hello,
Rain Washing Against The Lonely Tenement
After an unprecedented number of days rained in a row here in Perth the sun has finally decided to rear its delightful head. it is going to rain later on today so I hope my clothes dry in time, else I'll be forced to use the environmentally unfriendly dryer.
Sebastian You're In A Mess
I have a strange sense of national pride building, and the reason for it is one Mark Philippoussis. Most other Australian sportspeople make me cringe, but I think the Poo is ace. His next opponent is Sebastian Grosjean, who for content reasons I would normally support. Not this time though.
Play Me A Song To Set Me Free
Listening to IYFS never ceases to amaze me and make me smile. I always think "fuck, this is the greatest record I am ever likely to hear". It almost feels like the songs were written for me, like the band were going "Terry would like a bit of trumpet there I think" or "Terry would be oh so delighted if we used a recorder in this song" or "Oh your terry underwear". Is that the greatest compliment an artist can get, that someone feels like the song/poem/painting was made just for them? I know the sole aim of my songwriting is to write songs that make me happy, so I guess the logical conclusion is that everyone is writing songs to make me happy. hmmm, seems a lot of people don't really know me very well then.
enough of this nonsense.
love,
terry
PS - oz tape x-changers, I am getting things oraganised and you'll all be getting emails with your lucky recipient soon. probably sunday.
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SInisterines...
I rather distinctly remember writing a little post this time last year
about How Damn Hot It Was. Not really much of a repeat year, as it seems
determined to rain at least 80% of the time. Not that I'm complaing: the
rain makes a pleasing sound as it hits the magnolia leaves just outside my
bedroom window. It's all Romantic, you know, A Year Without Summer. It makes
me want to take to writing novels based on dreams in Swiss chateaux.
I've been quite busy not being bust at all the past little bit. My friend
and a notable Left-Handed person, Eric Cheesybun, came down for a few days.
I used this as an opportunity to drive him around North Carolina.
To further cement this as a Sinister experience, we went to go visit Laura
Llew the very night she was selling (shilling) the new Harry Potter book. I
was excited to see her in action when the crowds got ROWDY. There was
counter-thumping and raised voices: *thump on the sales counter* "You'll all
have to SETTLE DOWN NOW or my Bookstore Boy will Toss you out on the
street!" It was like seeing a wild horse bucking against some noble Western
background or an eagle swooping down on a fish. Very bracing.
Unfortunately, prompt at 1 am, the said BookStore Boy (read Mook) tossed
even us out into Main Street Easley. Llew takes no sass from nobody.
On our drive home, Eric and I experienced the further granduer of the two
way Interstate Highway exit. Yes, the onramp and off ramp were the same
thing, so we saw a little Ford Escort plunging towards us at 60 mph. This
was 4 in the morning.
We had other various exploits: deer-dodging and wandering lost and
Delaware Diners.
But. I have a point.
Now, because of an offer I made in driving up to New York next month to
see the Belle and Sebastion show, many people have written asking me about
meet ups.
*pulls out a map, a wooden pointer and a picture*
*slaps the map with pointer HERE*
This is Durham, NC where I live.
*slaps the map with pointer THERE*
This is New York City, New York, some 800 miles away. I do not live
there. In fact, I've only been there once or twice.
*shows picture*
This is a picture of me, soaking wet and shivering, in boots and a
leather car coat, back when my hair was long and shaggy. You can see the
rain dripping off me and steam coming from me in the cold. If you look
closely, you can see lots of closed shops in the cityscape behind. It's New
Years Day in Manhattan. There are two people running briskly away in the
extreme left of the picture and a blurry Llew-like person in the foreground
who is marginally drier.
This is the extent of my knowledge of New York, so maybe somebody who
lives there/knows the place will suggest some manner of plan for a meet up.
Cause if no-one else does, I'll make plans based on my extremely sketchy
knowledge: we can meet up Across 110th Street, then go down to see the
Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side, but I Don't Want to Go to Chelsea
beacause New York is Like a Graveyard. Yeah New York.*
Yours,
Jay
*These directions brough to you by Bobby Womack, the Magnetic Fields, Elvis
Costello, the Moldy Peaches and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
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my inbox hasn't been quite so full lately - usually i can count on atleast
three sinister posts a day or something closely resembling that - but lately
it has gotten quiet - perhaps it is the sign of life in the form of new
shows that has fellow sinisterines spending more time at their jobs trying
to make that last minute dollar to spend on gas, airfare or lodging -
whatever the case it has become quite - so i decided to post -
not really that i have much to speak about - or really anything that people
will be interested in - but i figured - i might as well - i have a few hours
to waste before i go to work and deal with my kids - so i might as well
spend them pleasantly -
so i guess i should talk about my new problem with profanity
so i got a new job - i graduated in may - *yea for me i rock* - and now i
have a job working as a counselor for trouble youth in iowa - really you
think iowa sounds like a peaceful place - lots of farms and fields - what's
the most trouble you could find here - well actually i don't work with any
kids from iowa - funny - they ship them into iowa from other places and then
let us deal with them - oh well i guess - some one has to - but really the
funniest thing is that most of the kids use vulgar language as a coping
skill - when someone makes them mad - a furious round of profanity shoots
out of their mouths - it is really something - i have to hold my laughter
every time i hear it - most of the time it never makes sense at all - just
any cuss word they can think of - and use it in succession about three times
before moving on to another cuss work - oh god it is great - and this
happens at least 20 times in a 9 hour period - oh......i think it seems to
make the day go by faster -
of course there is a down fall of this - which is " I " am now using tons
more profanity - not that i didn't use my fair share before - but now
everything is f**k this and f**k that - just yesterday my mom called me and
told me that someone in town that i barely knew died - how did i respond to
this - well by sayin "no f**kin way!" - which was completely uncalled for
and sent my mother into a tizzy which led me to hang up on her -
so i now am cussing all the time - to whoever i want - its unconscious - i
can't stop - i can honestly say that i have learned it all from my children
- how sweet is that -
well that is all for now -
love to everyone -
--scott
www.sevisdrol.blogspot.com
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I wonder if it's a compromise of security that most of my internet passwords
are various amalgams of phrases I think I've heard in "A Century of
Elvis..." Though I think they would be nearly impossible to for a hacker to
deduce, as I have heard almost complete nonsense across the board in that
song (until, of course, I found the lyrics, as one is wont to do when they
look for things like lyrics to a song).
A LURKER POSTING
... Which is a lot like A Summer Wasting, only without the Summer and the
Wasting parts, but more with the lurker and the posting instead. Hello,
regular posters. I tend to not be one of you. But I am noticing two things
(I say as if I think others have no noticed, but to think that would be to
prove myself an idiot): #1. There are a lot of new posters on here. And
#2. Where is everyone on the eastern U.S. coast who is NOT in New York?
Not to exclude the New England crowd, but we already know where you are and
you get to have picknicks. Those extra K's look absolutely ridiculous.
I WANT PICNICS INSTEAD OF EXTRA Ks
Not to break the train of thought from the last paragraph (but aren't these
so much more fun to read when they're broken apart, like when Mom used to
cut your hot dog so you could eat it with your fingers?)... but here's the
thing about me and this post -- It is a cry for help. Not the 12-step kind
or even the 3-step kind or even the
screw-it-and-pick-up-another-bottle-of-Southern-Comfort kind of help, but
the "If you are a Sinisteree on the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard of the U.S., put
your hands in the air and wave 'em like you just don't care" kind of help.
But without the waving of the hands and more of the
typing-a-post-to-Sinister.
LOOK, ANOTHER POINTLESS SUBHEADER
Basically, I'm in the DC/Baltimore Metro area and with this whole
get-together craze sweeping the list in places like Elsewhere-But-Here, I
feel left out of the fun. And since I am not one to invite myself to
far-away places not because of antisocial tendencies but more because I have
no money, then I'm going to have to create the fun here. Anyone else
interested? Feel free to respond with gathering locale suggestions or just
a response to my call for a head count; if you want to email me directly, go
right ahead, but please include "Sinister" in the subject line or I'll
delete you immediately (nothing personal, of course, but those pesky porn
emails are really beginning to chafe...). Well that was a poor choice of
words...
IN THE GRAND TRADITION OF A CENTURY OF LURKERS
... And back I go to the lurking. I've been doing it for nearly three years
here... feels like home. :) Thanks for letting me ramble a bit. Also...
more thanks.
~ Kim
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heya kiddies
just thought y'all would like to know about an interview/profile of Stuart
Murdoch, which will appear in this week's edition of the Big Issue Scotland,
out on Thursday.
for those of you not lucky enough to be in Scotland, it might appear online
at http://www.bigissuescotland.com or, at the very least, you might be able
to order a copy from there. not sure how it works.
btw, it was lovely meeting more of you this weekend for the npl hotfest/nal
bash. I hear some of you also had a rendezvous at g-fest. how did that go
then?
big brother is poisoning me
wimbledon is poisoning matt
behave
happy reading
-stacey
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The dog looked confused. She looked at the small grey box which seemed to
know her name. Then at her girl. Then back the small grey box. It really did
know her name. She was confused, was it some sort of trick?
The girl looked at her and laughed. She wasn't much help in these
situations. The dog sighed and concentrated hard.
The small grey box sung her name again.
"Belle was ok but, oh Sebastian, went too far again..."
The dog ran in circles with excitement.
The dog didn'tÂ’t know anyone called Sebastian but that didn't matter to her.
There was no doubt in her mind that the song was about her. She made it her
mission in life to discover what the song was about. Head cocked to one side
she studiously listened. 2 minutes later though she was bored and made it
her mission in life to find food. She didn't like to trouble herself with
things for too long. There were too many different things that needed
investigating.
The girl on the otherhand remained on the floor listening to other songs. It
was hard to remember the time before when it was just her, well her and him,
that knew these songs. Of course there was never really a time when that was
true, but it had certainly felt that way.
The girl was never sure why she loved the music. Being in love with anything
is complicated and the more you analyse the less certain you become as to
what it is you love. Whenever she tried to explain to someone else what was
so great about a song she found herself floundering.
It was staring at closed eyelids with notes flying through the space around
her.
It was the way she could go back and listen to something and find it soothe
her through the lonely uncertain times and bring near perfection to the
happier moments.
It was just a feeling.
The dog ran back in and licked her face. Then for good measure she ran and
licked the small grey box. She felt it deserved it for bringing a smile to
the girl's face and a wag to her tail.
Hope you are all well,
Take Care
Rachel
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what we might do, it's not where we've failed, it's where we might at last
succeed, it's not the previous page in the book that holds the beauty and
the hope, but the next page.
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Has anyone ever woken up in the morning and felt sort
of empty inside? I felt like that today so I decided
to go wandering around book shops for the afternoon.
Book shops have always had a kinda calming effect on
me, a bit like old libraries. They are more dangerous
than libraries though. I always have to make sure I
don't end up buying too many books, they can be far
too expensive (especially text books). I think it
would be quite nice to work in a book shop, although
mabey not when thousands of people are trying to get
their hands on a copy of harry potter!
A really loud car alarm has been going off for the
last fifteen minutes outside my house, it was starting
to give me a headache but it has just stopped. I
think it was a good thing really, as I can now
appreciate the silence that it has left behind.
The worst thing that happened to me today was when the
batteries ran out on my minidisk player just as i
started to walk home. That tends to happen whenever I
really need to listen to something.
The best thing that happened to me today was when i
found a Grandaddy album i was after was on special
offer for £4.99!
Hmmm having looked at what I have typed so far, its
all sounding qite gloomy for which I appologise. I
will brighten up the post by ending with happy
picknick thoughts. Hopefully tomorrow will be sunny
in a summer wasting happy kinda way :) Now it is just
starting to get dark outside, so I will leave you
waiting for the moon to rise.
xxxChris
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Dear all Sinister
This is just a brief note to remember that there will be a picnic in hyde park tomorrow the 28th of June, the meeting point is fixed outside hyde park corner tube station at about 2ish.
Unfortunately I won´t be able to be there, because of rather unexpected and I would say quite dramatic circumstances I am back in my little village in northern Italy after leaving the UsofA in a certain kind of rush.
Dave (dafyd) will take over as a picnic mum. Hope there´ll be a massive there, that is going be a great day and take picture I can look at once I´ll be back
Take care you all
Yours sinister (and almost steady)
Stefano
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in the time of the winter
the waiter fell into the snow
he could hear a voice but
will he ever find his way
if I'm so far from your
heart why do I feel it beat
and time won't wait for us
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dear sinister:
i dont know how many of you got these wonderfull gig .probably 99%
of you do have it but only now i remenber to talk about it
here.distraction...
its that it is so funny n full of joy that i thought my heart would
explode last night.
about the seven track:photo jenny.could someone tell me something about it
because im felling quite stupid here...
"o come ,o come emmanuel" its so sweet.stuarts voice there so sweet.
bye see youŽ
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