Hello, Sinister!
"This Isn't Just A Modern Rock Song"
I was idling away my Sunday afternoon, as you do,
scanning briefly through my old, almost-dead email
account. It's almost-dead because it's flooded with
spam in Japanese, advertising, well, I don't know
because it's all Japanese. Scattered through it,
though, there are occasional pearls, like a sixpence
in the Christmas pudding. Like the occasional
Sinister email! Gayle E Anderson posted back in
October. Now there's a name that brings back
memories, of picnics in Kelvingrove Park and Princes
Street Gardens, and gigs at the Barrowlands and the
QMU. It's bizarre to think that I've been on this
list over nine years now.
"Not everybody's cup of tea, she would admit to me"
And I'm a very different person to who I was back
then, in some ways. I'm not the person I wanted to
be, but maybe I'm the person I should have tried
doing. I mean, being. I'm sure I've told you all
this before at various points.
Time for an ink polaroid break.
An anonymous-looking hotel room, fairly tidy, but with
an unmade bed. Two people are in it: a man, sitting
on the edge of the bed; and a woman kneeling between
his legs, looking up at him. He has one hand on her
shoulder, and the other is holding a large,
heavy-looking camera to his eye, pointing down at her.
Outside the window, you can see the University spire,
not too far away.
"Seeing other people"
I don't visit Glasgow very often nowadays. I was up
in October, and it was my first visit for years.
Visting an online friend, we retrod all the streets,
and it felt strange to be back there after so long. I
was hoping to bump into Stevie Jackson on the
underground, or Sarah in Nice'n'Sleazy's. I didn't
even make it to Nice'n'Sleazy's, even, being
distracted by the secret fetish club down the road.
Incidentally, I only recently found out that Stevie
was formerly in a band called The Moondials. Now
there's a damn good name for a band, especially if you
could persuade your lead singer to change his/her name
to Minty Cane. Anyone who has the faintest idea what
I'm talking about, please send in a postcard to the
usual address.
End of part two.
This ink polaroid is a lot more recent. It's a
moonlit, deserted beach at midnight. There are two
people, pale-faced, dark-clothed, looking at each
other. Not the same people as before - well, the girl
isn't, at least. She has her arms behind her back, as
if her wrists have been tied or chained together
somehow, and a dreamy look on her face.
"Now we're photogenic we don't stand a chance"
I do come across people who have heard of B&S
occasionally, but not often.
A new phone arrived the other week, with a truly dire
selection of ringtones. So, I uploaded "Le Pastie de
la Bourgeoisie" onto it straight away, as soon as I'd
worked out how. Now I'm just waiting for someone to
phone me. And then someone to overhear it ringing, in
the hope that they'll say "What's that ringtone?"
"Oh, it's this really good Scottish band who have been
around ten years or so now."
It's ten years this month since I first bought a B&S
CD. How times have changed. It isn't ten years yet
since I lost my virginity. I didn't even own a PC,
never mind know what an MP3 was. I'd heard of the
internet, but never seen it.
Time to put If You're Feeling Sinister on the stereo,
and remember just how different ten years ago was.
xx
FP
www.symbolicforest.com/blog
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+-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+
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Hey everybody,
I don't know if anyone remembers, because it was so long ago, but
Kittenmouse Radio is going back on the air after a two year hiatus.
I'll be broadcasting once a week on Saturday afternoons at 1 pm, on
1450 AM in Portland, Oregon and online at kpsu.org (that means Pacific
Standard Time for anyone who wants to listen online from other time
zones). I'll be waiting for your requests, which you can send by
email, aim, and bottle mail (can't guarantee that I'll get the last
one, though). You can phone me, too, if long distance charges don't
bother you. Anyway, so as not to bore you anymore, details on all of
this can be found at myspace.com/kittenmouse. Hope to see ya there!
d(-_-)b
-andrea
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+-+ "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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Hi All,
Thanks for improving my link there, mmmm. I see Struan's rubbers are up to
nearly £80 now - well done! I wonder if they will go any higher? Or maybe a
few of you fragrant Sinisterines might favour owning some fancy footwear
from Bowie, a Beatle, a Rolling Stone, a Smith or even Clive Dunn? Check out
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfcclZ1QQfcdZ1QQfclZ3QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQf
tidZ2QQsassZgivelandminesthebootQQsbrsrtZd !
Did you know that favourite Australian popsters & wonderful human beings
Sodastream are touring the UK soon? No? Well, here are the dates:
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TBA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Fri Jan 05th 2007
St Giles Church, London, United Kingdom
Sat Jan 06th 2007 7pm
With: The Clientele
St Giles-in-the-Fields Church
60 St Giles High Street
London
WC2H 8LG
Nearest tube : Tottenham Court Road
Tel : 0207 240 2532
Advance £8
We Got Tickets http://www.wegottickets.com/event/14228 Ticketweb
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=188816
Head Of Steam, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Mon Jan 08th 2007
With: Pete Dale and The Beta-Males
Tickets: £3 at the door
2 Neville Street Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 5EN
Bacchus, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Tue Jan 09th 2007
80 Glassford Street
Glasgow
G1 1UR
The Social, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Wed Jan 10th 2007 7pm
With: Monkey Swallows the Universe and Airport Girl
Tickets: £6 http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/shows/EEyFukuFlZxHVvpKEw.shtml
The Grapes, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Thu Jan 11th 2007
With: Slow Down Tallahassee and Airport Girl
80 Trippet Lane
Sheffield
S1 4EL
Kro Bar, Manchester, United Kingdom
Fri Jan 12th 2007
Tickets: £5
325 Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PG
www.wegottickets.com
The Luminaire, London, United Kingdom
Sat Jan 13th 2007 7:30pm
With: Monkey Swallows the Universe and Airport Girl
Tickets: £7 (advance) £8 (door)
311 High Road, Kilburn
London NW6 7JR
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=187739
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Nice. Playing a Palladian church with The Clientele on the bill as well
looks like a top night out to me.
I reckon I'll get away with spamming the list - no one will notice amongst
all this other traffic anyway!
Love to you all,
David Moore
Chelmsford, UK
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+-+ "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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