August 2003 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: how to post without having an orginal thought of your own
by idleberry 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

I read Gillian Kirby's email with interest. It reminded me of how I felt a few years ago, albeit I was never as eloquent with my language, nor was I brainy enough to get anything other than a third class degree. I still recall standing outside the registrar, excitedly looking for my name, and sort of finding that I consoled myself in a "er.. that's ..alright.. at least I passed" sort of way. As did my friends, who were as incapable as I was of showing any faint _expression of over-joy. Like finding out you've got a role in a play you auditioned for, only its as a part of the chorus rather than an actual named character with your own lines, in the programme. Still, well done to Ms Kirby for getting there! Go, celebrate, and enjoy every minute of it. My graduation day was one of those rare moments when all I could feel was pure pride, and I revelled in it. My only disagreement was that I am any sort of indie-princess. Far from it. I'm as cool as someone's dad having a mid-life crisis at a family gathering. I even do that thing where they get all their "cool" quotes muddled up, and everyone just stares at them blankly while they try to laugh at their own jokes. I'm the Un-Hip Highness, the Duchess of Dorkchester, I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, what the hell am I doing here, etc, etc. In any case, Terry Wogan is alright, but that's nothing on Alan Titschmarsh. Oh, how I remember a long, lonesome summer, when all there was on telly was gardening programmes, and I hadn't discovered the joy of interwebbing. That was a dark year indeed, and I'll spare you the outcome. Francesca Wrote: have you heard about the singer of noir desir? I feel a little strange having some CDs by them now, not that the fact changes the music they played through the years, but I won't ever listen to those CDs in the same way I did before... For those of you who aren't culchured enough to even bother hitting the "World" link of the BBC news pages, the singer, Bertrand Cantat, has currently been detained in Lithuania for beating his actress girlfriend following a row. Anyway, she died. Marianna voiced my thoughts (which was darn clever of her seeing as she lives so many miles away in London) regarding Jay and the lil'est emo kids. If Jay wants to make a fortune he really ought to market it complete with mail-order emo-kid dolls and stuff. How cute would that be? The idea of lil'est emo kid books sounds rather like doing Mister Men books. I forsee a cartoon show to accompany it, and possibly a movie, done on a shoe-string indie budget, natch. Talking of Marianna, (she is the new Ken Chu) I'm looking forward to her arrival in Scotland. I've said that before, haven't I? Yes, well, I met her once and I thought she was ace, and so would you if you haven't already met her, in which case there is no doubt you'll know exactly where I'm coming from. Following from robin stout's post, Is it true? "Dear Catastrophe Waitress"? And the title of ""You Don't Send Me" makes me think of some Simon and Garfunkel song "why don't you send me a letter" which may be a lyric or may be a title, I dunno. I don't pay attention to song titles, only to the track number in which they appear on the record. That way I can count through them to skip, or to play, or to do whatever. Ditto I follow Robin's feeling of sadness for no sign of Miraculous Technique on it, cos I do love that song. Who is Walter Mitty? A little insight here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3124677.stm See, it's not so hard to post when you have nothing of your own to say. A simple cut'n'paste of the best posts of recent times, and a summary response do the trick nicely. love idles xx ===== http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corduroysmoke/ starting playground gossip and passing notes __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.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: If your gran had baws she'd be your grandad
by robin stout 05 Aug '03

05 Aug '03

Good Morning Sinipops, here is the news: >From Billboard.com http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1947663 << Scottish rock ensemble Belle & Sebastian will release a new studio album, "Dear Catastrophe Waitress," Oct. 7 via a recent deal with Rough Trade. The set was produced by Trevor Horn, best known for his work with such mainstream pop acts as Seal and Rod Stewart. Belle & Sebastian, which tours infrequently, will play three U.S. shows prior to the album's release: Aug. 19 in Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 22 in Berkeley, Calif., and Aug. 24 in Los Angeles. Bright Eyes will support. "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" is the follow-up to 2000's "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant," which debuted at No. 80 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 113,000 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen SoundScan. Last summer, the group penned the soundtrack for Todd Solondz's film "Storytelling," which debuted at No. 4 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart. A DVD, "Fans Only," is tentatively due this fall via the band's former U.S. label, Matador. It will include music videos, live footage and TV appearances, among other features. Here is the track list for "Dear Catastrophe Waitress": "Step Into My Office, Baby" "Dear Catastrophe Waitress" "If She Wants Me" "Roy Walker" "(I Believe In) Travellin' Light" "Asleep on a Sunbeam" "Piazza, New York Catcher" "You Don't Send Me" "Wrapped Up in Books" "Lord Anthony" "If Find Yourself Caught in Love" "I'm a Cuckoo" "Stay Loose" >> LORD ANTHONY!! Oh I am so happy! There was a sniff of a clue that it would be on the album when Stuart mentioned it in his diary recently. I'm so glad they're finally releasing it. I wonder if it's the same version they recorded ages ago.. *the screen wobbles and from Torquay to Timbuktu a thousand people are transported BACK IN TIME.. woooo!!* Stuart David speaks: "It'll be done by the end of February. Some song titles are Marx and Engels, I Fought In A War, Once Upon A Weekend, Wake Her Up, Landslide and Winter Woofkie." The album is due in late summer and the preceeding E.P. is likely to comprise Lonliness Of The Middle-Distance Runner, Paper Boat, and Lord Anthony." http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199902/msg00197.html *the screen wibbles. From Manchester to Marrekesh a thousand people press Escape uselessly then phone IT support* So you see, quite apart from Lord Anthony possibly being the best belle and sebastian song ever, it *might* be the last recording Stuart David ever played on. I hope so. I always used to imagine Belle and Sebastian as a brass robot with Stuart Murdoch as its rotating flashing head, Isobel Campbell as its shiny polished bottom and Stuart David as its spunk. It will be nice to hear the spunk back in Belle and Sebastian. I'm looking forward to finally hearing Dear Catastrophe Waitress, too. It's a shame that Miraculous Techinque isn't anywhere to be seen, but there's always singles and b-sides and if we're lucky it might get released sometime in the next four years.. Oh, I'm off to explain to someone else who Walter Mitty is. People should read more books. R xxx _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: i could be dreaming
by Francesca 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

hi sinister, how are you? isn't a great thing being on holiday? I'm always wasting time and I don't feel guilty about it :) have you heard about the singer of noir desir? I feel a little strange having some CDs by them now, not that the fact changes the music they played through the years, but I won't ever listen to those CDs in the same way I did before... oh well I was just chatting because I have nothing b&s related to say... I'm sorry ah, I have a pleasure to ask to Irish sinisterines: I'll go to Dublin and Galway on holiday so if you have any suggestions of nice shops and places and stuff can you email me off list? sorry I don't only declare without any shame that I don't have any related b&s things to say, but I even do a list abuse, sorry sinister! well, I return to the lurkers realm until the new album! love, francesca ______________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail: 6MB di spazio gratuito, 30MB per i tuoi allegati, l'antivirus, il filtro Anti-spam http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mail.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: b&s
by Christine Irene 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

for interested parties.... http://nme.com/news/105754.htm ~stine __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.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: Benicassim accomodation !
by Jordi Trenzano 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

Hi ! sorry for an urgent off-topic, but if anyone's coming to the Benicassim festival and wants to use a hotel room that is available, send me a private email, right ? It's a small hotel in the center of town, and it'd cost like 240 euros, as they make you book 7 nights....grrr.... Jordi ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: the p[rodigal daughter of twee
by Gillian Kirby 04 Aug '03

04 Aug '03

> Hi Sinisteriniinos, > > I wrote to the list aaaaages ago, then exams and the pressures of unemployment meant I haven't kept up[ with you for a while. But now I have this nifty wee temp job that not only attempts to quell the tide of nasty letters from the bank (who seem to have forgottent hat people who have recently graduated are about as broke as students, and there's no way I'll be paying off my overdraft overnoght) but also means I can surf about on the internet inbetween typing the odd letter. Mmmm, slacker lifestyles. And it's soo much cooler than the library, because I can make cups of tea and sit on my own desk rather than being watched by smelly old men reading the newspaper (apologies if you are an old man who reads the newspaper in the library, I will presume you are not hygenically challenged...) > > But I think the main reason why I haven't been participating much in Sinisterness is that my life hasn't been at all twee or indie lately. It's been the end of the year and finals,m which has meant giving up my job on the proviso that it means more time for work (hah!) but what it really mean was -gasp-no money whatsoevcer. No more trips to Smile or CD buying, not until I get my studenty debts sorted out anyhow. I could download music once I sort out access at home (oh, yeah, I don't have a CD burner...) but if home taping is killing musioc then downloading is probably bludgeoning it to death with a big stick. Naaah, I'll just isten to 6music over the web and save up my pennies for the Hot Hot Heat album. > > Anyhow, I managed to get my 2:1, don;'t know how but it happened. However, in the past few weeks I've been turned down by many companies, including telesales...being refused a telesales job must make me officially unemployabl;e. So now I can either prostitute myself to the temp agencies, become a 'charity mugger' or...live in a yurt maybe? Not sure yet. i did see Jeffrey Lewis recently so I'm tryingt o be al indie and twee, and I nearly wore a Hello Kitty top to work today so you can't banish me from the twee club just yet :-) See I long to be an indie princess liek Idleberry, but I listen to Radio 2 too much....in nobody's book is Wogan an indie icon* > > less rambling, > > -gillian > > ps-if Chris from York is reading..pop me an email! It's been ages.... > *Jeremy vine though....playing 'Leave the Capiutol on daytime radio! Playing smiths songs that weren't even singles invbetween debating WMD! Yay!! ===== _________________________ "Obscurism: The Practice of peppering daily life with obscure references (forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries, etc.)as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and one's wish to diassociate from the world of mass culture" ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.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: sinister: i drank ice-tea this morning.
by anders 03 Aug '03

03 Aug '03

- "hello sinister! i thought i might as well say a few words to the sinister list. why not?" (i thought. and here is the following converstaion starring me myself; - , and my negative self; ¤.) - "why not?" ¤ "well, first of all; you don't really have anything to say?" - "that's not a problem. i'll come up with something. i will write to write. not write because i want to write something wise and philosophic, or funny or... i mean, it doesn't have to even be special, if there only is something. something at all. and it's not like everyone that mails here have that much to say, some even seem to have just as much to say as i have" ¤ "you've got a point there, but that someone's rambling without much to say doesn't mean that you have to." - "you didin't get my point. i'm not saying i want to write because i think other mails are boring or because i want to prove that i can do better or even be as everyone as else as you suggested. i am thinking about mailing simply because i feel that i should. i don't want to be lurking forever. and, to me; it seems harder to mail to the list for every day that passes without me mailing to the list. i seem to slide away from them, but i was thinking that if i mailed now i will get up to them again, but if i wait too long maybe i won't have the guts, you need guts to mail to such a list when you're just a shy boy, and as said, the guts required seems to increase with every day that passes, i slide away, but i'm hoping to get, in my head, up again by doing this." ¤ "ok. but why don't you just wait a couple of days. maybe something that will be worth telling about will happen within the next few days. or maybe when you start at your new school in a couple of weeks?" - "yeah, i've been thinking that way too. but that's exactly why i'm writing now. i've been thinking like that for far too long. that to mail you have to have something that is worth telling about, something big, something that has changed your life, good or bad, something that has happened that someone'd care about. but what, i thought, do they care about? do they care about me braking my leg? not that i have, but would that be interesting? it certainly is a big change in my life, but frankly, i wouldn't care too much if a stranger said, "i broke my leg yesterday", of course i'd feel sorry for him, or her, for a moment, but i know i'd forgotten all about it ten minutes later. and it's that way with most things. although they mean a lot to someone, someone else may not care, but then, i know, you can get really interested in things that shouldn't really interest you, like when someone is telling about their socks or the colour of their living room or what sort of drink they ! like. whether they drink orange juice or milk to breakfast, doesn't really matter, neither to them nor me, but still, it would, often, intersest me more to know that the person drank orange juice, and why, than to hear that he'd broken his arm, and why. sorry. but that's me. not that i don't care about the health of this guy, but it doesn't really give me anything to think about, except maybe; "be careful when you're riding a bike", but how exciting is that to think about? no, i realised when i thougt about this; it is not, necessarily, the content that decides how interesting something is. well it is. but you don't know what every person out there find interesting, so you have to think that the content doesn't matter, just write about what you want, and don't care too much about the rest of the world, of course you'll have to try make it nice, but...well what really matters, is that you write at all. that's what i think, and have been thinking for a while. wonder why i hav! en't been writing then..." ¤ "i think it is simply because you say all this, but when it comes to actually doing it... it sounds so easy. "write about everyday stuff. day to day life incidents. or big things, doesn't matter. just write and it'll all be so nice." but you don't because every time you sit there, with the cursor over the send button, ready to click, you think "why would anyone care? care about my miserable life?" and you move the cursor and instead click the red x in the top right corner. you have to have something to write about. something that'll interest, and you know it. don't try to deny it." - "yeah, but as i said, you never know what will interest. that's the problem..." ¤ "...and if you don't say anything. you can't lose anything can you. no one even knows you're there. no one even knows that you exist." - "and that will change now won't it?" ¤ "it would. if you had the guts to send." - "i have. though i still don't know what to write about. i have no idea really." ¤ "that's what i said. you know you don't have anything to tell about that is even slightly interesting. just stop pretending you have. what are you going to write about?" - "i don't know really. but... you know, that doesn't matter. i've got plenty of time to think about that. all until the next time i decide to change into the mail sending-someone from my lurking self. i don't have to write about anything now. this mail is far too long already. (and probably a bit boring too.) i've written enough by now. i know i haven't really said anything about anything. nothing too interesting, but..., maybe i'll do that the next time. whenever that'll be." anders x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ghostbusted = Best. Kids. Sketch. Ever.
by Miss Marianna Longmire 02 Aug '03

02 Aug '03

Gosh, check me all big with the blushing. With regards to Jay stalking the mini emo kids. How jealous am I? The best I've been able to come up with are occasional spottings of three hard core eight-year-old punks (spiky purple mohicans, dog collars, ripped blazers) who float about Kentish Town waaaaaaay past their bedtime. With regards to s/talking to pop stars. One dandy was quoted by another, "One should never talk to their idols, the gilt might rub off." I think it's a fairly good rule to live by. Of course, that doesn't stop me from following them down Kensington High St, nor does it quell my desire to use hospital information to track down their home address. In my defence of the latter, I was bored at work. Of course now that we've got ourselves a deformity clinic, most of my work hours are fruitfully spent ogling such delights as: the giant with a shrunken head! The albino! The hunchback! The man split in two - vertically! Still, digressions aside, if you do actually want some sort of interaction with your hero, you could try the tactics of a very good friend of mine. "Grab their arse." The celebs, I'm told, love it. /I/ suggest you try that theory out on August 15 when list celebrity KEN CHU (as henchman of the Red Bull Dozers) plays a show at the Winchester Club in Glasgow. I'll be there and can barely contain my excitement at the prospect of hearing the third best opening line in a song ever ("Ro-bert, your nipples are pert"), along with eyeing up the veritable plethora of Scottish Sinister Hotties who will be in attendance. In fact, the impending jaunt to Scotland almost marks the start of my intercontinental adventure! Excuse me whilst I go into 'screaming with girly hysteria' mode: I'M GOING TO GLASGOW AND EDINBURGH AND THEN BACK TO LONDON AND THEN CARDIFF AND THEN BACK TO LONDON AND THEN PERTH AND MELBOURNE AND HAWAII AND LOS ANGELES AND DALLAS AND THEN BACK TO LONDON! Ahem. I'm really awfully excited. I'll be seeing some of YOU and generally getting into mischief and shall, at one point, temporarily stop being a fashionista as I morph back into alternoverse Marianna and become a farm girl again. Still, at least I can then legitimately (http://www.catandgirl.com/view.cgi?151) wear a B+S truckers' hat. xx Miss Marianna P.S. A titbit for all you pop pickers. Two of Beyonce's outfits worn recently on CD:UK (head to foot plus accessories, yo) are totally cheapies from Top Shop. Mark Frith, will you hire me? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: shoulda coulda woulda
by Christine Irene 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

so many years ago, circa 91? there was a mickey mouse club offshoot "band" called The Party. it was comprised of 5 members of the show who recorded an album or two together. i had a crush on damon pompolina....but i digress. they had this song called "Shoulda Coulda Woulda" about this interaction between a boy/girl and thier crush. it is sort of a song about missed oppurtunities and longing....the typical, teenage unrequited love sort of stuff. this song is all i can think about since last night. i totally fumbled a moment that i have dreamed of for years. i knew that i was going to meet dave gahan last night. he is one of my very favourite singers of ever. he is also someone who has always kind of given me hope. he got to about the lowest point anyone can reach, and pulled himself out of it, rebuilt his life, wrote and recorded a lovely solo record, and is just someone who has always been, at the risk of sounding naff, inspiring to me. so as i was saying. i knew i was going to meet him last night. standing in line for the show, which was to be the 30 minute acoustic foreplay for the show tonight, i made a couple of new friends. lovely girls, chris and jaime. during the show, jaime and i were the only 2 people in the venue standing up, singing, and dancing.....it was the lamest crowd ever!!!!! dave took notice of us, jaime in particular as she is far more extroverted than i...so all was fine. he was to be doing a signing, which wasn't the atmosphere in which i hoped to meet him, but it would do. i would at least get the opportunity to say hello and tell him some of the speech i had been mentally preparing for weeks. it was going to be, in equal amounts, charming, sincere, honest, thankful, non-scary, rationally spoken, heartfelt, ironic, and profound. i was going to tell him, in no detail, that the past year has been less than good. that keeping in mind that people (him) have gone through similar things, and worse things, and are still alive and kicking, serves as a reminder that things aren't so bad. i was going to tell him that the words he sings, and the manner in which he sings them, bring me to tears. i was going to say that i am really happy that he was able to write and record an album on his own....something he had been wanting to do for years. i was going to tell him that the words he wrote meant something to me. i was going to tell him that there are a lot of us who think that he is talented in his own right, outside of depeche mode. i was going to tell him so many things. of course, that didn't happen. when jaime chris and i approached him, he grinned with recognition. he said to jaime and i "you seemed like you enjoyed yourselves?" she laughed. he signed our items and asked me my name. i was an idiot. i stood there, catatonic almost, unsure about the whole thing and questioning whether or not he was a real, tangible person. he asked me my name and i muttered "you're amazing." he smiled at me, winked and said thank you. jaime said, her name is christine. he said "thank you christine." and asked if we would be at the show tonight. i blew it. all of the things i wanted to tell him....things it felt important for me to tell him, and i didn't get any of it out. hopefully my karma allows for second chances. ~stine __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.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: another night in the dozens of rented rooms...
by ariana couvinha 01 Aug '03

01 Aug '03

hi everybody, i woke up a few hours ago and im not feelling ok cause here its dante's infierno...cant handle this temperature.im getting nerveus and sick and drunk all the time...well...not all the time but a few beers make me ill the morning after... today is one of those days and i dont know why the hell am i saying this to you... im tired and im just waiting to go on my vacations... i sit still and i wonder if i dont prefer the rain and snow,and i wonder what am i going to do in the future,if im going to grow up or what? tonight theres a reunion,tomorrow night theres a party,a great party at one place.theres a party in my small town... well,i bought a yellow sneackers and my life is ok take good care, ariana -- Adira já ao Net Dialup Light. Acesso profissional gratuito. NovisNet, a Internet de quem trabalha. http://www.novisnet.pt +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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