Well, that's what Honey says, and I have never not believed Honey before.
I tried sending this a couple of months ago, in that brief flurry of
activity before Sinister broke, and I'm just egotistical enough to
think that someone might find it interesting:
It's so nice to read others' memories of our fair band. I have so many:
Tigermilk: dorming in downtown Manhattan, the soundtrack to so many
walks through Chinatown, Soho, and the West Village on my way to and
from class
Lazy Line Painter Jane: the tiny little flat in London I shared with
someone from California, a neighbor starting to dance right at the end
of You Made Me Forget My Dreams when it gets a little bit techno, her
face falling when Photo Jenny started
Legal Man: the record store I bought it from one early summer day in
Newark, Delaware, a summer home from college
Jonathan David: a short-lived relationship I had, listening to that CD
over and over again as we hid from a New York summer
The Life Pursuit: cold winter mornings commuting to work on the 7
train from Queens, pulling into Grand Central just as "Act of the
Apostle, Part 2" would kick in
And of course:
If You're Feeling Sinister: the first boy I really had feelings for,
the boy that gave me a mixtape whose side A contained an entire album
from this strange band called Belle & Sebastian that he loved. I never
fell in love with the boy, but my relationship with the band is still
going strong, almost 10 years later.
I'm glad it's still going strong for all of you, too.
Best,
Eric
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Dear Sinister,
I'm so glad you are back! Grainne and I were really quite sad when our
picnic post didn't get through to you the other month - especially since
we had told you about all cakes we'd been eating together (there was
cheesecake and millionaire shortbread and doughnuts with jam and cream).
I would hate you to think that all Grainne and I did was eat cake when
were together. No, we also drank cocktails. Very pretty ones, that we
had made ourselves.
I'm very glad you are back now. Well done Honey for mending you! And
just in the nick of time! Now we can all get excited about the 10th
anniversary of the first ever picnic, picnic, together!
It is very exciting! I hear you have things like sun down in London? In
Cumbria we have snow and ice and rain but no sun. Well maybe some sun,
and we haven't had snow for a while now.
As Carsmile Steve mentioned Grainne and I are exciting modern young
people and we created a Facebook event for the picnic:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10804369038
Grainne taught me how. She is more exciting, modern and young than me.
It is going to be a carnival you know? Facebook doesn't understand about
picnics.
Here is my content for this post:
I woke up to Mr Struan singing "Seeing Other People" this morning on my
ipod alarm clock (you see, I am very exciting and modern). The ipod
alarm clock works by getting louder and louder until you have to reach
over and switch off or turn it down. However today I didn't need to
reach over and turn it down until at least half way through the song. It
takes a lot of turning up to make Belle and Sebastian too loud.
Well enough rambling, I'm off to read the secret histories of
high-earning barristers and such.
See some of you soon, and be thinking about the rest of you always.
Love
Rachel
xx
PS Guess what? I'm a saddo bedroom devotee who now makes saddo bedroom
pop: http://www.last.fm/music/Blackberry+Wine
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(I actually sent this a week ago but it didn't work - but that same
feeling is back, so I thought I'd try my luck again)
Hello,
Long time no see. New Belle and Sebastian song title puns are still
hard to come by but I thought I'd turn the creaky wheels in my head a
little so I can write to you.
The desire to write to you was partly because this morning I was in a
strong frame of mind to listen to IYFS again. It was nice it was - I
was all listening to Like Dylan in the Movies and then went back to
listen to Stars of Track and field. They don't write them like they
used to these days. I miss hearing about weird girls who have cults and
kiss people, I think.
Are there any new bands who write songs nowadays about weird girls who
start cults and kiss people? I'd really like to know. Or is it just
that girls no longer do things like that in the modern 21st century and
so this is reflected in song writing? What do girls do these days? Do
they just spend all day working out the economy of tea procurement and
eat toasts?
I went to Scotland two weekends ago and went up a mountain and made a
snowman and gave it two lucozade coloured eyes. It was quite sinister.
Speaking of outdoor Sinister fun, I seem to remember reading on FACEBOOK
about some kind of PICNIC happening start of May or something.. Is this
true? If so why is nothing being mentioned here?
Miss y'all as always,
Ken
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I still haven't started Facebook even though I've got v. close friends on it. I'm just not on the internet for personal use that often at the moment.
So... I only found out about the picnic yesterday. Mind you I thought something would be going on...
I'd like to come to meet peeps and spend the evening dancing afterwards but at this short notice I'm probably going to struggle for accommodation. If anyone could offer me some floor space I would be incredibly grateful. Please mail me back...
It's been a few years since I've done a proper news missive but I've got a birthday gathering to get to soon... Besides I'd rather talk to people in person on Sat!
Hopefully see you there...
...big hugs XOXO
...Amy
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It's so nice to see Sinister alive again! I'm sure it will be
short-lived, like a butterfly, but beautiful and mysterious just the
same.
There, that takes care of the twee quotient.
It's so nice to read others' memories of our fair band. I have so many:
Tigermilk: dorming in downtown Manhattan, the soundtrack to so many
walks through Chinatown, Soho, and the West Village on my way to and
from class
Photo Jenny: the tiny little flat in London I shared with someone from
California, a neighbor starting to dance right at the end when it gets
a little bit techno, her face falling when A Century of Elvis started
Legal Man: the record store I bought it from one early summer day in
Newark, Delaware, a summer home from college
Jonathan David: a short-lived relationship I had, listening to that CD
over and over again as we hid from a New York summer
The Life Pursuit: cold winter mornings commuting to work on the 7
train from Queens, pulling into Grand Central just as "Act of the
Apostle, Part 2" would kick in
And of course:
If You're Feeling Sinister: the first boy I really had feelings for,
the boy that gave me a mixtape whose side A contained an entire album
from this strange band called Belle & Sebastian that he loved. I never
fell in love with the boy, but my relationship with the band is still
going strong, almost 10 years later.
I'm glad it's still going strong for all of you, too.
Best,
Eric
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Good Lord
Suddenly my inbox is all of a flutter with all things shady and sinister- i
really didn't know this was still even remotely alive. I'm glad it is still
going even though the archives and the thoughts and ramblings of my 15 year
old brain are no longer around. A lot has happened in those years, and the
probable 3 years since i last thought about the place. I live in Barcelona,
work for a bank and have nice little life for myself.
Enough of that, what about you?
i really wish i had made it to the anniversary picnic- however i will be
going to a picnic in august to celebrate?/mourn the closing of another
virtual place dear to me. I'm sure a lot of you are there as well, i just
don't know you there .
God i wish i kept my old email account alive to see what sort of crap i used
to write, and what crap the rest of you wrote as well, that sometimes
kept me alive musically and otherwise when i was a young'un
Love
Me
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Dearest list,
I'm sat here typing on my device listening to a lovely
little live recording of our beloved B&S. Not sure
where it's from, but they're playing 'Belle &
Sebastian' now and I feel a little woozy with a dab of
whimsy and giant dollop of nostalgia.
1998 - heddy days indeed. I was 16 and it had been a
full year since that fateful day when I first heard Jo
Whiley play a song called Lazy Line Painter Jane on
the Evening Session. It was a glorious August evening,
about 8:30, and I was watering my neighbours garden
for the princely sum of £1 a day. I waited 'til the
evening so I could listen to pop records on my little
transistor radio and this particular ditty had me
mesmerised. I noted down the name of afore mentioned
boy/girl duo - Belle & Sebastian - and caught the bus
into Ipswich the next morning where Rex Records were
able to sell me the 7" for £1.49.
I sometimes feel that everything in my life can be
traced back to that evening, and then the part of me
with a job to do, bills to pay and another degree to
complete says "get a grip" and I concentrate on
Newsnight and cheese sandwiches again.
I saw another Glasgow band on Saturday - Glasvegas.
They were playing at The Junction in York which is
just the back room of a pub really, and it was rammed.
With good reason though - they were absolutely
stunning and I recommend anyone with a passing
interest in The Jesus & Mary Chain / Phil Spector /
Shoegaze explores further.
On that note, I'm going to drift off into the finest
of B&S's live moments (Electronic Renaissance) and
then have a cherry bakewell.
lots of love
chris
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