, everybody seemed to already have a ticket! My only option seemed to be to station myself outside the box office and wait for the right person to come along. At about that time, the first disturbing thought of the night entered my head: Just who was the right person I was waiting for? I mean of course what TYPE of person was it? Obviously someone alone without a ticket, or possibly someone without a ticket accompanied by friends with tickets. But beyond that, who? Perhaps a tall, shapely woman with model looks? Too obvious. Plus, I'm very happily married, so whatever would I do with one of those? (She didn't come around, anyway. Probably better that way.) How about a short, shy, homely thing who was almost too afraid to venture out of the house but was propelled to the show by her obsession with Stuart (or was it Sarah)? Shouldn't be any shortage of those at a B&S show, right? (Just teasing; you are all beautiful and I love each and every one of you. XO.) I dunno, I just didn't feel that charitable. I mean, this person was going to be sitting next to me, and I kinda wanted someone I could relate to a little bit. I was there alone, after all. A guy, then? But what if he assumes that I am as shallow as the next person (I'm actually as shallow as the guy standing behind the next person, over his left shoulder, with his internet browser permanently tuned to ratemyface.com) and decides that I'm only giving him the ticket because I find him attractive. Otherwise, why wouldn't I give the ticket to the tall, shapely woman with model looks? (He obviously doesn't realize that she has other plans tonight.) If he's gay (unlikely at a B&S show, he snarled sarcastically), that could make things uncomfortable. (Remember, he's sitting right next to me all night.) If he's straight, and he thinks I'm interested in him, it could be even worse! (We straight people are so closedminded!) OK then, it's going to be a girl somewhere between model gorgeous and butt ugly. That narrows the field. It's 8:05. I can hear through the doors that the opening act, My Favorite, is playing. I really wanted to catch their set, but I have this ticket to deal with. So I wait. There's a girl approaching alone oh wait, there's her girlfriend. What about that one? Oh, she's with two guys. They all have tickets anyway. Isn't this thing sold out yet? I check at the window. They still have 10 tickets. Sigh. I make a mental note to remember not to give the ticket to anybody without first making sure that they are a fan and not a ticket scalper. I have wasted extra tickets before by giving them to someone I thought would use them, only to find somebody different sitting next to me once I got inside who undoubtedly paid $100 apiece for them. But how am I to make this crucial assessment? Should I ask her to name a member of the band? Too hard, I think. Are any of their names even on the first three records? Better make it a song title. Ask her favorite, that'll do. 8:10 and I strike up a conversation with this girl who is wandering around in front, thinking she might need a ticket. Turns out she also has an extra ticket, which she is trying to sell. I tell her I was going to give mine away rather than sell it, because my sister's friends were tackled by the police outside a U2 show at Madison Square Garden because the cops thought they were selling their own tickets, and they missed the show because they spent the night at the police station. (True story, although I've often wondered if they actually had some contraband in their possession and told the ticket story to avoid parental wrath.) I briefly consider asking her to sell both of her tickets, split the money with me and come sit with me in the 10th row, but how can I ask her to do that after the story I just told? We exchange good luck wishes and go our separate ways. At about 8:15, disturbing thought number two occurs to me. In a flash of evil brilliance, I come up with the deranged scheme of finding a couple without tickets and offering them my ticket, but only if the girl will ditch the guy and sit next to me. Kind of like that movie Indecent Proposal, only without Demi Moore and all the money. I laugh at my own diabolicalness and dismiss the idea as impractical. How would I enforce it? What if she engaged in the selfless act of turning the ticket over to her guy? Then I've got this guy sitting next to me after I tried to entice his girl away from him. Awkward, and potentially painful! 8:20, still tickets left at the box office. I'm obviously going to miss most of the My Favorite set. I briefly consider giving the ticket to a scalper just so I can get it over with and go inside, but I can't bring myself to do it because it will mean that some fan will have to pay some outrageous price for the ticket. I shouldn't let my laziness cause such an inequitable result. Maybe I should just give up and walk inside with the extra ticket, putting it to death. It would be nice to have someplace to put my coat. Aargh I can't do that either! I derive all of my power tonight from this little scrap of paper in my pocket and I can't murder it! At about 8:25, I return to the box office to see if the show is sold out. They are down to the last couple of tickets. In a bold move, a scalper is actually in the box office trying to peddle a couple of $25 tickets for $50 each. I'm standing next to him listening to him make his pitch to these two girls. They hesitate, so he turns to me and asks if I need a ticket. I tell him he doesn't want me to answer that right now. He asks why not, and I tell him he'll have to trust me. He persists, so I tell him in a loud voice "Because I have an extra ticket I'm trying to give away for nothing!" A girl on the other side of the box office hears this and comes over. She appears perfect for the ticket female, unaccompanied, and somewhere between model gorgeous and butt ugly, more towards the former end of the spectrum. "Are you serious," she asks. "Sure. Do you need a ticket?" "Yeah, I came down without one hoping I could get in," she replies. "OK, here you go." I hand her the ticket. "Really?" she asks. "Yes," I say. "Enjoy the show!" And then I remember my litmus test: I forgot to ask her her favorite B&S song. So I literally grab the ticket back from her hand and say, "Wait a second. What's your favorite Belle & Sebastian song?" By now, we've drawn a little crowd, and they are now oohing and laughing over my question. The girl stammers for a good while and I start to fear maybe I have the wrong person. She finally manages to blurt out "The Boy with the Arab Strap". Relieved, I stick the ticket back in her hand and say "Have fun." As I'm walking out triumphantly, she tracks me down, introduces herself (Michelle), asks my name, and thanks me profusely. Which triggers disturbing thought number three: What strange sort of relationship have I just created? Does she think I now expect something of her, having bestowed this gift upon her? And do I indeed expect something of her? OK, I'm going to have to watch that, as we are going to be sitting together, and be careful not to send the wrong message. We enter the theater together and she heads off to the restroom. I grab the new My Favorite CD and find my seat. I catch their last two songs, which are very good. They're somewhere near the intersection of Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and The Smiths, with a pretty girl singer. (There's much more to them than that, but that's what I heard in those two songs. I told you I was shallow.) At the intermission, I pick up a few B&S stickers and check out the old theater, legendary for its jazz shows, many of which have been released on record. I make my way back to my seat. Michelle is nowhere to be seen. Perhaps she thinks I expect something of her and is uncomfortable sitting next to me. That would be a shame. A little while later, this guy comes up to me and says he thinks I'm sitting in his seat. I look at his ticket and tell him he's in the same seat, but in the next section. A minute later, Michelle appears. She was in the other guy's seat by mistake! I tell her she could have named any B&S song and she would have gotten the ticket. We talk about how we don't know the names of songs anymore the way we used to when we were younger and had time to read all of the liner notes. We speak briefly about our appreciation for B&S. She was introduced to them not too long ago by someone at work. I've been into them since 1998 and missed them the first three times since then that they came to NYC, so I'm seeing them three times this year. I start to tell her about the Brooklyn show, and the lights go down. This show was even better than Brooklyn, which I didn't think was possible. The new stuff is just incredible live, the vocals are breathtaking. There were plenty of oldies for us old people. Stuart brought this wonderful girl Debbie up from the crowd to sing. She chose Lazy Line Painter Jane, and she was so amazing that she brought the house down. She also cajoled us into rising from our seats and dancing for the first time all night. We were all so very proud of her, even though we didn't know her, because she was up there for all of us. (If they pick me tomorrow night, I will make them sing Little Red Book the Love arrangement. And I have to remember to tell my wife Dana "Happy Anniversary" from the stage, as November 11th is the 9th anniversary of our wedding.) About an hour and a quarter into the show, Michelle's cell phone rang, and she said she had to go because she "got a call". She again thanked me profusely. We hadn't chatted much, probably due to our mutual concern over sending the wrong message, but she definitely seemed to enjoy the show, thankfully, so it seems the dynamics of the extra Belle & Sebastian ticket all worked together in perfect harmony to bring about a happy ending for all concerned. If this were a hollywood movie, the final song tonight would have been The Boy with the Arab Strap. (Remember that was Michelle's favorite song.) Instead, it was Get Me Away, I'm Dying my favorite B&S song. Karma? You decide. Gary ------------------ Here's what they played tonight, 10 Nov 2003 (NOT IN ORDER EXCEPT AS NOTED): 1. Slow Graffiti Step Into My Office Travellin' Light (as spelled on the set list) If She Wants Me Piazza Asleep on a Sunbeam You Don't Send Me Wrapped Up in Books Stay Loose (GREAT!!) I'm Waking Up To Us Seeing Other People Lazy Line Painter Jane (introducing Debbie on vocals!) Dog On Wheels Expectations You're Just a Baby DD#2 Beautiful Roy Walker Enc #1 - Sleep the Clock Around Enc #2 - Get Me Away, I'm Dying Gary _____________________________________________ p.s. http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Rhoda&1 ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! 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Sinister: Fwee Wodewick!
by Mark Casarotto 10 Nov '03

10 Nov '03

Hey. I wanted to write, creatively, tonight, but as per usual I was champing at the bit but unable to put anything worthwhile on paper. My main problem is that I have no idea what to write about. I even bought books to inspire me, but paradoxically I'm almost afraid to read them. So I'm writing to you instead. The main reason I'm writing is to PLEAD with any of you who haven't already signed the "release Rhoda!" petition (pipe down at the back, whoever just shouted "welease Whoda!"). It can be found at http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?Rhoda&1 and it would be SO cool if you could add your name to it. If you know "Rhoda", then you'll know that it's a) achingly beautiful and b) unavailable in anything but the *worst* quality bootleg. And I think this should change. At worst, you'll get another B&S release, which can't be bad, huh? So please go and sign it. It's be nice to have a few more signatures before actually presenting it to the band. There are 1300 people here, and more on Bowlie. Spread the gospel and then at least we can say we've tried. KORITFW, Mark xxx ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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