Hey hey hey,
Well doesn't time fly - looks like it's time for my regular bi-centennial
post!
Since you last heard from me I'm all grown up, with a degree, a big old flat
to myself, and the somehow inevitable tedious office job, which for the sake
of my mental well-being I'd really like to escape from - if anyone fancies
joining me in my plans for an international disco ice-cream van operation
(possibly involving airborne acrobats and dancing dinosaurs) then I'm
looking for a partner... Actually, I was considering a trip to Sweden
recently, and a friend told me that there's a disco train, with an actual
dancefloor and everything, to while away the long tedious dark
train-journeys. Can this be true? If it is then it may well be The Coolest
Thing I Ever Heard Of.
Really looking forward to Glastonbury again this year. It's going to ROCK.
Imagine QUEEN, selling sticks of ROCK on Brighton pier. To GEOLOGISTS. In
the middle of a FLAMING METEORITE STORM. While sucking on PEBBLES. About
that much ROCK, I reckon. It was great meeting people last year (Hi Amy,
Hello Carsmile, Hey Robin, Greetings DV) and finally putting faces to names,
and I hope lots of you make it there this year too... Although I was
disappointed that I somehow managed to miss Mr Chu, and hence still believe
he's nothing more than a figment of our collective imagination.
I was very sad to have missed the latest tour. The nearest concert was Bath,
and all my friends are too stupid to both own a car AND want to drive me all
the way to a B&S concert. And back. Curses. Although, with an album AND a
DVD out this past 12 months, it'd be rude for them not to appear at Glasto,
wouldn't it? Wouldn't it? Hmmm... I'm personally looking forward to seeing
James Brown stepping into Monica Queen's shoes for a surprise sexy funk
rendition of LLPJ...
I've STILL not made up my mind about DCW. Every time I put it on I really
start getting into it, and then of course the next day I hear Tigermilk and
all my hard work's ruined. Although Stay Loose is obviously a work of
monumental genius from which I fear the band may never recover :) And it has
most definitely the cutest of all the B&S covergirls yet. The DVD is pure
condensed circular wonderfulness, too. Who'd have thought South American TV
was so much crazy crazy fun?
By the by, if there are any San Franciscan sinisterines that are looking to
put off their annual address-book rationalisation/silverware polishing
session/root-canal surgery in late April and fancy joining a lost-looking
British listee and his mate for a drink or two, then I'd love to hear from
you. It'd be great to have a friendly face to keep us company for an
afternoon :) </list abuse>
One final thing: as a serial lurker I thought I'd remind you all that you're
wonderful people, each and every one of you, and touch me, or cheer me up,
or both, without fail whenever I check my email. Yay for Sinister! Keep up
the good work. The safety of the universe depends on it... That and superman
of course.
Anyway, must dash - I've kept you long enough. Look forward to my next post
in 2204 - it'll be a corker, I promise :)
Bye for now,
Mark O
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Hello,
I learnt quite a lot from the Fans Only DVD. I didn't know, for example, that
the Maisonettes had existed as a group (or at least group of backing singers)
prior to Legal Man. Well, I knew that there was another lot of Maisonettes, who
did Heartache Avenue (which sounds a little bit like You Don't Send Me in
places, if I'm not imagining it).
Anyway, landslide, landslide, landslide....I was singing and/or humming this for
a couple of days, having not heard it before. Of course, this is a song
unlikely to ever see the light of day release-wise, but someone has covered it
haven't they (Evie sands?). It's hardly ever been mentioned on sinister....a
quick search of "landslide" revealed far more references to election victories ;)
Stefano's mention of nuclear power stations and glowing bunnies makes me
visualise him in an episode of The Simpsons. how would he feel if Mr Burns was
his boss? He also complains that no-one is citing his papers - possibly coz
he's getting them published in the wrong journals (not that I've got any
professional interest at all, hee hee).
I'm going to Belgium at the end of next month. I'm visiting Brussels and Bruges
having obtained a very cheap Eurostar ticket. According to Honey's
list-everyone-by-domain-type list, there are 5 of you there, so maybe we could
have a little sinister meet-up, though it'll prolly be too cold for a picnic.....
....Which of course it won't be by the time BAPPS comes over (yay! etc).
Mark.
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Bloody hell, it's a bit quiet round here innit?
So the Fans Only DVD has *finally* arrvied in the US, and I anticipate
spending many hours looking into Stevie Jackson's come to bed eyes as he
tells the story of Jonathan and David. While flicking through the
Discography pages of the DVD, I realised, (only 5 and a half years later),
that it's Chris "beanz" Geddes on the cover of TBWTAS. I am dumbfounded as
to why this nugget has eluded me this long, what a tool I am!
In less than 3 months now I'm gonna get all "Londoned Up" for the second
time in my life. The other day I got a sudden yearning for Vimto and Jammie
Dodgers. I hope they're on the menu at the first sinister picnic of the year
on Primrose Hill.
Hope to hear some reporting back from Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo in the next
few days!
ttfn
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hi, sinifriends ;]
it's been awhile and all I have is a silly question
but I figured since everyone's more tuned in than I
am...has anyone heard any whisperings of whether b+s
might play the Coachella Festival again this year?
the cure and the pixies are both playing, and I would
already die to go for that and neutral milk hotel, and
if b+s played I might be able to rationalize the
expense ;]
thanks!
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How f***ing outrageous is this?
Sorry to get all contentious on you, but I'm sure I'm not alone on this
list in being a very regular customer of CD-Wow.
Does anyone with half-a-brain know why this isn't perceived as
price-fixing?
This bunny ain't smiling.
Ev.
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Dear Sinister
[These days last year]
I wasnÂ’t exactly this day, the same week either, but more or less. I was just back from the Christmas and the New Year eve holidays spent back where I was born and grew up. Before leaving this country I wasnÂ’t sure I were going to get back permanently, or either move back so-called-home. IÂ’ve never missed so-called-home really. It might be due to the fact IÂ’ve never really felt it as it were my home. I hade to make a choice, and for sort of puzzling it might have been, and for how undecided I might have been, at last I listened to the mermaid singing, and pointing towards this place, telling it was the safe shore I could finally call home. The shore wasnÂ’t safe, I think, but I was prepared to ignore the warning. And I wanted to be brave, for once, in my life. Forget about the past, forget about everything, choke it into the rubbish bin, turn the page, or keep on writing a paragraph which sounded so much better then anything elseÂ’s been written before. But sometimes happen p!
eople turn the page for you, might want it or not, and thereÂ’s nothing much to do then start to write a new one. If one is strong enough. Or simply put down the pen. The memory will shine. Eventually.
These days, last year, IÂ’ve noticed that people working with me, in the same building was actually glad to see me wondering around the hallways eating pencils and mumbling to myself. Sort of unpleasant behaviors I still find hard to get rid of. It must have been these days, we all went down to pub, just be nearby channel, another of my favorite wondering location when it is not pouring rain, (IÂ’m actually wondering IÂ’m employed for wondering around) and they were all cheering up because I have decided to stay in the country. I wouldnÂ’t have expected that. Which proves even further more I lack any sort of sensibility for what is going on around me. It made me feel like I were really finally home, and I was right to listen to mermaids and that I had possibly done one of the best things in my life. I think I did. Anyway. I wish thing might have looked clearer in my heart sooner. Not even that. I wish I could have washed my fears away earlier. Strangely enough we ended up in t!
he same place, same people, same random talks, a few days ago. And it all seemed so surreal. With this people, who I came to know better, as much as they have come to know me better, and felt like a total stranger. So the same question again, is this my home?
[Sitting in the pub with Nobel prices]
Someway that reminded me of a something happened a few months ago, and, such a bizarre circumstance, it also involved having some pints in the pub. With Nobel prices. Not that many, two. And one stayed barely for a single drink. Know it can sound strange. But donÂ’t even think I am a sort of well know personality in the field I am. Actually people wonÂ’t even bother to cite any of my paper, for what It matters. Actually most of the other people there on that days were quite well known in the field, as opposite to me. But, good enough to be in Lundun, a few students were allowed to take part in this sort of round table, about weirdy thing I wonÂ’t bother you aboutÂ… that is fairly irrelevant anyway.
I havenÂ’t been much into what I am doing for a while, But I canÂ’t think at any other job that I can do and that I would enjoy more, so I spend my day fuffing around and often being in the library, taking a nap or reading about something completely irrelevant to my job. No worries I have not such great result. Anyway, one day, I clearly realized that my career was of completely uninteresting to me, in reality. Is just about transient satisfaction which fades too soonÂ… nothing worth, I think, now, spending a life onÂ… and had a few meters from me, these people, having gained a Nobel price, still wanting to talk about which experiments to do to prove this and that, and how this guy was right and the other wrong and blah blah blahÂ… I was just drowning my drink trying to look at the bottom of their eyes, if they really meant that or if it had become a sort of mechanical maniac habit. They didnÂ’t seem to have any shine in their smile.
I think they are not too dissimilar to me at the end of the day.
It made me feel better.
When we left the pub and had Chinese food. Take away. Nice.
[White rabbits, White heath]
At this time, last year, IÂ’ve also learnt that the new month is introduced by white rabbits.
When I worked in the nuclear station we use to say that the rabbits were glowing at night. And someone claimed he could really see them glowing in spring. I suppose he was just a bit too enthusiastic about the effect that, some of them rather old, nuclear reactor would so on living things, including us, working within the barbwire fence. IÂ’ve never seen them glow, but must admit I have seen then become many, with fluffy jumpy little cottoned things jumping all around the field some season. I guess they donÂ’t give a damn about the uranium pile next too them, and would rather be busy in more entertaining activity which would lead them to a quite fast expansion of the species. Must admit that how exactly they do that, is still quite a matter pretty obscure to me. But guess I got it. In theory.
Might be if they get too enthusiastic, they glow then.
Chewing pencil could be nice.
Got a new blackboard in my office, IÂ’m very proud off.
And IÂ’ve already half filled with trigonometric function with imaginary arguments.
Nice. But I am stacked there.
Might go for wonder.
Yours, rather steady,
Stefano
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When you sleep
do you see an angel
in dying light
Or can you see someone
standing outside
trying to set you alight
Or maybe you've seen
someone somewhere
before
that I might have loved
if i'd never loved you
but you only see me
in bad dreams
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Sinister sinister sinister,
Where have you been?
SHAMELESS ADVERTISING
Ack hang on, you've been here all along. I, meanwhile, have been trying to
get a degree, and getting myself into all sorts of hilarious situations
along the way. It is, it seems, becoming common practise to plug blogs to
sinister so I feel that its necessary to mention that you can read all
about it in my shiny livejournal. Some of you have. Yes.
THE NEW ALBUM: ME RAMBLING
So, lots of stuff has happened since I last posted. I'm sure you don't want
my commentary on it all, so I'll keep the majority of my inane ramblings to
myself (or *ahem* my livejournal *ahem*) but I will say that I like the new
album very much. So much in fact, that it had the honour of being ripped
immediately onto my pride & joy iPod, and is thus following me around in
all i do and everywhere I go. I was listening to Stay Loose (is that what
it's called?) on the way to the computer room that I am now posting from,
and it is, disappointingly, a little too fast to walk in time to. Its still
rather good though. Yes.
THE NEW DVD: ME RAMBLING SOME MORE
The DVD is a strange strange thing. Friends who have never heard of b&s
seem to think its the bees' knees - they huddle around my ibook and sway,
giggling at the absurdity of the videos. From those who love b&s like me
though, it elicits grimaces and sounds of pain - 'if I saw this before I
knew them, I would never have bought the album', one person told me...
twee, alack, isn't the flavour of the month, but the dvd is... well... twee
as fuck. Its true.
THE LEICESTER SINISTER MASSIVE
The Leicester sinister massive did once exist. It did. Honest. It was a
long long time ago though. Such a long time, in fact, that for many it has
become a thing of legend. But lo! What is that on the horizon? Is it the
phoenix, rising from the...
Ok I'll stop.
There is to be another sinister meeting in leicester though, and I'm going
home especially for it, because I'm just so darned exited.
On Sunday March 7, Yo La Tengo and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci are playing at the
DeMontfort Hall in the aforementioned midlands city. One or two of us are
going, and to celebrate 'one or two' sinister-ines being together at the
same time, i'm think a sinister picnic on the sunday afternoon before the
gig, so we can all get to know each other, is in order. Good idea, huh? To
be honest, if you're in leicester, you don't have to be going to the gig to
go to the picnic (or pub trip, if its too cold for picnic-ing), but I
thought I'd give you a wee bit of context ;)
You'll notice that this date is a fair distance in the future, but I'm
giving you plenty of warning so you can fit it into your busy schedule, and
also buy tickets for the gig itself if you fancy going.
Yes yes, I'm so organised. Also, I fear I'll forget if I don't post whilst
I'm thinking about it.
Ok I'm going to cut this post short now, because I'm not sure if this will
get through. I'm posting from a computer room at uni and I had the fiddle a
bit with the email programme to get the right email address and everything.
I'm aware that that information is hugely irrelevant.
Tum te tum,
See you kids
JP x
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so i'm not entirely sure if a few decades later
head-down-shuffling-melancholy is still the new cheery
but i'm doing my darnest to keep this particular flag
flying...
seems so much better suited to my/my mates music
tastes anyway and with this in mind...(cut me some
slack here coz i came into the world of music a little
late but on the off-chance that anyone on the list has
a musical ignorance to match my own i need to spread
the joy..or melancholy, i should say..)
got stopped in my tracks by music i was given by
friends twice in one month and the songs doing all the
damage were Damien Rice..'the blowers daughter'..dont
ask me the meaning but absolute genius i
thought/think...and from the archives (do the 90's
count?)..Spain..Spiritual..wow.
if it gives anyone else a bloody huge reason to be
cheerful then the mail is well worthwhile..i hope
take care from the land of snow and ice x
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hi sinister,
i hardly ever post, but...
i think i'm probably not going to see belle & sebastian on their european
tour this year, because the first time they are actually coming anywhere near
where i live (berlin) i'll be in bloody england. bah! and this time i suppose
i can't afford travelling to another country to see them again. although we
were thinking about going to copenhagen, but...
so, i heard about the hope of the states guitarist yesterday, and i think
it's really sad. the english hype machine aside, i think they are a great band.
i saw them last october in manchester, and i thought they were absolutely
amazing. i even kept a plectrum (you say that in english?) from that show
(cheeseball, i know), and i was really looking forward to their debut album... a
lot of people probably don't know what i'm talking about, well, the guitarist
of that band hope of the states killed himself last week. very very sad.
so, yeah. it's all good going to manchester again for 2 months though, since
i'm going to go and see loads of amazing gigs. no, not belle & sebastian.
hmph. but my other favourite band called explosions in the sky, from austin,
texas. and death cab for cutie. and... okay, this is probably boring for
everyone except me. that's why i never post, i suppose..
british folks, do you remember "the young ones", this f**king great comedy
from the 80s? i'm doing this class at uni called "linguistic formats of
television comedies" and me and a couple of friends are doing a presentation on
"the young ones". i think this show is absolutely hilarious, one of the best
comedies i have ever seen, also one of the most absurd. which is a big part of
why it is so funny i guess.
okay, well i really don't have that much to say, so i stop now.
lots of love,
anne.
ps: hi paul, sorry for not being in touch!
pps: a.s.t.r.i.d., keep posting, you're great!
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Hi Sinister!
I hope everyone is well. I, myself, have a tiny cold.
It mostly is affecting my nose and my non-existant
sense of smell, so I think I'll live...not that I have
a choice - finals are this week. Fun, fun, fun!
Anyway, my friends and I met for a "study-group" today
at Starbucks. We actually did get some work done,
though not as much as would have justified our being
there for three hours. Anyway, in the midst of one of
our discussions, what song should I hear playing
not-so-softly in the background, but Wrapped Up In
Books by our very own B&S! My friends thought I was
crazy, because all of a sudden I shouted with
uncharacteristic enthusiasm, "THIS IS BELLE AND
SEBASTIAN!!!" and proceeded to sing along. Needless to
say my friends were a bit stunned.
That's when one of the girls and I decided to get some
over-priced hot chocolate. I asked the woman at the
counter who was responsible for the music at
Starbucks. It turns out that it's some corporate
bigwig who gets to pick the music. They put it on a CD
and play it in Starbucks around the country. So the
next time you go to Starbucks, you might hear it, too.
Anyway, that about made my day. I have to say, though,
that I always thought that if I ever did hear B&S in a
public place, it would be a record store, where I can
actually go up and say hi to whoever chose the music.
Like in High Fidelity. I never thought it would be
Starbucks. Then again, who does? ("Oh yes, I love this
band! Someday, I'll hear them in a Starbucks.")
Anyway, I'm bad at ending things (stories, essays,
e-mails) so um...this is the end. Just thought I'd
share this news with all of you.
-Holly
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